hi, i'm christopher goffard. keith morrison (voiceover): the story became a podcast produced with the podcast network wondery, the number one podcast in the country for a time voted by "entertainment weekly," "usa today," and "the guardian" as one of the best of 2017, downloaded 28 million times in the first year of its release. the story and the man at the heart of it was called dirty john. dennis luken: he was a very creative-- matt murphy: super manipulative-- dennis luken: --charismatic-- matt murphy: --handsome-- dennis luken: --charming, intelligent. he was a nightmare to everybody. keith morrison (voiceover): but not to her. to debra newell of orange county, california, the man who presented himself on the dating website, dr. john meehan, anesthesiologist, looked very promising. he was the total package-- a doctor, very intelligent, family man, loved his kids. keith morrison (voiceover): not that attracting men had ever been difficult for debra or any of the women in the family, according to her daughter t