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In the beautiful mountain town of Idyllwild, a wealthy widow named Dia Abrams suddenly vanishes from her home. She leaves behind her idyllic ranch, estranged children and a messy legal battle. Two men in her life, her son and a man who claims to be her fiance, launch public campaigns to find her. But soon, their efforts – and stories – begin to unravel. Hosted by Lucy Sherriff and co-produced with iHeartPodcasts.
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Van de een op de andere dag ontvangt presentatrice Janny van der Heijden tientallen appjes, DM’s en andere berichten op sociale media van mensen die vragen naar afslankpillen en zogeheten Gummy Beertjes. Werken ze echt? Waarom leent Janny zich voor zo’n product? Al snel komt ze erachter dat haar naam en foto worden gebruikt om afslankmiddelen te verkopen.
En Janny is niet de enige. Miljuschka Witzenhausen, Froukje de Both, John de Mol en tientallen andere bekende gezichten worden ingezet voor online oplichtpraktijken. En het zijn zeker niet alleen bekende gezichten die worden gestolen. In Gestolen Gezicht gaat Janny op zoek naar de figuren achter de nepjanny’s en mensen achter al die andere nepadvertenties. Ze krijgt daarbij hulp van gerenommeerde hackers, cyber security experts, advocaten en slachtoffers. Hoe kan het dat deze, toch bekende vorm van oplichting, nog steeds zo lucratief is? En waarom lijkt niemand zich verantwoordelijk te voelen? Meta, het moederbedrijf van Facebook geeft geen thuis en de politie lijkt over onvoldoende slagkracht te beschikken om hier écht wat aan te doen.
Samen met collega Jeroen duikt ze steeds dieper in de wereld van de gestolen gezichten: van whatsappfraude tot social engineering, van deepfakes tot voice cloning en alles daartussen. Wat zijn de laatste trends, waar kun je op letten en weet je straks als argeloze internetter nog wel wat echt of nep is? Ook richt Janny zich tot de politiek; want wanneer wordt er eindelijk iets gedaan al die nep-appjes, -advertenties, -profielen en sites. Of op z’n minst: wanneer wordt eens duidelijk wie verantwoordelijk is voor een oplossing?
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Hysterical investigates a mysterious illness that spreads among a group of high school girls in upstate New York. What is causing their sudden, often violent symptoms? Is there something in the water or inside the school? Or is it “all in their head?” The series examines the outbreak in LeRoy, NY, believed by some to be the most severe case of mass hysteria since the Salem Witch Trials. In his search for answers, Dan Taberski (9/12, Missing Richard Simmons, Running from Cops) explores other seemingly inexplicable events of the last few years – CIA officers being crippled with nausea and vertigo; cops OD'ing from exposure to fentanyl – and discovers they’re far more connected than we realize.
From Wondery and Pineapple Street Studios, this 7-part series forces us to grapple with the mysteries of our own minds, and reckon with a contagion that we thought was long dead, but may be the defining disorder of our time.
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When Gloria took a waitressing job at a diner outside of Phoenix, she didn't realize she was now an employee of Midnight Burger, a time-traveling, dimension-spanning diner. Every day Midnight Burger appears somewhere new in the cosmos along with it's staff: a galactic drifter, a rogue theoretical physicist, a sentient old-timey radio, and some guy named Caspar. No one knows who built Midnight Burger or how it works, but when it appears there's always someone around who could really use a cup of coffee.
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Just because the police can’t solve a murder doesn’t mean other people won’t find someone to blame. In season 4 of Witnessed: Devil in the Ditch, journalist Larrison Campbell returns to her Mississippi hometown to reexamine one of its most notorious unsolved cold cases – the murder of her grandmother, Presh. What happens when a family and a community suspect one of their own?
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A daring, pioneering and dangerous chapter in Irish life began in the summer of 1972 when Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi made an approach to the Provisional IRA with an offer of arms. Months later, this secret shipment of weapons landed into Ireland. All these years later, this untold tale is finally revealed by those centrally involved… // Previous series from DocOnOne include The Real Carrie Jade, Runaway Joe, Finding Samantha, GunPlot, Tiger Roll and The Nobody Zone.
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In a broken world, what can we gain by looking another animal in the eye? Join the writer Sam Anderson on a six-part, round-the-world journey in search of an answer.
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When ex-Bunny girl Jayne Gaskin spots the desert island of her dreams for sale online, she decides to risk it all. Trading in their English village home, Jayne and her family relocate to their own private paradise, just off the coast of Nicaragua. And a reality TV crew follows them to film a new show, No Going Back. But soon they all discover that paradise has its secrets. The locals claim the island belongs to them, and it’s been sold illegally. Jayne’s not leaving without a fight. A fight that will soon turn deadly.
Hosted by Alice Levine.
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Introducing… Who Trolled Amber?
What comes to mind when you think of Amber Heard? Liar? Survivor? Narcissist? Millions of us watched the celebrity trial of the century, Depp v Heard, in 2022. Amber Heard lost and Johnny Depp was vindicated. But what if Amber was actually the victim of an organised trolling campaign? What if the online hate against her was manufactured?
Alexi Mostrous, the reporter who brought you Sweet Bobby and Hoaxed, investigates what happened to Amber and who might have been responsible. It’s a story about how our own thoughts and opinions can be moulded without us even realising.
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Reporter and host: Alexi Mostrous
Producer and reporter: Xavier Greenwood
Editor: David Taylor
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Sound design: Karla Patella
Artwork: Jon Hill & Oscar Ingham
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Imagine you're accused of something horrific. You swear you didn't do it, but someone says they witnessed it: your own brother. Sophia Johnson was newly married with a baby on the way when she became the prime suspect in her mother-in-law's brutal murder. WBUR's Amory Sivertson reexamines a case unsolved, a family torn apart, and the woman who wasn't believed.
