ICYMI: The Bling Ring Wasnt Possible Without the Internet
b'The early years of social media were a wild place where people weren\\u2019t 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\\u2019s 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\\u2019s 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.\\nThis podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario.\\nSubscribe to Slate Plus at slate.com/icymiplus\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'