Man: I NEED SOME MORE GAUZE.
Narrator: IN NORTH CAROLINA,
A SURGERY IS UNDERWAY.
PUT A LITTLE PRESSURE
RIGHT HERE, DANNY.
Narrator: A CASTRATION. IT'S NOT
BEING PERFORMED IN A HOSPITAL
BUT IN A SEX DUNGEON,
AND THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK
IS NOT A LICENSED DOCTOR.
HE CALLS HIMSELF MASTER RICK.
♪♪
THE PROCEDURES THAT I WAS DOING
WERE EXTREME.
THEY WERE THE DOMAIN
OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.
♪♪
Man: DO YOU THINK
THAT YOU'RE STRANGE?
NOT IN THE LEAST BIT.
♪♪
I WORKED AT THE V.A.
FOR 25 YEARS.
Narrator: RICK SCIARA HAS SOME
MEDICAL TRAINING
AS A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT.
Rick:
BEING A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT,
IT WAS A FEELING
OF HELPING OTHERS,
BEING OF SERVICE TO THEM,
GUIDING THEM.
I UNDERSTAND.
I ENJOYED IT. I FELT IN CONTROL,
IN POWER.
IT'S OKAY.
♪♪
Narrator: IN 1980,
RICK EXPERIENCES
A DIFFERENT KIND OF POWER
DURING A SEXUAL ENCOUNTER.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
♪♪
Rick: THAT WAS MY INTRODUCTION
TO B.D.S.M.
Dow: B.D.S.M. IS COMMON
IN BOTH THE STRAIGHT
AND THE GAY COMMUNITIES.
SOMEBODY WHO GRAVITATES
TOWARDS B.D.S.M.
MAY NEED MORE DOPAMINE.
WE CALL THESE PEOPLE
SENSATION SEEKERS.
SO THEY'RE NOT JUST PEOPLE
WHO ARE CHOOSING THIS BEHAVIOR.
IN A LOT OF WAYS,
THIS BEHAVIOR MAY FIND THEM
BECAUSE OF
A GENETIC PREDISPOSITION.
Narrator:
OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS,
RICK EXPLORES HIS NEWFOUND
PASSION AS A B.D.S.M. MASTER.
♪♪
Rick: WHEN PEOPLE FIRST ENTER
THIS PLACE,
THE NORMAL THING IS,
"WOW, OH, MY GOD."
♪♪
THE MAJORITY OF THIS STUFF
IS HOMEMADE --
THE SAINT ANDREW'S CROSS HERE.
IT IS AN ISOLATED,
SPECIALIZED ROOM THAT IS USED
FOR THE SUBMISSIVE TO DISCOVER
ABOUT HIMSELF,
TO LEARN ABOUT HIMSELF.
♪♪
Narrator: THE DUNGEON
IS IN THE HOUSE HE SHARES
WITH HIS PARTNER, MICHAEL,
WHO'S NOT INTO S&M.
RICK TURNS TO THE INTERNET,
WHERE HE DISCOVERS A HUGE
ONLINE B.D.S.M. COMMUNITY.
IN 2001, HE TAKES THE ONLINE
MONIKER, "MASTER RICK"
AND BEGINS TRAINING SEX SLAVES.
♪♪
HELLO!
Narrator: HE ALSO TAKES
HIS OWN LIVE-IN SLAVE, DANNY.
Dow: WHILE RICK WAS SEEMINGLY
ADDICTED TO B.D.S.M.,
I THINK THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM
IS THAT RICK HAS AN UNMET NEED
FOR POWER AND CONTROL, AND HE'S
ACTUALLY ADDICTED TO POWER.
THAT IS HIS TRUE ADDICTION.
♪♪
-[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
-YES, SIR.
♪♪
-MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION?
-OF COURSE, ANYTHING.
YOU'VE DONE SURGERIES, YES?
Narrator: IN 2004,
ONE MAN MAKES A REQUEST
THAT EVEN SHOCKS RICK.
HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD BEEN...
EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY
OF HAVING HIS TESTICLES REMOVED.
IT'S NOT A REALLY INVOLVED
PROCEDURE
TO PERFORM THE CASTRATION.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE READY
FOR THIS.
YOU KNOW THIS IS
A PERMANENT ALTERATION.
THESE WERE OPERATIONS THAT
THE PATIENTS APPARENTLY
ASKED FOR THEMSELVES.
I WAS TECHNICALLY ABLE
TO PERFORM THIS PROCEDURE,
AND HE SAID, "WOULD YOU DO IT?"
♪♪
Narrator: RICK'S SLAVE, DANNY,
AND PARTNER, MICHAEL,
ASSIST IN THE SURGERY.
♪♪
IT NEVER DAWNED ON ME
THAT WE COULD GET IN TROUBLE
IF BOTH PARTIES AGREED
ON DOING THIS.
♪♪
WATCHING THE GUY'S REACTIONS
TO WHAT WAS DONE,
YOU COULD ALMOST SEE A CALMNESS
COME OVER HIS FACE.
♪♪
THE TESTICLES, I PUT 'EM
IN A CONTAINER IN THE FREEZER
FOR HIM TO TAKE
IF HE CHOSE TO TAKE 'EM.
I WAS HELPING HIM.
I WAS DOING HIM A GREAT FAVOR,
AND I WAS MEETING
HIS GREATEST NEED.
♪♪
[ WHACK ]
Narrator:
WORD OF THE SURGERY SPREADS
IN THE UNDERGROUND B.D.S.M.
COMMUNITY.
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OVER THE NEXT YEAR,
HE PERFORMS NEARLY HALF A DOZEN
OF THE CASTRATIONS.
RICK EVENTUALLY DOES
GET IN TROUBLE
WHEN A FORMER SEX SLAVE
TIPS OFF THE HAYWOOD COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
RICK AND HIS BOYFRIEND STILL
LIVE AT THE SAME HOUSE.
-SAME ADDRESS?
-YEAH.
♪♪
[ BANGS ON DOOR ]
Officer:
I NEED YOU TO OPEN THE DOOR.
♪♪
WE'RE GOING OKAY, WHAT THE HECK
WAS GOING ON?
GO AHEAD AND STOP OUT.
STEP OUT RIGHT OVER HERE
FOR ME.
Narrator:
DEPUTIES SEARCH THE HOUSE.
IN THE KITCHEN, THEY FIND
THE EVIDENCE THEY NEED.
IN THE FREEZER
WAS A TUPPERWARE CONTAINER
THAT HAD WITHIN IT A SCROTAL SAC
AND A SEPARATE TESTES.
OVER HERE.
♪♪
Narrator: THE THREE MEN
ARE CHARGED WITH...
MICHAEL AND DANNY ARE SENTENCED
TO SIX AND EIGHT MONTHS
RESPECTIVELY.
RICK SPENDS NEARLY A YEAR
IN PRISON.
DO I FEEL LIKE A CRIMINAL?
NO, I DO NOT.
I'M OVER THAT ASPECT OF MY LIFE.
♪♪
I TURN PEOPLE AWAY ALL THE TIME.
I'M SORRY.
I'M OUT OF THE BUSINESS.
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