The Dark Side Of The Silk Road

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  • Опубликовано: 22 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 22 тыс.

  • @BarelySociable
    @BarelySociable  5 лет назад +20808

    Fair warning. Tons of spoilers in the comments.
    Follow up video: ruclips.net/video/1VZkiQUzITU/видео.html

    • @amuricuh6143
      @amuricuh6143 5 лет назад +2597

      Bro I was legit wanting an actual silk road documentary like the real life one. I am sad I have been click baited yet again :(

    • @Nik-ff3tu
      @Nik-ff3tu 5 лет назад +575

      You sir are a talented investigative journalist. I'm hooked

    • @gaia260686
      @gaia260686 5 лет назад +56

      Thanks!

    • @notbigboss9254
      @notbigboss9254 5 лет назад +310

      We produce a lot of things that would get this video Demonitized, we also produce a lot of other things that would get this video Demonitized

    • @OwenTheTitan
      @OwenTheTitan 5 лет назад +14

      what’s the next video?

  • @niqul5654
    @niqul5654 3 года назад +50024

    I watched this genuinely wanting a history of the dark side of a trade route 2,150 years ago, however still satisfied

    • @boywithoutsoul587
      @boywithoutsoul587 3 года назад +2156

      I was hoping the same as I'm currently studying Economics in Uni. But shit went dark real quick

    • @lolineko2083
      @lolineko2083 3 года назад +2167

      The camel on the sand path definitely was misleading xD

    • @eclecticsoffy
      @eclecticsoffy 3 года назад +146

      Same here

    • @jondoe2k
      @jondoe2k 3 года назад +67

      Me too 🤪

    • @Chrischrischis
      @Chrischrischis 3 года назад +25

      😭

  • @belainverso7455
    @belainverso7455 4 года назад +78536

    Took me 8 seconds to realize this is not the about overland trade routes of the Han dynasty

    • @kuhataparunks
      @kuhataparunks 4 года назад +6300

      this is literally what I thought this video was about, rofl

    • @Jamsomeone
      @Jamsomeone 4 года назад +2703

      Same 😂 still watched it though

    • @LoremasterYnTaris
      @LoremasterYnTaris 4 года назад +537

      @@Jamsomeone Me as well.

    • @TheWicked696
      @TheWicked696 4 года назад +266

      Same

    • @Likes_Trains
      @Likes_Trains 4 года назад +266

      I said exactly the same thing out loud :'D

  • @Piehogger
    @Piehogger 4 года назад +14021

    I was fully prepared to watch an hour long video about people being mugged in the sand over some chinese worm-cloth, but this works too.

    • @_pyxeled
      @_pyxeled 4 года назад +547

      I am forever going to call silk "worm-cloth" now, thank you

    • @choog2752
      @choog2752 4 года назад +159

      As soon as you left the protection of the Great Wall there was bandits who would rob you. Maybe they just didn’t go past the wall

    • @astersaur
      @astersaur 4 года назад +13

      Piehogger mood

    • @johnnypapa9248
      @johnnypapa9248 4 года назад +121

      Aha same here i was hoping for some epic stories about the Mongols or something

    • @2econd428
      @2econd428 4 года назад +8

      Lmaooooo same!

  • @Costco_Employee
    @Costco_Employee Год назад +1253

    "I've only ever commissioned one other hit, so I'm still learning this market" is CRAZY

    • @gabrielcamposagrado
      @gabrielcamposagrado 7 месяцев назад +70

      Yeah, that was so callous, non-chalant and heartless.

    • @bajorekjon
      @bajorekjon 6 месяцев назад +34

      So casual. Like he was sending an email to his boss or something

    • @andreimoldovan1633
      @andreimoldovan1633 6 месяцев назад

      And imagine theres countless idiots on youtube supporting him and wishing he would be free

    • @JW-hn5nt
      @JW-hn5nt 5 месяцев назад +12

      he was probably fronting remember this guy wasn't some hardcore criminal he was a extremely well educated college student

    • @masterBong1
      @masterBong1 5 месяцев назад +23

      @@JW-hn5ntdid you even watch the video? he did have it carried out but it never actually happened and was a sting by authorities.

  • @DancingProduce
    @DancingProduce 5 лет назад +7215

    "we produce a lot of things that would get this video demonetized" its really considerate of them to be so concerned with your video

    • @jacksonelh
      @jacksonelh 5 лет назад +389

      those hell's angels folks seem mighty fine

    • @GeneralRaam03
      @GeneralRaam03 5 лет назад +197

      Kevin Nix r/woooosh

    • @CODYLOUIS
      @CODYLOUIS 5 лет назад +120

      @Kevin Nix I either love u, or hate u for that comment.

    • @2supergg
      @2supergg 5 лет назад +82

      @@jacksonelh they are canadians after all

    • @britsaunders2151
      @britsaunders2151 4 года назад +78

      @@RadkeMaiden we do quite enjoy our crack addicts.

  • @SsnakeBite
    @SsnakeBite 5 лет назад +25849

    Am I the only one who finds it hilarious that the FBI's plan to get the laptop was to have two of their agents pretend to have a lovers' quarrel, until Ross felt so awkward he'd leave, hopefully leaving his computer with all the info for his black market platform open and unattended? And even MORE hilarious that it _worked?_

    • @newageweeb4049
      @newageweeb4049 5 лет назад +4520

      Thats the kind of thing that would be in a comedy movie

    • @matthewherr1588
      @matthewherr1588 5 лет назад +3962

      SsnakeBite the more I think about that, the funnier it gets. We see two tricks in this video: an elaborate scam with multiple identities and carefully thought out reasoning, and a classic case of “hey! Look over there at that distraction!” Somehow, Ross fell for both

    • @JoeNoshow27
      @JoeNoshow27 5 лет назад +2667

      My take is the guy was a complete idiot who's narcissism made him believe he was untouchable. His arrest was inevitable.

    • @TheDanAge
      @TheDanAge 5 лет назад +522

      Almosy makes it sound fake... or like he was set up.

    • @californiapoontappa
      @californiapoontappa 5 лет назад +606

      Cpuld you imagine the cop that grabbed it amd was like ok i got it. You cam stop. Like imagine being ross in that situation wtf lol

  • @phaineinTV
    @phaineinTV 4 года назад +4769

    "I won't be blackmailed." - quote from man blackmailed.

    • @josephoyek6574
      @josephoyek6574 4 года назад +198

      Shut up, fucking weeb.
      -fucking weeb.

    • @candeeartist8590
      @candeeartist8590 4 года назад +122

      @@josephoyek6574 You sound like a moron
      -a moron

    • @chloewinnaa1515
      @chloewinnaa1515 4 года назад +54

      @@candeeartist8590 Artists are irrelevant
      - a smart man

    • @candeeartist8590
      @candeeartist8590 4 года назад +20

      @@chloewinnaa1515 I don't know what you're implying but whatever go off sis

    • @chloewinnaa1515
      @chloewinnaa1515 4 года назад +22

      @@candeeartist8590 just comtinuing the chain of insulting the person above. Nothin' personnel kid

  • @getajobmate1281
    @getajobmate1281 Год назад +820

    it's clear he was so enthusiastic about enacting a walter white-esque power play that he didnt stop to think about how anything actually worked

    • @aegonthedragon7303
      @aegonthedragon7303 Год назад +57

      And like Walter White his downfall came as a result of hubris. Even then Walt almost got away with it all if not for that book, while Ross was being tracked from the start.

    • @topspot4834
      @topspot4834 6 месяцев назад +14

      Yeah it's crazy that he didn't realize it wouldn't have been sustainable. There's always gonna be scam artists in any illegal business, it's the cost of doing business, and Ross should've treated it accordingly. No different from a retail store who includes leakage as an expense.

    • @alvaroprieto2092
      @alvaroprieto2092 3 месяца назад

      ​@@topspot4834 spillage

    • @tierraylibertard
      @tierraylibertard 2 месяца назад +3

      Ross was clearly a bright guy, which makes it completely unbelievable that he fell for someone like 'redandwhite.' The way this person communicated-dropping unnecessary details, showing off traces that supposedly led back to their identity, and yapping about things that would have been irrelevant to a real professional-should have raised huge red flags. It's hard to understand how someone as sharp as Ross could be duped by such a blatantly careless scam

  • @torcoolguy
    @torcoolguy 5 лет назад +4089

    It is mindblowing to me that talking about hits and murders related to drug dealing is cool with youtube, but actually saying the names of drugs is tooooo much.

    • @TuberoseKisser
      @TuberoseKisser 5 лет назад +278

      RUclips is backwards.

    • @23mega23
      @23mega23 5 лет назад +98

      Shhhhhh don’t say anything YT doesn’t fix anything they just ban the next thing people bring up aswell

    • @Thumper68
      @Thumper68 5 лет назад +27

      Liberal democrats

    • @ZeranZeran
      @ZeranZeran 5 лет назад +126

      (American here) Aren't american laws fucking stupid when it comes to our media? NO BOOBS! THE NAKED BODY IS A SIN!!!! THE KIDS CAN'T SEE THAT! But people being stabbed and bombed and shot? Yeah that's fine for kids. What the fuck is wrong with our country? Why is America so weird about Nudity on TV, yet also has everyone "secretly" watching porn? It's just strange. I hate Europe for a lot of reasons, but their appreciation and common sense approach toward nudity is something I envy and wish America would follow on. It's the Human body.

    • @spinetta0010
      @spinetta0010 5 лет назад +16

      You can still read the drug names

  • @wongoli
    @wongoli 5 лет назад +11833

    What’s up Ross being so trusting? I feel like he’s the type of guy to believe there are hot singles in your area.

    • @drcommondrate12
      @drcommondrate12 5 лет назад +1069

      wongoli wongo he was tempted with the offer of Hell Angels. He might be a tech-savant but he lacked of prospectives about human nature.

    • @davidr5284
      @davidr5284 5 лет назад +813

      Incompetent. It was bound to happen, really. The commerce tends to weed out these kinds of people.
      Everyone knows hits don't have fixed rates, those depend on how the hit transpires, the payments weren't even made with escrow and all before the supposed hit was done. What an amateur.

    • @realawesomeperson24
      @realawesomeperson24 5 лет назад +904

      @@davidr5284 How do you know all this? lmao

    • @princessulku
      @princessulku 5 лет назад +26

      wongoli wongo HAHAHHAHAHAHAH

    • @ollyoxenfrey5417
      @ollyoxenfrey5417 5 лет назад +477

      Isn't it awesome!!! There's so many single milfs near me!!! And they all wanna fuck!!! They email me all the time!!!

