Dark Web

So you think you know Silk Road? Day 3 of Trivia Quiz and answers

September 30, 2023

The third question of my Silk Road trivia quiz turned out to be a tough one. The question posed to Reddit and Twitter users was:

So you think you know Silk Road? Day 2 of Trivia Quiz

September 29, 2023

Today is Day 2 of my Silk Road Trivia Quiz as we count down to the tenth anniversary of the shutdown of Silk Road. Very

Think you know Silk Road?

September 28, 2023

Next week is the tenth anniversary of the shutdown of Silk Road and the arrest of its founder, Ross Ulbricht (currently serving life without the

Ten years after Silk Road falls, Variety Jones is sentenced

July 15, 2023

The sentencing of Silk Road’s Variety Jones, aka Plural of Mongoose, aka cimon, aka Ross Ulbricht’s mentor, aka Roger Thomas Clark was held at 10:00am

Tying up Silk Road’s loose ends: Redandwhite

May 19, 2023

The Silk Road saga continues with the indictment of James Ellingson, known by numerous aliases on the platform, most famously as ‘redandwhite’. But is he

Tying up Silk Road’s loose ends: Variety Jones

May 17, 2023

A decade on from the dramatic implosion of Silk Road, a fascinating character waits in the wings for his fate to be decided – Roger

The recently arrested “redandwhite”: one of Silk Road’s greatest nemeses

November 22, 2018

I was blown away today to read the news that one of the Silk Road arrests, James Ellingson, aka “MarijuanaIsMyMuse” is apparently also the Silk

Behind the scenes of a CBS 48 Hours story on dark web hitmen

October 4, 2018

How I became a dark web consultant to a TV show, and my somewhat complicated relationship with the owner of the most profitable online murder-for-hire

Behind the Casefiles: Amy Allwine

September 19, 2018

I have been writing episodes of the excellent true-crime podcast Casefile and as I’ve been rather slack in updating this blog lately, I thought I

Dark web drugs markets – more TripAdvisor than Amazon

September 17, 2018

They used to be known as the “Amazon” or “eBay” of drugs, but modern dark web drug sales use a system more comparable to Yelp or

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