79. Unmasked: Could someone steal your face?

Bad People

BBC

Society & Culture, True Crime, Unknown

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In 2010 a serial robber was on the loose in Cincinnati, US. Surveillance footage shows a clear image of a black man, with a black hoodie and sunglasses on. When tips come in the police follow the trail to a woman’s house. When she opens the door she says, “I know why you're here. I just saw on television my son robbing a bank”. After arresting their prime suspect, it emerges that the police have the wrong man in custody. So if their suspect didn’t commit the crime, who has his face? On this episode of Bad People, Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen discuss the growing problem of hyperreal masks and examine the link between our faces and our identities. CREDITS Presenters: Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen Producer: Laura Northedge Assistant Producer: Hannah Ward Editor: Anna Lacey Music: Matt Chandler Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins Commissioning Assistant Producer: Adam Eland #BadPeople_BBC

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to tell you why I love podcasting.
0:04.5	I'm Sasha Johansson, I'm an Assistant Commissioner for the BBC and I work on making podcasts.
0:11.1	My real passion is discovering unbelievable unheard stories and working with the biggest
0:16.9	stars who can really bring those stories to life.
0:20.1	I love the whole process of making podcasts from the spark of an idea to hearing the final
0:26.0	edit.
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0:40.6	Have a listen on BBC Sounds.
0:42.1	I'm Adrian Dunbar and this is a story about a time in Irish society when nothing was ever
0:48.7	quite what it seemed.
0:49.7	It was shocking horror that anything could actually happen like that in the Phoenix Park.
0:53.7	It was wrong and violated obscene.
0:56.8	Welcome to obscene, the Dublin scandal.
0:59.4	There's nothing far as up the imagination in a small country more than the idea that someone
1:02.9	wandering around who's going for anyone.
1:05.4	We couldn't believe that this culprit for these crimes would have been associated with
1:09.3	a more senior law officer in the country.
1:11.4	If this thing is what we think it is, we would bring down the government.
1:16.1	Listen to all of obscene, the Dublin scandal first on BBC Sounds.
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