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Belle Gibson spent years lying about her health. From those early skater chatroom claims that she had died on the operating table during heart surgery, to a terminal brain cancer diagnosis, and finally, revelations that cancer had spread through her entire body. She had built a business out of peddling her strategy for treating that cancer; with food. She said it was curing her, and could (for a small fee) cure you, too. But in March 2015, everything came undone, and it wasn't only Belle's followers who wanted answers. The police did too. 
With thanks to Tara BrownTom CowieDr Marc FeldmanJames D'ApiceKylie Willey60 Minutes.CREDITS:Host: Emma GillespieWriters: Emma Gillespie and Holly WainwrightProducer: Emma GillespieGuest bookings: Melanie SauerAudio Production: Madeline JoannouExecutive Producer: Holly Wainwright and Elissa Ratliff
SOURCES:Confronting Belle Gibson
The Woman Who Fooled The World by Beau Donnelly and Nick Toscano
Fake Medicine by Brad Mckay
The Girl Who Conned Us All by Clair Weaver 
https://www.nowtolove.com.au/news/local-news/belle-gibson-speaks-for-the-first-time-since-her-whole-pantry-controversy-13532https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/13/behind-belle-gibsons-cancer-con-everything-about-this-story-is-extremehttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/munchausen-syndrome-why-bloggers-cancer-fraud-belle-gibson-fake-sickness-online-10215185.html
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