Interview · moment 6 of 19
Investigator Gary Caradori's Death and the Blackmail Photographer
from The Whole Thing Is Evil · #63
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
4 minGuest
The story of private investigator Gary Caradori, who found child victims willing to talk and allegedly obtained blackmail photos from photographer Rusty Nelson before dying in a suspicious plane explosion with his son; Bryant recounts meeting Nelson himself and being pulled over by police.
- 18:45Lawrence E. King ran a child sex ring out of Omaha, Nebraska, while rising through Republican party ranks and singing the national anthem at the 1984 RNC.
- 19:08King traveled the country on private planes with unnamed child passengers—flight manifests exist documenting this.
- 19:21The pedophile network was so large it took three grand juries to cover it up: two in Nebraska, one in Washington D.C.
- 19:38Tim acquired sealed documents and testimony from the Nebraska state grand jury, which was illegal to possess and publish, but he did it anyway.
- 20:07Investigation began when the Foster Kibber Review Board tracked abuse in a foster home where seven children were being exploited.
- 20:30One victim, Ulysse Washington, was flown by King to pedophilic orgies in Chicago and New York, then molested repeatedly by her foster father.
- 21:20Years later, the Foster Care Review Board received Ulysse's report and contacted both federal and state law enforcement, but they ignored the case.
- 21:46The foster care system appears designed as a hunting ground for predators—easy access to vulnerable children with minimal oversight.
- 22:05Safeguards and checks existed in this case, but power and corruption at high levels kept the abuse covered up repeatedly instead of stopping it quickly.
Lawrence E. KingOmaha, NebraskaRepublican National ConventionNebraskaUlysse WashingtonWashington DC