“Working with the research, we kind of built this database which ended up with…literally millions of words…and that stuff all came together and showed this version of this person - and actually showed him changing and morphing over time.
“For the better part of three years, literally every single communication he had with his employees, or with anyone related to the site, was captured on his computer in chat logs and emails and I was able to get access to all the stuff - including photos and videos… social media profiles.
“The thing with this book that was kind of astounding was the amount of information that Ross had left in his wake as he had built the site and run it,” says Nick. The subject of the story, Austin native Ross Ulbricht - currently serving life in prison - may as well be credited as co-author for the sheer volume of incriminating data he left behind when he was arrested in October of 2013. He’s a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, a contributor for CNBC, and he spent a decade as a reporter for The New York Times. But author Nick Bilton isn’t a fiction writer. The story presented in American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road could be the next AMC hit series: a Libertarian Eagle Scout lives a double life and builds Silk Road, an illicit online marketplace where all manner of contraband can be exchanged anonymously - and hires outlaw bikers to eliminate threats to his autonomy. Listen, learn, and enjoy! More About This Show
In an age where technology consumes every moment of our lives, people need to know how their ideas can be used positively and negatively, and this story is the perfect parable for teaching this. It soon became a $1.2 billion drug, guns, and hacking tools hub, turning him into the Internet’s public enemy number one. In American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road, Vanity Fair special correspondent Nick Bolton tells the story of Ross Ulbricht, a Texas Boy Scout who set out to build a website where anything could anonymously be bought and sold.
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