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DANNO HANKS - HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE: I was Tinseltown's Private Eye (NEW 12/13/24)
DANNO HANKS - HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE: I was Tinseltown's Private Eye
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Born into poverty in California, I was headed for a life inside. I prowled the night to avoid my abusive stepfather, stealing cars and burgling houses to survive. But prison time showed me I could put my criminal skills to good use – as a Private Investigator. I made crime pay.
Then I got drafted into the Marines. In Vietnam, the Navy taught me how to spy. Back in The World, I became an even better Private Eye. I’d learned how to tap phone lines and bug hotel rooms. I worked as a CIA contract operative, and went undercover for the FBI, infiltrating The Gambino crime family. As an illegal PI, I straddled both sides of the fence. From the glamour of Hollywood, to the sleazy underbelly of LA’s vices. I targeted celebrities, porn-stars, prostitutes, gangsters, paedophiles – I was the keeper of Tinseltown’s secrets.
Then, it got even sleazier: I was hired by the British tabloids to dig the dirt for the biggest stories of the century: Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Michael Jackson, Heidi Fleiss, OJ Simpson….you name it. I did them all - let God sort 'em out. For 20 years, I was a central cog in the Rupert Murdoch’s illegal newsgathering machine at Foxand the New York Daily Post. From London, The Sun and the News of the World wired me £100,000s to find out confidential information about the stars. But the Daily Mail, the Mirror and the big paparazzi agencies also wanted a piece of the action – soon they got addicted to my illegal reports.
Then came the phone hacking scandal. The net closed in. I realised the harm my work was causing.
Now it’s time to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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Published on 6 months ago