About this episode

The episode explores the dark side of professional tickling competitions and the exploitation behind them.

What starts as a quirky story about professional tickling competitions quickly transforms into a shocking expose of psychological warfare and financial manipulation. Filmmaker David Farrier stumbles upon a global network of exploitation that spans decades, revealing how one trust fund millionaire used elaborate schemes to humiliate and control young athletes. More than just fetish films, this turns into a strange story about power, abuse, and the dark side of internet anonymity.

People in this episode

Host: Thomas Gorence

Topics covered

• professional tickling
• psychological warfare
• financial manipulation
• exploitation
• power dynamics
• internet anonymity

Keywords

• tickling
• exploitation
• David Farrier
• psychological warfare
• financial manipulation
• internet anonymity
• power abuse

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tickled

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