EP176 - The Anatomy of a Viral Mirage Billy McFarland and the Fyre Festival Fraud

It was sold as the cultural experience of the decade, an exclusive luxury festival on a private island once owned by Pablo Escobar. Instead, it became a humanitarian disaster and a masterclass in modern deception. We dissect how Billy McFarland weaponized social media envy and fear of missing out to orchestrate the Fyre Festival, revealing the anatomy of a scam designed for the Instagram age.