1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:04,519 Like so many of you, I've been obsessed with the Doctor Death series on 2 00:00:04,639 --> 00:00:09,560 Wonderre since the first episode dropped. We're all too familiar with these kinds of 3 00:00:09,599 --> 00:00:15,679 stories, an out of this world personality praise on the desperation of someone going 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:21,000 through the worst moment of their life, seeking answers, seeking help. But 5 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:26,039 what happens when that person providing the answers is someone you're supposed to trust, 6 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:32,520 A doctor who promises hope, survival, a cure for AIDS. Wouldn't you 7 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:38,240 do anything he said to save yourself from wondery? Comes the newest season of 8 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:44,159 the renowned podcast Doctor Death, title of Bad Magic. And this isn't just 9 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:49,399 some doctor. It's a famous one, a man with prominent celebrity endorsements, 10 00:00:49,719 --> 00:00:55,679 a credible biotech business, a big reputation, and yes, a quirky fascination 11 00:00:55,840 --> 00:01:02,320 with magic. Don't miss this season, a story of deceased narcissism, humanity, 12 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:07,799 and murderer. I'm about to play a clip from Doctor Death, Bad 13 00:01:07,879 --> 00:01:12,280 Magic. Follow Doctor Death Bad Magic on the Wondery app or wherever you get 14 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:30,560 your podcasts. It was late on a freezing Saturday night in northern Vermont. 15 00:01:30,599 --> 00:01:36,040 Greg Davis was in his bedroom with his wife Melissa, when they heard someone 16 00:01:36,079 --> 00:01:47,840 outside. Greg opened the door and saw a man standing there wearing a jacket 17 00:01:47,879 --> 00:01:52,680 and mask with the emblem of the US Marshal. He was holding a rifle. 18 00:01:53,959 --> 00:01:59,159 Behind him in the driveway was a white Ford Explorer with emergency lights flashing 19 00:01:59,159 --> 00:02:02,519 in its dash. The Marshal said he had a warrant for Greg's arrest on 20 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:09,240 racketeering charges had been instructed to take him into custody and transport him to Virginia. 21 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:14,319 Greg couldn't have known what this was all about. He was working in 22 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,400 waste management. His friends and family knew him as a father of six, 23 00:02:17,719 --> 00:02:23,960 a businessman, and a devout Christian. He went to his bedroom and told 24 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:28,599 his pregnant wife what was happening, then packed a bag of clothes and walked 25 00:02:28,599 --> 00:02:37,319 out. Davis's twelve year old son watched from the upstairs window as the car 26 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:47,479 pulled away. It was the last time he saw his father alive. The 27 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:53,240 next afternoon, a car made its way along a quiet stretch of Peacham Road, 28 00:02:53,599 --> 00:03:00,159 about fifteen miles from Greg Davis's farmhouse. It was another brutally cold day, 29 00:03:00,319 --> 00:03:06,159 barely cracking ten degrees, just off the side of the road, the 30 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:10,400 driver saw something out of place. It was a shape jutting out of the 31 00:03:10,439 --> 00:03:16,439 snow bank. There on the ground, partially covered by snow, was a 32 00:03:16,479 --> 00:03:22,680 man's body. His wrists were shackled, twenty two caliber bullet wounds in his 33 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:30,719 head and torso with bullet casing speckling the snowbank. Greg Davis was dead. 34 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:37,319 How had all this happened? Prosecutors would later claim it all traced back to 35 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,599 a man whose life had long been cloaked in mystery, and who was nowhere 36 00:03:40,639 --> 00:03:46,879 near Vermont that night. Well, good afternoon, everyone, It is truly 37 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:53,759 my great pleasure to welcome Anokian Biosciences. Less than a year after Greg Davis's 38 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:58,919 body was found in the Vermont snow, the CEO of an emerging biotech company 39 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,759 stood at a sleek white lectern in Times Square. The very first time I 40 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,080 met Ronestin lev Or chairman, he told me, will be a Nasdaq listed 41 00:04:06,159 --> 00:04:14,280 company. Anokian Bioscience is now traded alongside tech giants like Apple and Microsoft, 42 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,079 But the CEO wasn't taking the credit. The success of the company was largely 43 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:25,120 thanks to a man who was standing just offstage. The man with the ideas 44 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:30,279 that drove an Okian Biosciences to its six hundred million dollar valuation. A man 45 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:36,160 with short dyed blonde hair, stubble and an impish smile. The very first 46 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:41,920 time I met Sarah Kumruku, our scientific founder, he told me, will 47 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:50,199 be the company that could put an end to HIV AIDS. Doctor sar hadkem 48 00:04:50,319 --> 00:04:56,639 Ruche. At just thirty six years old, Doctor Sarha was leading a mission 49 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:00,800 to end HIV AIDS forever. He was also working on cures for cancer, 50 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:05,839 hepatitis B, and a host of other diseases. His patients saw him as 51 00:05:05,879 --> 00:05:11,959 a miracle worker. His colleagues compared him to Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, 52 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:16,040 and Einstein in one and the same person. But in a few years 53 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:20,639 he wouldn't be known for world changing treatments. He would be known as a 54 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:31,000 fraud and a key suspect in a grizzly murder binge. All episodes of Doctor 55 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:36,439 Death, Bad Magic ad free right now by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery 56 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,800 app or on Apple Podcasts.