Like so many of you, I've been obsessed with the Doctor Death series on
Wonderre since the first episode dropped. We're all too familiar with these kinds of
stories, an out of this world personality praise on the desperation of someone going
through the worst moment of their life, seeking answers, seeking help. But
what happens when that person providing the answers is someone you're supposed to trust,
A doctor who promises hope, survival, a cure for AIDS. Wouldn't you
do anything he said to save yourself from wondery? Comes the newest season of
the renowned podcast Doctor Death, title of Bad Magic. And this isn't just
some doctor. It's a famous one, a man with prominent celebrity endorsements,
a credible biotech business, a big reputation, and yes, a quirky fascination
with magic. Don't miss this season, a story of deceased narcissism, humanity,
and murderer. I'm about to play a clip from Doctor Death, Bad
Magic. Follow Doctor Death Bad Magic 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 Marshal said he had a warrant for Greg'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 Ronestin 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 Kumruku, our scientific founder, he told me, will
be the company that could put an end to HIV AIDS. Doctor sar hadkem
Ruche. At just thirty six years old, Doctor Sarha 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 binge. All episodes of Doctor
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