For five years, a chilling scrap of paper sat locked inside a courthouse vault—rumored to be a suicide note left by Jeffrey Epstein. Now, it has finally seen the light of day, and the words scrawled across it are as haunting as the man who allegedly wrote them.
The note was discovered by Epstein’s former cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione—a disgraced ex-police officer now serving life for murdering four people. He found it tucked inside a graphic novel in their cell, just days after Epstein was discovered with a bedsheet noose around his neck.
Tartaglione didn’t say a word about it until last year, when he casually mentioned the note on a podcast. That confession triggered a legal battle, and now a federal judge has ordered the note’s release—finally letting the world read what Epstein may have written in his final days.
The message is brief, jagged, and barely legible in places. “They investigated me for a month—found nothing!!!“ it begins, the rage almost palpable. Then comes a line that sounds more like bitter acceptance: “It is a treat to be able to choose the time to say goodbye.”
“Watcha want me to do—Bust out cryin!!“ the note continues, dripping with defiance. It ends with two underlined words: “NO FUN.” Then, in all caps: “NOT WORTH IT!!”
Tartaglione claims he never wrote the note himself. In fact, his own lawyers were so skeptical that they hired handwriting experts to analyze it. The experts confirmed it was Epstein’s writing, Tartaglione says—adding an eerie layer of credibility to the crumpled page.
But the note is only part of a much darker story. Epstein’s brother Mark has long insisted that Jeffrey was murdered, not a suicide. He points to an autopsy expert who called the death “more consistent with homicidal strangulation” than self-inflicted hanging.
Prison records only fuel the conspiracy. On the night Epstein died, guards failed to perform required checks. One guard, Tova Noel, was caught sleeping, browsing furniture online, and even searching “latest on Epstein in jail” less than an hour before his death. The camera system on Epstein’s unit was also mysteriously down.
Now, with the note finally unsealed, the questions only grow louder. Did Jeffrey Epstein really take his own life—or did someone help him say goodbye forever?
