The phone was answered not by Eric but by a guy who said his name was Henry Spiegel, which he pronounced "Shpeegel." Spiegel was one of the most colorful characters I’ve ever run across, and my list includes, besides Ivan Boesky, people like famed palimony attorney Marvin Mitchelson, convicted of tax evasion, and ZZZZ Best scammer Barry Minkow. Spiegel was a case all his own, a guy who had a reputation for being on the periphery of everything from bank robbery to porno to ownership of a hot new Hollywood nightclub, one of those written-about places where young actors and wannabes line up outside every night.