18 episodes

Dr Ruja Ignatova persuaded millions to join her financial revolution. Then she disappeared. Why? Jamie Bartlett presents a story of greed, deceit and herd madness.

The Missing Cryptoqueen BBC Podcasts

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Dr Ruja Ignatova persuaded millions to join her financial revolution. Then she disappeared. Why? Jamie Bartlett presents a story of greed, deceit and herd madness.

Listen on Apple Podcasts
Requires subscription and macOS 11.4 or higher

    Episode 12: Wanted: Dead or Alive?

    Episode 12: Wanted: Dead or Alive?

    The search for Dr Ruja Ignatova takes an unexpected turn when a story emerges alleging she's been murdered. But with with sightings of Dr Ruja still coming in long after her apparent demise, can it be true? We speak to the Bulgarian journalists behind the story and team up with BBC colleagues to investigate the murder theory. It takes us on a trail to a Bulgarian man widely suspected of heading an organised crime organisation. Meanwhile, a trusted former adviser to Dr Ruja disappears, just like his old boss.
    Presenter: Jamie Bartlett
    Producer: Rob Byrne
    Executive Producer: Georgia Catt
    Commissioner: Dylan Haskins
    Series Editor: Philip Sellars
    Original music and sound design: Phil Channell
    Original music and vocals: Dessislava Stefanova and the London Bulgarian Choir
    Featuring material from: LiveNow from Fox, Radio 100,7.
    The Missing Cryptoqueen is a BBC Studios Audio production for BBC Sounds and BBC 5Live

    • 33 min
    A short update

    A short update

    From The Missing Cryptoqueen team.

    • 3 min
    Episode 11: Operation Satellite

    Episode 11: Operation Satellite

    How mysterious friends in influential places may have helped Ruja stay one step ahead. A massive revelation we only now know, but which Ruja knew years earlier.
    Who are they? And could they be helping her now?
    CREDITS
    Presenter: Jamie Bartlett
    Producers: Rob Byrne and Georgia Catt
    Original music and sound design: Phil Channell
    Original music and vocals: Dessislava Stefanova and the London Bulgarian Choir
    Studio Engineer: Giles Aspen
    Series Editor: Philip Sellars
    Commissioner: Dylan Haskins
    The Missing Cryptoqueen is a BBC Documentaries production for BBC Sounds and BBC 5Live

    • 47 min
    Introducing Burn Wild – Episode 1 – The Elves are watching

    Introducing Burn Wild – Episode 1 – The Elves are watching

    The Missing Cryptoqueen is back with episode 11 on October 19th.
    But in the meantime a taster of another podcast, Burn Wild. A story of two fugitive environmentalists, an eco-terrorist cell and a burning question: How far is too far to go to save the planet?
    To hear more of Burn Wild, updated each Tuesday, search and subscribe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0cx6tw7

    • 47 min
    Episode 10: The Dubai Files

    Episode 10: The Dubai Files

    The search for Dr Ruja Ignatova gathers pace, five years after she disappeared. Files leaked from Dubai reveal how Dr Ruja stashed millions in the emirate and struck up a relationship with a mysterious sheikh. Then, a careless selfie leads the podcast to a mansion in an exclusive gated community. As the FBI steps up its search, new information surfaces about Dr Ruja’s disappearance from an unlikely source.
    Presenter: Jamie Bartlett
    Producers: Rob Byrne and Georgia Catt
    Series Producer: Georgia Catt
    Commissioner: Dylan Haskins
    Series Editor: Philip Sellars
    Original music and sound design: Phil Channell
    Original music and vocals: Dessislava Stefanova and the London Bulgarian Choir
    Featuring footage from: LiveNow from Fox, 5en News, Prag News, Welt Netzreporter
    The Missing Cryptoqueen is a BBC Documentaries production for BBC Sounds and BBC 5Live

    • 45 min
    Coming soon...

    Coming soon...

    The Missing Cryptoqueen is back with new episodes from 28 September.

    • 2 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
454 Ratings

454 Ratings

Steph Marshall with pugs ,

Love the pod… not the constant loud music interruptions

A wonderful pod that is unfortunately interrupted loudly by the music every few seconds. It’s hard to listen to and not pleasant (the music).
Thank you for great content!

Rateburger ,

Podcast gold!

Such a pleasure to listen to a podcast that is so beautifully told, so cleverly produced, so wonderfully researched. The Missing Crypto Queen is podcast gold.

Swisspaynie ,

ALL cryptocurrency is a scam!

Hahahaha I love this stuff. Cryptocurrency was supposedly invented to be a ‘currency of the people’ so the big bad greedy banks and governments could no longer control the financial system. How ironic it is that the fools who ‘invested’ did so with one thing in mind - greed. You can’t protect the unwashed masses from themselves.

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