  • @expiredlettuce141
    @expiredlettuce141 4 года назад +2808

    I like how at the end he says have a good night, because this is exactly the type of video you watch at night

    • @rebeccac324
      @rebeccac324 4 года назад +35

      i’m watching at 4am

    • @heretustay
      @heretustay 4 года назад +10

      @@rebeccac324 shit, me too

    • @samsfog3591
      @samsfog3591 4 года назад +16

      I’m watching it at 2:15pm but it’s dark out cause it’s rainy

    • @moldo7799
      @moldo7799 4 года назад +5

      its 4 am and i'd watch it again

    • @Yung813
      @Yung813 4 года назад +2

      Shit put me to sleep

  • @TakeNoteOfThat
    @TakeNoteOfThat 5 месяцев назад +119

    What a polite and well-spoken Hell’s Angel crime boss

    • @Kavallero
      @Kavallero 3 месяца назад +16

      That was already a big red flag for me that something fishy was going on.

    • @justelciex
      @justelciex 3 месяца назад +10

      literally my thought too. i was like man, this guy is so sweet!

  • @jonathanngai5956
    @jonathanngai5956 3 года назад +3778

    Did this guy literqlly just try to pull the "it's a social experiment" / "it's a prank" at the court

    • @miclelakes7413
      @miclelakes7413 3 года назад +17

      How is it a prank and what would be the point

    • @brendan1871
      @brendan1871 3 года назад +197

      Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking, and FAKE Hitman Prank/Social Experiment (GONE SEXUAL!) *NOT CLICKBAIT*

    • @yaboyjonez9476
      @yaboyjonez9476 3 года назад +26

      Imagine the judge setting him free 😂

    • @renefgc
      @renefgc 3 года назад +15

      @@brendan1871 with a fatass red arrow

    • @simonm-m8106
      @simonm-m8106 3 года назад +9

      Imagine the judge then being like "understandable, have a nice day"

  • @jkroeze4418
    @jkroeze4418 4 года назад +1674

    Love how “hells angels” guy starts by claiming they don’t do hits and just a bit later he has all this intricate shit planned out

    • @agustinvega8969
      @agustinvega8969 4 года назад +229

      Exactly lol. “We don’t do hits” and then has guys that do recon, out of town guys, all professional’s who do it right and don’t f*** up. 😂

    • @theguywhocomments5713
      @theguywhocomments5713 4 года назад +114

      He was fucking with ross let's be honest lol

    • @adamarmstrong6646
      @adamarmstrong6646 4 года назад +9

      That’s what I thought lol they don’t call it that stuff when they don’t know for sure who they are talking to

    • @gothie9507
      @gothie9507 4 года назад +8

      yeah I've been threatned by them bc my dad fot ina fought woth one we almost brought it to court and they said they would kill all of my family we moved states

    • @cucumber623
      @cucumber623 4 года назад +36

      the most polite drug dealer ever

  • @sh.osmanov6792
    @sh.osmanov6792 5 лет назад +3081

    Dude was so manipulated didn't even question the blackmail.txt

    • @eyegrinder94
      @eyegrinder94 5 лет назад +433

      I think there's a point where if you believe that a person is who they say they are and are telling the truth, you kind of stop scanning for things that might not add up, as long as they aren't so glaring that you can't help but question it. But still... blackmail.txt?

    • @kaiseramadeus233
      @kaiseramadeus233 5 лет назад +58

      @@eyegrinder94 probably talking about how it seemed the guy legitimately thought he could get blackmailed. Not even a "wtf this is fake" kind of thing. Just believed it was true and worked to get several assassins in

    • @fatpen9731
      @fatpen9731 5 лет назад +29

      Who was redndwhite and friendlychemist ?

    • @bcklee1
      @bcklee1 5 лет назад +93

      takitaki rumbah the same person, ross got scammed

    • @styxzero1675
      @styxzero1675 5 лет назад +100

      @@fatpen9731 I think they were all the same guy... Lucy, Rednwhite and friendlychemist were all this James Ellingson guy that later got arrested.

  • @urnotreal420
    @urnotreal420 Год назад +939

    this is my comfort video. ive fell asleep to it so many times. I go to it when I feel down or when I feel happy. Thank you for making it.

    • @Tourettes0
      @Tourettes0 Год назад +31

      soo glad i am not the only one!!!!

    • @Obstile
      @Obstile Год назад +12

      me too!

    • @kurtgulbro1542
      @kurtgulbro1542 Год назад +20

      Fr, his voice is so comforting

    • @IIIDarkWorlDIII
      @IIIDarkWorlDIII Год назад

      Haha same here

    • @Jason-wp4hw
      @Jason-wp4hw Год назад +51

      How? this shit makes me so paranoid and uncomfortable

  • @sambutton8494
    @sambutton8494 5 лет назад +3116

    Okay well I clicked on this expecting some historical travesties about the Chinese trade route but jesus christ I got invested in something I was not expecting

    • @heyitsrin6556
      @heyitsrin6556 5 лет назад +31

      lmaooo i thought that too

    • @raksh9
      @raksh9 5 лет назад +77

      If you think this is a switch, wait til you visit r/superbowl on reddit. As a non-sports fan, I was very pleasantly surprised.

    • @jabby6709
      @jabby6709 5 лет назад +42

      Thank god I wasn’t the only person expecting a historical video lmao

    • @davidlawrence9782
      @davidlawrence9782 5 лет назад

      I thought the same thing as well

    • @carsoncarruthers9606
      @carsoncarruthers9606 5 лет назад +5

      Me too, I was pleasantly surprised by this though

  • @gavriloprincipgaming7857
    @gavriloprincipgaming7857 3 года назад +7115

    Me who wanted to learn about the ancient Mongolian trade route:
    *anger*

    • @adityarai5367
      @adityarai5367 3 года назад +39

      Me too.

    • @curtislowe4577
      @curtislowe4577 3 года назад +93

      That YT recommended this to me who watches many history videos tells me that YT's AI is either not very sharp and didn't know that this video was not about the dangers of the ancient trading route or it is not simply sharp but has become self-aware and enjoys displaying its newfound sense of humor by recommending this video to history aficionados.

    • @markusTegelane
      @markusTegelane 3 года назад +9

      @@curtislowe4577 nah, computers are too stupid to understand context or humour

    • @asadullahkhan1004
      @asadullahkhan1004 3 года назад +3

      Just read books about silk road.😂😂

    • @goodguycg
      @goodguycg 3 года назад +3

      I was thinking the same

  • @outofcontext5571
    @outofcontext5571 4 года назад +2390

    ⚠️ Spoiler Alert ⚠️
    *LucyDrop aka RealLucyDrop aka FriendlyChemist aka redandwhite aka tony76*
    That was the best character scam I've ever seen...

    • @sepelinit1185
      @sepelinit1185 4 года назад +69

      aka tony76

    • @felipedesoto5999
      @felipedesoto5999 4 года назад +27

      @@sepelinit1185 aka Sepelini T, i know it all

    • @sepelinit1185
      @sepelinit1185 4 года назад +4

      @@felipedesoto5999 aka I watched the video

    • @felipedesoto5999
      @felipedesoto5999 4 года назад +28

      @@sepelinit1185 you will not fake me, you made the billions and sold his data to the fbi, now he is in jail and youre on youtube

    • @sepelinit1185
      @sepelinit1185 4 года назад +7

      @@felipedesoto5999 Lol you're a crackup buddy! I'm a mastermind!

  • @DailyDoseOfInternet
    @DailyDoseOfInternet Год назад +783

    Great video

    • @AdityaKumar-uf5ho
      @AdityaKumar-uf5ho Год назад +22

      Who else is here from the tweet 👇

    • @mateuslira3411
      @mateuslira3411 Год назад

      ​@@AdityaKumar-uf5home

    • @pro-ts9xu
      @pro-ts9xu Год назад +5

      U were talking like u saw this video earlier... nah bro, u just watched this video because of the tweet

    • @ChristinaMagma
      @ChristinaMagma Год назад

      Hey Daily! Found this video after seeing your tweet

    • @Tirth-Patel
      @Tirth-Patel Год назад +1

      Came here after your recommendation. Currently downloading, will watch it later.

  • @tenko5541
    @tenko5541 4 года назад +4849

    Came for the historic trade route.
    Stayed for the dreadlock pirate.

    • @joshuateran3728
      @joshuateran3728 4 года назад +9

      kash Bamba same

    • @feelingfriskyx560
      @feelingfriskyx560 4 года назад +2

      get agrop

    • @UltraNyan
      @UltraNyan 4 года назад +12

      Well it was an historic trade route for the internet

    • @GustavoTeixeira-hu1ck
      @GustavoTeixeira-hu1ck 4 года назад +3

      The same but I didn't stay, just stop the video and came see if someone else was mistaken by the title. I'm out.

    • @everything777
      @everything777 4 года назад +4

      Dread pirate

  • @mortemdecay
    @mortemdecay 4 года назад +2947

    ok but why do hitman requests sound like negotiating art commissions?

    • @spring7643
      @spring7643 4 года назад +26

      😂😂😂

    • @tonix1993
      @tonix1993 4 года назад +20

      kurapikaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    • @LynnAgain83
      @LynnAgain83 4 года назад +3

      Bruhhh

    • @silariadown5468
      @silariadown5468 4 года назад +3

      Hahahahah

    • @tacomeme429
      @tacomeme429 4 года назад +119

      "Art requires a certain... cruelty"
      -some dude from a popular MOBA game who is obsessed with the number 4

  • @adelaideco.
    @adelaideco. 4 года назад +10028

    Should've used NordVPN

    • @pwnmonkeyisreal
      @pwnmonkeyisreal 4 года назад +984

      should have taken a class from Skillshare to not get scammed haha

    • @0riain468
      @0riain468 4 года назад +852

      Should’ve changed identities using dollar shave club

    • @bulksquatthrust8792
      @bulksquatthrust8792 4 года назад +350

      You know what he should snack on while tucked away, hiding from hitmen? Nature Box.

    • @pr4thidude465
      @pr4thidude465 4 года назад +521

      should have played raid shadow legends

    • @starsax6451
      @starsax6451 4 года назад +494

      Could have saved about 15% of the trouble by using honey

  • @harrickvharrick3957
    @harrickvharrick3957 Год назад +303

    Ross so terribly underestimated the forces that would come after him. it caused him fatal mistakes: not to have a much stricter instant lockdown encryption system on his laptop, and worst of all, leaving traces that led straight to himself, even carrying his own name.

    • @acat6145
      @acat6145 Год назад +1

      the encryption would be useless once it was in the hands of the FBI they would crack that computer for everything it has

    • @LDAR
      @LDAR 10 месяцев назад +27

      Also just straight up leaves computer open in public. Id never do that and I don't have that much to hide lol

  • @zp5718
    @zp5718 4 года назад +1548

    I don’t remember the last time I watched an entire hour+ long video without skipping... great storytelling and narrative skills.

    • @caringheart34
      @caringheart34 4 года назад +7

      I watched inquisitormaster's 5 hour long video about John Doe with my eyes open about ten times already since 2017, let me say, it was bad.

