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The Grindr Killer Scandal: A Faking It Special

6/9/202654 min

Over the course sixteen months, 39-year-old Stephen Port killed four gay men in his East London home... and DESPITE BEING A TOTAL IDIOT... completely got away with it. All four men looked nearly identical and seem to have died exactly the same way, AND TWO OF THE BODIES WERE FOUND IN EXACTLY THE SAME SPOT. Yet the cops saw no connection between the cases. Meanwhile, PORT WAS BASICALLY GIVING HIMSELF UP AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. And still, the cops insisted these men died of self induced drug overdoses. BECAUSE GAY. So yeah, this is gonna be a loud one, Fam...

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First 90 seconds

  1. Patrick Hinds· Host0:00

    Girl, the gays can't even have Grindr anymore.

  2. Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:03

    What? What?

  3. Patrick Hinds· Host0:03

    Like, we have one nice thing, and we can't even have that anymore.

  4. Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:06

    Happy Pride.

  5. Patrick Hinds· Host0:07

    I- [laughs] June 2nd.

  6. Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:09

    [laughs] It's already ruined.

  7. Patrick Hinds· Host0:10

    [upbeat music] Hi, Julia Baszali.

  8. Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:18

    Hello, Patrick Heinz.

  9. Patrick Hinds· Host0:19

    Bam. We have a Discord.

  10. Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:21

    We do.

  11. Patrick Hinds· Host0:21

    Tell them everything.

  12. Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:22

    It's a Discord server.

  13. Patrick Hinds· Host0:24

    Okay.

  14. Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:24

    And there are a bunch of channels on the server, and we hang out, and we talk about true crime stuff or not true crime stuff, and there are all these different channels, and everyone's really nice.

  15. Patrick Hinds· Host0:31

    Yeah.

  16. Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:31

    And it's just a fun little party.

  17. Patrick Hinds· Host0:32

    We also have a Facebook group. It's the True Crime Obsessed podcast discussion group on the Facebook. It's highly moderated. It's super fun. People love going in there, talking about the episodes. It's a great place to go and just, like, meet other true crime friends- Yeah ... and, you know, hang out with us a little bit and- Hang out ... yeah.

  18. Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:47

    It's just a party all around.

  19. Patrick Hinds· Host0:48

    It's a party all around. Speaking of a party, what are we talking about today?

  20. Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:51

    Oh, God.

  21. Patrick Hinds· Host0:51

    I know.

  22. Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:52

    It's called Faking It. You know that series Faking It? We've done this before.

  23. Patrick Hinds· Host0:55

    Yeah.

  24. Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:55

    Uh, it's from the UK, but Faking It: The Grindr Killer Scandal. It is on HBO Max.

  25. Speaker 3· Soundbite0:59

    [tense music] This is one of the most shocking cases of serial murder in modern times.

  26. Speaker 4· Soundbite1:05

    He killed four men.

  27. Speaker 5· Soundbite1:08

    For years, Stephen Port had been taking advantage of the anonymous world of gay hookup sites like Grindr and FitLads.

  28. Speaker 6· Soundbite1:15

    Stephen messaged me, "Hey, neighbor. Uh, come over and meet my new guy."

  29. Speaker 4· Soundbite1:20

    And drugged seven more, raping four.

  30. Speaker 3· Soundbite1:23

    The police missed every single opportunity to catch him.

  31. Speaker 4· Soundbite1:27

    Shocking, in fact, almost unbelievable

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