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Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates

By: The Observer
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Three years ago travel writer Lydia Gard discovered freediving almost by accident. It’s an extreme and beautiful sport defined by one simple objective: to dive as deep as you can on one single breath. Record holders are now routinely diving to more than 120 metres, pushing the sport and their bodies to find out what’s humanly possible.


Through her coach, Lydia was drawn into a small but fanatical community of competition athletes all united in their drive for depth, and that’s where she stumbled on a darker side of the sport. Rumours swirled that a group of top divers were doping to get deeper, faster.


As the community began to turn on each other over the allegations, one prominent diver decided to take the law into his own hands. A secret sting operation was meant to put an end to the problem by bringing the alleged dopers out of the dark, and into the light. But the issue hasn't gone away. And now, a lot of people who’ve been too scared to speak up, are ready to talk.


Episode 1 will be available to listen on Tuesday 18th November.


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Episodes
  • Introducing ... Tortoise Investigates

    Introducing ... Tortoise Investigates
    Oct 16 2021
    Welcome to Tortoise Investigates, where we curate the best of our chart-topping investigative series in one place. Over the last three years we’ve covered everything from extraordinary tales of deception to suspicious deaths to one mother’s decades-long fight against the police. There's Sweet Bobby, Hoaxed, Pig Iron and more. Keep an eye on the feed, we’ll be updating it regularly with all of our best and most ambitious stories.

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    1 min
  • 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. All 6 episodes are available to listen now.


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    Host and reporter: Alexi Mostrous

    Producer: Gary Marshall

    Assistant producer and reporter: Claudia Williams

    Executive producer: Basia Cummings

    Sound design: Karla Patella

    Artwork: Jon Hill

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    1 min
  • Sliding doors | Sweet Bobby Ep 1

    Sliding doors | Sweet Bobby Ep 1
    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. All 6 episodes are available to listen now.


    To get exclusive access to the bonus episode, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts.


    To find out more about Tortoise:




    Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalists




    Subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts and Spotify for early access and ad-free content




    Become a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and more




    If you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact hello@tortoisemedia.com


    Host and reporter: Alexi Mostrous

    Producer: Gary Marshall

    Assistant producer and reporter: Claudia Williams

    Executive producer: Basia Cummings

    Sound design: Karla Patella

    Artwork: Jon Hill

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    31 mins
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I think this could and can happen to anyone.
I should NOT be so gobsmacked as I feel.
How psychopaths utilise everything and everyone to their own advantage is well documented.
I feel there will always be victims of such behaviour and catfishing should be recognised by the laws and justice system as the crime it is.
No amount of money will cover what the victims have lost

Scary !!

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If it was fiction it would be fantasy. It's not fiction, it's nuts
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