    • @PeterMwangi-pe5uz
      @PeterMwangi-pe5uz 4 года назад +11

      Same here, his narrative skills and keeping us captivated shines through. Some channels even a ten minute video feels like torture

    • @maxwell1934
      @maxwell1934 4 года назад

      true

    • @cuckoo_head
      @cuckoo_head 4 года назад +1

      try fredrik knudsen

    • @HopeCasias10
      @HopeCasias10 4 года назад

      ZP accurate

  • @rickykrilovs9508
    @rickykrilovs9508 5 лет назад +2996

    So let me get this right, some guy tried to blackmail the owner of silk road for $500k, the owner wanted him killed to stop any info being leaked, so that guy created another account and pretended to be a member of Hell's Angels and faked his own assassination and others, so he could actually scam the owner for even more than he originally planned?

    • @sinsoftheswamp8346
      @sinsoftheswamp8346 4 года назад +661

      This is why people like him with no social skills or basic understanding of how the crime world works shouldn't be involved in crime(myself included)

    • @sinsoftheswamp8346
      @sinsoftheswamp8346 4 года назад +22

      @Rich depends on the criminal but usually yes

    • @luk7400
      @luk7400 4 года назад +114

      Social engineering 101

    • @starry_stelle
      @starry_stelle 4 года назад +10

      @MrKalashnik0va OK pickle Rick

    • @james_gemma
      @james_gemma 4 года назад +268

      I hear you on that. I thought Ross Ulbricht was a person with an above normal intelligence. But I was amazed that he could not put all this together and immediately see that he was being scammed, It seemed so obvious to me as I was reading the messages and timelines. I mean come on...Hells Angels!? LMAO. I would have banned all their accounts immediately with all that nonsense.

  • @skylarrose4176
    @skylarrose4176 5 лет назад +3343

    Jesus Christ this was incredibly well done. I had no familiarity with the case and couldn't sleep until I finished the video. I'm heartbroken to see that there are no ads. You put in so much work into these. This is by far my favorite of yours yet

    • @Link-ji7kx
      @Link-ji7kx 5 лет назад +40

      Skylar Rose mine had an ad!

    • @XxdipstcklovrxX
      @XxdipstcklovrxX 5 лет назад +25

      i had ads too :D!!

    • @thecclan2
      @thecclan2 5 лет назад +78

      I have six ads! Legit don’t mind it because Barely Sociable put so much effort into this.

    • @cIeetz
      @cIeetz 5 лет назад +9

      @Jesus Christ you obviously dont know what a shill is. only make sit more ironic that ur username is Jesus Christ and ur far from saintly

    • @loljustice31
      @loljustice31 5 лет назад +6

      Why are you heartbroken? Think of how terrified you were while listening to this as an adult. Imagine if eight-year-olds sat here listening to this. As much as I love this channel and have so much respect for the creator, I don't think content like this should be so easily available to kids who feel like watching it. People like to say in response "it's the parents' responsibility to prevent their kids from watching" but when you were a kid, could your parents really stop you if you wanted to watch whatever you wanted? Even the best parents can't prevent their kids most of the time, it's just too easy and kids are smart enough to find a way to watch what they really want to watch. Demonetizing doesn't even prevent kids from watching, it just isn't advocated by youtube which is the very least they could do. But it bothers me that the general attitude on part of both creators and viewers is that they genuinely don't care how messed up kids would be by watching anything and everything they want online. Those kids would become adults, and I'm almost certain that any one of us can say we were messed up well into adulthood by at least one inappropriate thing we saw as kids.

  • @joseamieva2168
    @joseamieva2168 Год назад +1203

    I think one of the most insane parts of this story is that Ross Ulbright was so easily fooled. He’s from Texas, dude had a 1450 on his SAT and studied Physics at UT Austin. A classically brilliant man who for whatever reason was also incredibly gullible 😂

    • @mbtravel7294
      @mbtravel7294 Год назад +268

      Its called not being street smart

    • @brothermanbill8358
      @brothermanbill8358 Год назад +5

      @@mbtravel7294 Mhm

    • @jeremyb5407
      @jeremyb5407 Год назад +156

      I think his ego done him in. In his mind it was totally reasonable that he could convince some minions to gets an actual HA member to join his forum and engage him and do his bidding

    • @rykaz8081
      @rykaz8081 Год назад +67

      The hell does being from Texas have to do wit anything 😂😂

    • @teddyroth1514
      @teddyroth1514 Год назад +10

      UT Dallas

  • @bushidobrown9857
    @bushidobrown9857 4 года назад +2539

    LMFAO avoiding demonization must have been like walking through a minefield

    • @suprcrzy
      @suprcrzy 4 года назад +60

      "Tony76 AKA Canuck"...
      Ummm, I don't think his name was simply "Canuck" 😂

    • @nealdamkjer192
      @nealdamkjer192 4 года назад +9

      "I walk through minefields...YEEEAAAHHHHH!" - Keith Flint (Prodigy)

    • @nealdamkjer192
      @nealdamkjer192 4 года назад +6

      @@suprcrzy GD you can't say nipple??? YT sucks

    • @alial-issa6893
      @alial-issa6893 4 года назад +2

      Karl Dennis lucy in the sky with Tony

    • @NorthernKitty
      @NorthernKitty 4 года назад +4

      I think you meant "demonetization"... unless you were talking about Ross Ulbrecht? In which case I think it's impossible NOT to demonize someone who puts out hits, so... yeah. A minefield either way.

  • @Matthew-qx3dh
    @Matthew-qx3dh 4 года назад +3822

    This man straight up baited the whole entire World History fan community

    • @johntan5105
      @johntan5105 4 года назад +25

      THANK YOU! but it was worth it

    • @connorholt2979
      @connorholt2979 4 года назад +14

      honestly yes

    • @Jenkowelten
      @Jenkowelten 4 года назад +28

      He got me

    • @aryboss1514
      @aryboss1514 4 года назад +26

      He got me, but HE DIDN'T. Because I am also a huge internet guy.

    • @SmoreLegend
      @SmoreLegend 4 года назад +33

      Came for the world history, stayed for the lulz

  • @DrHotelMario
    @DrHotelMario 4 года назад +6324

    It's like if Breaking Bad was a Discord server

    • @trainmaniacstudios8216
      @trainmaniacstudios8216 4 года назад +84

      Was literally thinking the same thing Haha

    • @connorowen1560
      @connorowen1560 4 года назад +25

      Did you know what I was thinking before I even thought about it?

    • @MrUkulele671
      @MrUkulele671 4 года назад +7

      Best comment

    • @elijahpepe
      @elijahpepe 4 года назад +54

      At the time Breaking Bad was pretty trendy so I would have imagined that Ross thought of himself as Walter, and that's probably part of the reason you think that way.

    • @joshuagtz95
      @joshuagtz95 4 года назад +9

      @@elijahpepe The book American Kingpin tells the story of how Ross made the Silk Road. There's quite a few parallels between him and Walter

  • @madnote43
    @madnote43 Год назад +855

    This is an absolutely brilliant video on one of the most fascinating true stories I've ever heard. Extremely well done sir!

  • @Funnylittleman
    @Funnylittleman 5 лет назад +794

    This is the scariest thing you've posted so far. Getting mixed up with people like this sounds like absolute hell.

    • @TheSapphyre
      @TheSapphyre 5 лет назад +50

      @RWDS scamming criminals out of money is stupid and greedy, but is it really something that you should pay for with your life? That's not justice. If Ross was the one who ordered those hits (3 of which were of people who had hardly any connection to him, and no direct connection at all), and since he almost certainly was, he definitely deserves that sentence. He's no more than an intelligent and power hungry disease.

    • @homegrowntwinkie
      @homegrowntwinkie 5 лет назад +14

      @@TheSapphyre You're right. It's stupid and Greedy. Is it really something you'd want to pay for with your life? That's what Friendly Chemist and Lucy Drop should've been thinking. It was their own Graves they dug. I was involved in the drug trade with extremely scary people by a normie's standards. But they never hurt me... Why? because I always conducted good business and made sure things were good. Ross was in the right, because he was being extorted, blackmailed, and his business was being threatened, as well as many other vendors. Ross was in the right. And Originally he just wanted to scare the guy so he'd leave him alone and quit trying to fuck him over. Sounds pretty sane to me.
      Also, I am aware that this is strictly a hypothetical, since LucyDrop, FriendlyChemist, and RedandWhite were all the same person and no one actually got killed.

    • @CarrotConsumer
      @CarrotConsumer 5 лет назад +26

      @@homegrowntwinkie His business was illegal and shouldn't have existed at all. He should have cashed out and left it behind, not attempt to murder. No one was in the right here. He played a stupid game and he won a prize worthy of his actions.

    • @Marshmallow_Trees
      @Marshmallow_Trees 5 лет назад +14

      It really was. 😳
      Chilling in how cold and easy everything was said. It’s amazing the shit people get caught up in, the shit they do to each other, the shit they do to get themselves killed...FriendlyChemist threatened a lot of lives. Though what he actually knew had little significance, he himself didn’t know that. He was willing to sacrifice others for his greed, not even for his family’s life. If I heard the threat over my family’s life was lifted, or at least lessened, I’d be so goddamn grateful. Time to hide. But he persisted. People get killed in this shit all the fucking time, it makes me sick.
      And they just look like regular dudes.
      This seriously terrified me.

    • @homegrowntwinkie
      @homegrowntwinkie 5 лет назад +3

      @@CarrotConsumer Yeah, but no.
      Legal actions hold no ground when it comes to what's morally right. Drugs shouldn't be illegal. If they weren't, then this kind of shit wouldn't happen at all. I'm really not going to go in depth over it, strictly because I've done this a million different times, and there's so many fallacies to point out about it, that it would take a book to explain it all. DPR Was right by having a market which was online, anonymous, and way safer than buying drugs in person. He created a network that he made a cut from. Simple business tactics. If you don't want it to exist(and there are literally millions of black market tor sites) then you decriminalize drug use. But, it's not that way, so these actions come with the territory. Now, let's say your child or something is held for ransom... And the police won't help you for whatever reason. What do you do? Whatever you can do to get your child back. He built something, only to have someone scam him for a portion of it. He was in the right. Someone was attacking his business, clientele, etc.

  • @littledeath9540
    @littledeath9540 4 года назад +1068

    How Ross was caught straight up sounds like a skit from snl

    • @reesetorwad8346
      @reesetorwad8346 4 года назад +4

      It wouldn't even be hard to render that method useless. If you take proper precautions, somebody "just grabbing your phone/tablet/laptop and running away" would be laughably easy to defeat. In a variety of ways.

