Dawn Schiller - The Road Through Wonderland: Surviving John Holmes

Dawn Schiller - The Road Through Wonderland: Surviving John
Holmes
Jun 1, 2023

In this archive show, Dawn Schiller joins Ed Opperman to talk about
her book, The Road Through Wonderland: Surviving John Holmes. A
story of abuse, drugs, porn, murder and survival. It would have
been so easy to give up. But she did something harder. She took a
bad situation and, over time, turned it around.

Painstakingly honest, this chilling memoir reveals how a teenager
became immersed in the bizarre life of legendary porn star John
Holmes. Starting with a childhood that moulded her perfectly to
fall for the seduction of “the king of porn,” this autobiography
recounts the perilous road that Dawn Schiller travelled—from drugs
and addiction to beatings, arrests, forced prostitution, and being
sold to the drug underworld. After living through the horrific
Wonderland murders of 1981, she entered protective custody, ran
from the FBI, and turned in John Holmes to the police. This is the
true story of a young girl’s harrowing escape from one of the most
infamous public figures, her struggle to survive, and her recovery
from unthinkable abuse.

Website and book (a proportion of the price goes to empowering
teenagers) can be bought here

Recorded circa 2014

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