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So, now… Y'all,

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guess what? I've got something special for you.

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Well, then again, I guess it's depending

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of stories. It's an out-of-this-world personality

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praise on the desperation of someone

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going through the worst moment of

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their life. Seeking

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answers, seeking help. What

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happens when that person providing the answers

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is someone you're supposed to trust? A

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doctor who promises hope, survival,

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cure for AIDS. Wouldn't

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you do anything he's said to save yourself?

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Well, from wondering comes the

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newest season of the renowned podcast,

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Dr. Death. The newest season

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titled Bad Magic. And

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this ain't just some doctor,

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it's a famous one. A

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man with prominent celebrity endorsements,

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a credible biotech business, a

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big reputation, and yes, a

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quirky fascination with magic. Y'all,

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don't miss this season. It's

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a story of deceit, narcissism,

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humanity, and murder. That's right,

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always murder. Now, stay

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tuned and check out this clip

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get your podcasts. Here we

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go. It

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was late on a freezing Saturday night

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in northern Vermont. Greg

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Davis was in his bedroom with his

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wife, Melissa, when they heard

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someone outside. Greg

2:01

opened the door and saw a man

2:03

standing there wearing a jacket and mask

2:05

with the emblem of the U.S. Marshal.

2:08

He was holding a rifle. Behind

2:12

him in the driveway was a

2:14

white Ford Explorer with emergency lights

2:16

flashing in its dash. The

2:18

Marshal said he had a warrant for Greg's

2:20

arrest on racketeering charges. He had

2:23

been instructed to take him into custody

2:25

and transferred him to Virginia. Greg

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couldn't have known what this was all about. He

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was working in waste management. His friends

2:33

and family knew him as a father

2:35

of six, a businessman and a

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devout Christian. He

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went to his bedroom and told his pregnant

2:42

wife what was happening, and then

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packed a bag of clothes and walked out.

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Davis' 12-year-old son watched from the

2:53

upstairs window as a car pulled

2:55

away. It

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was the last time he saw his father

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alive. The

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next afternoon, a car made its way

3:08

along a quiet stretch of Peachham Road,

3:10

about 15 miles from

3:12

Greg Davis' farmhouse. It

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was another brutally cold day,

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barely cracking 10 degrees. Just

3:22

off the side of the road, the driver saw

3:24

something out of place. It

3:27

was a shape jutting out of the

3:29

snowbank. There

3:31

on the ground, partially covered by

3:33

snow, was a man's body. His

3:37

wrists were shackled. 22

3:39

caliber bullet wounds in his head and

3:41

torso with bullet casings speckling the snowbank.

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Greg Davis was dead. How

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had all this happened? Prosecutors

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would later claim it all traced back

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to a man whose life had long been

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cloaked in mystery and who was

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nowhere near Vermont's house. that night. Well,

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good afternoon, everyone. It is truly

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my great pleasure to welcome Anokian

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biosciences. Less than a

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year after Greg Davis's body was

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found in the Vermont snow, the

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CEO of an emerging biotech company

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stood at a sleek white lectern

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in Times Square. The very

4:20

first time I met Ronessin Leib, our chairman, he told

4:23

me it will be a NASDAQ listed company.

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Anokian biosciences now traded alongside

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tech giants like Apple and

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Microsoft. But the CEO

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wasn't taking the credit. The

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success of the company was largely thanks

4:38

to a man who was standing just offstage.

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The man with the ideas that drove

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Anokian biosciences to its $600 million valuation.

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A man with short dyed blonde

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hair, stubble, and an impish smile.

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The very first time I met Serhat

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Kamruku, our scientific founder, he told me

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it will be the company that will

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put an end to HIV

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AIDS. Dr.

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Serhat Kamruku. At

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just 36 years old, Dr. Serhat

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was leading a mission to end

5:15

HIV AIDS forever. He

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was also working on cures for cancer,

5:19

hepatitis B, and a host of

5:21

other diseases. His patients

5:23

saw him as a miracle worker. His

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colleagues compared him to Leonardo da

5:28

Vinci, Nikola Tesla, and Einstein in

5:30

one and the same person. But

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in a few years, he wouldn't be

5:35

known for world changing treatments. He

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would be known as a fraud and

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a key suspect in a grisly

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murder. I'll

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