Eileen Ormsby
@EileenOrmsby
True Crime writer, mostly writes about the dark web. Check out my books or contact me: http://eileenormsby.com PGP KEY ID: 8EC8CD70798E28DDBC958EDFB2AD8A7D97CE9EB1
I have set up a reddit thread on the r/silkroad sub to combat misinformation and provide people with facts about all facets of Silk Road reddit.com/r/SilkRoad/com…
I am now fascinated with the world of dark web psychedelics. If you've sold significant quantities on the dark web (or elsewhere) of LSD, psilocybin, DMT, MDMA, ketamine etc. (or know someone who did) and would be willing to talk, I'm Andy.01 on Signal. Anonymity respected.
For 7 years, Akasha Song ran secret labs that produced tens of millions of doses of DMT—a psychedelic of mind-blowing potency—and made a fortune selling it on the dark web. His story, in this 13,000-word piece, is one of the wildest I've ever told: wired.com/story/rise-fal… 🧵👇
Love how media are calling kidnappings of crypto holders being forced to transfer under threat of violence 'Wrench Attacks' - this XKCD cybersecurity classic finally going mainstream 👇
"It was White [DPR2], while under investigation, who noticed someone had taken 50 bitcoin of the 97 he had, and told police it had to be someone inside the NCA because they had the private keys for his cryptocurrency wallet." theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…
ICYMI... this outcome is the final missing piece for my fully updated and expanded second edition of my "Silk Road" book, coming soon-ish
Canada refuses to extradite James Ellingson, accused of being #SilkRoad "hitman" redandwhite citing lack of evidence. Judge said flimsy evidence that Ellingson was any of the 'nyms he was accused of being, or even involved in drug trade bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/25/…
"The platform's turnover is estimated at €250 million. At last count, the online marketplace had a total of approximately 17,000 sales offers, approximately 612,000 customer accounts, and approximately 3,200 vendors registered." bka.de/SharedDocs/Kur…
Archetyp #darknet market has apparently been seized. It was one of the largest and longest running markets on the #darkweb #DNM
Has interpol started making cinematic trailers of darknet market busts?#Archetyp #DarkWeb operation-deepsentinel.com
Archetyp had advanced opsec requirements for users, so it will be interesting to find out how it was taken down
Archetyp #darknet market has apparently been seized. It was one of the largest and longest running markets on the #darkweb #DNM
Archetyp #darknet market has apparently been seized. It was one of the largest and longest running markets on the #darkweb #DNM
Canada refuses to extradite James Ellingson, accused of being #SilkRoad "hitman" redandwhite citing lack of evidence. Judge said flimsy evidence that Ellingson was any of the 'nyms he was accused of being, or even involved in drug trade bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/25/…
The replies in this thread are killing me 🤦♀️🤣
how tf do you even access the "dark web" ??
Case 311: Russell Hill & Carol Clay @casefilehost - narration @EileenOrmsby - research, writing Erin Munro - editing Milly Raso - creative direction @mikemigas - production, music Anthony Telfer - audio editing casefilepodcast.com/case-311-russe…
Came across an old screenshot I took of #SilkRoad. This would've been early 2012. Check out those #Bitcoin prices! Imagine just now realising you spent over $200K on a Michael Jackson discography
This is the guy accused of being 'redandwhite', the 'hitman' hired by Dread Pirate Roberts to whack 5 Silk Road scammers/extortionists. He's currently fighting extradition to the USA
B.C. man faces extradition to the U.S. for alleged operations on Silk Road website - BC | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/11012718/…
B.C. man faces extradition to the U.S. for alleged operations on Silk Road website - BC | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/11012718/…
A great hour-long chat about all things Dark Web with Richard Fidler abc.net.au/listen/program…
Two weeks ago today, I took my first steps outside prison walls in over a decade. I was able to liberate Leaf Erikson as well, the little pepper plant that had been clinging to life on the sill of my cell window for the past year or so.