  • @Aidanmp4
    @Aidanmp4 3 года назад +2760

    Lol, it was worth $60M when he recorded this video. If you're watching this in April 2021, Ross was scammed approximately $425M. Unreal

    • @jakelawliet3584
      @jakelawliet3584 3 года назад +18

      damn...

    • @Hamza-B3
      @Hamza-B3 3 года назад +31

      290M now

    • @Neuroszima
      @Neuroszima 3 года назад +43

      At that time it was less then million, but i give you that, how the value inflated is incredible

    • @CJ-uk1rt
      @CJ-uk1rt 3 года назад +1

      Exactly.

    • @Hamza-B3
      @Hamza-B3 3 года назад +7

      @@Neuroszima I know but guhdamn Elon killed it 💀

  • @irohn
    @irohn Год назад +328

    I did think it to be clearly a scam until RedAndWhite appeared, I don't know exactly what it was, but before I knew it I was like "wait, so all those stories were actually real", and was completely hooked until the end. I think it was the same for DPR. The betrayal at the end that it was all a con was shocking and then hilarious. Like others mentioned it was still a tricky situation difficult to get out of, and that clearly played a part in fooling him (and me), but it's also so ironic that in trying to not be blackmailed he actually gave up twice than was originally asked for; it's just so beautiful, a complete and utter manipulation of emotions, intellect and intentions, a masterpiece dare I say

    • @8.5.edibles
      @8.5.edibles Год назад +31

      The first two , Friendlychemist, and lucydrop talked the exact same way to me so i also initially thought it was obviously a scam, but yeah something ab redandwhites persona switched it up for me too, his lingo switched up and it definitely didnt have the similarities the first two had, but when redandwhite was avoiding chatting on video ross shouldve knew something was up

    • @toxicsaiyan7109
      @toxicsaiyan7109 4 месяца назад

      ​@@8.5.ediblesWere redandwhite, lucydrop, and friendlychemist the same person? I know lucydrop and friendlychemist were but I'm kind of busy and didn't pay attention all the way and it's a bit long I don't want to go through it again.

  • @filippobrandini9233
    @filippobrandini9233 3 года назад +5447

    “Can you make it 96 hours? I have big plans for the weekend...” when you are in a middle of a complicated standoff but you still want to show up at your best friends birthday BBQ... 😂

    • @creepypastagoblin1950
      @creepypastagoblin1950 3 года назад +371

      Lol. Yeah. The week in question was also the week of Ross Ulbricht's birthday. Damning indeed.

    • @Salukis
      @Salukis 3 года назад +23

      Mm yes yummy porkchop

    • @kregoryklements6918
      @kregoryklements6918 3 года назад +12

      Same thing I thought. Hahahahahh!!!!

    • @harrymills2770
      @harrymills2770 3 года назад +10

      Unreal.

    • @Profoundobserver
      @Profoundobserver 3 года назад +35

      That rack of ribs was calling his name

  • @motherdearest3928
    @motherdearest3928 3 года назад +5555

    im high asf and i have no idea what’s going on but i like ur voice

    • @moonfestal
      @moonfestal 3 года назад +182

      My favorite comment

    • @aleksandram981
      @aleksandram981 3 года назад +94

      Aye I’m high too 😎

    • @awesomesauze7
      @awesomesauze7 3 года назад +9

      lmao best comment

    • @SuperCoopdogg
      @SuperCoopdogg 3 года назад +52

      Haha. This took me about 2 hours to watch cause i had to keep rewinding

    • @laststeelbender734
      @laststeelbender734 3 года назад +9

      Well guess what.....m high too and just rolling my eyes bank and forth

  • @alexduran1711
    @alexduran1711 5 лет назад +692

    Oh my god, this is basically a documentary

    • @calebsherman886
      @calebsherman886 5 лет назад +26

      It's amazing, isn't it?

    • @KandiBabyy
      @KandiBabyy 5 лет назад +3

      Caleb Sherman YESSSSSSS!

    • @dns7095
      @dns7095 5 лет назад +3

      I’m not mad

    • @ewok47
      @ewok47 5 лет назад +1

      only the BEST documentary

    • @something6510
      @something6510 5 лет назад +1

      Shane Dawson should take notes.

  • @MrSlimSheaD
    @MrSlimSheaD Год назад +79

    I’m a lawyer, and sometimes with criminal cases the Defendant simply refuses to take a plea deal against your advice and you have to go to trial despite not really having a defense. Also remember you’re innocent until proven guilty. Sometimes the best Defense isnt to present your own evidence but to simply say the State hasn’t provided enough evidence to convict me. In my experience that’s usually the argument people who’ve been caught red handed go with.

    • @TheTERMlNAT0R
      @TheTERMlNAT0R 8 месяцев назад +1

      I’m sure his lawyer thought they had some level of defense….or I believe the prosecution had some evidence that Ross’s lawyers didn’t anticipate?

    • @cherrycola1144
      @cherrycola1144 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@TheTERMlNAT0R probably not. There is very rarely evidence that one side does not anticipate… prior to any court proceedings, the prosecution is forced to share all their evidence with the defense (even if the evidence would hurt the prosecution).
      I’m willing to bet MrSlimSheaD is right, and it was DPR who rejected the deal. The plea bargain was actually very generous - only 10 years for his crimes. I’m willing to bet his lawyer had a hand in organizing that.
      However, DPR was stupid and kinda full of himself. Plus, he had been planning his defense for a long time. The whole purpose behind the DPR user was so he could argue that the site was not his in the event he got arrested (which he did). It’s almost like he fantasized about getting arrested and then arguing his way out of court… even though any sane lawyer could see DPR’s only chance was getting a good plea deal.

    • @music_fanatic1111
      @music_fanatic1111 Месяц назад

      I'm sure your a lawyer MrSlim

  • @craig4android
    @craig4android 4 года назад +604

    dude this is the best recommend RUclips ever gave to me.

  • @jamiesachtleben2946
    @jamiesachtleben2946 4 года назад +1702

    This guy must play GTA V roleplay servers like a God. Pulling off three different identities perfectly

    • @zeppkfw
      @zeppkfw 4 года назад +113

      When your years of GTA V roleplaying experience makes you a millionaire.

    • @jeobonilla
      @jeobonilla 4 года назад +5

      Wtf... this is a thing?

    • @zeppkfw
      @zeppkfw 4 года назад +37

      @@jeobonilla You must be new to the internet my boy?

    • @jeobonilla
      @jeobonilla 4 года назад +6

      ZeppKF
      Yeah day one... idk how I missed gta role play 🙄

    • @ColeFo
      @ColeFo 4 года назад

      jeobonilla you poor soul

  • @anon69669
    @anon69669 2 года назад +4181

    It’s also funny that Ross didn’t realize he was getting scammed when my first guess was that all those accounts were the same person. The whole story is so zany. The fact that he thought a Hell’s angel would make an account on his site because a middleman that owed them money told them to just shows how out of touch he was…

    • @shanetonkin2850
      @shanetonkin2850 2 года назад +658

      Exactly, there were so many red flags throughout the whole thing like the similarities in writing styles (overly long and rambling, incorrectly used lowercase i’s everywhere) and the complete implausibility of Red and White’s behaviour
      eg.
      *joining a dark web market (still fairly obscure at the time) solely to speak to a complete stranger about what is ostensibly just an ordinary, real-world, debt collection matter.
      *and then make numerous admissions of criminal behaviour to this complete stranger over the Internet, and even plan several murders with him, in painstaking detail, whilst professing to not be very tech savvy.
      *eagerly accepting bitcoin as the payment method for a 150k murder-for-hire, then after the fact claiming to not even know how to cash out bitcoin.
      *claiming that his organisation try’s to steer clear of murdering people, but then freely admits murdering somebody recently and happily accepts contracts for several more murders, and even has an established pricing structure for murders.
      *conveniently always just happens to have “a guy” on hand to do exactly what is required
      *always creates time pressure for Ross to agree to (and hence pay for) the murders quickly, which is a classic hallmark of a scam

    • @uthskid
      @uthskid 2 года назад +67

      lmfaooo literally came here to comment this exact thing.

    • @Alex-cw3rz
      @Alex-cw3rz 2 года назад +166

      @@shanetonkin2850 they also have safe houses, were they take people, that they seem to tort ure people to get them to talk, when not just was that not part of the deal. The info they got was exactly what was already known. They also have an entire recon team it's so ridiculous

    • @navonmyhand7999
      @navonmyhand7999 Год назад +78

      @Shane Tonkin thanks for putting it all out like that because I can't help but think.. okay a Hell's Angel on the dark web exchanging messages with a guy who runs a massive drug market... fine, but immediately taking payment in bitcoin for hired hits with contracts in place and all the talking at length. You'd think he would recognize the plot got a bit silly.

    • @arthurdurham
      @arthurdurham Год назад +212

      Even funnier how Red&White had a icon of a skull in a biker helmet. Like they'd go out of their way to do that 😂

  • @marcuscarana9240
    @marcuscarana9240 9 месяцев назад +98

    One of the craziest things is that the last episode of Breaking Bad where Heisenberg finally loses and dies aired on September 29, 2013. Breaking Bad was one of Ross's favorite shows. Ross was arrested on October 1, 2013. That means he was arrested just two days after the final episode was released. It was as if the universe was warning him, foreshadowing his ultimate downfall. And the parallels of Walter White and Ross Ulbritch is so unncanny. Both are incredibly talented, intellectual and educated people, uses their wits to get involved in the black market. Both became millionaires, but ulitmately became their own downfall in the end.

    • @reillymcwriting
      @reillymcwriting 5 месяцев назад +1

      Not just that but their motives were entirely similar. Both were not really that horrible at first, Ross wanting to make some money and possibly even make a free trade experiment, and Walter needing to pay for his medical bills. But it’s made more and more clear that neither of them ever cared about the innocent reason.
      They did it because they liked it.

    • @marcuscarana9240
      @marcuscarana9240 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@reillymcwriting And both started as good individuals. Idealistic. Eventually they became corrupted. Both started to feel like a mafia boss and didn't mind having people kiIIed.

    • @JohnDoe-j3p
      @JohnDoe-j3p 3 месяца назад +1

      It's another example of how real events can be even more impressive than a lot of fiction

    • @JohnDoe-j3p
      @JohnDoe-j3p 3 месяца назад

      I imagine if we are all like the Truman show for aliens and they are all this crazy shit we do, I wonder what their opinions or feelings on our behavior are.

    • @marcuscarana9240
      @marcuscarana9240 3 месяца назад

      @@JohnDoe-j3p I mean, people are interested at watching bees build a nest and ants digging. So I'm sure they might find us interesting to watch.

  • @beowulfmacbethson9675
    @beowulfmacbethson9675 2 года назад +6524

    I love how almost everybody came in here expecting to hear about the actual silk road, eager to hear about the complications of such a wondrous and lengthy trade route, but instead they find one about a black market site of sorts.
    It's like going to an orchard expecting some apples and finding a bunch of oranges. Not what you wanted but hey, they're oranges, no complaints there.

