The mysterious death of a geologist - The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam, Ep 1, BBC World Service
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Published 2024-05-23
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It’s a find that sends Bre-X stock prices soaring to stratospheric heights. So his apparent death - a dramatic fall from a helicopter flying to the gold site - sends shockwaves around the world. Did he jump? Was he pushed?
But the days following his death will prove even more shocking.
Please note, this episode contains difficult subject matter, including references to suicide and death. The series has references to suicide and some graphic content.
More episodes of the Six Billion Gold Scam 👉🏽 • The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam
00:00 Act 1 - Fall from helicopter
04:17 Act 2 - Who is Mike de Guzman?
08:56 Act 3 - Striking the Busang deal in Jakarta 1993
28:37 Act 4 - The monster by the tail
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All Comments (21)
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Haven't watched the whole video yet, but the editing is sooo interesting. Sort of a modern version of old-school radio storytelling (the way she reads, her tone of voice, the calming graphics, instead of the flashy, fast, dramatic cuts and special effects to gain your attention and overestimulates your brain - used everywhere and by everyone, due to the short attention span everyone is suffering nowadays) + journalism of top tier quality! And not to mention, this is an absolute dream for every online content manager, 'cause it can be reused for podcast, radio, and not just YouTube, IG/Tiktok, etc. Wow. Just wow.
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To anyone confused it's a podcast that has been reformatted for YouTube. If you prefer you can just listen to this as a podcast but this version takes advantage of being a video by adding content that you don't see in the podcast.
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Woah, this is an intriguing story and such great presentation! I didn't notice there were multiple episodes until the end. So excited to watch the next one.
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Excellent information and narration...
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I also knew an Indonesian writer/journalist and later well known as the host of the culinary TV program "Wisata Kuliner" writing on the same topic about Bre-X and de Guzman. The video story reminds me of the works by Bondan a long time ago.
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Ok. I wasn't expecting that. Well done. You have my attention now.
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fascinating story! thank you
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Fascinating piece
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Excellent. Thanks. More episodes on bbc sounds.
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This is a strange format. I thought it was a video. Then I thought it was a podcast and then random visuals show up. You don’t know what to expect 🤦♀️
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great storytelling but after investing over 30 minutes kinda was hoping to get the whole story. 😢
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Vanity kills
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BBC and CBC, all what’s missing is ABC.
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I knew the story just from the title.
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Why subtitles have been disabled?
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Is Busang nearby the newly built capital IKN Nusantara? Pls enlighten us
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In 1996, I could see the giant Bre-X gold sign on their 3 story building from my Calgary apartment. People were still making money off this scam even after it was revealed as such. But then I visited the buzzing Enron trading floor in Houston in 1998. Is it the Canadians?
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Did he die, commit suicide, or is in hiding?
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Why investigate the death of such a sleazy person? After 10 min, I had enough.
