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May 13, 2024
Season 7: World of Secrets presents: The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam. Also: Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods. Women accuse Mohamed Al Fayed of rape. And: The Abercrombie Guys. Investigating sexual exploitation claims against the former CEO of fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch. Delve into a World of Secrets: the global investigations podcast from the BBC. Uncovering stories around the world and telling them, episode by episode, with gripping storytelling. Latest season: World of Secrets presents, The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam. It was the biggest gold discovery in history…until it wasn’t. In 1995, Canadian mining company Bre-X announced to the world it had found a significant amount of gold deep in the jungles of Indonesia. Stock prices soared as investors worldwide fought to stake their claim. But when Bre-X’s chief geologist mysteriously fell from a helicopter over the jungle, the story of the billion dollar discovery began to unravel. Nearly three decades later, no one has ever been held accountable. Now, host Suzanne Wilton takes listeners from the jungles of Indonesia to small town Alberta, Canada, to investigate what really happened and find out more about the man behind the biggest goldmine fraud of all time. Produced for the BBC World Service and CBC by BBC Scotland Productions. The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam was first published in May 2024. Previous seasons of World of Secrets: Season 6: The Bad Guru. A yoga school in London. A guru running from the police. How did Miranda get sucked in? Journalist Cat McShane investigates the international yoga movement headed by Gregorian Bivolaru, the spiritual guide arrested by French police in November 2023 and charged with human trafficking, organised kidnapping, rape and organised abuse of weakness by members of a sect. Season 5: Finding Mr Fox. Investigating a plot to smuggle around a hundred millions of dollars’ worth of drugs from Brazil to Europe and the miscarriage of justice that followed. But where is the man Brazilian police believe to be at the centre of it all? Season 4: Al Fayed, Predator at Harrods. Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed – then owner of Harrods, one of the most famous shops in the world – is accused of rape and attempted rape by women who worked for him. Now they refuse to be silenced any longer. Season 3: The Apartheid Killer. All the victims were black and the youngest was just 12 years old. Some relatives are still searching for the graves. They were killed during a three-year bloodbath in the 1980s, in the South African city of East London – by one person. He killed so many, he lost count. In piecing together this story, we expose the disturbed past and racial injustices of South Africa itself. Season 2: The Disciples. The cult of Nigerian prophet TB Joshua. A story of miracles, faith and manipulation, told by people from around the world, who gave up everything for one of the most powerful religious figures of the century. Lured by TB Joshua’s claimed healing powers, they live as disciples in a guarded Lagos compound, cut off from family and friends. Season 1: The Abercrombie Guys. An investigation into claims of sexual exploitation made against the former CEO of fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch. He and his British partner were accused by several men, recruited for sex events they hosted around the world.
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The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam: 5. Waiting for Michael
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Mar 24, 2025 |
The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam: 4. Prospector of the year
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Mar 17, 2025 |
The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam: 3. The battle for Busang
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Mar 10, 2025 |
The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam: 2. The believers
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Mar 03, 2025 |
The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam: 1. The fall
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Feb 24, 2025 |
World of Secrets presents: The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam
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Feb 24, 2025 |
What’s happening next?
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Feb 19, 2025 |
The Bad Guru: 6. The Return
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Jan 13, 2025 |
The Bad Guru: 5. The Breakthrough
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Jan 06, 2025 |
The Bad Guru: 4. The Guru
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Dec 30, 2024 |
The Bad Guru: 3. The Transformation
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Dec 23, 2024 |
The Bad Guru: 2. The Technique
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Dec 16, 2024 |
The Bad Guru: 1. The Retreat
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Dec 09, 2024 |
The Bad Guru: The Trailer
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Dec 06, 2024 |
Finding Mr Fox: 6. What does the Fox say?
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Nov 27, 2024 |
Finding Mr Fox: 5. An unexpected meeting
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Nov 20, 2024 |
Finding Mr Fox: 4. A detective calls
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Nov 13, 2024 |
Finding Mr Fox: 3. Highway 10
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Nov 06, 2024 |
Finding Mr Fox: 2. In the doldrums
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Oct 30, 2024 |
Finding Mr Fox: 1. The adventure of a lifetime
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Oct 30, 2024 |
Finding Mr Fox: Trailer
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Oct 29, 2024 |
The Abercrombie Guys: 11. Mike Jeffries Under Arrest
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Oct 26, 2024 |
Al Fayed, Predator at Harrods: 6. The ripple effect
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Oct 24, 2024 |
Al Fayed, Predator at Harrods: 5. Silenced no more
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Sep 19, 2024 |
Al Fayed, Predator at Harrods: 4. Surveillance state
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Sep 19, 2024 |
Al Fayed, Predator at Harrods: 3. Paris
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Sep 19, 2024 |
Al Fayed, Predator at Harrods: 2. Executive suite
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Sep 19, 2024 |
Al Fayed, Predator at Harrods: 1. Golden opportunity
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Sep 19, 2024 |
The Abercrombie Guys: 10. Final Fantasy
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Sep 13, 2024 |
The Abercrombie Guys: 9. The FBI is at my door
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Sep 13, 2024 |
The Apartheid Killer: 6. Faces at the Window
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Aug 26, 2024 |
The Apartheid Killer: 5. The Trial
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Aug 19, 2024 |
The Apartheid Killer: 4. The Hunter Becomes the Hunted
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Aug 12, 2024 |
The Apartheid Killer: 3. The Killing Machine
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Aug 05, 2024 |
The Apartheid Killer: 2. ‘We Love Louis’
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Jul 29, 2024 |
The Apartheid Killer: 1. Edward’s Ghost
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Jul 22, 2024 |
The Apartheid Killer: The Trailer
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Jul 17, 2024 |
Special: World of Secrets live
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May 06, 2024 |
The Disciples: 9. Man of God
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Jan 08, 2024 |
The Disciples: 8. Collapse
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Jan 08, 2024 |
The Disciples: 7. Beware of Blasphemers
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Jan 08, 2024 |
The Disciples: 6. Miracle machine
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Jan 08, 2024 |
The Disciples: 5. The Maze
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Jan 08, 2024 |
The Disciples: 4. Daddy’s Calling
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Jan 08, 2024 |
The Disciples: 3. The Compound
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Jan 08, 2024 |
The Disciples: 2. The Prophet
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Jan 08, 2024 |
The Disciples: 1. Sin No More
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Jan 08, 2024 |
The Abercrombie Guys: 8. The Fallout
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Nov 21, 2023 |
The Abercrombie Guys: 7. Do You Remember Me?
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Oct 02, 2023 |
The Abercrombie Guys: 6. Inside the Operation
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Oct 02, 2023 |
The Abercrombie Guys: 5. Midnight in Marrakesh
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Oct 02, 2023 |
The Abercrombie Guys: 4. The Mysterious Mr Smith
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Oct 02, 2023 |
The Abercrombie Guys: 3. The Marine
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Oct 02, 2023 |
The Abercrombie Guys: 2. Who is Mike Jeffries?
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Oct 02, 2023 |
The Abercrombie Guys: 1. Silenced
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Oct 02, 2023 |
The Abercrombie Guys: The Trailer
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Oct 02, 2023 |