Ep 31: DARKEST-WEB with Eileen Ormsby

In this A Lot To Say episode, Eileen Ormsby joins for a chat about her experience as a Dark Web expert. She's a lawyer, author and freelance journalist based in Melbourne and has written multiple books with her first, 'Silk Road', being an in-depth expose of the black markets that operate on the dark web. Following that, Eileen wrote 'The Darkest Web' which established her as a go-person for all things Dark Web focussed.

She’s a prolific author, contributor and journalist for a range of publications and has been involved in ghost-writing for podcasts with significant listenership as well.

*Content Warning - very mature themes contained in this podcast episode
 

A few points in the chit-chat:

• An overview of the Dark Web
• How does one get into investigating the Dark Web?
• Being directly exposed to trends in drug consumption
• Eileen’s passion for drug reform
• The rise and fall of Silk Road
• New marketplace operators taking the place of the original
• The mental effect of being involved in a dark, dark place
• Being exposed to highly disturbing moments
• A winding career path encompassing being a lawyer, skydiving instructor etc
• Diving into production consultancy work as a result of being immersed in this world
• Silk Road created the proof of use case for cryptocurrency
• Journeying back towards becoming a fiction author

Notes and Links:

• Eileen Ormsby
• 'Silk Road' book
• 'The Darkest Web' Book
• Eileen Ormsby blog - ‘All Things Vice’
• 48 Hours CBS - Dark Web
• Casefile True Crime Podcast
• Jim Jefferies- Eileen Ormsby interview
• Pause Fest
• RMIT Professional Writing & Editing
• Silk Road

Check out Eileen's website here: eileenormsby.com

Follow Eileen on Twitter: @EileenOrmsby

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