Through the looking glass | Who Trolled Amber Ep 4

Elon's Spies | Tortoise Investigates

Tortoise Media

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The astonishing case of a teenage killer helps lift the lid on how bot campaigns work – and offers the team a new path forward in the investigation.

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Reporter and host: Alexi Mostrous

Producer and reporter: Xavier Greenwood

Editor: David Taylor

Narrative editor: Gary Marshall

Additional reporting: Katie Riley

Sound design: Karla Patella

Artwork: Jon Hill & Oscar Ingham

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0:00.0	Just a warning before we start this this series contains strong language and descriptions of violence.
0:19.0	Okay, we're going to go right on show what haven't you?
0:24.0	If this is what it seems like, then it's really scary because it shows that these campaigns
0:30.6	don't just affect celebrities.
0:32.9	They could happen to anyone.
0:35.4	And that is quite disconcerting.
0:39.8	Yeah, yeah.
0:42.0	I've come back to Florida with my producer Xavier. We're in a place called Tampa Bay.
0:47.0	We're here to meet a man called Chris Herrin.
0:52.0	It's about as far away from Johnny Depp and Hollywood as you can get.
0:56.0	Hi, how you doing?
0:57.0	Very nice to meet you.
0:58.0	I'm Alexey.
0:59.0	I'm Xavier.
1:00.0	How you here.
1:01.0	Yeah.
1:02.0	Have you here Come on here.
1:03.0	Thank you very much.
1:04.0	It's beautiful at home.
1:05.0	Oh wow.
1:06.0	Chris lives out in the suburbs.
1:08.0	He's got a big house on one of those streets I recognize from pretty much any 80s American high school movie.
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