Businessman Alan Metcalfe convinced investors he had found the secret to artificial intelligence while reading the Bible, and that his company would be “bigger than Google". But after he died, those promises turned to dust.

News.com.au reporter Alex Turner-Cohen joins the show to talk about her investigation into the man and his lies.

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BONUS EPISODE: Chasing the missing $49 million