Carreyrou went on to write a book about the case and is now back with this podcast as Holmes has her day in court. The only problem, even after endless money was poured into the company, was that she hadn't.īad Blood: The Final Chapter is presented by journalist John Carreyrou who broke the original story of everything not being as it seemed within Theranos. Holmes told the world that she had created machines that could perform blood tests on just one drop of blood taken from a finger. If you haven't heard the name, this is the staggering story of billions of dollars of investment in a medical technology company called Theranos which Holmes founded. True crime podcasts are packed with scams and fraudsters but very few of these cases are as public and brazen as the one of Elizabeth Holmes. Sweet Bobby is one of the best true crime podcasts of 2021. Yes, we’re being teasery for a reason but just go and listen.
A stolen identity is only the beginning here and technically the advanced use of social media isn’t against the law either – even if for nefarious means. The problem with a crime like this one is that the UK police struggle to find exactly the crime that has been committed.
Best new investigation discovery shows series#
Told deftly by Alexi Mostrous from Tortoise Media, Sweet Bobby is a six-part series but Mostrous will be continuing to cover the case.
And it comes with some of the most jaw-dropping true crime moments since The Jinx. Sweet Bobby is officially one of the strangest and most disturbing of scams because of its lack of a desire for money but control instead. But when you hear the story of Kirat, a woman in the UK who fell victim to one of the world’s potentially most sophisticated catfishing scams, you might think otherwise.
It’s what makes the prospect so compelling when it comes to a true crime podcast because we like to think that we’d be immune, that we wouldn’t be taken in.
0 kommentar(er)
