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<v Speaker 1>Hey, listeners. If you're looking for a new true crime

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<v Speaker 1>podcast that will give you chills, check out Doctor Death

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<v Speaker 1>Season three miracle Man. It is the terrifying true story

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<v Speaker 1>of doctor Polomachiani, a charming surgeon who left a trail

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<v Speaker 1>of bodies behind him. This season begins with a storybook

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<v Speaker 1>romance between Benita Alexander and doctor Polomachiani. Doctor Maciani was

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<v Speaker 1>a world famous Italian surgeon pioneering a groundbreaking new treatment

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<v Speaker 1>that could save thousands of lives. They traveled the world together,

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<v Speaker 1>lavish vacations, romantic getaways, and it wasn't long before he

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<v Speaker 1>proposed to her and excitedly promised the Clintons, Obama's, and

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<v Speaker 1>even John Legend would be at their wedding. What Benita

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know then was that her new fiancee would take

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<v Speaker 1>her to the center of an international medical scandal that

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<v Speaker 1>would shock the world. Doctor Polomachiani had lied about everything,

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<v Speaker 1>and six people would die before she would uncover. He

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't the miracle man he made himself out to be.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm about to play you a preview of Doctor Death

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<v Speaker 1>Season three miracle Man, but while you're listening, make sure

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<v Speaker 2>It was the second night of Benita Alexander's romantic getaway

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<v Speaker 2>in Moscow, and so far everything had been perfect.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, the typical beautiful hotel, the tour guy, the

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<v Speaker 3>everything over the top, the beautiful dinners.

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<v Speaker 4>He often on these trips would give me more jewelry.

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<v Speaker 4>He was always giving me beautiful jewelry.

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<v Speaker 2>They'd spent the day's sight seeing and shopping and had

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<v Speaker 2>just settled down for dinner at the Cafe Pushkin restaurant.

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<v Speaker 2>The man who had swept her off her feet seven

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<v Speaker 2>months earlier was sitting across the table.

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<v Speaker 3>This man knows exactly how attractive and good looking he is,

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<v Speaker 3>and he knows he looks like George Clooney.

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<v Speaker 2>They'd only been seeing each other for a short time,

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<v Speaker 2>but Benita knew she was already in love. He was handsome,

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<v Speaker 2>caring and successful. In fact, he was here on a

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<v Speaker 2>business trip, a new clinical trial. He'd invited Benita along,

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<v Speaker 2>but she almost didn't make it.

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<v Speaker 3>For months after the surgery, I'm back and forth to

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<v Speaker 3>the doctor constantly, and they can't get rid of this infection.

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<v Speaker 2>He'd invited Benita along, but she almost didn't make it.

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<v Speaker 2>Just a few weeks earlier, she'd had surgery and gotten

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<v Speaker 2>an infection, but after sam antibiotics, things seemed to be

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<v Speaker 2>getting better. Besides, she really wanted to see Moscow.

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<v Speaker 3>And then the infection cleared up enough that my doctor

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<v Speaker 3>said you're fine, You're okay to travel.

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<v Speaker 2>But now at dinner, it was clear something was very wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>And I started having horrible pain, like piercing pain.

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<v Speaker 2>At first, she tried to tough it out, hoping to

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<v Speaker 2>make it through the dessert, but this was just too much.

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<v Speaker 3>I remember squeezing Paula's hand or to the table, and

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<v Speaker 3>I just look at him and I say, my love,

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<v Speaker 3>something's wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>A look of concern flashed across Paolo's face. Everything's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be okay, he said. He got up from the table,

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<v Speaker 2>threw down some cash and grabbed her coat.

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<v Speaker 4>And I could barely walk, barely get in the taxi.

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<v Speaker 2>They made it back to their hotel.

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<v Speaker 4>Room and he said, lie down on the bed.

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<v Speaker 2>Benita quickly pulled off her clothes as best she could,

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<v Speaker 2>so he could see the wound.

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<v Speaker 3>He looked at the incision and he looked at me

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<v Speaker 3>and he said, do you trust me? And I just

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<v Speaker 3>looked at him, and I said, get me another glass

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<v Speaker 3>of wine.

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<v Speaker 2>Paolo gave a soft smile and then walked to the

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<v Speaker 2>mini fridge. He pulled out a bottle of wine, then

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<v Speaker 2>filled a glass to the brim and handed.

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<v Speaker 3>It to her, which I promptly slugged and I laid down, and.

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<v Speaker 4>He said, where are your scissors.

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<v Speaker 3>I have these travel scissors that I was using to

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<v Speaker 3>cut the gauze that I was covering the incision with.

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<v Speaker 4>And I said, they're in the bathroom. And he goes

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<v Speaker 4>in the bathroom and he gets my.

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<v Speaker 3>Travel scissors and he is peroxideer something whatever he had

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<v Speaker 3>to quote unquote sterilize them.

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<v Speaker 2>He came back over to her, looked her in the.

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<v Speaker 4>Eyes, and he said, do you trust me? And I

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<v Speaker 4>just nodded my head.

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<v Speaker 3>And he took those scissors and he plunged them into

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<v Speaker 3>my incisors.

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<v Speaker 2>The pain was unlike anything she'd felt. Benita has a

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<v Speaker 2>high pain threshold, but for a second she thought she

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<v Speaker 2>was going to black out. One hand was gripping the

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<v Speaker 2>bed and the other was holding onto Paolo's shoulder. Paolo

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<v Speaker 2>told her that he had released the pus from her

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<v Speaker 2>infection and it would help her heal. She believed him

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<v Speaker 2>because she trusted him. She wasn't the only one. Fellow

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<v Speaker 2>surgeons trusted Paolo. Patients trusted Paolo, but this dashing, globe trotting,

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<v Speaker 2>miracle working doctor would betray them all.

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<v Speaker 4>I believe in miracles, I believe in magic, I believe

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<v Speaker 4>in love. And it just seemed like this is going

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<v Speaker 4>to be good.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, why not?

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<v Speaker 4>And we saw more and more life in these manuscripts.

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<v Speaker 2>Whoever said love is blind wasn't kidding. Followed Doctor Death

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<v Speaker 2>Season three Miracle Man on Apple Podcasts or wherever you're

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