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Who Trolled Amber? | Tortoise Investigates

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  • Introducing… Who Trolled Amber?


    What comes to mind when you think of Amber Heard? Liar? Survivor? Narcissist? Millions of us watched the celebrity trial of the century, Depp v Heard, in 2022. Amber Heard lost and Johnny Depp was vindicated. But what if Amber was actually the victim of an organised trolling campaign? What if the online hate against her was manufactured?


    Alexi Mostrous, the reporter who brought you Sweet Bobby and Hoaxed, investigates what happened to Amber and who might have been responsible. It’s a story about how our own thoughts and opinions can be moulded without us even realising.


    All six episodes of Who Trolled Amber are now available to binge-listen.


    Who Trolled Amber is the latest series in Tortoise Investigates, the home of Tortoise's award-winning investigative series.


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    Reporter and host: Alexi Mostrous

    Producer: 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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  • 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.


    Listen to the full six-part series today. For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-free access to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts.


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    1 min
  • Sweet Bobby - Episode 1: Sliding doors

    Sweet Bobby - Episode 1: Sliding doors
    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.


    Listen to the full six-part series today. For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-free access to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts.


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    31 mins
  • Sweet Bobby - Episode 2: Witness protection

    Sweet Bobby - Episode 2: Witness protection
    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. 


    Listen to the full six-part series today. For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-free access to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts.


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No accountability Catfisher

Multi faceted story of a catfished young woman who needs to forgive herself for falling into the psychopathic catfisher's web.

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wow

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

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oh humanity! what people are capable of

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




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A Crime of the Times- Catfish 101

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!

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Excellent podcast

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

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Outstanding

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

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Great podcast

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.

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How can a person be so cruel?

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

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Eye opening

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

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Honoring Tortiste and Kira for indepth coverage

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

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