27th September 2026
Unknowing Ray Horsch – Episode 3: Crime, Podcast 173
Ray Horsch talks about his years as a forger – of artworks and banknotes, before becoming a manufacturer of illicit drugs.
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The Rialto Report is proud to present a series of exclusive articles, interviews, and investigative journalism relating to the golden age of adult film.
20th September 2026
Unknowing Ray Horsch – Episode 2: Performance, Podcast 172
Ray Horsch talks about Times Square and the seedy ecosystem that flourished there in the 1970s.
13th September 2026
Unknowing Ray Horsch – Episode 1: Youth, Podcast 171
The Rialto Report re-visits our relationship – and interviews – with Ray Horsch, who is subject of a ongoing murder investigation.
6th September 2026
Gloria Steinem vs. ‘Deep Throat’: ‘The Real Linda Lovelace’ (1980)
Gloria Steinem, feminist activist and counterpoint to the so-called ‘Porno Chic’ era, died this week.
30th August 2026
Busted! The Uncensored, Oral History of the Two Films That Landed Roberta Findlay (and Jamie Gillis, Tina Russell, and Jack Bravman) in Jail – Part 1
The ‘All in the Sex Family’ story.
9th August 2026
The Autobiography of a Flea (1976) – The Success of a Potboiler
How did an unknown erotic book published in London in the 1880s become a hit 1970s adult movie?
2nd August 2026
The Murder of Kathy Harcourt: England’s First American Adult Film Star – Podcast 102 (reprise)
The Rialto Report went looking for the truth about Kathy Harcourt – and solved a 40-year-old cold case.
28th June 2026
For Sale – The Misty Beethoven mansion: Who’s In With Us?
We’ve been looking for a new global headquarters, and the mansion that features in ‘The Opening of Misty Beethoven’ (1976) is for sale.
7th June 2026
Tanqueray – I’ve Always Been Different, Part 2: Podcast 164
Tanqueray becomes a sensation on the burlesque scene in 1970s New York before designing costume for XXX films.
19th April 2026
Zebedy Colt – Shooting the Breeze with the Eccentric Thespian of XXX: Podcast 161
A candid conversation with Zebedy Colt, the eccentric auteur behind several strange adult films.
12th April 2026
Lenny Kirtman’s Freaky Gang: The Untold Story of Ralph Ell, Ras Kean, Bo Koup and the rest – From the Seminary to Warhol, Drug Busts, & XXX Films: Part 2
The continuing adventures…
11th April 2026
Announcing…. The Erotic Cinema of Radley Metzger Metrograph, New York – April 18 – 25, 2026
New restorations of four of Radley Metzger’s finest films.
