Episode 291 - The Silk Road: Drugs, Data & The Dread Pirate Roberts| Listen on Anghami

Jan 20

ShortHand: Fish Fraud

‘Anal seepage’ is one of the many potential risks to the consumer due to seafood fraud, a multi-layered conspiracy that goes as deep as the Mariana Trench.The stats speak for themselves: if you’re in the UK, there’s a 55% chance that the fish you’re eating has been deliberately m ... Show More

22m 58s

Jan 15

Luigi Mangione - Part Two: On Pain of Death | #432

When Luigi Mangione was charged as the UnitedHealthcare shooter – it changed everything. The public knew this was a political act, but Luigi was not the crackpot vigilante many had pictured. He had no clear personal link to UnitedHealthcare (or CEO Brian Thompson) – and he had ev ... Show More

1h 9m

Jan 13

ShortHand: Where is Shelly Miscavige?

One of the most powerful people in one of the most powerful organizations in the world, Shelly Miscavige, hasn't been seen in public in almost two decades. In the world of Scientology, Shelly was practically an apostle. Yet, since her relationship with her husband – the leader of ... Show More

30m 33s

Jun 2023

Inside The Dark Web: Taking Down The Silk Road

Beneath the surface web, the websites and search engines we use on a daily basis, lies the dark web, a hidden network of dangerous websites which are hidden from public access. In 2011, a man operating under the pseudonym, "Dread Pirate Roberts," created the Silk Road, a dark web ... Show More

49m 36s

Jan 2024

The Silk Road Pt. 2

By 2012, undercover DEA agents had cracked holes in an underground criminal conspiracy. It was the “Amazon.com of Drugs” – the Silk Road. But to take down its shadowy founder, they’d have to team up with a surprising number of federal agencies – and go to criminal lengths themsel ... Show More

53m 27s

Jun 2024

Silk Road: Murder, Drugs & Crypto

In this RE-RELEASE episode, Tess takes us through the journey of Ross Ulbricht’s founding of Silk Road, the dark web known as “the Amazon for drugs.” Meant to be a place for buyers and sellers to conduct marijuana transactions using Bitcoin, it quickly escalated to offering hard ... Show More

1h 27m

Oct 2023

Wicked Words - Margalit Fox: Conan Doyle for the Defense

One of the most incredible stories in true crime is the tale of Arthur Conan Doyle and how he helped free a man…who was innocent of murder. Author Margalit Fox offers us a deep dive into the characters in her book, Conan Doyle for the Defense. Support this p ... Show More

46m 35s

May 2023

Tenfold More Wicked - The Wolf Among Us: Down Under

John Tawell is caught as a forger, but the Quakers convince the Crown to send him to a penal colony in Australia. He seems like a dedicated family man—he sent for them in England. And Tawell became a huge success in Australia, but he was still duplicitous. And soon, he would m ... Show More

40m 3s

Nov 2021

Crime World Extra: How Australia's biggest drug cartel was brought to its knees

It was a sensational blow to organised crime - and when Australia’s Federal Police joined forces with the FBI to create a phone network to infiltrate drug gangs, the fallout shocked both police and politicians. An Aussie cartel with tentacles deep into the airline and fr ... Show More

18m 26s

Jan 2023

The Candy Store, Part I: Undercover Madam

Once upon a time, former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong was assigned to the drug squad working in tandem with the DEA. In this special episode, Candice recounts one of her wildest operations undercover...as a madam. Need more Killer Psyche? Wit ... Show More

32m 3s

Aug 2023

Episode 348: The truth behind the world of money laundering, drugs and international narco-terrorism

An intrepid Irish American cop joins the dots between Hezbollah, Syrian Dictator Bashar Al Assad’s brutal war, and some of Europe’s biggest drug lords.It sounds the plot from an episode of Homelands but it’s all true and forms the incredible geo political story that plays out on ... Show More

47m 37s

Episode 291 - The Silk Road: Drugs, Data...