Web Exposes Secrets of the D.C. Madam’s Escort Agency
By David Cassel
The web never forgets. An archived copy remains online for the web page of the notorious “D.C. Madam.”
High profile clients in Washington D.C. visited the infamous “escort agency” of Deborah Jeane Palfrey during its 13 years of operation — including a conservative Lousiana Senator and a member of the U.S. State Department. When federal investigators busted the real-world sex operation in October, its web page quickly disappeared from the internet. But if you’re an amateur historian — or just curious about its juicy details — you can still read the whole web site at Archive.org.
What’s amazing is the scandal-plagued business operated in the open for over thirteen years. According to the web page, Pamela Martin and Associates was open seven days a week — “cash or traveler’s checks only” — and the site even bragged to online readers that the agency had “an approximate, on-going repeat clientele rate of 65-75%.”
In an ironic twist, when the site went offline in October, the domain was snatched up by Miyoji Productions, a web design and hosting company whose Northern California clients included “Hire My Husband.com.” It’s a handy-man service offering local experts to perform home repair chores. And it also became the victim of a pretty funny coincidence.
Their web site still promises “Over 1,000 Satisfied Homeowners since 2002.”
Related:
Entry was posted
on Monday, August 27th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
under
Read more entries by David Cassel.
Stumble It!
August 28th, 2007
Needless to say, I’m going to make damn sure my wife stays away from HireMyHusband.com!
September 3rd, 2007
One might consider that Senator Vitter was–and still is–on the Senate Foreign Relations Committe. This means that by using the services of Pamela Martin & Associates (regardless of whether it was prostitution or not), he was likely violating his security clearances. Intel operatives look for these specific-openings to compromise someone like Vitter. He’s being protected.