    • @jamesporrell5687
      @jamesporrell5687 2 года назад +68

      'Almost everybody' lol, tell me you're over 40 without saying you're over 40. (Just joking! Insane that you've never heard of The Silk Road before two months ago!)

    • @mikiesnaxx4604
      @mikiesnaxx4604 2 года назад +79

      Its the thumbnail picture of the guy on the camel that is misleading

    • @ishid_anfarded_king
      @ishid_anfarded_king 2 года назад +85

      @@mikiesnaxx4604 that was the silk road website logo

    • @ninamarkovic4853
      @ninamarkovic4853 2 года назад +34

      @@jamesporrell5687 yes 48 year old lady here yes i clicked on this to learn about the old trade route called the silk road..i am a non techy and i heard of bitcoin as imaginary money..i can see why the banks do not like this concept...scam heaven..that they cannot control..interesting how this story unfolded..this old duck lives in the real world , i do appreciate the storytellers skill in explaining such things to the layman..

    • @Phantom_Zone
      @Phantom_Zone 2 года назад +5

      Especially when you like Oranges.

  • @MuchWhittering
    @MuchWhittering 3 года назад +3228

    The fact that FriendlyChemist was supposedly murdered on the 1st of April is an excellent coincidence.

    • @user-my9ok1nz1j
      @user-my9ok1nz1j 3 года назад +282

      high caliber trolling

    • @dazaway
      @dazaway 3 года назад +40

      I want to laugh and not at the same time

    • @BahhBahhBrownSheep
      @BahhBahhBrownSheep 3 года назад +37

      @ghost Yeah I'll take a bucket, too

    • @QVlogs.
      @QVlogs. 3 года назад +12

      @@Thanosdidtherighthing op

    • @Dlúith
      @Dlúith 3 года назад +33

      @@Thanosdidtherighthing you got any of the hard stuff like strepsils?

  • @anomaly3340
    @anomaly3340 3 года назад +1301

    Is it me or are DPR and R&W surprisingly polite to one another. “My mistake, I should have checked with you before sending all four hit men.” Lol

    • @emir2080
      @emir2080 3 года назад +191

      LMAOOO LIKE THEYRE TALKING ABOUT SENDING COOKIES 😭💀

    • @DavidHenderson1
      @DavidHenderson1 3 года назад +112

      I think we forget that everyone's human, including the bad guys. Bad guys have feelings (tho, a lack of sympathy towards their victims) and show politeness too.

    • @mzaki8503
      @mzaki8503 3 года назад +143

      because R&W is Canadian :D

    • @KraZSK
      @KraZSK 3 года назад +50

      They just tryna do business, plus they both hate scammers equally as much lmao

    • @anomaly3340
      @anomaly3340 3 года назад +45

      @@KraZSK well, one of them is a scammer

  • @cheesygoblin
    @cheesygoblin Год назад +46

    “We produce a lot of things that would get this video demonetized” made me laugh way too hard

  • @fiboss6286
    @fiboss6286 4 года назад +2412

    Why would a person that runs a dark web market that sells illegal items use a gmail with their real name

    • @twistedking89
      @twistedking89 4 года назад +51

      Hahaha good point

    • @ozku2878
      @ozku2878 4 года назад +218

      He made and used that gmail when he was just starting to make that website. Then forgot or couldnt destroy all mentions of that gmail from the internet.

    • @DavidKen878
      @DavidKen878 4 года назад +103

      I never understood why people use their entire name as their email. That's just dumb.

    • @DCNRS90YT
      @DCNRS90YT 4 года назад +10

      That sounds like trouble waiting to happen.

    • @Penryn87
      @Penryn87 4 года назад +51

      People are really smart until they aren’t.

  • @BDtetra
    @BDtetra 4 года назад +1682

    Maybe the real Dread Pirate Roberts were the friends we made along the way.

    • @suckmyb0222
      @suckmyb0222 4 года назад +5

      BDtetra one piece reference? Lmfao

    • @FanFicnic
      @FanFicnic 4 года назад +7

      I literally dropped my phone from laughing

    • @vertexed5540
      @vertexed5540 4 года назад +5

      He should have quoted wesley in the court case when they asked if he was DPR

    • @egregoric
      @egregoric 4 года назад +1

      no i want my fucking drugs

    • @asbestosfish_
      @asbestosfish_ 4 года назад

      BDtetra
      That is _not_ how you use an apostrophe.

  • @rupaeva9325
    @rupaeva9325 4 года назад +2228

    i was pissed off when they killed friendly chemist he was my favorite character

    • @peyton-cd5vd
      @peyton-cd5vd 3 года назад +68

      SAME

    • @thecrimsondragon2379
      @thecrimsondragon2379 3 года назад +49

      f in the chat

    • @jvlinx665
      @jvlinx665 3 года назад +184

      it make me so fucking happy when I heard RedandWhite was scamming him. It probably means the real people involved in the distribution were working alongside Hells Angels to scam the man.

    • @thecrimsondragon2379
      @thecrimsondragon2379 3 года назад +3

      @@jvlinx665 damn I agree

    • @AP-uc7oz
      @AP-uc7oz 3 года назад +19

      SPOILERS

  • @Fuviy1
    @Fuviy1 Год назад +236

    The fact that he intended and was under the impression to have successfully have essentially 3 people taken out is enough for me to say he got what he deserved

    • @etherealsunflowers
      @etherealsunflowers 10 месяцев назад +39

      Exactly. Blew my mind when BS said the sentence was too harsh. Ross did not care about anyone’s life but his own.

    • @TheTERMlNAT0R
      @TheTERMlNAT0R 8 месяцев назад +1

      When you run a multi million dollar business…murder may indeed be a small portion of your success….i see no wrong here. He intended to do what anyone in his position hasn’t already done. Trust that shit

    • @dogguy8603
      @dogguy8603 7 месяцев назад +1

      Which was arguably entrapment, not to mention the max penalty being 9 years in prison, not life without parole

    • @the_tax_consultant
      @the_tax_consultant 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@TheTERMlNAT0R So you would be willing to commit murder to maintain your business?

    • @wergthy6392
      @wergthy6392 7 месяцев назад +9

      @@dogguy8603 How was this entrapment? It wasn't law enforcement doing this, it was a scammer

  • @BioHazard634
    @BioHazard634 3 года назад +3622

    The real twist would be if even DreadPirateRoberts was just another one of this dude's aliases and everything was just him talking to himself.

    • @kimgysen10
      @kimgysen10 3 года назад +307

      And then ending up in prison for talking to himself like a real bozo lmao.

    • @tempzira
      @tempzira 3 года назад +160

      That's some shutter island shit HAHAHAHA

    • @cbracing808
      @cbracing808 3 года назад +38

      Well if you can believe that dread was another alias of this same dude and Ross was a fall guy, then that was actually a pretty good idea. I assume this guy is serving time for drugs and blackmail, which I alot better than going down as the silk road mastermind which guarentee gets life in prison..... plus if that's that case, he probably has millions in bitcoin hidden because nobody looked that hard after they found ross..... I mean obviously Ross did this but that is an interesting alternative reality.

    • @utilitarian
      @utilitarian 3 года назад +7

      I honeslty expected this to be the case. IUnless I missed it, the narrator highlighted when "RealLucyDrop" mentioned "FriendlyChemist" for the first time that DPR hadn't mentioned FC to RLC but no more came of it?

    • @zimmermb64
      @zimmermb64 3 года назад +2

      Love this…

  • @blackwersus
    @blackwersus 4 года назад +2349

    I'm just amazed by the Hell's Angels' politeness and spelling.

    • @blackwersus
      @blackwersus 4 года назад +557

      Oh wait nvm, that's why

    • @RealRotkohl
      @RealRotkohl 4 года назад +64

      @@blackwersus LOOOL best comment!

    • @kayel2849
      @kayel2849 4 года назад +71

      and tech savvy too!

    • @Ryan_scott15
      @Ryan_scott15 4 года назад +71

      The hells angles do some crazy shit but iv had family members say that they are polite and genuinely like to help people

    • @Babyvalkyie
      @Babyvalkyie 4 года назад +9

      @@Ryan_scott15 yupp. My dad has ridden and worked on Harleys since I was a wee lass and the ones I've got to meet were nice 😇

  • @flaminggoomba5785
    @flaminggoomba5785 5 лет назад +17178

    not gonna lie I thought this was about the ancient silk road for some reason
    (Edit) : sub to josh bean vlogs

    • @dandeliontea6299
      @dandeliontea6299 5 лет назад +1100

      Flaming Goomba same!
      It wouldn’t be surprising if it was though. The Silk Road was certainly a dangerous and interesting trade route.

    • @victoriaroybal5738
      @victoriaroybal5738 5 лет назад +250

      Omg me too and it took me a good minute to realize it wasn’t

    • @josephbell3248
      @josephbell3248 5 лет назад +281

      I was dissappinted to find out it wasn't

    • @nickrunyon1129
      @nickrunyon1129 5 лет назад +370

      Same, I was so excited to watch a video about all the unnerving shit that happen on the silk road that we never learned about in history class. Then I started watching the video and got even more excited!

    • @ALGORITHMTICKLER
      @ALGORITHMTICKLER 5 лет назад +59

      Same, I feel like it was the camel in the thumbnail.

  • @democracyboys
    @democracyboys Год назад +108

    Sounds like a flaw in all the SR type sites. The fact that any dealer could blackmail the admin with lists of customers. I guess it’s only a few dealers like Ellingson that would be in a position to do this but it still seems possible with other sites too.

  • @acreepykiwi6788
    @acreepykiwi6788 5 лет назад +1665

    I clicked thinking this was a history of the trade routes connecting Asia and Europe between ~200BC and ~1700AD

    • @rx500android
      @rx500android 4 года назад +22

      Same

    • @jekanbg
      @jekanbg 4 года назад +18

      You're not the only one 🙂

    • @jeffreytoman5202
      @jeffreytoman5202 4 года назад +7

      Same here

    • @Koda716
      @Koda716 4 года назад +34

      Your school project will be alot more exciting if you write about this

    • @imposter-982
      @imposter-982 4 года назад +3

      Then you’re dumb

  • @waspstomper6250
    @waspstomper6250 5 лет назад +1848

    Imagine;
    You own the biggest online drug market on earth, making millions per week. Your bit coin wallet will eventually be worth multiple BILLIONS of dollars.
    Then you get caught because a fed stole your laptop using the oldest trick in the book.

  • @RedSunSheriff
    @RedSunSheriff 4 года назад +660

    That friendly chemist guy and redandwhite stuff actually blew my mind. Literally played 10D chess and destroyed that guy.

