World Of Secrets
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NEW season: Al Fayed, Predator at Harrods. Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed – then owner of one of the most famous shops in the world – is accused of rape and attempted rape by women who worked for him. Now they refuse to be silenced any longer. This is a story of power and control at the very top of British society. At the time of many of the alleged attacks, Mohamed Al Fayed was the owner of London’s luxury department store Harrods, and also the iconic Ritz Paris hotel and English football club Fulham FC. The BBC has heard testimony of over 20 women. Harrods has condemned Al Fayed’s actions “in the strongest terms” and has told the BBC that “as a business we failed our employees who were his victims and for this we sincerely apologise.” Harrods says the organisation is different today to the one owned by Al Fayed, and it “seeks to put the welfare of our employees at the heart of everything we do.” The story begins in the 1980s in Knightsbridge, an affluent, exclusive district of London. It continues through the 90s, following the death of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, Mohamed Al Fayed’s son, and into the late 2000s. The billionaire was portrayed in the popular television series The Crown, a drama about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Mohamed Al Fayed died in 2023. This season is about sexual abuse, and includes descriptions which some listeners might find distressing. World of Secrets is the home of major BBC global investigations and gripping storytelling. Holding the powerful to account and exposing scandals around the world. These are the previous seasons of World of Secrets: Season 1: The Abercrombie Guys. An investigation into claims of sexual exploitation made against the former CEO of fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch. He and his British partner were accused by several men, recruited for sex events they hosted around the world. Season 2: The Disciples. The cult of Nigerian prophet TB Joshua. A story of miracles, faith and manipulation, told by people from around the world, who gave up everything for one of the most powerful religious figures of the century. Lured by TB Joshua’s claimed healing powers, and the promise that one day they could be like him, they live as disciples in a guarded Lagos compound, cut off from family and friends. Season 3: The Apartheid Killer. All the victims were black and the youngest was just 12 years old. Some relatives are still searching for the graves. They were killed during a three-year bloodbath in the 1980s, in the South African city of East London – by one person. He killed so many, he lost count. In piecing together this story, the new season of World of Secrets exposes the disturbed past and racial injustices of South Africa itself. #WorldofSecrets
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17 Jan
I commend the BBC for this outstanding investigative journalism. Exposing the crimes and atrocities that happened at the Synagogue Church under TB Joshua's leadership must have taken a lot of work! This particular podcast series is incredibly in-depth, eye-opening, and excellently presented. Highly recommend it to everyone seeking to understand how cults work. The storytelling was clean and it takes a closer look at crucial issues around the oppression of women, religion as a tool and how money & poser fuels crimes.
I binged the whole season two of World of Secrets in a day
17 Jan
I normally don’t listen to a lot of newsy podcasts but the Disciples caught my attention as it was huge talking point in my coin and I wanted to join the conversation. I used this pod to complete my day of work and the entire season was done sooo well that I didn’t miss a morsel of the information it covered. In a weird way, episode one gave me nostalgia when they were talking to Rae about the miracle videos that made them come to Nigeria and I was like I saw those videos as a child and I was laughing by the ridiculousness of that moment. If you listen to one documentary podcast this year, let it be the disciples
World of Secrets Season 2: The disciples blew my mind
17 Jan
So as a Nigerian, I have known about this man’s church and as such did not want to watch cos I knew there were going to be some gnarly stuff But this podcast told the entire story so well that it put me in the position of like seeing what they were talking about from location to location bringing all the collective voices together to create a very cohesive story My favourite episode of season 2 of the pod was Miracle Machine, episode 6 cos at that point it got very real for me. As I have had someone close to me die cos of TB Joshua’s ministry before Very well done to the team behind this.
Unbelievable
16 Jan
Thank you BBC for this revelation
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