10 of the weirdest things people claim to have seen in Jeffrey Epstein’s New York mansion – from framed eyeballs to a stuffed poodle
‘Imperious fantasy that seems to have no boundaries’ is how one reporter described the late Epstein’s Manhattan town house
The late Jeffrey Epstein made headlines in July after he was arrested on suspicion of sex trafficking minors in his Manhattan and Florida homes from 2002 to 2005. He was found dead in a Manhattan jail cell on August 10, and a week later New York City’s chief medical examiner Dr Barbara Sampson ruled the cause of death to be “hanging” and the manner to be “suicide”.
While he had a sprawling real estate portfolio that included properties in the Caribbean and New Mexico, his Manhattan town house, in particular, has gained worldwide attention for the bizarre things that visitors have reported seeing inside it.
From framed eyeballs to a mural of himself in prison, here’s a list of the strangest ways Epstein reportedly decorated the home.
Framed eyeballs
In 2003, Epstein allowed Vicky Ward, a reporter from Vanity Fair to visit the home. She described the interior as a “high-walled, eclectic, imperious fantasy that seems to have no boundaries”.
Ward noted that the entrance hallway featured “row upon row of individually framed eyeballs”, which Epstein reportedly told her were made for injured soldiers and imported from England.
A giant sculpture of a naked African warrior
After she made her way through the entrance hallway, Ward described seeing a “twice-life-size sculpture of a naked African warrior”.
A stuffed black poodle