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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

The crazy tale behind Silk Road’s missing bitcoin

November 5, 2020

News today is reporting that bitcoin worth just shy of $1 billion, believed belonging to Silk Road and dormant since Ross Ulbricht’s arrest in 2013,

The victim in “3 Guys, 1 Hammer”

September 23, 2020

Most of you would have heard of the Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs, two Ukrainian teenagers when went on a two-week killing spree in 2007. By the time

Behind the Casefiles – Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs

October 5, 2018

The 8-minute video “3 Guys, 1 Hammer” is infamous. I wanted to discover the story behind it. This is another entry into my series of a behind-the-scenes

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

The Darkest Web

February 15, 2018

Apologies for the lack of posts for a very long time. I’ve been busy finishing my latest book, and it went on sale on 14

Real Folk of the Dark Web

September 12, 2017

A couple of weeks ago I got back from an 8-week trip around the globe to meet with all manner of dark web types in

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