    • @ewoknips5154
      @ewoknips5154 4 года назад +46

      Yea he did, it was like checkmate in 5 lol. Right before he started explaining the twist it just clicked in my head Shutter Island style and it totally blew my mind lol. That dude's epic

    • @abuasraf5273
      @abuasraf5273 4 года назад +6

      Amazing move.

    • @AverageAlien
      @AverageAlien 4 года назад +1

      it started off as 4D chess and ended up being 10D

    • @Ren-mu1tq
      @Ren-mu1tq 4 года назад +1

      He was too naive

    • @abpanda1596
      @abpanda1596 4 года назад

      @@Ren-mu1tq I agree. Who the fk sends 650k dollars without actually doing his research. For a smart guy he was unbelievably stupid.

  • @mrrchh
    @mrrchh Год назад +44

    I love the how the pure friendship and mutual respect was created in chats between R&W and DPR ❤

    • @2good4soccer
      @2good4soccer Год назад +5

      He scammed him tho

    • @sw5646
      @sw5646 10 месяцев назад +11

      Yes! Me too, I am puzzled by their politeness. I mean, these are men that torture and kill others (ostensibly).

    • @atypicalpinetree4212
      @atypicalpinetree4212 6 месяцев назад +18

      New idea for a yaoi fanfic ❤❤❤

  • @UenoLucas
    @UenoLucas 5 лет назад +312

    The thrilling and easy-to-understand way you told this confusing ass story, with so many characters and happenings, is just mind blowing. Congratulations on the quality of content.

  • @movealongplease6891
    @movealongplease6891 4 года назад +733

    25:09
    "You don't know how to handle this situation, but I do."
    *immediately gets scammed*
    Two life sentences won't heal this kind of fuckup.

    • @a.k.4o
      @a.k.4o 4 года назад

      Dont be foolish. All of that shit really happened

    • @kilo.sierra
      @kilo.sierra 4 года назад +15

      Hahahahaha I forgot he said that. Man that makes the burn critical

    • @ballsach8864
      @ballsach8864 4 года назад +2

      Eli Elshani - Ross is a Savage, I would be scared shitless being blackmailed

    • @CameronNoakes
      @CameronNoakes 4 года назад

      XD

  • @NurseCarnivore
    @NurseCarnivore 5 лет назад +3561

    so glad this was randomly recommended to me. so fucking interesting

    • @gillhammer333
      @gillhammer333 5 лет назад +6

      NurseCarnivore EXACTLY!

    • @NarcolepticNerdProductions
      @NarcolepticNerdProductions 5 лет назад +3

      Agreed!

    • @popdelix581
      @popdelix581 5 лет назад +4

      Saame maybe we're being targeted to investigate into some new "silk road" iam an avid tripper.

    • @NurseCarnivore
      @NurseCarnivore 5 лет назад

      Explosive Joseph avid tripper? 🤔 tell me more 🤓

    • @popdelix581
      @popdelix581 5 лет назад +1

      @@NurseCarnivore dont think too deep into it. means i trip avidly. If you dont understand my terminology you need more fun in your life.

  • @yungtec4560
    @yungtec4560 7 месяцев назад +27

    he was so caught up in this crime lord fantasy that he couldn’t even realize that all those accounts were the same person? Seemed so obvious to me

  • @mikemcd2846
    @mikemcd2846 3 года назад +2258

    I love that Ross thinks a guy from a biker gang apologizes in these messages and uses grammar like he's writing a novel. Grew up around some of these guys and not one was big on grammar...

    • @lazymuthafkr9921
      @lazymuthafkr9921 3 года назад +276

      That's what I thought. But I thought maybe they empolyed some nerd to do delegations for them

    • @mikemcd2846
      @mikemcd2846 3 года назад +116

      And they let the tech nerd talk about putting out hits on people 🙄 lmfao!

    • @charliejones3119
      @charliejones3119 3 года назад +206

      That's because he was trying to play big bad gangster but lacked common sense because he was just a nerd with no street sense at all

    • @belindalee6349
      @belindalee6349 3 года назад +123

      That's the first thing I though. Wtf so articulate and well put together sentences... yeahhh dead give away.. so fucken polite and well educated.. I have no idea what's going on but even I know this ain't some bikie.. they don't have the patience for all that

    • @colderwar
      @colderwar 3 года назад +92

      I was a member of a 1% club and I can guarantee that no-one I ever knew used language like that. Everything is wrong, the attitude, the chatty way they write, but mostly the huge amount of information that 'red and white' gives away. I realised it was bullshit after the first couple of messages.

  • @kevinkev417
    @kevinkev417 4 года назад +1104

    Damn homie was ordering murders like I order underwear on Amazon. I take the 5 for $20 pack every time.

    • @garyball6986
      @garyball6986 4 года назад +19

      No man it was the wish list

    • @gaint6288
      @gaint6288 4 года назад +2

      Lmfaooo

    • @macalloway1
      @macalloway1 4 года назад +1

      This dude don’t order nothing but fake hits if you include the fbi one. There’s a lot of nuance in how people talk and type and it’s almost like a fingerprint. Who did he think he was talking to? A Harvard graduate criminal mastermind. Who would this person have to be to have the combination of skills to do all the crimes they was talking about and write detailed messages in that manner. It sounds too noir fiction

    • @elcomediante7717
      @elcomediante7717 4 года назад

      "everytime?"
      MAAAAANNNN stop LYING You know us as men buy one or 2 packs of boxer briefs and we will have them for like 2-3yrs before getting New ones hahaaha
      My fault im just ME I tell it how it is hahHaha

  • @danfelbm
    @danfelbm 4 года назад +790

    "blackmail.txt" LOL, seriously? And he didn't even question it?
    He got obsessed with money and power. By 2013 Breaking Bad was trending. I'm pretty sure he thought he was some sort of evil genius like Walter White.
    I'm from Colombia, I think we have enough experience with Druglords and Hitmen... These people don't behave like that, at all.
    Amazing story.

    • @zeffery101
      @zeffery101 4 года назад +4

      wait, what's the time stamp on the blackmail.txt

    • @hectoraldana7080
      @hectoraldana7080 4 года назад +11

      zeffery 44:46

    • @zeffery101
      @zeffery101 4 года назад +24

      @@hectoraldana7080 thanks. man that's so stupid. he couldn't think of a better name for a made-up file?

    • @Steven-lb3tj
      @Steven-lb3tj 4 года назад +2

      How would they behave?

    • @danfelbm
      @danfelbm 4 года назад +64

      ​@@Steven-lb3tj Hi Steven. I can only talk about Colombia, I don't know about other countries; but I'd say colombian druglords set an importan milestone in terms of social interactions between criminal organizations; as it is known they developed strong links with cartels from all over the world and expanded their business to worldwide networks.
      They are extremely cautious people. By the 80s these people already used encrypted phones and military-level tech. The way this supposed druglord disclosed business information in such an insecure channel and ran businesses with Ross is totally unrealistic. Many of them have legitimate business and run "normal" lives. They wouldn't risk themselves that absurdly as seen in the video.
      Not only because they are cautious but because they also inherited many traits from the italian mafia: it is mainly a Family business, so they would only make business with "friends of friends", not a random guy you'd meet on the internet. So they would not have replied Ross's message at all or try to contact him. Even less so given the context: a failed dealer trying to connect his distributor to the manufacturers? they would have never replied such message. If they’d ever wanted to make business with Ross it would have been through another Dealer, but never with a man from within the organization.
      Another thing that I don't buy is the whole "hitmen" side of the business. Cartels do have hitmen, but they'd only run such contracts if the victim is an absolute obstacle to the cartel, or if they are enemies with other cartels. It is more like a private army / mercenaries. Their main business is making money, and that’s what the mercenaries protect: the business.S o they would always evaluate the risks of killing someone. Killing is very dangerous and would only happen if it is for a truly greater purpose, not simply because you could pay them to kill someone. That’s not *the* business. Does that make sense?
      Also, this horrible stuff wouldn’t happen between an external person asking the cartel to kill someone, even if there’s money involved. Because remember: they only do business with people they already know, most likely from within the network.
      When you see in the news that the juarez (mexican) or medellin (colombian) cartel is killing a lot of people, and it seems like they love doing that, is mainly because they are at war with the government or with other cartels - not just because it is ‘good for business’, but mainly because of gang wars and personal feuds or interests. Is usually an internal thing where, of course, many innocent families end up paying the price. But is definitely not like John Wick, hahaha. Does it make sense?
      TLDR: Cartels are family businesses. They only work with people they already know. They would not be interested in contacting someone like Ross. If such interaction ever happened, they’d have connected him with another more “trustworthy” dealer to make business with; but never with someone in charge of from within the organization. Also, they would kill only if that’s for the best interest of the cartel; although violence is extreme and very real, it is usually related to gang wars; not like the movie John Wick.

  • @icep0pp
    @icep0pp Год назад +170

    I don’t have a shred of sympathy for Ross. He genuinely thought he murdered several people and was ok with that. I don’t even care if that’s not his charge. He’s a pretentious little slime ball and his parents are doing him NO favors by being in such denial. It’s pathetic, really. They’re now scammers themselves.

    • @the_lava_wielder6996
      @the_lava_wielder6996 10 месяцев назад

      Cringey to hear the barely sociable clinging to these idealistic capitalist "he's just the embodiment of a market force man" as a way to forgive this shitty guy

    • @toxicsaiyan7109
      @toxicsaiyan7109 4 месяца назад

      I agree.

  • @borissaid4542
    @borissaid4542 5 лет назад +2148

    The man who scammed dread pirates roberts is a genius

    • @davidr5284
      @davidr5284 5 лет назад +304

      It's not genius, it should be the norm for anyone dealing with this stuff, but of course, there are so many incompetents. Social engineering is a very powerful skill.

    • @Hausershawn
      @Hausershawn 5 лет назад +146

      It seemed a little too perfect half way thru, obvious some bs was happening

    • @spartanxdj
      @spartanxdj 5 лет назад +290

      Honestly it was very obvious that Lucydrop and FC was the same person. You can tell from the first message Lucydrop replies to DPR. Also, redwhite said “he never spoke with any high level hells angels officers, so he doesn’t have anything on us” yet, a high level hells angels officer was messaging DPR after FC told them to contact DPR. All too convenient. I’m gonna lean on the side that DPR was a crazed idiot instead of the scammer was a genius.

    • @davidr5284
      @davidr5284 5 лет назад +140

      @@spartanxdj Definitely this. I even say the scammer was way too sloppy, but DPR was just so incompetent he fell for it. The real masters of social engineering in the trade don't get caught at all.

    • @syrup7894
      @syrup7894 5 лет назад +104

      @@spartanxdj reallucydrop also talked about friendlychemist without DPR saying anything about him

  • @ember2.031
    @ember2.031 4 года назад +2727

    Killing: OK
    Drug Dealing: OK
    Organized Crime: OK
    Doxing: Dude what the heck!?! We don't do that here!!! That's like...wrong bro...anonymity is SACRED my guy...

