Silk Road Marketplace
How did Silk Road build the Dark Web’s biggest black market?
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49 mins
Explore how the Silk Road marketplace transformed the dark web into a global underground economy using Bitcoin. Discover how federal investigators tracked down the anonymous mastermind known as “Dread Pirate Roberts,” leading to one of the most famous cybercrime arrests in modern history.
Ep 1:
The Amazon of the Dark Web
A libertarian Eagle Scout builds a billion-dollar dark web drug empire using Tor and Bitcoin, becoming the mysterious Dread Pirate Roberts.
Ep 2:
Corrupt Cops and the Multi-Agency Manhunt
Multiple federal agencies race to unmask DPR through a Google search breakthrough, while two of their own agents secretly steal from the very empire they're investigating.
Ep 3:
The Million-Dollar Scam That Fooled a Kingpin
Desperate to protect his users, Dread Pirate Roberts pays for a string of brutal hits — only to discover the entire deadly saga was an elaborate, million-dollar con.
Ep 4:
The Library Sting That Ended an Empire
Agents stage a dramatic library takedown to catch DPR logged in, leading to a blistering trial, life sentences, and dark web successors rising in his wake.
Ep 5:
Free Ross and the Silk Road's True Legacy
As advocates fight to free Ross Ulbricht, we separate fact from myth and confront the Silk Road's lasting, complicated legacy on drugs, crime, and the internet.
Discussions (5)
Elizabeth
Level 8 · 4 mo agoYeah this ain't it. I don't understand how people think he was just some thoughtful guy trying to reduce harm. He literally paid out hundreds of thousands to have six different people murdered.
Camila
Level 3 · 4 mo agoBro really paid for hits on imaginary people lmao
Emmett
Level 10 · 4 mo agoYou are buying into a very dumb narrative here buddy. Ross did not build that site for pure libertarian ideals. He took a massive commission on every single sale. It was always about the money.
