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We are all too familiar with these

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kinds of stories. And out of this

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world personality, praise on the desperation of

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someone going through the worst moment of

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their life, seeking

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answers, seeking help. But

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what happens when that person providing

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the answers is someone you're supposed

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to trust? A doctor who

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promises hope, survival, a cure

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for AIDS. Wouldn't

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you do anything he said to save yourself?

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From Wondery comes the newest season

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of the renowned podcast, Doctor Death.

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The newest season titled Bad

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Magic. And this isn't just

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some doctor, it's a famous

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one. A man with prominent

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celebrity endorsements, a credible biotech

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business, a big reputation, and

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yes, a quirky fascination with

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magic. Don't miss this

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season, a story of deceit, narcissism,

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humanity, and murder. I'm

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about to play a clip from Doctor Death Bad

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Magic. Follow Doctor Death Bad Magic

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on the Wondery app or wherever you

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get your podcasts. Wonder. 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

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a man standing there wearing

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a jacket and mask with the emblem of the US Marshal. He

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was holding a rifle. Behind

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him in the driveway was a white Ford

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Explorer with emergency

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lights flashing in its dash. The

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Marshal said he had a warrant for Greg's arrest on

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racketeering charges. He had

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been instructed to take him into custody and translate his

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life into custody. He

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was 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. His

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friends and family knew him as a

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father 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

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wife what was happening, then packed

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a bag of clothes and walked out.

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Davis' 12-year-old son watched from the

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upstairs window as a car pulled

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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

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way along a quiet stretch of

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Peachham Road, about 15 miles

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from Greg 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 saw something

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out of place. It

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was a shape jutting 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

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bullet wounds in his head and torso

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with bullet casings speckling the snow bank.

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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

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back to a man whose life had long

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been cloaked in mystery and who

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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

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very first time I met René Cinlev, our chairman,

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he told me he will be a NASDAQ listed

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company. is

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now traded alongside tech science like

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Apple and Microsoft. But

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the CEO wasn't taking the credit. The

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success of the company was largely thanks

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to a man who was standing just off stage,

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the man with the ideas that drove

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Inoki and Biosciences to its $600 million

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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

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Serhat Gunruku, our scientific

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founder, he told me will be the company

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that will put an end to HIV AIDS.

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Dr. Serhat Gunruku. At

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just 36 years old, Dr. Serhat

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was leading a mission to end

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HIV AIDS forever. He

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was also working on cures for cancer,

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hepatitis B, and a host of other

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diseases. His patients saw

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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 named

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for world changing treatments. He

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would be known as a fraud, and

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a key suspect, and a

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grisly murderer. Binge

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