"The next best thing to a Los Angeles friend with a nose for juicy gossip." — Wall Street Journal. Bestselling author. Eight books. Four decades of bylines. One ongoing investigation.
Long-form investigations from the side of Hollywood that doesn't issue press releases. Cult leaders. Crooked managers. Rapists, human trafficking, missing porn stars, killers who got famous, and famous people who became killers.
"Lurid and masterful reporting. Every word rings true with an insider's absolute knowledge of Hollywood's rich and famous." — Robert Graysmith, author of Zodiac
All titles & retailers →The undercover cover story that started it all: an unflinching account of Scientology's recruitment, auditing, and purification rundown. Mark later consulted on South Park's "Trapped in the Closet" episode.
"Mark Ebner is the Patti Smith of cult bashing." — John Cook, Gawker
Seven years before the world listened, Mark interviewed Joan Tarshis and filed the original Cosby reporting on Hollywood, Interrupted — naming names mainstream outlets wouldn't touch.
An investigation of the handlers, hangers-on and lawsuits surrounding the Marvel legend in his final months.
The international investigation into the magician — including the first interview with Natasha Prince, who alleged Blaine raped her in a Chelsea home.
The bagman, the Sundance party, and the body that wasn't supposed to be there. Reprinted in full on /writing as a magazine reproduction.
The Genesis Award–winning print investigation of the underground dog-fighting circuit. Awarded by the Humane Society for outstanding journalism on animal cruelty.
Mark Ebner has been reporting from the intersection of Hollywood & Crime since the mid-1980s. Eight books. Hundreds of bylines, and regular appearances on crime shows, documentaries, and podcasts.
The podcast continues all that in a new format. Same reporting. Just longer, and harder.
One email a week. New episodes, the week's best reporting, and an occasional dispatch from the field. No press releases, no autoplay video.