Introducing: Coining It with Lewis Goodall

Coining It

Global

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In a damp Blackpool flat, James Parker is broke, restless, and stuck in a life going nowhere - until he discovers a glitch in a Bitcoin trading platform that begins pouring millions into his account.

Most people would keep it quiet. James doesn’t.

He starts handing out money, buying cars for mates, throwing lavish parties in a town where fortunes are rare. To some he’s a hero, a modern-day Robin Hood. But as the spending spirals and the police start asking questions, cracks begin to show. Deals get darker, loyalties shift, and James is left chasing the very people he once made rich.

How far would you go if the money felt endless?

And what would it cost when it finally ran out?

From Global and Free Turn, Lewis Goodall uncovers the true story of a man who found a crack in the system and pulled his whole world through it.

All episodes available on Global Player on 30th September 2025.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is a Global Player Original podcast.
0:05.0	Hello, Lewis Goodall here. You might have noticed this podcast feed has changed. That's because another brilliant, unmissable series is dropping right here very soon. So if you don't follow or subscribe to this feed already, make sure you do that now. If you loved filthy ritual, I think you'll
0:23.3	love this. It's a story I can't wait to tell you. And it all begins with a simple question.
0:31.1	What would you do if you found a way to make infinite amounts of money. So are you saying you had this secret?
0:40.0	A trick to conjure Bitcoin out of thin air.
0:43.3	It was just giving you money for free.
0:45.8	That's what happened to an ordinary man in Blackpool.
0:48.9	It's weird, don't we learn?
0:50.7	If you were sat there watching it, you go.
0:53.9	It's weird. It's weird.
0:54.9	It's weird.
0:56.2	A man who discovered a glitch that made him rich beyond his wildest dreams.
1:01.9	And the numbers were just astronomical.
1:04.0	And then handed out his secret to his mates.
1:07.0	People who were unemployed who had millions of pounds in the bank.
1:09.9	He turned around to me and just went,
1:11.4	Oh, look what I've made you.
1:13.4	You're a millionaire now.
1:15.2	And a chaotic man who was determined to throw it all the way.
1:19.5	For months, I couldn't believe any of it was real.
1:23.6	This is a story about money and about what happens when money arrives in the wrong place
1:29.8	at the wrong time to the wrong people.
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