Dumb idea Dan

Dan heads to Melbourne and discovers just how powerful the glitch really is. Crown Towers, gambling, luxury spending and huge amounts of cash follow as a small experiment begins turning into an extraordinary spending spree.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan works out how the glitch operates and begins pushing it further, using the money to gamble and trying to stay ahead of the growing debt. But within weeks he loses his job and his fiancée, leaving him with little keeping him in Wangaratta.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Dan Saunders, an ordinary Wangaratta barman whose life changes when he accidentally discovers an ATM glitch that allows him to withdraw money he doesn’t have. By morning, what seemed like a drunken dream has left him with almost $2,000 in cash.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What would you do if you discovered your bank card could give you seemingly unlimited cash? The Glitch is the extraordinary true story of Aussie Dan Saunders, an ordinary bloke who stumbled across an ATM glitch that allowed him to access $1.6 million  and then spent it in less than four months. What followed was a wild ride of parties, travel, luxury, generosity, bad decisions and the constant knowledge that eventually it would all have to come crashing down. Originally released as a hit podcast series, The Glitch now brings Dan’s incredible story to video, as he sits down to relive exactly how it happened, what life was like when the money seemed endless, and what happened when the fantasy finally caught up with him. It’s a story about money, temptation and what happens when, for a brief moment, the rules appear to stop applying.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s been almost three years since Dan shared his story about The Glitch. So, what’s happened with him since? Is the movie ever coming out? Does he have money stashed in the backyard? Is he still a bit dodgy? All of this and more is revealed in this new episode, recorded in September 2024.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Warning this episode contains really cringey stories of some of the things Dan got up to during the 4 months of the Glitch …  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this almost final episode of The Glitch, Dan answers your question about some of the finer points of The Glitch including details of the movie and which Hollywood A-lister that is on the project  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan has landed himself in maximum security prison. This is no place for a guy who has eaten at the best restaurants, worn the fancy threads and was used of the attention from everyone …now in jail, he just wants to blend in.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Dan has a bright idea: if the bank and the cops are not coming to get him, maybe he should go to them. So he uses the media to get their attention and it works… sort of      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Forget the Wolf of Wall street, Dan is the Dingo of Collins street … This is where Dan stops spending on the magic ATM card,  it all getting too much.Hear how it all starts to come to an end and Dan's plan to end The Glitch  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.