# Proof Positive

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Author: Daniel Torres
Episodes: 108

## Resource

What happens when the official story doesn't add up? Join Daniel Torres as he picks apart the cases, scandals, and mysteries that everyone else stopped asking questions about. This isn't your typical true crime podcast — it's investigative documentary work that digs into current events, historical cover-ups, and social issues that deserve a second look. Daniel spent eight years as a freelance journalist chasing down everything from small-town corruption to corporate whistleblowers. He started this podcast because the best stories always had too many layers for a newspaper article. Now he's using that same dogged reporting to unpack the investigations that matter, the ones that got buried, and the ones that are still happening right now. Each episode is a deep dive into real documentation — court filings, leaked memos, forgotten archives. You'll hear the actual evidence, not just opinions about it. Daniel breaks down complex cases so you can understand what really went down and why it matters today. Sometimes he even convinces his neighbors to share their weird hobbies, which honestly makes for surprisingly good radio. Ready to question everything you thought you knew? Follow Proof…

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## Episodes
- [How Hackers Stole $1B From 100+ Banks: The Carbanak Method Explained](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-hackers-stole-1b-from-100-banks-the-carbanak-method-explained) — 2026-07-27T17:21:00+00:00
- [How ESG Investment Fraud Actually Works: The DWS Whistleblower Case](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-esg-investment-fraud-actually-works-the-dws-whistleblower-case) — 2026-07-27T16:12:00+00:00
- [How South Korea's Chaebol System Actually Works](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-south-korea-s-chaebol-system-actually-works) — 2026-07-27T15:03:00+00:00
- [How Stuxnet Actually Works: Inside the World's First Cyber Weapon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-stuxnet-actually-works-inside-the-world-s-first-cyber-weapon) — 2026-07-27T13:54:00+00:00
- [How FBI Created ANØM: The Fake Phone Company That Fooled Criminal Organizations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-fbi-created-an-m-the-fake-phone-company-that-fooled-criminal-organizations) — 2026-07-27T12:45:00+00:00
- [How Police Investigations Work When Officers Are the Suspects](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-police-investigations-work-when-officers-are-the-suspects) — 2026-07-27T11:36:00+00:00
- [Bin Laden's Hard Drive: What FBI Found in the Abbottabad Raid](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/bin-laden-s-hard-drive-what-fbi-found-in-the-abbottabad-raid) — 2026-07-27T10:27:00+00:00
- [CIA Poison Dart Gun: How the Undetectable Heart Attack Weapon Actually Worked](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/cia-poison-dart-gun-how-the-undetectable-heart-attack-weapon-actually-worked) — 2026-07-27T09:18:00+00:00
- [How WWII Bombing Changed German Cities Forever](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-wwii-bombing-changed-german-cities-forever) — 2026-07-27T08:09:00+00:00
- [How Trump's Second Term Could Reshape Federal Government](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-trump-s-second-term-could-reshape-federal-government) — 2026-07-27T07:00:00+00:00
- [How Africa's East African Rift Actually Works](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-africa-s-east-african-rift-actually-works) — 2026-07-27T05:51:00+00:00
- [How the Antikythera Mechanism Works: Ancient Greece's Lost Computer Technology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-the-antikythera-mechanism-works-ancient-greece-s-lost-computer-technology) — 2026-07-27T04:42:00+00:00
- [How One Developer's Slow Computer Exposed a Nation-State Linux Attack](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-one-developer-s-slow-computer-exposed-a-nation-state-linux-attack) — 2026-07-27T03:33:00+00:00
- [How Japan's Unit 731 Conducted Secret Medical Experiments During WWII](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-japan-s-unit-731-conducted-secret-medical-experiments-during-wwii) — 2026-07-27T02:24:00+00:00