    • @obviouslymatt6452
      @obviouslymatt6452 4 года назад +340

      this is about the criminal code. people love to think criminals have some underlying morals that they won’t betray but the truth is there’s a reason snitching is considered immoral while killing is not. it’s to save their own asses.

    • @tomwaitsmencse
      @tomwaitsmencse 4 года назад +92

      Kind of understand that. Killing is integral to some types of business. Anonymity should be considered sacred to anyone on the internet and snitches are fucking weak.

    • @ember2.031
      @ember2.031 4 года назад +84

      @@tomwaitsmencse lol ok buddy...

    • @lobachevscki
      @lobachevscki 4 года назад +51

      Doxing brings a lot of chaos to the equation. After a person is doxed, it is impossible to control who does what to whom. If a third party is getting screwed they can take matters into their own hands and complicate things.
      The honer code about anonymity is precisely about that.

    • @Redbird-dh7mu
      @Redbird-dh7mu 4 года назад +25

      The Silk Road had a few rules, no child porn, no weapons, and no doxing

  • @MohamedSalah-cg3is
    @MohamedSalah-cg3is 4 года назад +1907

    IMAGINE a guy reading emails is much more entertaining than hollywood's action movies !!!
    What a channel !

    • @officialslaytovenmusic
      @officialslaytovenmusic 4 года назад +24

      real lifes a trip lol

    • @plaguerat7015
      @plaguerat7015 4 года назад

      Ok you’re kind of exaggerating here I’d probably rather watch a Hollywood action movie

    • @MohamedSalah-cg3is
      @MohamedSalah-cg3is 4 года назад +10

      @@plaguerat7015 I really did enjoy this video THAT much. Normally i might lose focus while watching a mediocre movie. but that one had me focused through out the whole thing. obviously the level of enjoyment might vary from a person to another.

    • @lightwalker1751
      @lightwalker1751 4 года назад +2

      bro that plot twist at the end blew my mind

    • @valskraacapo720
      @valskraacapo720 4 года назад +1

      @@lightwalker1751 That the hits/accounts was not real?

  • @jonathanbailie
    @jonathanbailie Год назад +57

    This is absolutely one of *the* most interesting videos/docs on RUclips. Very well done, and what a crazy story!

  • @flywrite94
    @flywrite94 4 года назад +596

    Wow the person who scammed him hit a gold mine. Turns out the Friendly Chemist wasn't that friendly after all.

    • @notstinky9274
      @notstinky9274 4 года назад +121

      Hostile chemist

    • @LDAR
      @LDAR 4 года назад +24

      @@notstinky9274 i hate that i laughed at that

  • @anonymousyoutuber1405
    @anonymousyoutuber1405 5 лет назад +627

    Everyone says its terrirying but it just sounds like mafia fanfiction lmao

    • @ashleyshim2078
      @ashleyshim2078 5 лет назад

      Lol😂

    • @Holygiant
      @Holygiant 5 лет назад +64

      It's pretty disturbing until the reveal that it was all a scam. I was thinking the whole time that everything redandwhite said seemed way too Hollywood, but I figured crazier and more fucked up things have happened and the presentation made it seem like it was real. I was thinking, "oh shit, someone actually got lured to a warehouse and murdered, for real."
      Then it all adds up.

    • @ZeranZeran
      @ZeranZeran 5 лет назад +1

      It's the implication.

    • @anonymousyoutuber1405
      @anonymousyoutuber1405 5 лет назад +14

      @@Holygiant i dont know....i just couldnt get over how "hollywood" it sounded. I know the guy really thought he was killing someone, but I was so distracted by the fact that i KNEW it was fake by how phony it sounded that it just ended up being about a guy getting tricked out of a lot of money to me.

    • @xxxgpakos6237
      @xxxgpakos6237 5 лет назад

      fr

  • @제규형
    @제규형 3 года назад +1584

    I thought the video was gonna be about the actual Silk Road that linked the east to the west, but this works too. Thanks for the informative video. It was quite chilling to see what actually happened in the dark networks.

    • @goodwinter6017
      @goodwinter6017 2 года назад +19

      and ghengshi khan goin about raiding villages and all.

    • @jennamelaku
      @jennamelaku 2 года назад +5

      same 💀💀

    • @rambutan3655
      @rambutan3655 2 года назад

      Actually, when my brother told me if I knew silk road, I also thought of that. But to suprise me, this is genuinely scary thinking that hitman and other org may lurking from our plain sight.

    • @DH-ij9pe
      @DH-ij9pe 2 года назад

      @@rambutan3655 The hitman bullshit was a setup. The charges were dropped. This situation shows how well the FBI can manipulate a situation. Also, multiple people had access to the DPR account. Variety Jones and Carl Force being the most sinister.

  • @piikes2627
    @piikes2627 Год назад +6

    put this video on expecting it to act as background noise while i finish a few essays, and wow. completely hooked. loved everything about the delivery and just thoroughly enjoyed. amazing watch

  • @willmckee1632
    @willmckee1632 4 года назад +772

    "Ross wasn't given a plea deal. The proseuction just told him they would give him a harsher charge if he plead not guilty"
    Thats. Thats a plea deal.

    • @phuongvu527
      @phuongvu527 4 года назад +1

      :))))))

    • @colin9630
      @colin9630 4 года назад +4

      How much harsher could it have even been than life in prison?

    • @phuongvu527
      @phuongvu527 4 года назад +27

      @@colin9630 Different cell maybe, kinda 5 stars special solitary room with no toilet?? 😬

    • @TehBliz
      @TehBliz 4 года назад +1

      @@colin9630 death sentence maybe?

    • @Ozymandias1
      @Ozymandias1 4 года назад +4

      @@colin9630 They could have given him three life sentences.

  • @md.niamulahadchowdhury6407
    @md.niamulahadchowdhury6407 3 года назад +1715

    Plot twist: Ross was DreadPirateRoberts, FriendlyChemist, and RedAndWhite. This was Fight Club. It was all in his head.

    • @bounzig
      @bounzig 3 года назад +18

      You mean Fight club, right?

    • @md.niamulahadchowdhury6407
      @md.niamulahadchowdhury6407 3 года назад +8

      @@bounzig Damn, you're right.

    • @gabriel-qz9ps
      @gabriel-qz9ps 3 года назад +8

      F**** C***

    • @Monasaurus_Rex
      @Monasaurus_Rex 3 года назад +7

      I hate that I laughed hard at this for a while

    • @kdawson020279
      @kdawson020279 3 года назад +9

      Hey, the first rule is that you don't talk about it. The second rule is that you don't talk about it. I jokingly asked my wife of almost 19 years now to marry me when she said she loved that film. 15 months later, I did. I am Jack's midlife crisis these days.

  • @paigeharris3821
    @paigeharris3821 5 лет назад +1963

    disappointing, I was all geared up to talk trash about Marco Polo.

    • @neonpee
      @neonpee 5 лет назад +69

      duuude saame, i thought this was about THE silk road....but this is interesting too ig

    • @seaweed6668
      @seaweed6668 5 лет назад +3

      What's about marco polo

    • @PointNemo9
      @PointNemo9 5 лет назад +20

      @@seaweed6668 He was a writer and explorer who allegedly travelled to East Asia via the Silk road

    • @AmberAmber
      @AmberAmber 5 лет назад +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Funniest comments thread yet (amongst MANY funnies!)

    • @jerseybound717
      @jerseybound717 5 лет назад +3

      omg i think you just won every comment section ever. i really hope everyone does understand this as history even recent like ww2 history is being forgotten, oh man my stomach hurts this was such bad dry humor that it hit the nail on th head in one strike i'm dead

  • @cuh5018
    @cuh5018 Год назад +7

    This is by far the best video i've ever seen on youtube. Just came back to rewatch it and its truly amazing.

  • @AlezarGorewich
    @AlezarGorewich 4 года назад +1148

    I feel like I'm on a hit list now after hearing those messages lmao

    • @azrael7891
      @azrael7891 4 года назад +48

      Don't look under your bed.

    • @Dennis4523
      @Dennis4523 4 года назад +69

      Jeff Madrigal bro stfu you’re not supposed to tell them before we go with the hit

    • @Q3573-b1d
      @Q3573-b1d 4 года назад +16

      Jeff Madrigal ya freakin spoiled it!

    • @BlackCoffeePlanet
      @BlackCoffeePlanet 4 года назад +4

      @@azrael7891 tc .. completely ruined it

    • @STaSHZILLA420
      @STaSHZILLA420 4 года назад +24

      @@azrael7891 Fukkin Jeff. *Unscrews silencer*

  • @jewjubes3688
    @jewjubes3688 3 года назад +2251

    The real horror story here is the high amounts of bitcoins being tossed around.

    • @SESK98
      @SESK98 3 года назад +179

      For real, all those coins would be a fucking fortune today

    • @Sean-vz9ij
      @Sean-vz9ij 3 года назад +44

      It’s like a fucking treasure

    • @goulzz9684
      @goulzz9684 3 года назад +82

      Literally 1 coin is 28k now

    • @完全な至福
      @完全な至福 3 года назад +20

      facts holy fucking shit

    • @paulaldwin209
      @paulaldwin209 3 года назад +76

      @@完全な至福 That first hit as of a couple hours ago would have been worth 58 million. lol

  • @christian.7550
    @christian.7550 3 года назад +2115

    the fact he got scammed for 273 million dollars in today’s bitcoin is crazy

    • @brendan9868
      @brendan9868 3 года назад +22

      Right? Like holy shit, that’s insane.

    • @TheCooPeer
      @TheCooPeer 3 года назад +62

      289 million by now. This shit really is crazy.

    • @Zel
      @Zel 3 года назад +38

      it's crazy because that's not even a 10% of what he got seized back then. He'd have over 5 billion today.

    • @user-bs1lr4qj8r
      @user-bs1lr4qj8r 3 года назад +1

      It’s fake

    • @Th3Mavr1ck
      @Th3Mavr1ck 3 года назад +4

      @@user-bs1lr4qj8r youre fake, robot

  • @aicsynthesizer
    @aicsynthesizer Год назад +31

    hells angels on a dark web market?? that's like the mafia selling on newspapers lol

  • @beastbro125
    @beastbro125 5 лет назад +1846

    Man this was incredible, as someone who previously didint know about this case until watching this video, I was glued to the screen awaiting the end result. I was astonished finding out that ross got scammed as whilst I was watching I assumed he was actually getting people killed. Truly a fascinating story about what running a web site such as silk road can do to you.

    • @yuhh1276
      @yuhh1276 5 лет назад +19

      Dude I lost 500 btc in the escrow seizure, fuck whoever was in charge of shutting down the SR escrow. I would have been rich by now if I hadn't lost all my current transaction on SR. I'd already gained £30k in the past 4 months before that in value of my btc.

