The Hunt for the First Dark Web King
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A hunt for Dread Pirate Roberts, thousands of stolen Bitcoin and a scapegoat that almost took the fall. This is the story of the cops who robbed Silkroad.
A special thanks to Nick Bilton and his fantastic book “American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road”.
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Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zUkEIXoaTbsPsc72BFLW2TxBZYdj5PHqULWgzO5Xjxo/edit?usp=sharing
Music:
Epidemic Sound:
Behind the Shadow – Ruiqi Zhao
Kansas – Christian Andersen
Long Way Home – Aiyo
Temporarily Virtual – Cobby Costa
Voigt-Kampff – Martin Baekkevold
Beacons – Cobby Costa
The Sky Is Closing In – Cobby Costa
Detour Switch – Cobby Costa
Red Alert – Lennon Hutton
Strange Interference – Cobby Costa
The Shadow – Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Impasse – Silver Maple
Now That’s an Alarm! – Harry Edvino
Riot in the Capital – Bonnie Grace
The Mutants – Farrell Wooten
Knee Deep – Blue Saga
Suspiral – Anthony Earls
Ghostly – Tigerblood Jewel
Parallel Existence – Raymond Grouse
Tracker – Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Slow Discovery – Cobby Costa
Artlist:
Oliver Michael – Witness – Extended version
Sebastian Borromeo – See Through the Crack
Morphlexis – Submarine
IamDayLight – Hypnotize
Artlist Musical Logos – Tensive Logo 1
Or Chausha – Are You Still Alive – No Strings
Ian Post – Mayhem
Isaac DaBom – Keep Your Eyes Open
Risian – Mission Critical
Or Chausha – No Decides
Stanley Gurvich – Transmission
Oran Alaloof – Dark Apoko
Lens Distortions:
Riptide – No Pulse
Tempered
Why Be Normal – No High Percussion
Force Multiplier – No High Percussion
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@fern-tv
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
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@kaelcrane2076
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
Can someone explain to me how Green would’ve been taken in the first place. Unless I’m missing something the first charge against him is so obviously entrapment. It’s not even funny.
@JMully57
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
Video starts at 3:14
@johnshete
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
I really Missed your voice brother. Makes the documentary even more intriguing 🎉
@SpendinGuap
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
this happened to me once unfortunately
@mattbacon1130
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
This is the worst animation I’ve ever seen what the hell is this?
@essgeesongaard5656
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
amazon uses unmarked vehicles when there is a lot of packages
@Dea_Ex_Machina
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
Yall are owned by private equity? 😢
@Snowman9757
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
Ok you got your ad bs. This better be good.
@matiaspavezq
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
genio
@rediamond97
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
And Trump let him out…birds of a feather…
@NukePixel
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
hab auf das „cheers“ gewartet lol
@frankcornrad3384
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
5:43 the king of femboys <3
@yo.poldoo
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
14:04 got confused with "can you…" (on the text message) but the vo said "you can…"
@poopingwizerd1269
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
Man i miss the old voice guy bro bring him back
@pizza.de.sushi123
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
What I know now is that Targaryens are real and really good at animation!
@AngelusNielson
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
So they illegally set the guy up so he'd take a plea bargain on his boss?
Murka.
@dr.paroxysm4702
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
fernas nahui
@hasmukhlalji6102
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
I can't believe that i can see this for free
@iftisamjamil
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
Well, i wasn't expecting to see a targariyan pop outta the video talkin about animations. But Okay i guess.
@pifpafize
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
ich will mit euch zusammen arbeiten. diese Videos sind viel zu gut. danke dass ihr wieder mehr reale voices nehmt (empfinde ich so, vielleicht ist ki auch besser? Jedenfalls passt dieses mal das pacing richtig richtig gut)
@topricemuncher
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
how does fern create movies every single time
@drewmac4046
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
The elf needs a new shirt
@xkvngjay
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
5:43 holy jump scare
@OrsonStubbs
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
I live in Spanish fork utah
@Skellyton99
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
Wow this has stuff I haven’t heard and Im the closest thing to addicted to learning anything about crime and especially the dark web/hacking type stuff
@mfcupidbby
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
they got link making the animations
@kaydinvales2138
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
They wanted an undercover mole so they just let his mugshot go public
@warheadseller
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
the elfs hair is magnificent.
@FG-418
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
Looks for experienced writer, position : Junior
@that_2nd_guy
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
The start… believable
@dominatorandwhocaresanyway9617
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
Eladio (lalo) Guzman 🙏😭 holy Breaking Bad
@0nyxcpvptuff
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
Hello thomas
@Velimirius
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
DPR walked the plank and survived, true chad.
@thatngaisonyt
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
I remember sr really really well.. 😂
@Whocares-i7n
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
That shoulda just been a bonus for Force and Bridges
@knockeledup
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
Not even going to mention the bribe that Ulbrecht paid Trump for that pardon?
@JakeDownsWuzHere
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
great prod value on this one!
@Indevalt
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
You should add timestamps
@BINX-RR
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
How come if I was to sell guns on Amazon I would get arrested but Amazon would be fine? Yet if I made a website and allowed people to sell guns on it I would also get arrested. Make it make sense. Do I need an LLC and billions of dollars in assets and 100k an hour lawers or what?
@BINX-RR
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
If that was me I would say give me back all my assets, immunity and a couple million and I’ll sing like I’m in an opera, but I’m so petty that if they tortured me I’d die before saying a word because all they had to do was basically pull 2mil from under the seat cushions.
@michaeldewayne1788
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
Good days cheap products
@maizena7646
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
Now thats a handsome elf
@ShazzBakes-o9c
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
DPR's laptop sticker: "My other computer is your computer"
Bwahahaha! Great touch 👍
@Pavy01
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
So the police can just send drugs to your house in a package and if you happen to open it you get charged?? That’s so fucked
@noahjjj51
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
I read the elf comments before I saw Thomas, and I choked on my spit and said OH MY GOD! Absolutely ETHEREAL AF!!!!! I love him. I love the elf.
@dieselsmack
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
I thought the guy behind Silk Road was Ross Ulbricht?
@roquwho
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
i think im in love with thomas
@SamandarDavronov-n2b7t
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
The overall aesthetic and visual design are quite sleek and modern. However, the header navigation and general user experience feel a bit counter-intuitive. At first glance, it's difficult to grasp the core purpose of the site, and the minimalist header lacks the visual hierarchy needed to immediately 'hook' a new visitor or pull them into the content.
For dear @fern-tv
@azon9709
May 9, 2026 at 11:40 pm
They got Griffith for an animator