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We're all too familiar with these kinds
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of stories. And out of
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this world personality preys on the desperation
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of someone going through the worst moment
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of their life. Seeking
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answers, seeking help. But what happens
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when that person providing the answers
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is someone you're supposed to trust?
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A doctor who promises hope,
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survival, a cure for AIDS.
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Wouldn't you do anything he said to save yourself?
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From Wundery comes the newest season
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of the renowned podcast, Doctor Death.
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The newest season titled Bad Magic.
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And this isn't just some doctor. It's
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a famous one. A man
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with prominent celebrity endorsements, a
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credible biotech business, a big
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reputation, and yes, a quirky
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fascination with magic. Don't miss this
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season. A story of deceit, narcissism,
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humanity, and murder. I'm about to
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play a clip from Doctor Death,
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Bad Magic. Follow Doctor Death, Bad
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Magic on the Wundery app or
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wherever you get your podcasts. 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
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opened the door and saw a man
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standing there wearing a jacket and mask
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with the emblem of the U.S. Marshal.
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He was holding a rifle. Behind
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him in the driveway was a
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white Ford Explorer with emergency lights
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flashing in its dash. The
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Marshal said he had a warrant for Greg's
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arrest on racketeering charges. He had
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been instructed to take him into custody and
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transport 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. friends
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and family knew him as a father
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of six, a businessman and a devout
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Christian. He
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went to his bedroom and told his pregnant
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wife what was happening, then packed
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a bag of clothes and walked out. Davis'
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12-year-old son watched from the upstairs
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window as a car pulled away.
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It was the last time he saw his
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father alive. The
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next afternoon, a car made its way
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along a quiet stretch of Peachham Road,
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about 15 miles from Greg
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Davis' farmhouse. It
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was another brutally cold day,
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barely cracking 10 degrees. Just
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off the side of the road, the driver
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saw something out of place. It
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was a shape shutting out of the snow
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bank. There
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on the ground, partially covered by
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snow, was a man's body. His
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wrists were shackled, 22 caliber bullet
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wounds in his head and torso,
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with bullet casings speckling the snow
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bank. Greg
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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
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been cloaked in mystery and
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who was nowhere near Vermont that night. Well,
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good afternoon, everyone. It is truly
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my great pleasure to welcome an
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Okean biosciences. Less than
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a year after Greg Davis' body
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was found in the Vermont snow,
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the CEO of an emerging biotech
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company stood at a sleek white
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lectern in Times Square. The very
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first time I met Ronnessi our chairman, he
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told me we'll be a NASDAQ listed company.
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An Okean bioscience is now traded
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alongside tech giants like Apple and
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Microsoft, but the CEO wasn't
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taking the credit. The success
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of the company was largely thanks to
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a man who was standing just off
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stage. The man
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with the ideas that drove Enochian
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biosciences to its six hundred million
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dollar valuation. A
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man with short dyed blonde hair,
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stubble and an impish smile. The
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very first time I met Serab Kumruku,
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our scientific founder, he told me will
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be the company that will put an
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end to HIV AIDS. Dr.
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Serhat Kumruku. At
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just 36 years old, Dr. Serhat was
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leading a mission to end HIV AIDS
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forever. He was also working
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on cures for cancer, hepatitis B and
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a host of other diseases. His
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patients saw him as a miracle order. His
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colleagues compared him to Leonardo da
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Vinci, Nikola Tesla and Einstein in
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one and the same person. But
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in a few years he wouldn't be
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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
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grizzly murder. Binge
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