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<v Speaker 1>Listeners, I have a new show that I think you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to love. From Wondery and hosted by Laura Bale,

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<v Speaker 1>the critically acclaimed Doctor Death is back with a new season,

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<v Speaker 1>Doctor Death, Bad Magic, a story of miraculous cures, magic

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<v Speaker 1>and murder. When a charismatic, hotshot doctor announced revolutionary treatments

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<v Speaker 1>for cancer and HIV, it seemed like the world had

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<v Speaker 1>been given a miracle cure. Medical experts rushed to praise

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<v Speaker 1>doctor sir Hat Gumruku, a genius who is the co

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<v Speaker 1>founder of a cutting edge biotech company. Hopeful patients and

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<v Speaker 1>families from across the globe turned to him for one

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<v Speaker 1>last chance. But when the company stalk skyrocketed to over

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<v Speaker 1>half a billion dollars, a team of private researchers dive

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<v Speaker 1>into sir Hat's background and they begin to suspect the

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<v Speaker 1>brilliant doctor is hiding a shocking secret. And when a

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<v Speaker 1>man is found dead in the snow, with his wrists

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<v Speaker 1>shackled and bullet casing speckling the snowbank, Sir Hat would

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<v Speaker 1>no longer be known for world changing treatments. He'd be

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<v Speaker 1>known as a fraud and a key suspect in a

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<v Speaker 1>grisly murder. I'm about to play a clip from Doctor Death,

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<v Speaker 1>Bad Magic. Follow Doctor Death on the Wondery app or

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<v Speaker 1>wherever you get your podcasts.

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<v Speaker 2>It was late on a freezing Saturday night in northern Vermont.

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<v Speaker 2>Greg Davis was in his bedroom with his wife Melissa,

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<v Speaker 2>when they heard someone outside. Greg opened the door and

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<v Speaker 2>saw a man standing there wearing a jacket and mask

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<v Speaker 2>with the of the U S. Marshal. He was holding

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<v Speaker 2>a rifle. Behind him in the driveway was a white

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<v Speaker 2>Ford Explorer with emergency lights flashing in its dash. The

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<v Speaker 2>Marshal said he had a warrant for Greg's arrest on

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<v Speaker 2>racketeering charges, had been instructed to take him into custody

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<v Speaker 2>and transport him to Virginia. Greg couldn't have known what

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<v Speaker 2>this was all about. He was working in waste management.

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<v Speaker 2>His friends and family knew him as a father of six,

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<v Speaker 2>a businessman, and a devout Christian. He went to his

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<v Speaker 2>bedroom and told his pregnant wife what was happening, then

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<v Speaker 2>packed a bag of clothes and walked out. Davis's twelve

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<v Speaker 2>year old son watched from the upstairs window as the

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<v Speaker 2>car pulled away. It was the last time he saw

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<v Speaker 2>his father alive. The next after noon, a car made

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<v Speaker 2>its way along a quiet stretch of Peacham Road, about

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen miles from Greg Davis's farmhouse. It was another brutally

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<v Speaker 2>cold day, barely cracking ten degrees. Just off the side

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<v Speaker 2>of the road, the driver saw something out of place.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a shape jutting out of the snowbank. There

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<v Speaker 2>on the ground, partially covered by snow, was a man's body.

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<v Speaker 2>His wrists were shackled, twenty two caliber bullet wounds in

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<v Speaker 2>his head and torso with bullet casing speckling the snowbank.

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<v Speaker 2>Greg Davis was dead. How had all this happened? Prosecutors

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<v Speaker 2>would later claim it all traced back to a man

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<v Speaker 2>whose life had long been cloaked in mystery, and who

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<v Speaker 2>was nowhere near Vermont that night.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, good afternoon, everyone, It is truly my great pleasure

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<v Speaker 1>to welcome Anochian Biosciences.

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<v Speaker 2>Less than a year after Greg Davis's body was found

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<v Speaker 2>in the Vermont snow, the CEO of an emerging biotech

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<v Speaker 2>company stood at a sleek white lectern in Times Square.

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<v Speaker 3>The very first time I met Ronesti Leva, or chairman,

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<v Speaker 3>he told me, will be a Nasdaq listed.

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<v Speaker 2>Company, Anochian Bioscience is now traded alongside tech giants like

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<v Speaker 2>Apple and Microsoft, But the CEO wasn't taking the credit.

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<v Speaker 2>The success of the company was largely thanks to a

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<v Speaker 2>man who was standing just offstage. The man with the

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<v Speaker 2>ideas that drove Anokian Biosciences to its six hundred million

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<v Speaker 2>dollar valuation, a man with short dyed blonde hair, stubble

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<v Speaker 2>and an impish smile.

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<v Speaker 3>The very first time I met Sarah Kumuku, our scientific founder,

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<v Speaker 3>he told me, will be the company that will put

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<v Speaker 3>an end to HIV AIDS.

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<v Speaker 2>Doctor sar hodgm Rupchuw, at just thirty six years old,

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<v Speaker 2>Doctor Sarhaw was leading a mission to end HIV AIDS forever.

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<v Speaker 2>He was also working on cures for cancer, hepatitis B,

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<v Speaker 2>and a host of other diseases. His patients saw him

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<v Speaker 2>as a miracle worker. His colleagues compared him to Leonardo

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<v Speaker 2>da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, and Einstein in one and the

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<v Speaker 2>same person. But in a few years he wouldn't be

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<v Speaker 2>known for world changing treatments. He would be known as

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<v Speaker 2>a fraud and a key suspect in a grizzly murder.

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