Switzerland

Witchcraft executions, medieval death sentences and hidden dark history — Zurich's sinister past is waiting to be explored on foot.

Credit Suisse hired private investigators to monitor its former wealth management chief Iqbal Khan after he joined competitor UBS in 2019. The resulting case of corporate surveillance, intimidation and potential coercion was settled in 2021, shedding light on ruthless internal politics in global finance.

Paolo Macchiarini, a Swiss-born Italian thoracic surgeon, deceived the medical world and media with claims of groundbreaking synthetic trachea transplants that left patients dead. Now, the Wondery podcast Dr. Death: Miracle Man reveals how he manipulated everyone around him—including the NBC News producer investigating his work.