Bizarre website lets you be Elizabeth Holmes for the day ahead of chilling documentary

Elizabeth Holmes is back in the spotlight once again, with the shamed Theranos co-founder about to be the subject of a deep-dive documentary. Known for delivering hard-hitting exposés and work on the likes of The Rehearsal and The Curse, Nathan Fielder promises unprecedented access to Elizabeth Holmes in a documentary that follows her in the 34 days leading up to her incarceration in 2023.

Although Elizabeth Holmes isn't scheduled for full release from federal custody until February 2030, prison reform credits under the First Step Act and sentence reductions for good conduct mean she’s due to be transferred to a halfway house in August 2027.

We know that Holmes is online after she shared a cryptic selfie in the aftermath of the trailer for You Can See Everything being released, so we imagine she's well aware of the newfound fame she's receiving from behind bars.

Still, Fielder has said that communication with Holmes and her husband, Billy Evans, broke down after filming, meaning she's yet to see the nail-biting doc.

The world remains obsessed with Holmes, and while many have branded Fielder's doc as 'unsettling', it looks like a must-watch look behind the curtain of Holmes and Theranos. Ahead of its October 16 release, you can play as Holmes for a day thanks to a new website called Theranos.world.

Shared on X, user @bolau_ says they built Theranos.world as a site where you can sit at Holmes' virtual desk while scrolling her iPhone and reading her emails.

Playing out like a corporate VR video game, you can even run the Theranos Edison machine.

The Theranos Edison machine was a fraudulent, miniaturized blood-testing device that was at the core of Holmes' trial. Holmes memorably called the Edison the "iPod of healthcare," but things fell apart during an investigation by John Carreyrou that revealed the machine didn't work and Theranos had been faking results using traditional lab equipment.

Theranos.world is an impressive project, with the OP explaining how all the texts, emails, slides, documents, and records are sourced from real exhibits used during her criminal trial.

We're reminded of when someone created Jmail as a Jeffrey Epstein-inspired Gmail service where you could read the shamed financier's emails.

The creator goes on to explain that Theranos.world uses 1169 real documents used in court, also boasting about how several Easter eggs have been hidden in the site.

There's an incredible level of detail here, with one person writing: "I love how the iOS 9 iPhone and Yosemite-style OS X helps me date the incident to have happened in 2015."

Another added: "Lord. Having seen all this stuff come out during the Elizabeth Holmes trial, this is a wild trip down memory lane..."

A third joked: "The only first-person game im playing in 2026."

@bolau_ tagged Fielder, although we're not sure if he's seen it yet.

Many questioned why something like Theranos.world exists in the first place, but if anything, it proves just how much we're invested in Holmes' story. We just wonder whether she's checked out her new site for herself.