The Bling Ring Wasn’t Possible Without the Internet

The early years of social media were a wild place where people
weren’t really thinking about what they were posting, which is
something the teenagers of the Bling Ring took advantage of when
they started using celebrity gossip sites, Facebook, MySpace and
Google Maps to target their famous victims. On today’s show,
Rachelle is joined by Moises Mendez II to talk about the new
Netflix documentary The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist, which
details this group’s tactics, crimes, and conflicting stories.
Rachelle and Moises discuss how the internet played such an
important role in these crimes, the chaos in the courtroom, and the
desperation for attention these teens had. This podcast is produced
by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario. Subscribe
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