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Have you been glued to Wondery’s latest true crime pod, Kill List?
Tech journalist Carl Miller discovered a list of names on the dark web, which he learned was a murder-for-hire site. It turned out to be a money-making scam, but the people who paid up were deadly serious about getting rid of their targets – “Tell me the execution time in advance – I can’t be there,” was just one instruction found. In the podcast, Miller tracks down people on the hitlist and tries to get the authorities to take the risks to their lives seriously.
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