While life on the HBO series "Cathouse" was portrayed as one giant party, former sex workers say that behind the scenes, brothel life was anything but glamorous.

Millions of young girls watched "Cathouse" on TV, thinking that legal prostitution could be a shortcut to money and fame; new recruits quickly discovered that the reality is a world of manipulation, intimidation, abuse and debt bondage.

In order to escape her abusive husband, a woman flees to the Bunny Ranch, thinking that legal brothels are safe; to her horror, her journey becomes even darker and more twisted than she could have imagined.

The world is shocked when a young Bunny Ranch brothel worker is brutally murdered in Oklahoma City; as police search for answers, brothel owner Dennis Hof sees a media opportunity.

When a former LA Lakers star arrives at a Nevada brothel to get away from it all, what should have been a fun party turns into a drug-fueled nightmare for everyone involved.

Trying to stay in the spotlight, brothel owner Dennis Hof runs for political office; dark secrets threaten to destroy him and his legacy.