The Rise and Fall of John McAfee

Infamous entrepreneur John McAfee, the creator of McAfee Antivirus software, is constantly on the run—first from lawsuits in the US in 2009, and later to avoid prosecution in connection with the murder of Greg Faull, his neighbour in Belize, whom McAfee claims poisoned his dogs in 2012.

While on the run, he frequently contacts the media, alleging that Belizean authorities set him up, as ABC journalist Matt Gutman pursues the story, conducting multiple interviews along the way. The story concludes with McAfee living what appears to be a normal life as a married cybersecurity expert, though still prone to conspiracy theories and the belief that people are trying to kill him.

The Rise and Fall of John McAfee chronicles McAfee’s time as a fugitive evading arrest for murder through to his later incarnation as a cybersecurity specialist living an ostensibly normal life, while maintaining his insistence that he is still being pursued.