This week – Ontario police charged Kenneth Law, of Mississauga, with 12 counts of counselling or aiding suicide. That’s on top of the two counts he was charged with when he was first arrested in May.
Law is accused of running several websites that were used to sell sodium nitrite and other items that can be used for self harm. He’s alleged to have sent at l ... Show More
Aug 22
Escape, immortality, AI: Silicon Valley's blueprint for the future
Elon Musk wants a million people living on Mars within 20 years. Jeff Bezos imagines a trillion humans in space, living in a constellation of space stations the size of major cities within a few generations. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is preparing for a future where rogue AI coul ... Show More
33m 35s
Sep 2023
Episode 371: Brad Hunter talks about the suicide kits posted out by Canadian chef Ken Law
A Canadian former chef is before the courts in Toronto after it was discovered he'd been sending suicide kits out all over the world, resulting in what cops believe is at least 100 deaths. Today, I'm talking with journalist Brad Hunter about Kenneth Law and the 1,200 kits he post ... Show More
20m 58s
Apr 2023
Poison (Pt 2) - The man who sells death
Warning, this episode contains discussions about suicide. In the second of this three-part series we learn of a man called Kenneth Law who’s based in Canada. Law appears to be selling a substance to young, vulnerable, adults in the UK, some of whom are using it to take their own ... Show More
24m 27s
Dec 2021
‘Kids Are Dying. How Are These Sites Still Allowed?’
This episode contains details about suicide deaths and strong language. A few years ago, a website about suicide appeared. On it, not only do people talk about wanting to die, but they share, at great length, how they are going to do it.Times reporters were able to identify 45 pe ... Show More
33m 36s
Mar 2023
Who Killed CJ Davis? (UPDATE) - An arrest
Last week police said a 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder of Corey Junior Davis.The 14-year-old was shot dead in broad daylight on 4th September, 2017, in Newham, East London. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and ... Show More
8m 12s
Oct 2023
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Molly Young
On March 24th, 2012, Molly Young rushed to her on-again, off-again boyfriend Richie Minton's aid, only to be found dead hours later in his Carbondale, Illinois apartment with a gunshot wound to the head. Did she take her own life, or was she the victim of foul play? With lingerin ... Show More
57m 3s