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Scams w/Journalist & Producer of FYRE Documentary Gabrielle Bluestone

Scams w/Journalist & Producer of FYRE Documentary Gabrielle Bluestone

FromWeb Crawlers


Scams w/Journalist & Producer of FYRE Documentary Gabrielle Bluestone

FromWeb Crawlers

ratings:
Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Aug 3, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We discuss our favorite scams:Fyre Fest - the luxury music festival that left people stranded on an island.Blade - the helicopter company that created a fake spokesperson.DashCon - a Tumblr fan convention gone terribly wrong.Theranos - Elizabeth Holmes’ blood testing scam.The Lakers twitter catfish story. Gabrielle Bluestone, journalist and producer of the Netflix Fyre Festival documentary, joins to talk about how social media has exacerbated scams, Nickelback fans getting scammed on Facebook, and a restaurant scam she experienced recently.Get Gabrielle’s book HYPEEMAIL: Webcrawlerspod@gmail.comVOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262DISCORD: https://discord.com/invite/VNGJnHrFOLLOW: Twitter / Instagram / Reddit / FacebookPATREON: HEREMERCH: https://webcrawlerspod.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/webcrawlers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Aug 3, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Self-proclaimed comedians Ali Segel and Melissa Stetten discuss unsolved mysteries, creepy cults, paranormal experiences and everything in between. “They maintain a loose, upbeat dynamic as they fall down rabbit holes, which means listeners can comfortably dip their toes into the deeply unsettling and unexplained, but won’t walk away feeling, well, haunted.” (Vanity Fair, 2020) Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/webcrawlers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.