- [Xbox Hacking: How Teenagers Built Gaming's Biggest Content Theft Operation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/xbox-hacking-how-teenagers-built-gaming-s-biggest-content-theft-operation) — 2026-07-27T01:15:00+00:00
- [How Vegas Hotels Create Accidental Death Rays: The Science of Reflected Light](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-vegas-hotels-create-accidental-death-rays-the-science-of-reflected-light) — 2026-07-27T00:06:00+00:00
- [How Wikipedia's Finances Actually Work: The Donation Banner Mystery](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-wikipedia-s-finances-actually-work-the-donation-banner-mystery) — 2026-07-26T22:57:00+00:00
- [How the McDonald's Monopoly Scam Actually Worked: $24 Million Fraud Explained](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-the-mcdonald-s-monopoly-scam-actually-worked-24-million-fraud-explained) — 2026-07-26T21:48:00+00:00
- [How the CIA Secretly Raised a Soviet Submarine from the Ocean Floor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-the-cia-secretly-raised-a-soviet-submarine-from-the-ocean-floor) — 2026-07-26T20:39:00+00:00
- [How Chickbank Disguised a $130M Ponzi Scheme as a Mobile Farming Game](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-chickbank-disguised-a-130m-ponzi-scheme-as-a-mobile-farming-game) — 2026-07-26T19:30:00+00:00
- [How McDonald's Kiosks Use Psychology to Make You Spend $2.1 Billion More](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-mcdonald-s-kiosks-use-psychology-to-make-you-spend-2-1-billion-more) — 2026-07-26T17:21:00+00:00
- [40 People Tried to Kill Hitler. 3 Almost Changed History Forever](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/40-people-tried-to-kill-hitler-3-almost-changed-history-forever) — 2026-07-26T16:12:00+00:00
- [Two College Kids Fooled Wikipedia for 10 Years With This Fake Medieval Knight](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/two-college-kids-fooled-wikipedia-for-10-years-with-this-fake-medieval-knight) — 2026-07-26T15:03:00+00:00
- [Internet Addiction Camps: How China's Teen Treatment Centers Actually Worked](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/internet-addiction-camps-how-china-s-teen-treatment-centers-actually-worked) — 2026-07-26T13:54:00+00:00
- [How Europe's Biggest Corporate Fraud Suspect Vanished in Plain Sight](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-europe-s-biggest-corporate-fraud-suspect-vanished-in-plain-sight) — 2026-07-26T12:45:00+00:00
- [How CIA Bases Actually Work: Inside Embassy Intelligence Operations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-cia-bases-actually-work-inside-embassy-intelligence-operations) — 2026-07-26T11:36:00+00:00
- [How El Salvador's Mega Prison Actually Works: 40,000 Inmates in One Facility](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-el-salvador-s-mega-prison-actually-works-40-000-inmates-in-one-facility) — 2026-07-26T10:27:00+00:00
- [How Mercedes Built a $1 Billion Luxury Tower: The Business Behind Car Lifestyle](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-mercedes-built-a-1-billion-luxury-tower-the-business-behind-car-lifestyle) — 2026-07-26T09:18:00+00:00
- [How North Korean Influencers Actually Spread Propaganda Online](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-north-korean-influencers-actually-spread-propaganda-online) — 2026-07-26T08:09:00+00:00
- [How East German Scientists Created Glass 15x Stronger Than Normal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-east-german-scientists-created-glass-15x-stronger-than-normal) — 2026-07-26T07:00:00+00:00
- [How Police Finally Caught Ted Bundy: The Traffic Stop That Changed Everything](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-police-finally-caught-ted-bundy-the-traffic-stop-that-changed-everything) — 2026-07-26T05:51:00+00:00
- [How TV Psychics Use Cold Reading to Fake Contact with the Dead](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-tv-psychics-use-cold-reading-to-fake-contact-with-the-dead) — 2026-07-26T04:42:00+00:00
