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The Federal Bureau of Investigation staked out the Chicago apartment of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner over two months during an investigation — and found the notorious hedonist only walked three blocks for a lonely dinner and then turned in early for the night, according to newly released documents.

The FBI’s case files on Hefner, who died in 2017, and the bureau’s investigation into obscenity accusations against him, were released this week as documents of “public interest and historical value.”

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The 58 pages of documents, many significantly redacted of names and details, date back to 1956, three years after the launch of the magazine amid controversy over its unabashed presentation of female nudity.

The tipster said Hefner hosted 'frequent late hour parties'

The files document a canny interview agents had with Hefner in the late 1950s after he learned of their secret probe and boldly invited them into his office.

At first, the FBI simply monitored the magazine’s 1953 launch, and various controversies over its content and distribution, through news clippings that describe Playboy as “oversexed,” “vulgar” and “obscene.”