Background
What is actually known about Little St. James: location, map, buildings, owners, timeline and files. Every article lists its sources.
This article describes the real island Little St. James using public sources: court records, official releases and reporting by major outlets. Epstein Island Game is a satirical game; what happens in it is invented and not an account of real events. The two are kept apart here.
13 articles
Files and proceedings
Case by case: the Florida plea of 2008, the victim-rights ruling of 2019, the Maxwell conviction, the Virgin Islands suit and four bank settlements.
11 min readSep 26, 202635 sources
Files and proceedings
Court records, congressional releases and 3.5 million pages from the Justice Department: what covers Little St. James and where the originals sit.
14 min readSep 26, 202631 sources
History and timeline
What Little St. James and Great St. James cost, the $73.6 million in tax exemptions behind them, and how the estate value moved from 2019 to 2026.
10 min readSep 26, 202619 sources
Visiting and travel
Epstein Island sits inside a 9.6 square kilometre marine reserve. What is protected there, and what the unpermitted work on Great St. James left behind.
9 min readSep 26, 202616 sources
History and timeline
Listed at $125 million, sold for $60 million: how both islands changed hands in 2023, where the money goes, and why no resort exists in 2026.
13 min readSep 26, 202619 sources
Visiting and travel
Going ashore on Little St. James is trespassing, the shoreline strip is public. Penalties, marine reserve rules and where the 2026 cases stand.
12 min readSep 26, 202622 sources
Documentaries, books, media
Five productions, a book, the Pulitzer citation, an announced limited series, official photographs and drone clips: the media record on the island.
13 min readSep 16, 202628 sources
Island and location
Where Epstein Island lies, how large Little St. James is, what stands on it, who bought it for US$60 million in 2023 and whether it can be visited today.
16 min readSep 16, 202664 sources
Buildings and map
The Epstein Island map explained: striped temple, main residence, guest cabanas, helipad, dock and Great St. James. What is documented, what is not.
15 min readSep 16, 202645 sources
Myths and facts
Permit files instead of rumour: what the records show about the striped building, the missing dome and the tunnel claims, as of 2026.
14 min readSep 16, 202627 sources
History and timeline
Epstein Island timeline: the 1998 purchase, 2008 plea, 2019 arrest and FBI search, 2022 settlement, the US$60 million sale of 2023 and the files to 2026.
17 min readSep 16, 2026110 sources
Buildings and map
A submarine cable instead of generators, a seawater desalination plant, the workboat LSJ: how Little St. James was kept running.
9 min readSep 16, 202616 sources
Island and location
About 161 acres, bought in 2016 through a screened entity, built on without permits, stopped in 2018: the record of Little St. James's neighbour.
15 min readSep 16, 202622 sources