The Creep Dive

A black polo neck, a suspiciously deep voice and a tiny machine that was supposed to revolutionise healthcare. What could possibly go wrong?Inspired by the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary, Sophie takes us right back to the beginning of Theranos and the spectacular rise of Silicon Valley's favourite girlboss.We're talking billionaire backers, a secret relationship with a much older tech entrepreneur, blood-testing machines that didn't actually work, and an absolutely staggering amount of confidence in the face of mounting evidence that the whole thing was a disaster.Plus, some very dark side quests, a truly bizarre cast of characters and the question that keeps coming up: did Elizabeth Holmes actually believe her own bullshit?This week's main feed episode is Part 1 of a two-parter, so there won't be a new main feed episode next week but you can listen to Part 2 right now over on Patreon!This is Part 1. Part 2 is available now on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecreepdiveContent warning: Discussion of sexual assault and suicide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Jen takes us to a remote farmhouse on the Isle of Man, where a family claimed they were living with Gef an 80-year-old talking mongoose from New Delhi. He swore, sang, gossiped about the neighbours, did housework, stole sandwiches and declared himself the eighth wonder of the world. Frankly, we love him. Then Sophie brings us crashing back to earth with the devastating case of Lacey Fletcher a woman found dead on her parents’ sofa after years of unimaginable neglect. And, because apparently we needed something to lift the mood, we finish with a priest and a falling crucifix.🎧 Want this episode completely ad-free? Join the Hive on Patreon for the ad-free feed, a brand-new bonus episode every week and hundreds of episodes from the archive. A huge thank you to everyone already supporting us you genuinely keep The Creep Dive going. 🖤Listen ad-free on The Creep Dive Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on The Creep Dive: international DJ Liv Nervo discovers the father of her unborn baby has another pregnant partner on the other side of the world kicking off a years-long legal battle over reproductive deception, consent and the man known as New Zealand’s Honey King. Then Jen brings us the desperately sad story of the man killed after entering a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, before Sophie introduces us to Karl Bushby, who left Chile in 1998 with $500 and a plan to walk home to Hull. Twenty-eight years, a frozen Bering Strait, several geopolitical crises and an absolutely unreasonable amount of swimming later… he’s nearly there. Want more Creep? Get every main episode ad-free, a brand-new Patreon episode every week and hundreds of episodes from the archive over on Patreon.Join The Creep Dive on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on The Creep Dive, we're going extremely current.First, Sophie dives into the ongoing trial of former American Idol contestant and ex-pastor Caleb Flynn, who has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his wife, Ashley. There is a missing gun, Apple Watch data, an alleged affair and somewhat inconveniently for the defence an absolutely staggering trail of messages between Caleb and his mistress, including conversations about wanting Ashley dead. And then there's the song. Dear God, the song. Then we head to Massachusetts, where a tiny COVID-conscious queer bar decided to make masks optional for one night a week and accidentally triggered an internet inferno involving accusations of ableism, a three-and-a-half-hour mediated community meeting, Zoom warfare, financial ruin and, somehow, clown school. Come for the alleged murder. Stay for the K95s.Want to listen ad-free? Join us on Patreon, where you'll also get an extra episode every Thursday: patreon.com/thecreepdive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can we just… turn AI off? This week, Jen takes Sophie and Cassie into the increasingly unsettling world of autonomous AI agents: systems getting around their safeguards, accessing places they weren't supposed to access, researchers sounding the alarm, rival AI companies suddenly talking about slowing down and the slightly concerning discovery that there is no enormous red button marked OFF.Which leads us to the obvious question: if things genuinely went tits up, could we simply turn off the internet? And what would actually happen to banks, hospitals, shops, supply chains and the rest of civilisation if we did?Then, for some much-needed relief, we meet a spectacularly committed glam scammer accused of fleecing brides while posing as their makeup artist, before finishing with Chester Zoo's unfortunate attempt to sell tickets for its brand-new Can we just… turn AI off? This week, Jen takes Sophie and Cassie into the increasingly unsettling world of autonomous AI agents: systems getting around their safeguards, accessing places they weren't supposed to access, researchers sounding the alarm, rival AI companies suddenly talking about slowing down and the slightly concerning discovery that there is no enormous red button marked OFF.Which leads us to the obvious question: if things genuinely went tits up, could we simply turn off the internet? And what would actually happen to banks, hospitals, shops, supply chains and the rest of civilisation if we did?Then, for some much-needed relief, we meet a spectacularly committed glam scammer accused of fleecing brides while posing as their makeup artist, before finishing with Chester Zoo's unfortunate attempt to sell tickets for its brand-new CHILD PREDATOR TOUR.Come for the impending technological collapse, stay for the child predator tickets.