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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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