- [Hitler's Giant Train: How Nazi Megaprojects Served Political Control](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/hitler-s-giant-train-how-nazi-megaprojects-served-political-control) — 2026-07-26T03:33:00+00:00
- [How The Fappening Exposed Celebrity Photo Security Flaws](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-the-fappening-exposed-celebrity-photo-security-flaws) — 2026-07-26T02:24:00+00:00
- [How German Grammar Creates That 'Aggressive' Sound](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-german-grammar-creates-that-aggressive-sound) — 2026-07-26T01:15:00+00:00
- [How the Pyramids Were Actually Built: Engineering Secrets Revealed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-the-pyramids-were-actually-built-engineering-secrets-revealed) — 2026-07-17T17:21:00+00:00
- [Nord Stream Pipeline Destruction: How the Biggest Sabotage in History Unfolded](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/nord-stream-pipeline-destruction-how-the-biggest-sabotage-in-history-unfolded) — 2026-07-17T16:12:00+00:00
- [How Stolen Taco Bell Art Became a $10,000 Underground Market](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-stolen-taco-bell-art-became-a-10-000-underground-market) — 2026-07-17T15:03:00+00:00
- [How Kim Dotcom Built the World's Largest File-Sharing Empire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-kim-dotcom-built-the-world-s-largest-file-sharing-empire) — 2026-07-17T13:54:00+00:00
- [How a 2-Year-Old Became Emperor of 33% of the World's Population](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-a-2-year-old-became-emperor-of-33-of-the-world-s-population) — 2026-07-17T12:45:00+00:00
- [How FBI Profilers Caught the Unabomber After 17 Years](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-fbi-profilers-caught-the-unabomber-after-17-years) — 2026-07-17T11:36:00+00:00
- [How Ötzi the Iceman Changed Our Understanding of Prehistoric Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-tzi-the-iceman-changed-our-understanding-of-prehistoric-life) — 2026-07-17T10:27:00+00:00
- [How the Juicy Fields Cannabis Scam Fooled Thousands of European Investors](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-the-juicy-fields-cannabis-scam-fooled-thousands-of-european-investors) — 2026-07-17T09:18:00+00:00
- [How Fukushima's Plant Manager Prevented Japan's Nuclear Catastrophe](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-fukushima-s-plant-manager-prevented-japan-s-nuclear-catastrophe) — 2026-07-17T08:09:00+00:00
- [How the 1993 World Trade Center Attack Changed America's Security Forever](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-the-1993-world-trade-center-attack-changed-america-s-security-forever) — 2026-07-17T07:00:00+00:00
- [Kim Yo Jong: How North Korea's Secret Sister Rose to Power](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/kim-yo-jong-how-north-korea-s-secret-sister-rose-to-power) — 2026-07-17T05:51:00+00:00
- [How France's Most Wanted Criminal Copied Movie Heists to Escape Prison](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-france-s-most-wanted-criminal-copied-movie-heists-to-escape-prison) — 2026-07-17T04:42:00+00:00
- [Tsar Bomba: How Scientists Built the Most Powerful Nuclear Weapon Ever](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/tsar-bomba-how-scientists-built-the-most-powerful-nuclear-weapon-ever) — 2026-07-17T03:33:00+00:00
- [How North Korean Defectors Actually Escape: The Real Routes to Freedom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-north-korean-defectors-actually-escape-the-real-routes-to-freedom) — 2026-07-17T02:24:00+00:00
- [Heavy Gustav: How Nazi Germany Built the World's Largest Weapon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/heavy-gustav-how-nazi-germany-built-the-world-s-largest-weapon) — 2026-07-17T01:15:00+00:00
- [How Narco Submarines Actually Work: Engineering Behind Drug Trafficking](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-narco-submarines-actually-work-engineering-behind-drug-trafficking) — 2026-07-17T00:06:00+00:00
- [How the Murdoch Family Controls Global News: Media Empire Succession Explained](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-the-murdoch-family-controls-global-news-media-empire-succession-explained) — 2026-07-13T08:09:00+00:00
