149: Vanity - The Fraud of Miracle Diets

Seven Deadly Sinners

Rachael O'Brien | Morbid Network | Wondery

True Crime, Exhibit C, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Rachael lays down the framework for the biggest wellness Con in the game, Belle Gibson. A woman who claimed her diet cured her of stage four brain cancer and she certainly did not have a malignant tumor anymore... but the thing is... she never did.

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The Woman Who Fooled the World“ Written By Beau Donnely and Nick Toscano

“Broccoli is bad for you, like, really toxic bad” by Tim Crowe

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Seven Deadly Sinners, Add Free on Amazon Music.
0:06.3	Download the app today.
0:09.7	You're listening to a morbid network podcast.
0:15.7	Mike Williams set off on a hunting trip into the swamps of North Florida, where it was
0:19.6	thought he met his fate by a group of hungry alligators, except that's not what happened.
0:25.2	And after the uncovering of a secret love triangle, the truth would finally be revealed.
0:30.3	Listen to over my dead body, gone hunting early, and Add Free on Wondering Plus.
0:55.2	Welcome back to another episode of Seven Deadly Sinners.
1:20.3	Thank you guys so much for listening.
1:22.3	I love you.
1:23.7	And I'm going to just cut right to the story.
1:27.3	Because now I'm paranoid of influencing anyone after researching this story.
1:34.6	You know what?
1:35.6	Influence yourselves.
1:36.8	Read the fine print.
1:38.4	Look beyond a golden hour Instagram image.
1:43.1	Because wow, it's a bad bad world out there if you're not careful.
1:49.1	She becomes the poster girl for the alternative wellness industry.
1:53.3	There's an award-winning app and a cookbook.
1:55.8	Belle Gibson has made it, except it's all a lie, a great big lie.
2:01.2	She doesn't have cancer, never did.
2:05.5	I didn't trade in my story or in other people's lives.
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