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The Generation Why Podcast

Listen Now: Dr. Death: Bad Magic

The Generation Why Podcast

Wondery

True Crime, Case, Trial, Conspiracies, 855520, Government, Unsolved, Society & Culture, Missing Person, Controversy, Exhibit C, Serial Killer, Crime, Murder, Documentary, Conspiracy

4.618.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

When a charismatic young doctor announces revolutionary treatments for cancer and HIV, patients from around the world turn to him for their last chance. As medical experts praise Serhat Gumrukcu’s genius, the company he co-founded rockets in value to over half a billion dollars. But when a team of researchers makes a startling discovery, they begin to suspect the brilliant doctor is hiding a secret. From Wondery, the new season of Dr. Death: Bad Magic is a story of miraculous cures, magic and murder. Hosted by Laura Beil.


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0:00.0

We're all too familiar with these kinds of stories and out of this world personality

0:04.5

praise on the desperation of someone going through the worst moment of their life

0:08.0

seeking answers seeking help but what happens when that person providing the answers is someone you're supposed to trust, a doctor who promises hope, survival, a cure for AIDS?

0:19.0

Wouldn't you do anything he said to save yourself? From Wundery comes the newest season of the renowned

0:24.3

podcast Dr Death the newest season titled Bad Magic and this isn't just some doctor

0:30.2

it's a famous one a man with prominent celebrity endorsements, a credible biotech business, a big reputation, and yes, a quirky fascination with magic.

0:41.0

Don't miss this season, a story of deceit, narcissism, humanity, and murder.

0:45.6

I'm about to play a clip from Dr. Death Bad Magic. Follow Dr. Death Bad Magic on the

0:51.3

Wonderie app or wherever you get your podcast. It was late on a

1:05.0

late on a freezing Saturday night in Northern Vermont.

1:09.0

Greg Davis was in his bedroom with his wife Melissa when they heard someone outside.

1:15.0

Greg opened the door and saw a man standing there wearing a jacket and mask with the

1:26.8

emblem of the US Marshal. He was holding a rifle. Behind him in the driveway was a white Ford explorer with emergency lights flashing in its dash.

1:39.0

The marshal said he had a warrant for Greg's arrest on racketeering charges. He had been instructed to take him into custody and transport him to Virginia.

1:48.0

Greg couldn't have known what this was all about.

1:51.0

He was working in waste management. His friends and family

1:55.0

knew him as a father of six, a businessman and a devout Christian. He went to his

2:01.1

bedroom and told his pregnant wife what was happening,

2:04.0

then packed a bag of clothes and walked out.

2:07.0

Davis's 12-year-old son watched from the upstairs window as the car pulled away.

2:17.0

It was the last time he saw his father, alive.

2:26.5

The next afternoon, a car made its way along a quiet stretch of Peacham Road, about 15 miles from Greg Davis's farmhouse. It was another brutally

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