Confessions of a Drug Kingpin-Turned DEA Informant w/ Mark Ebner

In this stunner of a show, Mark Ebner returns to the set with an unlikely friend in tow-former drug kingpin-turned ‘rat,’ Rick Doremus.
From Rick’s odyssey as a self-described all-American bodybuilder, to gaining conspicuous wealth and violence in the criminal underground, few details are left to the imagination. Through the interview, Mark shows the bond he’s made with Rick, and Rick reveals why becoming a ‘rat’ was the honorable way to go.

Guest Bio

Mark Ebner is an investigative journalist who has covered celebrity and crime culture for such publications as Rolling Stone, Maxim, Details and Spy. Mark has investigated such controversial subjects as Scientology, dog fighting and the Ku Klux Klan. A published author, Mark co-wrote the New York Times bestseller “Hollywood, Interrupted,” with Andrew Breitbart and Six Degrees of Paris Hilton. Most recently he co-authored “We Have Your Husband,” a story about a kidnapping in Mexico. In addition to writing, he has served as a commentator on NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, NPR, Court TV and E! Entertainment Television to name a few. Mark was a consultant on the Emmy nominated episode of South Park’s “Trapped in the Closet” and also consulted for NBC/Dateline on the Paris Hilton Tapes report. Ebner runs a blog at hollywoodinterrupted.com where he reports on breaking news from Hollywood.

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Episode Breakdown

00:01 Today on Media Mayhem.
00:27 Introducing Mark Ebner.
01:53 Mark tells the story of how he met his ‘friend.’
04:57 From kingpin to a ‘rat.’
06:45 The choice between 35 years in jail and informing.
09:26 How their friendship developed.
12:36 “How I got from all-American apple pie to Pablo Escobar.”
19:05 How to handle getting ripped off in the drug trade.
20:41 Snitching as “the honorable way to go.”
23:25 First meeting the DEA.
29:05 “A great buddy cop story.”
30:49 “Who wants to live forever?”
37:31 Notes from, “The Rat.”