Dark Web
Case 331: Girl Meat Hunter
In 2010, a user known as Girl Meat Hunter joined The Fetish Network, a website where people with extreme sexual fetishes could connect and interact. On their profile, Girl Meat Hunter described their interests as the “easy A.B.C” – Abduction, Bondage, and Cannibalism…
Case 315: Operation Cacam
In 2013, a forum appeared on the dark web called Hurt2theCore. Run by an anonymous user known only as Lux, it was a digital cesspool dedicated to one of the most vile subgenres of illicit pornography…
Case 306: Ina & David Steiner
In 1999, Ina and David Steiner founded an online newsletter called eCommerceBytes. The couple worked hard to establish themselves as knowledgeable, trustworthy and unbiased reporters in the e-commerce industry and were well respected by their niche community…
Case 295: Nadia Kajouji & Mark Drybrough
When retired schoolteacher Celia Blay stumbled across an online forum where suicidal individuals shared their innermost thoughts…
Case 275: Michelle Hadley
When Angela Connell met Ian Diaz, the pair began a whirlwind romance that quickly led to marriage and a growing family. But their newfound happiness was soon disturbed by…
Case 115: Operation Cathedral
In the mid 1990s, police caught wind of an online pedophile ring known as The Orchid Club, in which members were using chat rooms…
Case 86: Amy Allwine
When FBI agents received word that online hackers had cracked their way into the dark web and uncovered an Albanian murder-for-hire…
Case 76: Silk Road (Part 3/3)
The investigation into The Silk Road and Ross Ulbricht heats to boiling point as Homeland Security, the Drug Enforcement Administration….
Case 76: Silk Road (Part 2/3)
As The Silk Road continued to expand, problems started piling up for Ross Ulbricht, AKA The Dread Pirate Roberts…
Case 76: Silk Road (Part 1/3)
Pennsylvania State University student Ross Ulbricht had been fascinated with mathematics and science from a young age…