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Unmissables: Explosive Lies

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Subscribers: 282
Reviews: 3
Episodes: 22

Ka-Win
Jun 14, 2024

Rebecca
Nov 14, 2023
Great podcast! Very interesting and entertaining story! So wild that it's true!

David
May 28, 2023
really good, blew through the 6 episodes in one sitting.

Description

He said it could save lives. It didn’t. It couldn’t even find golf balls… Jim McCormick was a cocky English salesman with an outrageous claim: a black plastic gadget that could sniff out bombs using “electromagnetic energy.” The science was pure fiction. But in the panic after 9/11, governments bought the lie - paying up to $60,000 for a device that started life as a $20 novelty golf-ball finder. McCormick sold hope to armies and security forces across the globe. But hope turned deadly. Behind the deals were fragmented friendships, betrayals, and a truth so dangerous it would take years to drag into the light. Alice Levine uncovers the jaw-dropping story of a con that cost countless lives - and the unlikely people who stopped at nothing to uncover the truth. Explosive Lies is a Global Original podcast, produced by Forest Sounds in partnership with Dentsu Entertainment.

Episode	Date
6. No Sign of Remorse \| Explosive Lies Read the full episode description	Jan 13, 2026
5. Dead End \| Explosive Lies Read the full episode description	Jan 13, 2026
4. Expanding Web of Fraud \| Explosive Lies Read the full episode description	Jan 13, 2026
3. Iraqi Bomb Squad \| Explosive Lies Read the full episode description	Jan 13, 2026
2. Ultimate Betrayal \| Explosive Lies Read the full episode description	Jan 13, 2026
1. The Mole \| Explosive Lies Read the full episode description	Jan 13, 2026
Introducing: Explosive Lies Read the full episode description	Jan 08, 2026
Something explosive is coming... Read the full episode description	Jan 07, 2026
6. Generous To A Fault \| Coining It Read the full episode description	Sep 30, 2025
5. Crash \| Coining It Read the full episode description	Sep 30, 2025
4. The God Of Small Things \| Coining It Read the full episode description	Sep 30, 2025
3. Money Spending Expert \| Coining It Read the full episode description	Sep 30, 2025
2. Wacky Races \| Coining It Read the full episode description	Sep 30, 2025
1. Things Get Weird in Blackpool \| Coining It Read the full episode description	Sep 30, 2025
Introducing: Coining It with Lewis Goodall Read the full episode description	Sep 23, 2025
6. An Epiphany at the Hampstead Toy Boat Pond \| Filthy Ritual Read the full episode description	May 24, 2023
5. The Paper Trail Trial \| Filthy Ritual Read the full episode description	May 17, 2023
4. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? \| Filthy Ritual Read the full episode description	May 10, 2023
3. Wherefore Art Thou Juliette? \| Filthy Ritual Read the full episode description	May 03, 2023
2. The Spirits Are Always Watching \| Filthy Ritual Read the full episode description	Apr 26, 2023
1. The Healer of Hampstead \| Filthy Ritual Read the full episode description	Apr 19, 2023
Introducing: Filthy Ritual Read the full episode description	Apr 12, 2023