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Nov 2022
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128: Gollumfun (Part 1)

Jack Rhysider
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Brett Johnson, AKA Gollumfun (twitter.com/GOllumfun) was involved with the websites Counterfeit Library and Shadow Crew. He tells his story of what happened there and some of the crimes he committed.


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