‘Castle Dracula’: Inside Epstein’s mansion where Trump dined and Chomsky wrote

 It had all the trappings of wealth—heated sidewalks, a taxidermied tiger, seven floors of Versailles-by-way-of-psychodrama—and yet its most valuable commodity wasn’t luxury. It was leverage. Because Epstein didn’t just collect art or investments. He collected people. It had all the trappings of wealth—heated sidewalks, a taxidermied tiger, seven floors of Versailles-by-way-of-psychodrama—and yet its most valuable commodity wasn’t luxury. It was leverage. Because Epstein didn’t just collect art or investments. He collected people.