    • @andrewholland21
      @andrewholland21 5 лет назад +18

      Check out the podcast “casefile” he has a 4 part series on the Silk Road and covers absolutely everything. It’s really good

    • @khall187
      @khall187 5 лет назад +17

      Spoiler alert Jesus dude

    • @beastbro125
      @beastbro125 5 лет назад +1

      @@khall187 sorry bro.

    • @johnherrera5261
      @johnherrera5261 5 лет назад

      Always wondered what happened to this site was always cool to see what they had selling

  • @PickledThyme1
    @PickledThyme1 3 года назад +2087

    I love how you describe the people as characters because literally everyone involved besides Ross was fictitious.

    • @lisaschuster9187
      @lisaschuster9187 3 года назад +22

      One was a CI. A real person - but I know what you mean (I hope).

    • @kingtomthebomb1639
      @kingtomthebomb1639 3 года назад +57

      Yeahh. Its crazy.. That was the plot twist of the whole thing for me..

    • @tristanstrain9751
      @tristanstrain9751 3 года назад +40

      GAH I SHOULDN'T HAVE READ COMMENTS BUT I'M ALSO RELIEVED.

    • @Jackson-e4k
      @Jackson-e4k 3 года назад +14

      thanks.. you saved me an hour. So Ross was set up and he should be released from prison stat.

    • @zac5572
      @zac5572 3 года назад +114

      @@Jackson-e4k he fully thought he was killing people, he shouldn't be freed

  • @dialga236
    @dialga236 5 лет назад +382

    lucy drop sounds like a really good lemon flavored candy

    • @MostlyHarmless.
      @MostlyHarmless. 5 лет назад +4

      Dialga236 just dose it on a really good lemon flavored candy

    • @ZeranZeran
      @ZeranZeran 5 лет назад +3

      It sounds like a really good name for a vendor.. oh shit.. Of.. candy!

    • @brocowsci
      @brocowsci 5 лет назад +1

      love a drop of lucy of my lemon head and friends

    • @Kryterior
      @Kryterior 5 лет назад +1

      Lucy drop is lsd. I activate antiwoooosh sheilds

    • @_RobBanks
      @_RobBanks 4 года назад

      zeranzeran it’s Lucy- u don’t know what Lucy is?

  • @lindseyclair921
    @lindseyclair921 7 месяцев назад +8

    42:17 “good luck and be safe” had to actually come and look at my phone to make sure I heard that right because LOOOOOOOOOL

  • @ninjaturtleadeel
    @ninjaturtleadeel 3 года назад +3799

    It’s amazing that this whole shit was ultimately just 2 nerds talking to each other

    • @TxBzSpectral
      @TxBzSpectral 3 года назад +290

      these nerds are scary, my guy

    • @issamdjadja8701
      @issamdjadja8701 3 года назад +215

      @@TxBzSpectral I was shaking the entire time watching this whole ordeal. Amazing how these sorts of things are occurring on a day-to-day basis without the average person knowing a thing.

    • @MarzoThatNigga
      @MarzoThatNigga 3 года назад +18

      LMFAOOOOOOOOO yo I laughed so loud at this comment

    • @moneer7139
      @moneer7139 3 года назад +42

      No they're just intelligent criminals.

    • @sambarbosa6453
      @sambarbosa6453 3 года назад +23

      @@issamdjadja8701 “shacking” 🤔🤷🏽‍♂️🤯

  • @no_peace
    @no_peace 5 лет назад +482

    This all sounds like "sons of anarchy: online" fanfic

    • @psychotripnerdstuff
      @psychotripnerdstuff 5 лет назад +5

      @@SamuelsBookReviews If i learned one lesson from this, it's that.

    • @quintonporter270
      @quintonporter270 5 лет назад +3

      @@SamuelsBookReviews to be fair this guy's site generated 1.3 bill

  • @NarcolepticNerdProductions
    @NarcolepticNerdProductions 5 лет назад +499

    This is the most interesting and intelligent use of social engineering I've seen. I've watched this three times. The hard left the scammer does by introducing the hell's angels when he realized that he wouldn't get paid for blackmailing. So smart.

    • @platinumpro54
      @platinumpro54 5 лет назад +63

      Also, adding in time constraints for each post that would stress DPR and have him think irrationally. There was the original blackmail that had to be dealt within a few days, and there was the 4-person hit that was going to cost more if they were planning on leaving the province. It's such an obvious trick when you're looking for it, but easy to look past if you're gullible (like me) or not very perceptive.

    • @geejee1255
      @geejee1255 4 года назад +35

      the real social engineering is youtube suggesting this video of guy narrating a murder plot for 30 minutes straight to random people, if you look trough comments, most of them were thinking this is documentary of ancient silk road and dont watch these kind of videos

    • @horusreloaded6387
      @horusreloaded6387 4 года назад +1

      @@geejee1255 and noone thought about the MMO, that is a shame

    • @TheDXJC56
      @TheDXJC56 4 года назад +4

      Tbh though the amount of typing on each account to me at least gives away the fact that they're the same people. Same stylistic choices, same patterns of speech (misspelling/typos/weird phrases being used), and same generally long messages even from someone that's a hardcore biker member? Idt either guy was that intelligent tbh, if the scammer was a super genius he certainly would've considered guising these personalities better.
      The reality though is that the time pressure he put on the guy made him act less rationally and THAT is true, true genius regardless of all the other obvious mistakes left in.

  • @itsryno532
    @itsryno532 Год назад +4

    Came here for a documentary about the road 2000 years ago and got this, still earned yourself a sub this was incredible

  • @CiDK
    @CiDK 3 года назад +3145

    You telling me the feds got his laptop by using the "look over there!" trick?

    • @cylemons8099
      @cylemons8099 3 года назад +239

      Even if he ignored the couple they would have tried something else later anyway. When the government is behind you and you dont know it, getting caught is just a matter of time.

    • @Johnny-tw5pr
      @Johnny-tw5pr 3 года назад +45

      @@cylemons8099 Death note style

    • @TommyGunz
      @TommyGunz 3 года назад +73

      @@generalhypocrisy1876 yeah it's called making sure the Gov't gets their cut, and you always play ball with them, and never piss them off. They're the biggest criminals of all, and have no issue working with and allowing other criminals to continue their business as long as you play by their rules and dont cause to many issues or draw to much attention..

    • @poeticdisaster7500
      @poeticdisaster7500 3 года назад +1

      Yup.

    • @generalhypocrisy1876
      @generalhypocrisy1876 3 года назад +6

      @@TommyGunz the thing with criminals are that they have a way of getting you and there’s always a way out. If someone speak with the right people, not those that thinks “sell sell money money” but those that are serious about it, you might be able to take from the government instead of kissing their ass.
      And on top of that we are on the good and the more intelligent side, there goes a lot more IQ and thought into doing drug dealing for the people that for example being a policeman because you want to show your glock. So if we find the right people we will Bruce lee those motherfuckers

  • @TheKillaCake
    @TheKillaCake 4 года назад +870

    What gets me is how incredibly reasonable and polite they are to each other when setting up business despite the situation. "I'll cover the 500$ for you", "thanks for the offer though we'd like to pay just like everybody else", all in the same conversation as kidnapping and killing somebody.
    EDIT: Oh...

    • @da4127
      @da4127 4 года назад +74

      Yeah I cannot understand how DPR didn't find that remotely suspicious.

    • @isaacwrayphotography
      @isaacwrayphotography 4 года назад +46

      Man straight up. I was like “it’s so impressive how professional the HA are!” PLOT TWIST hahah

    • @BlueBARv5
      @BlueBARv5 4 года назад +14

      Especially from a biker gang....

    • @skrilla20
      @skrilla20 4 года назад +86

      I mean they are Canadian

    • @scpWyatt
      @scpWyatt 4 года назад +44

      When it comes to being a business, giving favors to potential big sellers is a good way to secure their exclusivity on your platform. Reversely, it’s considered the smarter move to decline favors people give you in the criminal world. Nothing is free and unwanted loyalty or debt to the wrong party due to a favor can get you in a bad position.

  • @LampyGames
    @LampyGames 4 года назад +1737

    So basically his legal defense boiled down to "it was just a prank bro"

    • @ViralSavage_
      @ViralSavage_ 4 года назад +6

      Lmaoo

    • @codrinmoisa4290
      @codrinmoisa4290 4 года назад +44

      It was a social experiment bruh

    • @jaidynpeffer4242
      @jaidynpeffer4242 4 года назад +13

      logan paul walks out of the back rooms of the court IT JUST A PRANK BRO

    • @maybeja
      @maybeja 4 года назад +3

      Why you mad bruh just a prank bruh

    • @ducktape4502
      @ducktape4502 4 года назад +6

      Check the documentary about this. This video is kinda biased. The agents that stole the money have a bigger part in all of it. Same with the bitcoin exchange guy

  • @TheAleqzi
    @TheAleqzi Год назад +6

    Coming back to this video, had to say, that still to this day this has been one of my absolute favorite videos on RUclips. Thanks!

  • @deleriousdinosaur3205
    @deleriousdinosaur3205 4 года назад +1612

    i was expecting a history lesson about dudes on camels....

  • @williamspeck1198
    @williamspeck1198 5 лет назад +531

    Oh hell yeah, 1 hour 15 minutes? Go off king.

    • @wadurito
      @wadurito 5 лет назад +9

      @B H I'm all three, got an issue?

    • @wadurito
      @wadurito 5 лет назад +1

      @B H you eddited or I replied to the wrong comment m8.
      Edit: B H asked if OP was gay, trans, or retarded in his original post. Makes sense that he deleted it.

  • @almostkanye
    @almostkanye 5 лет назад +973

    They're ordering hits like takeout. Jesus Christ

    • @greta8849
      @greta8849 5 лет назад

      lol

    • @Iloverandomness100
      @Iloverandomness100 5 лет назад +90

      I can’t believe he can’t get caught for that. That’s literally with the intent of having someone killed. Could’ve used it if they didn’t fuck up the whole trial. He paid to have like 6 people killed lmao. Weren’t really people but he didn’t know that.

    • @CasaiAgicap
      @CasaiAgicap 5 лет назад +68

      Hi! Can I Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
      Can I get a murder to go please?

    • @xcupcakeszx
      @xcupcakeszx 5 лет назад +12

      @@Iloverandomness100 You can't be charged with the murder of a person who doesn't exist. Falling for a scam is not a crime even if it's one that, if real would've resulted in a high body count

    • @Iloverandomness100
      @Iloverandomness100 5 лет назад +26

      baplottwist no but in some opinions it’s a premeditated even. He had the intent to kill 6 human beings he thought were real. Maybe not murder charge but plotting yes he should have