In the early morning of July 10th, 2016, a young staffer at the Democratic National Committee was shot twice on the streets of Washington, D.C.

His name was Seth Rich.

Because the murder has never been solved, the death of Seth Rich has taken on a life of its own.

I'm Mike Lizikov, Chief Investigative. has taken on a life of its own.

I'm Michael Lizikoff, chief investigative correspondent for Yahoo News.

In this six episode podcast, we're going to investigate how this senseless murder spawned bizarre and outlandish conspiracy theories.

Seth Rich was assassinated for political reasons.

It's all our conspiracy theory. It's all confirmed.

You know, households face serious risks.

We'll hear from those who are spinning the thread.

You'll think I'm nuts. I'm a believer in the deep state.

If Seth Rich was the leaker, of course that would discredit the Russian narrative.

We have the full attention of the White House.

And those who have been caught up in the web.

This is outrageous.

You're a pawn and your own son's death.

In a world dominated by social media,

the Russians play a big role.

These conspiracy theories have kind of gone into overdrive.

The elements of political suspicion and the genuine real life unsolved crime drew so many people

in.

From the creators of the Scull Duggery podcast, this is Yahoo News's conspiracy

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