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Tortoise Investigates

Tortoise Investigates

By: The Observer
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Introducing...Lucky Boy


Gareth’s whole life has been defined by a relationship he had 35 years ago when, as a 14-year-old schoolboy, he fell in love with an attractive young teacher at his school. He spent most afternoons in her bedroom and thought he was the luckiest boy in the world. But when she walked out of his life everything started to unravel.


Lucky Boy is a new four-part series in which Chloe Hadjimatheou asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim.


Episodes 1 and 2 are available to listen now.


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Episodes
  • Introducing: Sweet Bobby

    Introducing: Sweet Bobby
    Oct 18 2021

    How much do you know about the person you love? Sweet Bobby is the #1 award-winning investigative series in search of the world's most sophisticated catfishers. All 6 episodes are available to listen now.


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    Host and reporter: Alexi Mostrous

    Producer: Gary Marshall

    Assistant producer and reporter: Claudia Williams

    Executive producer: Basia Cummings

    Sound design: Karla Patella

    Artwork: Jon Hill

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    1 min
  • Sliding doors | Sweet Bobby Ep 1

    Sliding doors | Sweet Bobby Ep 1
    Oct 27 2021

    Kirat is a successful marketer and radio presenter. Online, she’s contacted by a man she vaguely knows called Bobby, and they start chatting. Slowly, they become close… and she’s reeled in to a scam of epic proportions. All 6 episodes are available to listen now.


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    If you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact hello@tortoisemedia.com


    Host and reporter: Alexi Mostrous

    Producer: Gary Marshall

    Assistant producer and reporter: Claudia Williams

    Executive producer: Basia Cummings

    Sound design: Karla Patella

    Artwork: Jon Hill

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    31 mins
  • Witness protection | Sweet Bobby Ep 2

    Witness protection | Sweet Bobby Ep 2
    Nov 4 2021

    Bobby finds his way back into Kirat's life, and their relationship grows closer – with devastating consequences. Meanwhile, Alexi investigates the sophistication of the catfishing scam.

    All 6 episodes are available to listen now.


    To get exclusive access to the bonus episode, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts.


    To find out more about Tortoise:




    Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalists




    Subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts and Spotify for early access and ad-free content




    Become a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and more




    If you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact hello@tortoisemedia.com


    Host and reporter: Alexi Mostrous

    Producer: Gary Marshall

    Assistant producer and reporter: Claudia Williams

    Executive producer: Basia Cummings

    Sound design: Karla Patella

    Artwork: Jon Hill

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    42 mins
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Multi faceted story of a catfished young woman who needs to forgive herself for falling into the psychopathic catfisher's web.

No accountability Catfisher

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you really don't know how diabolical people are in this world... finished in one day.

wow

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Well done and tastefully insightful! While the ability of someone to pull this off in modern times baffles me there are too many cases on record to dispute that it does, everyday.With podcasts like this, Catfish the Movie and the wildly popular MTV Show Catfish hopefully more and more people are becoming educated on this subject. Often on the TV Show the Catfish perpetrator is either unwilling to state motivation or seemingly unable for whatever reason. That just shows how truly sick and deplorable they really are.

I sincerely hope the UK Police Authorities take some legal action to hopefully give Kirat a senae of justice but I fear the Authorities will once again be a let down. The laws that Govern our socities are behind the times of these sorts of crimes and unfortunately often take way to long to catch up. Same as when computer or internet based offenses started trending but little could be done in terms of criminal charges. Today there are a plethora of laws covering computer crimes but it took precious time to make headway in the beginning. Hopefully Catfish types of Laws won't take so long but I'm not holding my breath.

My heart goes out to Kirat and I hope she once again finds in life the very happiness and peace her voice depicts and radiates on her radio show. As for the "Fake Bobby" my only desire for her and others like her in the world is to rot. Whether they rot one day in jail, in hell or in their personal lives, either or all is justified.Catfishing is a heinous crime that robs a victim of their emotional security and takes away pieces of themselves day by day. The journalist who worked on this podcast, Alexi Mostrous, and others have done amazing work here and I wish them all success in future endeavors.

Again, well done!

A Crime of the Times- Catfish 101

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The quality of the production is exceptional. Fans of the film and TV show Catfish will find it a familiar, and often maddening, story.

Excellent podcast

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I can't say enough about this story and how it was told. Highly recommend.

Outstanding

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Well done and researched. Caught the feel of a small town and the ins and outs of a mystery. Flow is good and content keeps you listening.

Great podcast

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enjoying in an uncomfortable way wishing for accountability on the perps part as well as real contrition

oh humanity! what people are capable of

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Sad I think this Story is just one of many. technology has made people like the the one in this series able to do what they have done. its sick people ate so cruel. I appreciate the author for telling us the truth of these types of people

How can a person be so cruel?

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As someone that doesn’t trust easily
It was interesting to hear this from a perspective of a trusting loving person.

I do believe kirat should be a spokesperson for putting laws against cat fishing - it should be illegal to have a calve identity online
Especially since this seems to happen more than we think it does 👍

It was a very interesting story ! Thank you for sharing it with us

Eye opening

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gteat show , well narrated, excellent inerviews, and i honor kira for her ourage persevering

Honoring Tortiste and Kira for indepth coverage

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