Kirby Sommers | James Blunt, Gerald Ford, Jeffrey Epstein, & Dark Hollywood

Summary

Author and self-described trafficking survivor Kirby Sommers argues that the Franklin scandal, the Jeffrey Epstein ring and Hollywood abuse allegations are all parts of one multi-generational network tied to intelligence agencies. She traces alleged links from Gerald Ford's family history and the Ford modeling agency to Larry King of the Franklin case, Jack Ruby, Hunter S. Thompson, Jack Nicholson and the tunnels under the Playboy Mansion. Host Greg Carlwood also explores the idea that some celebrities, such as former British Army officer James Blunt, are placed into fame by military and handler families.

Key takeaways

• 1Sommers claims Gerald Ford (born Leslie Lynch King Jr. in Omaha) was a 33rd-degree Freemason and may be related to Franklin scandal figure Larry King. She notes that King invited Ford to host a committee at the 1988 Republican National Convention.
• 2She alleges that the Conover modeling agency, tied to Ford and next to the Yale Club, passed to Eileen Ford and later to Katie Ford. Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips says Katie Ford delivered her to a celebrity's hotel suite, which Sommers identifies as Jack Nicholson.
• 3She says Jack Ruby roomed with MKUltra doctor Wilfred John Allison and in 1962 rented from John David Norman, a convicted child molester who ran a national abuse ring. She also says Nixon hired Ruby as an informant in the 1940s.
• 4A note in Hunter S. Thompson's handwriting to writer Ryder McDowell reads: 'the only snuff film I know anything about is the one I did a long time ago with Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson... can't talk about that until 1995.'
• 5Franklin witness Paul Bonacci allegedly named Hunter S. Thompson as a snuff film cameraman. Sommers claims Bonacci's MKUltra handler was the late Congressman Gary Ackerman, whom she describes as her abuser's brother-in-law.
• 6In 2015, Playboy's Twitter account confirmed tunnels under the Playboy Mansion. Sommers says they were built by Bernie Cornfeld and connected to the homes of Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Kirk Douglas and James Caan.
• 7Sommers' books include 'Conspiracy of Silence' Vols. 1-2, 'The Billionaire's Woman', 'Creating Epstein' and 'Ghislaine Maxwell: An Unauthorized Biography'. She also cites Brice Taylor's 'Thanks for the Memories', which accuses Bob Hope of being an MKUltra handler.

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Transcript excerpt

Well, Serenity Now, people, from the Sunshine State, I'm Greg Carlwood, and while we are sold a story that anyone with a dream, a little talent, and a can-do attitude can work their way up to the top of any field in the game, the more we learn about the entertainment industry and news media as well as politics, it seems more like many people in prominent positions across our culture were literally bred for the job. They were born into specific families, put into privileged schools, plugged into the right networks, and taught how to play a role in an inauthentic, manufactured cast of characters that forms the interlocking rings of distraction and public pacification. And the more examples of this disingenuous, inauthentic role-playing that we notice, the more all-encompassing this theme and infrastructure seems to be until you start to wonder if anyone at all makes a career outside of this framework. Many of which have had very public and visible meltdowns right in front of all of us when they realize it was always a raw deal. And it's all insulated by a tight network of agents, managers, handlers, mentors, and producers that hold the keys to the doors many think they want opened. And in the immortal words of Rod Blagojevich, they've got this thing and it's fucking golden. You think they're going to give it up for nothing? Well, today's guest, Kirby Summers, knows about the twisted world of the upper crust firsthand as a survivor of human trafficking and sexual slavery. She was relentlessly pursued by a billionaire connected to both the Franklin child abuse case and the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking ring. ...

Excerpt from The Higherside Chats, Oct 11, 2026. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.