Retel Pinniger' dominatrix' fetishist' artist' and courtesan to the rich and famous has been shocking and outraging Australia for decades. Never shy of publicity' this introverted daughter of a handsome war hero from the Melbourne establishment once wanted to become a nun. Instead' she threw her leather - clad body into a world of sex' drugs and riotous parties. She danced with Elton John' catered to Clyde Packer's more creative sexual fantasies and was supported by a fabulously wealthy patron' who bequeathed her a generous allowance so long as his name was never disclosed by her.Despite marrying and becoming a mother' there is nothing ordinary about the outlandish Gretel Pinniger. Join Sam Everingham as he takes you into the colourful reality of Australia's most misunderstood eccentric. This is a portrait as revealing' provocative and outrageous as Madam Lash herself.