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    Part One: The Fake Bomb Detector Grift That Killed Hundreds

    Behind the Bastards · Jun 16, 2026 · 51 min
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    Robert sits down with Ed Zitron to discuss one of the deadliest fake tech products in history: the Gopher, a fake golf ball detector that became a fake bomb detector and got hundreds of people killed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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