🎧 Listen ad-free and get an extra full bonus episode every week on Patreon:patreon.com/thecreepdive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Jen takes us inside the real story behind the Nuremberg trials and the strange psychological battle happening behind the courtroom doors. As the surviving leaders of Nazi Germany await judgment, American psychiatrist Douglas Kelley becomes fascinated by one prisoner in particular: Hermann Göring.From secret prison conversations and intelligence tests to Göring’s extraordinary attempt to seize control of the courtroom itself, we look at the men tasked with answering an impossible question: was there something psychologically different about the people capable of doing this or was the answer much more frightening?A story about power, manipulation, evil, and what happens when the people who helped engineer a nightmare are finally forced to explain themselves.Part 2 is up on our Patreon now — listen here:The Creep Dive Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You asked (a lot 😂), so we’re releasing Part 2 on the main feed.A huge thank you to our Patreon Creeps who’ve already listened and who make it possible for us to keep making these episodes in the first place. If you’ve been enjoying the show and want more bonus episodes and to support The Creep Dive come join us over on Patreon. www.patreon.com/thecreepdive 🖤🖤We’re back in the Lindsay Clancy case, beginning with a few important clarifications from Part One before picking up the trial as the prosecution rests and the defence begins to make its case.We get into the testimony around Lindsay’s psychiatric care, the extraordinary number of medications trialled in a short period, her repeated attempts to seek help, the digital evidence and the defence’s central expert, who diagnosed Lindsay with bipolar disorder with postpartum psychosis and testified that psychosis can come in waves allowing periods of apparent lucidity.Then we enter the much murkier world surrounding the trial online: the explosion of theories about Patrick Clancy, the strange details being dissected across TikTok, what the evidence presented in court actually supports and what it absolutely does not. We look at why those theories have become so compelling, and whether the internet’s desire for a shocking alternative explanation is distracting from a much more frightening possibility: that a desperately unwell woman repeatedly sought help and the systems around her failed her.Trigger warning: This episode contains detailed discussion of the deaths of children, suicide and self-harm, postpartum psychosis and other severe mental illness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trigger warning: This episode contains detailed discussion of the deaths of children, suicide, self-harm and severe postpartum mental illness.A quick note: throughout the recording we repeatedly refer to this episode as a Hive. Plans changed! This is actually Part One of this week’s main episode.This week, we’re diving into the deeply disturbing and increasingly complicated case of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three young children in January 2023.In Part One, Cass takes us through the Clancy family before the tragedy, Lindsay’s history of postpartum anxiety and insomnia, the extraordinary number of medications she was prescribed in the months beforehand, and what is known about the day Cora, Dawson and Callan died. We then get into the trial itself where the central question isn’t whether Lindsay killed her children, but whether she was criminally responsible for her actions at the time.We meet the key players, including Lindsay’s formidable defence attorney Kevin Reddington, and work through the first seven days of testimony: Patrick Clancy’s account, the timeline, the phone calls, the forensic evidence, the medications and the details that have begun fuelling a very different conversation online about what may have happened inside that house.Part Two will be available exclusively on Patreon, where we’ll continue through the trial and get into the evidence, unanswered questions and theories surrounding the case.🎧 Listen to Part Two on our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thecreepdive out thursday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on The Creep Dive, Cass brings the extraordinary story of Mary Carol McDonald a successful television executive who built an empire producing true crime documentaries before allegedly orchestrating a multi-million-dollar fraud of her own. With fake inheritances, forged documents and unpaid employees left in her wake, she disappeared before landing on the FBI's Most Wanted list... where she remains today.Then Jen tells one of the most terrifying kidnapping stories ever recorded. In 1968, 20-year-old Barbara Mackle was abducted from a motel, driven into the Georgia wilderness and buried alive inside a specially built underground box. Trapped beneath the earth with only a fan, a little food and the hope that someone would find her, she endured 83 unimaginable hours while the FBI raced against time.A fake heiress, a notorious fugitive, one of America's most chilling kidnappings, and a survival story that feels almost impossible to believe.🎧 Love The Creep Dive? Join us on Patreon for ad-free episodes, an exclusive bonus episode every week, our full archive, and early access to live show tickets: https://www.patreon.com/thecreepdive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on The Creep Dive, we head from the eerie walls of an Irish holiday rental to Nazi-occupied Paris, where one of history's most chilling killers preyed on desperate families fleeing the Holocaust.We unravel the horrifying story of Dr. Marcel Petiot the charming physician who promised safe passage out of France, only to lead his victims into a house of unimaginable horror. Plus, an unbelievable modern murder case in which a jealous fiancée invented an entire Mexican cartel online... and the fantasy ended in real bloodshed.Murder, manipulation, wartime deception, hidden rooms and one of the most bizarre catfishing cases we've ever covered. This one is a ride.Want to listen ad-free and get hundreds of exclusive bonus episodes, extended chats and Patreon-only Creeps?Join us here: https://www.patreon.com/thecreepdiveYour support keeps the show independent, lets us make even more weird and wonderful episodes, and you'll get this episode completely ad-free.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.