Episode 1. In Blackpool, one of the UK’s poorest cities, James Parker lives in a damp, mouldy flat. He’s in his mid-fifties, broke, but surrounded by a small circle of close friends. Then, one day, everything changes. James stumbles across a glitch in a Bitcoin trading platform - a bug that could turn his fortunes around overnight. What follows is a wild, true story of instant riches, risky bets, and a chain of events none of them can control.Listen to all episodes of Coining It with Lewis Goodall on <a href="https://www.globalplayer.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Global Player</a>.

Episode 1. In Blackpool, one of the UK’s poorest cities, James Parker lives in a damp, mouldy flat. He’s in his mid-fifties, broke, but surrounded by a small circle of close friends. Then, one day, everything changes. James stumbles across a glitch in a Bitcoin trading platform - a bug that could turn his fortunes around overnight. What follows is a wild, true story of instant riches, risky bets, and a chain of events none of them can control. Listen to all episodes of Coining It with Lewis Goodall on Global Player.

Episode 1. In Blackpool, one of the UK’s poorest cities, James Parker lives in a damp, mouldy flat. He’s in his mid-fifties, broke, but surrounded by a small circle of close friends. Then, one day, everything changes. James stumbles across a glitch in a Bitcoin trading platform - a bug that could turn his fortunes around overnight. What follows is a wild, true story of instant riches, risky bets, and a chain of events none of them can control.Listen to all episodes of Coining It with Lewis Goodall on <a href="https://www.globalplayer.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Global Player</a>.

1. Things Get Weird in Blackpool | Coining It

He said it could save lives. It didn’t. It couldn’t even find golf balls… 

Jim McCormick was a cocky English salesman with an outrageous claim: a black plastic gadget that could sniff out bombs using “electromagnetic energy.” The science was pure fiction. But in the panic after 9/11, governments bought the lie - paying up to $60,000 for a device that started life as a $20 novelty golf-ball finder.

McCormick sold hope to armies and security forces across the globe. But hope turned deadly. Behind the deals were fragmented friendships, betrayals, and a truth so dangerous it would take years to drag into the light.

Alice Levine uncovers the jaw-dropping story of a con that cost countless lives - and the unlikely people who stopped at nothing to uncover the truth. 

Explosive Lies is a Global Original podcast, produced by Forest Sounds in partnership with Dentsu Entertainment.

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He said it could save lives. It didn’t. It couldn’t even find golf balls… Jim McCormick was a cocky English salesman with an outrageous claim: a black plastic gadget that could sniff out bombs using “electromagnetic energy.” The science was pure fiction. But in the panic after 9/11, governments bought the lie - paying up to $60,000 for a device that started life as a $20 novelty golf-ball finder. McCormick sold hope to armies and security forces across the globe. But hope turned deadly. Behind the deals were fragmented friendships, betrayals, and a truth so dangerous it would take years to drag into the light. Alice Levine uncovers the jaw-dropping story of a con that cost countless lives - and the unlikely people who stopped at nothing to uncover the truth. Explosive Lies is a Global Original podcast, produced by Forest Sounds in partnership with Dentsu Entertainment.

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