Kill List - Introducing: Kill List

Episode Date: September 23, 2024

An investigation into a murder-for-hire website gives tech journalist Carl Miller a window into the worst of humanity. Extortion. Abduction. Murder. With nowhere else to turn, Carl has to decide what to do before it’s too late. From Wondery and Novel, comes a true story about obsession, control and the price of life and death.Follow the Kill List on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen to new episodes early and ad-free on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting www.wondery.com/links/kill-list/ now. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wondery Plus subscribers can binge all episodes of K.O.L.L.I.S.T. early and ad-free. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts. There's one guy and I only have his name and the city he lives in. How can I hire a killer to kill him? What if I told you that all over the world, there are hundreds of people with no idea that somebody wants them dead? I want her to be killed, but it should seem she is dead because of accident, not by murder. Out there, in the dark underbelly of the internet,

there is a secret kill list. Seeking house to be burned down with occupants inside. No survivors. And I can see it. I'm Karl Miller. I'm a journalist and author. And since 2020, I've been part of a team working in secret to stop people getting murdered. We're in the worst possible position, I can think. Like, the world is on fire. We're in the middle of a global pandemic, meaning we can't leave our houses. We found ourselves in the middle of a live assassination market and we don't even have any policy or moral guidance yet

in terms of what we actually do. I don't know, man. It looks like a big Pandora's box that we're opening and once you open it, it's open, man. I don't think we can put it shut. It would become my job to tell complete strangers that someone has paid to have them killed. Hello there, can I speak to *** please?

Yes, me. Hold on. Hello, it's me. Who are you? This is the story of our mission to keep the people on the kill list safe. I'm just so tired. This is so draining. I mean, I haven't been able to sleep properly. I'm not really sure how much longer I can keep doing this. Telling this story, I uncovered the darkest desires that people only reveal when they think nobody's watching.

My biggest fear is that he's going to go so nuts that he's going to want to take himself out, but he's not going to let me live my life. It's like I'm in some sort of like horror movie. He's got weapons at home. If he's going to do something, he'll do it himself. I think he was ready to kill her. I think it was just a practical question for him at that stage. Kill List premieres on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you're listening right now. Or you can listen to new episodes early and ad-free

by subscribing to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app. At that moment, that second on, I was scared for my life.