Apr 11, 2019
Jon Ronson, the creator of Audible Original The
Butterfly Effect, delves into the pornography industry again
as he unravels the never-before-told story of what caused a beloved
23-year-old actress’s untimely death.
In December 2017, famed adult film star August Ames died by suicide
in a park in the Conejo Valley. Her death came just a day after
she’d been the victim of a social media pile-on by fellow porn
professionals—punishment for her tweeting out something deemed
homophobic.
A month later, August’s husband and pornography producer Kevin
Moore connected with journalist Jon Ronson to tell the story of how
cyberbullying via Twitter killed his wife. Neither of them could
predict the rumors and secrets that Ronson would soon hear,
revelations that hinted at a very different story—something
mysterious and unexpected and terrible.