Dark Web Murder for Hire with Eileen Ormsby

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Episode description

In this inaugural episode of From the Files, Casefile’s host covers news updates from:

• Case 3: Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman
• Case 21: Pamela Lawrence (Andrew Mallard)
• Case 23: The Frankston Serial Killer 
• Case 24: Russell Street Bombing 
• Case 53: EARONS/The Golden State Killer
• Case 54: Daniel Morcombe 
• Case 76: Silk Road
• Case 87: Elaine O’Hara 

He then talks with former lawyer turned investigative journalist and Dark Web expert, Eileen Ormsby, who also writes for Casefile. Case 86: Amy Allwine, was Eileen’s first episode, having previously researched and covered the case when writing her book, The Darkest Web. She followed the crime as it unravelled in real-time, meeting and interviewing many of those involved. She was even threatened by the owner of a Dark Web murder-for-hire site and tried to arrange a hit of her own. 

ADDITIONAL LINKS

GoFundMe page to assist the Russell family

Day for Daniel – The Daniel Morcombe Foundation

@RealRossU – Ross Ulbricht’s Twitter

‘All Things Vice’ – Eileen Ormsby’s blog 

‘The curious case of Besa Mafia’ – Eileen’s article 

Eileen Ormsby’s books:

• Silk Road: The shocking true story of the world’s most notorious online drug market
• The Darkest Web: Drugs, death and destroyed lives … the inside story of the internet’s evil twin