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Listeners, we have a new show that we

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think you're going to love. From

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Wondery and hosted by Laura Beale, the

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critically acclaimed Doctor Death is back with

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a new season. Doctor

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Death Bad Magic, a story

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of miraculous cures, magic, and

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murder. When a charismatic

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hot shot doctor announced revolutionary treatments for

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cancer and HIV, it seemed like the

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world had been given a miracle cure.

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Medical experts rushed to praise Dr.

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Sirat Ganruku as a genius. He

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was the co-founder of a cutting-edge

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biotech company. Hopeful patients and families

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from across the globe turned to

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him for one last chance. But

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when the company's stock skyrockets to

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over half a billion dollars, a

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team of private researchers dive into

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Sirat's background and they begin to

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suspect the brilliant doctor is

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hiding a shocking secret. And

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when a man is found dead in the

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snow, with his wrist shackled and bullet

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casings speckling the snowbank, Sirat would

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no longer be known for world-changing

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treatments. He'd be known as a

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fraud and a key suspect in

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a grisly murder. I'm about

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to play a clip from Doctor Death

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Bad Magic. Follow Doctor Death on the

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Wondery app or wherever you get your

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podcasts. It

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was late on a freezing Saturday night

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in northern Vermont. Greg

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Davis was in his bedroom with his

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wife Melissa when they heard

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someone outside. Greg

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opened the door and saw a man

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standing there wearing a jacket and mask

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with the emblem of the U.S. Marshal.

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He was holding a rifle. Behind

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him in the driveway was a

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white Ford Explorer with emergency lights

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flashing in its dash. The

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marshal said he had a warrant for Greg's

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arrest on racketeering charges. He had

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been instructed to take him into custody

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and transport him to Virginia. Greg

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couldn't have known what this was all about. He

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was working in waste management. His

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friends and family knew him as a

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father of six, a businessman, and a

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devout Christian. He

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went to his bedroom and told his pregnant

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wife what was happening, then packed

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a bag of clothes and walked out. Davis'

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12-year-old son watched from the upstairs

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window as a car pulled away.

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It was the last time he saw his

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father alive. The

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next afternoon, a car made its way

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along a quiet stretch of Peachham Road,

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about 15 miles from Greg

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Davis' farmhouse. It

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was another brutally cold day,

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barely cracking 10 degrees. Just

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off the side of the road, the driver

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saw something out of sleep. It

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was a shape jutting out of the snowbank.

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There, on the ground, partially covered

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by snow, was a man's

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body. His wrists were

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shackled, 22 caliber bullet

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wounds in his head and torso, with

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bullet casings speckling the snowbank. Greg

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Davis was dead. How

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had all this happened? Prosecutors

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would later claim it all traced back to

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a man whose life had long been cloaked

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in mystery, and who was

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nowhere near Vermont that night. Well,

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good afternoon, everyone. It is truly

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my great pleasure to welcome an

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Okean biosciences. Less than

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a year after Greg Davis' body was

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found in the Vermont snow, the

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CEO of an emerging biotech company stood

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at a sleek white lecture. turn

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in Times Square. The very

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first time I met René-Cin was

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briefly thanks to a man who was standing just

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off stage. The man

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with the ideas that drove Enochian

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biosciences to its 600

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million dollar valuation. A

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man with short dyed blonde hair, stubble

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and an impish smile. The

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very first time I met

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Serab Gunruku, our scientific founder,

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he told me will be the company that

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will put an end to HIV AIDS. Dr.

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Serhat Gunruku. At

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just 36 years old, Dr. Serhat

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was leading a mission to end

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HIV AIDS forever. He

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was also working on cures for cancer,

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hepatitis B and a host of other

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diseases. His patients saw

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him as a miracle worker. His

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colleagues compared him to Leonardo da

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Vinci, Nikola Tesla and Einstein in

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one and the same person. But

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in a few years, he wouldn't be

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known for world changing treatments. He

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would be known as a fraud and

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a key suspect in a

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grisly murder.