When I was made aware of the speculations regarding the word “jerky” in Epstein’s communications referring to human meat, I was intrigued yet skeptical. Intrigued because I am very well aware of these people’s tendencies to use code words to refer to their illicit activities (see my 2016 Pizzagate article). However, I was also skeptical because there has been a great number of theories circulating regarding the Epstein files that turn out to be “big nothings” after some basic research.
As I like to say, this site is about finding truth, not conspiracies. So I started looking into this rabbit hole with a rather sceptical mindset, and fully expecting to quickly dismiss it as a “big nothing.” After searching the DOJ’s website (and other sources) for any mentions of the word “jerky” I found an absurd number of results, mainly email communications between Epstein and his staff.
After reviewing all of them, here are some conclusions: Jeffrey Epstein loved beef jerky. Actually, he was obsessed with it. Actually, he NEEDED beef jerky in great quantities, or he became very upset, and everyone around him was very stressed out about that.
While I understand that it is quite possible to obsess over a particular food item or base one’s diet on protein, the contents of several emails remain baffling. Beef jerky definitely had a “special status” in Epstein’s world, and a ridiculous number of emails are just him fiending for it like a crackhead.
Numerous emails pertain solely to jerky, its production, and transport to various locations, including Little Saint James (aka Pedo Island). Other emails are about storing it in freezers and ever getting it… analyzed in the lab.
These strange, seemingly out-of-context mentions of jerky lead some to believe the word is about something else, possibly human meat.
For centuries, in some high-powered circles, the consumption of human meat, blood, and adrenochrome (especially fresh) has been believed to confer youthful strength and physical rejuvenation. However, it comes at a cost: Addiction.
Is this what this jerky business is all about? I’ll let you review the material below and come to your own conclusions.
Strange Jerky
To understand how some emails seem out of place, here’s a quick summation of what a jerky is and its properties.
Jerky is lean trimmed meat strips which are dehydrated to prevent spoilage and seasoned to varying degrees. Normally, this drying includes the addition of salt to prevent microbial growth through osmosis.
Jerky is ready to eat, needs no additional preparation, and can be stored for months without refrigeration.
With these facts in mind, here are some emails regarding Epstein’s jerky.
A main reason jerky is popular is that it is a shelf-stable protein that lasts for months without refrigeration. Why do some still do it? Absolutely nobody transports it in “cold insulated bags” with ice… as if it were human body parts or something. Also, why would Shuliak recommend “not checking” the meat? It’s only beef jerky, right?
When it is not transported in bags, Epstein’s jerky is carefully stored in freezers.
Some people freeze their jerky to store it for over a year. However, as we’ll soon see, Epstein consumed enormous amounts of it and constantly ran out, so there was no reason for him to freeze it.
Other emails highlighted the “special status” of this all-important jerky.
Another odd fact about Epstein’s jerky: He had some batached analyzed in labs.
If the jerky consisted of beef and some seasoning, why would it require analysis? Is it because we’re not talking about beef at all?
One thing is for sure: Epstein and his friends appeared to be obsessed with it.
Jerky Mad
To understand the weirdness of the jerky situation, consider the following emails.
Epstein is in Leon Black’s office, and he’s requesting jerky (of all things in the world) to be personally sent to him. His assistant replies that Jojo is “walking over jerky.” Strange phrasing.
Picture this scenario. Leon Black is a private equity investor and the CEO of Apollo Global Management. His net worth is over $ 13 billion. Epstein is at his office, and there’s suddenly a jerky emergency. He wants his assistant, Leslie Groff (who is known to have orchestrated many of Epstein’s nefarious activities), to have someone personally “walk over” some … beef jerky. Why was so much care taken for this delivery?
A main purveyor of this all-important jerky is Francis Derby who owned two restaurants named … wait for it … The Cannibal.
So this Derby guy becomes one of Epstein’s personal chefs. He requests a food dehydrator for places such as Pedo Island so he can continuously make jerky. Also, he teaches people around Epstein how to make it.
However, he soon realizes that Epstein takes jerky VERY seriously.
In many emails, Epstein simply doesn’t sound like a human being. He has world-renowned chefs who can prepare him the most succulent meals on earth. However, he is “very, very annoyed” about not having beef jerky and is harassing an off-site chef to send him some ASAP. Are we really talking about beef jerky?
It is clear that Epstein did not merely enjoy jerky, he NEEDED it. And many communications revolve solely around it.
Also, that food staple clearly had a special status, and Epstein keept mentioning it at the most random times.
This jerky obsession was not a fleeting thing. Communications regarding it spanned several years, until his arrest in 2019. About a month before his arrest, he (or someone on his staff) sent this bizarre text message to a person named Leo.
Why such a specific request? Were there traces of human meat in the dehydrator? Did he know that investigators would soon be looking into his stuff? So many strange questions.
In Conclusion
After reviewing every mention of “jerky” in the Epstein files (there are hundreds more), we can come to a few conclusions. First, Epstein was obsessed with it, consumed large quantities, and got upset when he ran out. Second, other high-powered figures around him seemed to share this obsession. Third, his entire staff was instructed to carefully monitor the quantities available, have them delivered worldwide, and ensure they are properly refrigerated at all times. Finally, Epstein and his friends had beef jerky analyzed in a lab, even though the nutritional value of this common food is well known.
In other words, none of these things normally apply to beef jerky. Nobody in their right mind would have this many back-and-forths with so many people about beef jerky, except maybe people in the beef jerky business. But Epstein wasn’t. He was, at best, an enthusiastic consumer and, at worst, a complete addict. Judging by the urgency of his emails, he needed jerky (and nothing else) for sustenance until he went back to so-called “regular food.”
No matter the case, jerky definitely held a special place in Epstein’s diet and his life in general. It is possible that some emails refer to actual beef jerky, but others simply do not make sense. Unless that jerky is … special. Did Epstein devise some sort of human jerky and had it analyzed to figure out its nutritional value? Is this why he got rid of his food dehydrator?
While we ponder on the deep absurdity of these questions, Epstein is probably somewhere in Israel asking:
