Part 1 - Rise of the Silk Road & Ross Ulbricht

When Ross Ulbricht decided to go into business for himself, he had no idea that he was going to make history as an international darknet drug kingpin. This is the story of The Silk Road & Dread Pirate Roberts.

Created, Produced & Hosted by Keith Korneluk

Written & Researched by Lauren Minkoff

Mixed & Mastered by David Swope

Theme Song “You Are Digital” by Computerbandit

Episode Transcript

Sources

https://www.vice.com/en/article/539ey3/the-heartbreaking-letters-from-families-of-silk-road-overdose-victims

https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2014/07/of-the-darkest-creepiest-places-on-the-internet/

https://thewest.com.au/news/disaster-and-emergency/teenager-dies-after-fall-from-balcony-ng-ya-281773

https://www.wired.com/2015/04/silk-road-1/

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32480601

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ross-ulbricht-dread-pirate-roberts-silk-road-fbi/

https://www.theregister.com/2019/01/29/how_i_caught_silk_road_mastermind/?page=2

https://www.cloudwards.net/the-deep-web/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/d73j9z/silk-roads-doctor-says-he-never-heard-of-an-overdose-related-to-the-site

https://gawker.com/the-underground-website-where-you-can-buy-any-drug-imag-30818160

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/silk-road-ross-ulbricht-drugs-murder

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b092s5vv