- [How Radiation Changed Chernobyl's Wildlife: 35 Years of Mutations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-radiation-changed-chernobyl-s-wildlife-35-years-of-mutations) — 2026-07-13T07:00:00+00:00
- [How North Korea's Camp 14 Works: Inside a Generation Prison System](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-north-korea-s-camp-14-works-inside-a-generation-prison-system) — 2026-07-13T05:51:00+00:00
- [How Egypt Is Turning Desert Into Farmland: The New Delta Project Explained](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-egypt-is-turning-desert-into-farmland-the-new-delta-project-explained) — 2026-07-13T04:42:00+00:00
- [How the East German Stasi Built History's Most Advanced Surveillance State](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-the-east-german-stasi-built-history-s-most-advanced-surveillance-state) — 2026-07-13T03:33:00+00:00
- [Putin's Hidden Family: How Intelligence Agencies Track Secret Children](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/putin-s-hidden-family-how-intelligence-agencies-track-secret-children) — 2026-07-13T02:24:00+00:00
- [How a Teen Minecraft Scammer Pulled Off Twitter's Biggest Security Breach](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-a-teen-minecraft-scammer-pulled-off-twitter-s-biggest-security-breach) — 2026-07-13T01:15:00+00:00
- [North Sentinel Island: How the World's Last Uncontacted Tribe Protects Itself](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/north-sentinel-island-how-the-world-s-last-uncontacted-tribe-protects-itself) — 2026-07-13T00:06:00+00:00
- [How Aldi Built a Grocery Empire: The 1971 Kidnapping That Changed Everything](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-aldi-built-a-grocery-empire-the-1971-kidnapping-that-changed-everything) — 2026-07-12T22:57:00+00:00
- [How Ramanujan Discovered Math Theorems Without Formal Training](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-ramanujan-discovered-math-theorems-without-formal-training) — 2026-07-12T21:48:00+00:00
- [33 Thomas Street: How NYC's Windowless Skyscraper Actually Works](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/33-thomas-street-how-nyc-s-windowless-skyscraper-actually-works) — 2026-07-12T20:39:00+00:00
- [How Fentanyl Smuggling Actually Works: Mail Systems and Trade Loopholes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-fentanyl-smuggling-actually-works-mail-systems-and-trade-loopholes) — 2026-07-12T19:30:00+00:00
- [How a 16-Year-Old Hacked the Pentagon: The Jonathan James Story](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-a-16-year-old-hacked-the-pentagon-the-jonathan-james-story) — 2026-07-12T17:21:00+00:00
- [How Trump's Family Built a Crypto Empire While He Was Running for President](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-trump-s-family-built-a-crypto-empire-while-he-was-running-for-president) — 2026-07-12T16:12:00+00:00
- [How Russian Hackers Infiltrated Germany's Parliament for a Full Year](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-russian-hackers-infiltrated-germany-s-parliament-for-a-full-year) — 2026-07-12T15:03:00+00:00
- [How the ISS Stays Safe: Daily Life Support Systems Explained](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-the-iss-stays-safe-daily-life-support-systems-explained) — 2026-07-12T13:54:00+00:00
- [How One Soviet Officer Prevented Nuclear War in 1983](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-one-soviet-officer-prevented-nuclear-war-in-1983) — 2026-07-12T12:45:00+00:00
- [How the CIA Actually Trained Animals to Spy During the Cold War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-the-cia-actually-trained-animals-to-spy-during-the-cold-war) — 2026-07-12T11:36:00+00:00
- [How Israeli Agents Tracked Down Nazi War Criminal Adolf Eichmann](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-israeli-agents-tracked-down-nazi-war-criminal-adolf-eichmann) — 2026-07-12T10:27:00+00:00
- [How El Chapo Built a Billion Dollar Drug Empire: Corporate Tactics Explained](https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-el-chapo-built-a-billion-dollar-drug-empire-corporate-tactics-explained) — 2026-07-12T09:18:00+00:00

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