In a grotesque before-and-after sketch buried deep in Jeffrey Epstein’s private 50th birthday scrapbook—compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell in 2003—a shabby young Epstein hands balloons and a lollipop to wide-eyed little girls in 1983, juxtaposed with the wealthy 2003 version lounging on a beach while four topless women massage him, one branded with his initials tattooed on her skin.T

What Disturbing Patterns Emerge from the Pages of Jeffrey Epstein’s Private “Birthday Book,” Where Handwritten Notes Reveal His Meticulous Tracking of Young Girls Alongside the Most Powerful Men in the World?

In September 2025, the U.S. House Oversight Committee released a chilling 238-page scrapbook titled “The First Fifty Years,” compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003. This leather-bound album, filled with handwritten notes, drawings, poems, and photos from Epstein’s inner circle, exposes disturbing patterns of normalized predation intertwined with elite camaraderie.

Contributors are categorized into sections like “Family,” “Brooklyn,” “Business,” “Girlfriends,” “Children,” “Friends,” “Science,” “Girl-Friends,” and “Special Assistants”—many names in the latter groups heavily redacted to protect potential victims. The book’s tone is overwhelmingly sexualized: crude cartoons depict Epstein handing lollipops and balloons to young girls in 1983, juxtaposed with him receiving massages from topless women in 2003, one bearing his “JE” initials tattooed on her body. Captioned “What a great country!,” it brazenly alludes to grooming escalating into exploitation.

Handwritten entries from associates recount explicit exploits—picking up underage girls on boats, forcing them to strip at knifepoint, or sharing them in bed—while others joke about Epstein’s insatiable lust for “so many girls, so little time.” Women in “Girlfriends” and “Assistants” sections submit bikini or buttocks photos, expressing gratitude for introductions to figures like Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, and Prince Andrew, hinting at their roles in his trafficking network.

High-profile contributors, including alleged notes from Trump and Clinton, praise Epstein’s “childlike curiosity” or shared “secrets,” underscoring how his depravity was an open joke among the powerful. Maxwell’s prologue frames it as nostalgic, yet the album meticulously documents a world where young girls were cataloged alongside billionaires and presidents.

This artifact reveals Epstein’s systematic objectification of vulnerable teens as “assistants” or “girlfriends,” celebrated by enablers who turned a blind eye. As survivors demand justice, the book stands as damning evidence of elite complicity in his crimes.