LifeWorld

LifeWorld

By Kate Wallinga and Derek GrazianoSociety & CultureTechnologyTrue Crime
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LifeWorld episodes

  • 1.09 Fools and Floppy Discs
    For the first time, LifeWorld covers a fatality, in a review of the 1999 death of Bruce Miller that the media labelled "The Internet's First Murder." His wife, Sharee Miller, was convicted of the crime, even though she had an alibi.
    All sources: https://bit.ly/lifeworldsources
    44 min
  • 1.08 Many, Much Heist
    How much money would have to go missing from your Citibank account for you to notice? $4? $40? $4,000,000? 
    In the '90s, Vladimir Levin was willing to find out.

    All sources: bit.ly/lifeworldsources
    22 min
  • 1.07 Dangling A Line
    From Phishing to Nigerian Princes. We cover some of the popular scams that you could be affected by, and a real world example of someone who has.
    All sources: bit.ly/lifeworldsources
    54 min
  • 1.06 Dapper Lizard
    The Lizard Squad involves neither lizards nor squads...It does involve black hat hackers, DDOS attacks, and other bad online behavior. All sources: bit.ly/lifeworldsources
    31 min
  • 1.05 Through the Looking Glass
    The lives of 15-year-old hacker extraordinaire Ian Restril and 25-year-old journalist Stephen Glass intersected in 1998, in a particularly unusual manner.All sources: bit.ly/lifeworldsources
    33 min
  • 1.04 Phreaks and Geeks
    Kevin Mitnick was not the first hacker, nor did he make the most money. But he was one of the earliest, and the ending of his story might mean he was one of the most successful.All sources: bit.ly/lifeworldsources
    28 min
  • 1.03 The 411
    Carolyn Owlett, an original member of the British girl group The 411, found herself the target of an unusual case of identity fraud / catfishing / potential obsession. What was it, really?And who, exactly, is our new announcer??All sources: bit.ly/lifeworldsources
    28 min
  • 1.02 Sharkhattery
    Courtney and Steven Allen, a married couple from the pacific northwest just trying to live their lives while unwinding with some online games. They found themselves making a new friend online, through Todd Zonis, before facing the reality of what trouble that could bring. In this case we cover online friendships, cyber harassment, and revenge porn.All sources: bit.ly/lifeworldsources
    32 min
  • 1.01 Organic Dustbunnies
    Belle Gibson, a social chameleon that overcame the hand that she was dealt in life. A source of inspiration in how to better oneself, until it's found that they aren't. In our first case we look at how someone was able to use social media to create an empire of self help, before the truth brought everything crashing down.All sources: bit.ly/lifeworldsources
    35 min
  • 1.00 What is LifeWorld?
    Kate (Ignorance Was Bliss) and Derek (Rolling Misadventures) decide to take a look at crimes that could have only happened with the invention of the internet. They discuss the premise of doing a true crime podcast that focuses more on the tech side of life and how they want to approach cases that are less centered around murder.All sources: bit.ly/lifeworldsources
    11 min

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As the internet grows as an everyday tool, someone will inevitably use it for nefarious means. We discuss crimes that could have only happened in the information age as people took things away from…