A few years ago, my wife and my daughter in law were talking about
a podcast that they were listening to. It was a podcast called Doctor Death.
At that point in my life, I had never listened to a podcast.
It sounded interesting, so I asked them to send me a link,
and that night I started listening to that podcast with my headphones on, and
I was absolutely consumed with this podcast and to this day, and it just
so happens that to this day, the very first podcast I listened to is
one of the top podcasts that I've ever listened to in my life, and
I listened to a lot of them. The Doctor Death podcast. The original
Doctor Death is Unbelievable. Now I'm going to tell you about a new Doctor
Death podcast that you're gonna really really love. From Wondery and hosted by Laura
Beal, The critically acclaimed Doctor Death is back with a new season. Bad
Magic, a story of miraculous cures, magic and murder. When a charismatic
hot shot doctor announced the revolutionary treatment for cancer and HIV, it seemed like
the world had been given a miracle cure. Medical experts rushed to praise doctor
sir Hatguruku, a genius who was the co founder of the cutting edge biotech
company. Hopeful patients and families from across the globe turned to him for one
last chance. But when the company stopped skyrocketed to over a half a billion
dollars, a team of private researchers dove into Sirhat's background and they began to
suspect the brilliant doctor was hiding a shocking secret. And when a man was
found dead in the snow, with his wrists shackled and bullet casings speckling the
snowbank, Sir Hat would no longer be known for world changing treatments. He'd
be known as a fraud and a key suspect in a grizzly murder. I'm
going to play for you a clip from Doctor Death, Bad Magic. Follow
Doctor Death on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts. It was
late on a freezing Saturday night in northern Vermont. Greg Davis was in his
bedroom with his wife Melissa when they heard someone outside. Greg opened the door
and saw a man standing there wearing a jacket and mask with the emblem of
the US Marshal. He was holding a rifle. Behind him in the driveway
was a white Ford Explorer with emergency lights flashing in its dash. The marshall
said he had a warrant for Egg's arrest on racketeering charges, had been instructed
to take him into custody and transport him to Virginia. Greg couldn't have known
what this was all about. He was working in waste management. His friends
and family knew him as a father of six, a businessman, and a
devout Christian. He went to his bedroom and told his pregnant wife what was
happening, then packed a bag of clothes and walked out. Davis's twelve year
old son watched from the upstairs window as the car pulled away. It was
the last time he saw his father alive. The next afternoon, a car
made its way along a quiet stretch of Peacham Road, about fifteen miles from
Greg Davis's farmhouse. It was another brutally cold day, barely cracking ten degrees.
Just off the side of the road, the driver saw something out of
place. It was a shape jutting out of the snow bank. There on
the ground, partially covered by snow, was a man's body. His wrists
were shackled. Twenty two caliber bullet wounds in his head and torso with bullet
casing speckling the snowbank. Greg Davis was dead. How had all this happened?
Prosecutors would later claim it all traced back to a man whose life had
long been cloaked in mystery, and who was nowhere near Vermont that night.
Well, good afternoon, everyone, It is truly my great pleasure to welcome
Anokian Biosciences. Less than a year after Greg Davis's body was found in the
Vermont snow, the CEO of an emerging biotech company stood at a sleek white
lectern in Times Square. The very first time I met Ronesti lev Or,
chairman, he told me will be a Nasdaq listed company. Anokian Bioscience is
now traded alongside tech giants like Apple and Microsoft. But the CEO wasn't taking
the credit. The success of the company was largely thanks to a man who
was standing just offstage, the man with the ideas that drove an Okian Biosciences
to its six hundred million dollar valuation. A man with short dyed blonde hair,
stubble and an impish smile. The very first time I met Sarah Kumuku,
our scientific founder. He told me, will be the company that will
put an end to HIV AIDS. Doctor sar hopkem Rupchuw. At just thirty
six years old, Doctor Saraha was leading a mission to end HIV AIDS forever.
He was also working on cures for cancer, hepatitis B, and a
host of other diseases. His patients saw him as a miracle worker. His
colleagues compared him to Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, and Einstein in one
and the same person. But in a few years he wouldn't be known for
world changing treatments. He would be known as a fraud and a key suspect
in a grizzly murder. Okay, that should make you want to go listen
to this Doctor Death, Bad Magic podcast. Listen to it early and ad
free right now by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.