Hunting Warhead Introduces | Uncover: Sea of Lies

Hunting Warhead

CBC

True Crime

4.9 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

A body is pulled from the ocean, and a race against time to capture one of the world's most wanted criminals begins.

Uncover: Sea of LIes is the story of a con man who couldn't stop lying. A tale of murder, stolen identities, fine art, a diaper bag stuffed with gold bars, and a crime solved by a Rolex watch. From rural Canada to coastal England, he lied and deceived at every turn.

Award-winning podcaster Sam Mullins (Chameleon: Dr. Dante & Wild Boys) takes you inside the world of a devious scammer whose trail of destruction crosses continents and decades. So who is he? And how did this ruthless villain finally get unmasked? More episodes of Uncover: Sea of Lies are available at: https://link.mgln.ai/k9s4vs

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0:00.0	Hey, friend, come on in. My name is Alameen Abdul Mahmood. I am the host of a show called commotion.
0:04.8	Let me tell you what we do. Every day, we gather some of the sharpest and wittiest culture critics I know around the commotion table,
0:11.0	and then we get into the biggest stories that are happening right now in the worlds of arts and entertainment.
0:16.0	Things like Bad Bunny's latest album, or this incredibly close best actress race at the Oscars or how
0:21.8	YouTube is changing kids entertainment. You can find a new episode of commotion every weekday
0:26.5	wherever you get your podcast. This is a CBC podcast. Hi, I'm Sam Mullins.
0:41.0	I'm a writer and podcaster, and you might know me from shows I've made like Wild Boys or Dr. Dante.
0:50.0	And I want to tell you about my brand new podcast series.
0:53.9	It's called Sea of Lies from CBC's
0:56.5	Uncover. When the body of a man is found at the bottom of the ocean, the only clue to discover
1:03.5	his identity is through the Rolex watch ticking on his wrist. What starts out is a mystery of identity grows exponentially into a race
1:14.6	against time to capture one of the world's most wanted criminals. It's the story of a man who
1:21.6	couldn't stop lying. A story of murder, betrayal, stolen identities, diaper bags, stuffed with gold bars,
1:31.5	and the incredible police investigation that brought it all to light, led by a miraculous string
1:39.0	of luck. From small town Canada to coastal England, this is a story that spans continents and decades and centers on the ruthless villain who almost got away with it.
1:55.2	So who is he? And how was he finally caught? Right now, here's the first episode of Sea of Lies.
2:11.6	This story begins with a miracle.
2:17.2	I don't know what else to call it. And when I say miracle, I don't mean it in the
2:23.2	religious sense. At least I don't think I do. I mean it in the sense of luck. Luck is a spectrum.
2:33.2	There are lucky breaks, flukes, good fortune, but then there's a tier of luck that is so far beyond
2:40.7	the parameters of chance that it feels divine.
2:45.3	And while the story that I'm about to tell you features the whole spectrum of luck. Coincidences, right places, wrong times,
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