ICYMI - The Bling Ring Wasn’t Possible Without the Internet
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🗓️ 8 October 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
The early years of social media were a wild place where people weren’t really thinking about what they were posting, which is something the teenagers of the Bling Ring took advantage of when they started using celebrity gossip sites, Facebook, MySpace and Google Maps to target their famous victims. On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by Moises Mendez II to talk about the new Netflix documentary The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist, which details this group’s tactics, crimes, and conflicting stories. Rachelle and Moises discuss how the internet played such an important role in these crimes, the chaos in the courtroom, and the desperation for attention these teens had.
This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Tinder. |
| 0:04.0 | Life is full of possibilities. |
| 0:06.0 | A cheeky reply to a message here could lead to a world of fun new experiences |
| 0:10.0 | over there, and with Tinder it all starts with a swipe. |
| 0:14.0 | Strangers can become mates, mates can become lovers with matching tattoos, |
| 0:18.0 | or maybe it's not that serious. |
| 0:20.0 | Whether a match leads to something new and exciting or something personal, |
| 0:24.0 | no matter what, all matches lead to self-discovery. |
| 0:27.0 | Download Tinder Now. |
| 0:31.0 | It was the first case that I'm aware of, |
| 0:33.0 | where they committed a crime using the internet, |
| 0:35.0 | and they were very savvy. |
| 0:37.0 | Unfortunately, it was their downfall too. |
| 0:42.0 | Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton. |
| 0:44.0 | And I'm Roy Cess Mendes, a second, |
| 0:46.0 | and you're listening to ICYMI. |
| 0:48.0 | In case you missed it. |
| 0:49.0 | Fleet's podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:51.0 | And yes, today we are joined by none other than internet culture. |
| 0:56.0 | ICON himself, Moises Mendes, the second, |
| 0:59.0 | no one's junior, Moises, hello. |
| 1:02.0 | Hi, thank you guys so much for having me back. |
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