73: FYRE Festival Fraud

You may remember the photos, the news reports, the tweets, but have you heard the whole story behind the greatest party that never happened?  Today we're looking at the doomed FYRE Festival, the conman behind the whole thing, and the aftermath.  PLUS, get 30% off all https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/square-mile-of-murder (merch) this month in honour of Kat's 30th birthday! Just use code: WOW30 FURTHER READING: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyre_Festival (Fyre Festival) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz5kY3RsmKo (Announcing Fyre Festival (YouTube)) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_McFarland_(fraudster) (Billy McFarland (fraudster)) https://nypost.com/2014/07/05/the-22-year-old-dropout-who-created-nycs-most-exclusive-credit-card/ (The college dropout behind NYC's most exclusive credit card) https://www.netflix.com/title/81035279 (FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnises (Magnises) https://www.bustle.com/p/what-happened-to-magnises-billy-mcfarlands-credit-card-company-was-a-mess-even-before-fyre-festival-15730700 (What Happened To Magnises? Billy McFarland's "Credit Card" Company Was A Mess Even Before Fyre Festival) https://graziamagazine.com/me/articles/i-survived-fyre-festival-and-it-proves-we-need-to-wise-up-about-social-media/ (I SURVIVED FYRE FESTIVAL - AND IT PROVES WE NEED TO WISE UP ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA) https://newrepublic.com/article/153095/fyre-festival-huge-scam-netflixs-fyre-documentary-scam-too (Fyre Festival Was a Huge Scam. Is Netflix’s Fyre Documentary a Scam, Too?) https://medium.com/the-life-i-want/the-life-i-dont-want-five-lessons-from-marc-weinstein-and-the-fyre-festival-b3efee27feab (The life I *don’t* want: five lessons from Marc Weinstein and the Fyre Festival) https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/dec/20/fyre-festival-i-paid-4000-to-go-its-fair-game-to-make-fun-of-me (Fyre Festival: ‘I paid $4,000 to go. It’s fair game to make fun of me’) https://metro.co.uk/2019/01/25/i-went-to-fyre-festival-and-documented-everythin