Rabbit Hole | Investigating the Dark Side of the Internet

Rabbit Hole

Rabbit Hole is an investigative documentary podcast exploring the hidden systems shaping modern belief, power, and online culture. Each episode investigates real networks, ideologies, and digital ecosystems that influence how people think, radicalize, and organize online. From extremist movements and internet subcultures to psychological manipulation and information warfare, Rabbit Hole follows documented evidence, academic research, and real-world case studies. This is not conspiracy content. Every episode focuses on verified information, historical records, and investigative analysis to

  1. Aug 8

    How Neo Nazis Built a Secret Music Industry to Recruit Young Men

    They didn't hand you a manifesto. They handed you a playlist.This is the full story of how neo Nazis spent 40+ years building a music industry record labels, touring networks, international distribution specifically designed to get inside the heads of lost, angry young men before they knew what was happening. And why the same trick is still running today.#RabbitHole #Extremism #RadicalizationCHAPTERS0:00 — Cold Open3:00 — Welcome to the Rabbit Hole6:00 — What We're Actually Talking About10:00 — The Birth of White Power Music / Skrewdriver16:00 — The Skinhead Subculture (What It Really Was)22:00 — Blood & Honour and Resistance Records29:00 — Black Metal Goes Dark / The NSBM Story36:00 — The Irony Pipeline and the Internet Era41:00 — Prussian Blue Children as Propaganda45:00 — Why It Works: The Psychology of Music Radicalization50:00 — What To Watch For / Takeaways53:00 — Outro

  2. Aug 8

    Inside M.K.U. The Online Cult That Turned Mass Killers Into Gods

    Inside M.K.U. The Online Cult That Turned Mass Killers Into GodsIn October 2018 an 18 year old walked into a college in Kerch, Crimea and killed 20 people. He wasn't random. He was radicalized inside a community most people have never heard of.This is the story of М.К.У. (M.K.U.) a Russian-language online subculture that glorified mass murderers, recruited isolated young men, and connected directly to multiple real-world attacks. Kerch 2018. Kazan 2021. Izhevsk 2022.Built on the bones of Western Columbiner communities, transplanted into Russian VK groups, and eventually migrating to encrypted Telegram channels MKU wasn't just an edgy internet community. It was a functioning radicalization pipeline.In this video I break down how it started, how it worked, who it hurt, and why versions of it are still running today.#RabbitHole #MKU #OnlineRadicalization CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold open — Kerch, October 17, 20185:45 What is M.K.U.?9:00 Columbine 1999 — where it started14:30 The Columbiner subculture on Tumblr18:30 VKontakte and the Russian internet ecosystem23:00 Inside the communities — how MKU worked27:30 The radicalization pipeline — what the research says32:00 Vladislav Roslyakov — Kerch, 2018 (deep dive)37:00 After Kerch: a killer becomes a community hero40:00 Kazan, May 2021 — Ilnaz Galyaviev43:30 Platform crackdown and the migration to Telegram46:00 Izhevsk, September 2022 — Artyom Kazantsev47:30 The global reach — Germany, Finland, and beyond49:30 The contagion effect — what science actually says51:30 Where are these communities now?53:30 The bigger picture56:30 Closing

  3. Aug 8

    The Atomwaffen Leader Who Turned 911 Into a Weapon

    This is the story of John Cameron Denton, a former Atomwaffen Division figure from Texas, and the swatting conspiracy federal prosecutors said reached at least 134 locations. The case pulls together online extremism, neo-Nazi accelerationist culture, doxxing, fake emergency calls, retaliation against journalists, and the disturbing way internet communities can turn real people into targets. It’s about what happens when people behind screens learn how to weaponize public systems and when a hidden online network starts treating fear like entertainment.#RabbitHole #Swatting #InternetCrimechapter00:00 — A Fake Call, Real Guns03:15 — Welcome to the Rabbit Hole05:05 — The Group Behind the Mask08:40 — Who Was John Cameron Denton?12:25 — The Chatroom Called “Graveyard”16:10 — When Swatting Became a Weapon20:30 — Churches, Campuses, and Journalists26:15 — The ProPublica Retaliation31:00 — Why They Wanted the Raid35:40 — The FBI Starts Connecting the Pieces40:20 — Arrest, Guilty Plea, and Sentencing45:30 — The Mythology Falls Apart50:00 — What This Case Really Exposed

  4. Aug 8

    How Fascist Communities Took Over the Internet

    They didn't come out of nowhere.The men who marched through Charlottesville in August 2017 with torches, chanting the websites, the podcasts, the Discord servers, the manifestos left behind beforemass shootings in Pittsburgh, Christchurch, and El Paso — none of it was random.There was a pipeline. There was infrastructure. There was a plan.In this video, I trace exactly how modern fascist communities went from fringe post-warremnants to organized digital networks with millions of followers, real-world chapters,and a body count. We're talking Andrew Anglin's Daily Stormer, Richard Spencer and thealt-right, Atomwaffen Division, Identity Evropa, Generation Identity in Europe, theNordic Resistance Movement, Golden Dawn in Greece — and the psychological machinerythat turned isolated, angry young men into true believers.This is not a political opinion video. This is an investigation. Every name, date, andevent in this video is documented and verifiable. I'll give you the breadcrumbs tocheck it yourself.Go look. That's the point.#RabbitHole #Extremism #Radicalization #Investigation #Documentary⏱ CHAPTERS0:00 – Hook: Charlottesville, August 20172:00 – Welcome to the Rabbit Hole4:00 – What Is Fascism, Actually?8:30 – The Movement That Survived WWII11:30 – How the Internet Changed Everything: 4chan and /pol/15:30 – Andrew Anglin & The Daily Stormer18:30 – Richard Spencer and the "Alt-Right" Brand21:30 – The Full Ecosystem: Taylor, MacDonald, the Podcasts24:00 – The Psychology: How Normal People Get Pulled In27:30 – Atomwaffen Division31:30 – Identity Evropa and the "Respectable" Lane33:30 – Charlottesville: August 11–12, 201738:00 – The Lawsuit & the $25 Million Verdict40:00 – Europe: Identitarians, Nordic Resistance Movement, Golden Dawn43:00 – The Great Replacement Theory44:30 – Pittsburgh. Christchurch. El Paso.46:00 – Why This Keeps Happening47:00 – Outro

  5. Aug 8

    Left Wing Accelerationism: The Ideology That Wants the System to Break

    Left wing accelerationism is one of those ideas that sounds simple until you actually look into it.Some people use the term to describe a serious theory about technology, capitalism, automation, and building a post-capitalist future. Others twist it into something much darker: the belief that crisis, collapse, and instability might “wake people up” or push society toward revolution.In this episode, we break down where left-wing accelerationism came from, how thinkers like Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams tried to reclaim the future from capitalism, how earlier ideas from Marx, Deleuze, Guattari, Nick Land, and the CCRU shaped the conversation, and how the whole concept got blurred online into collapse fantasies, political cynicism, and sometimes violent extremist logic.#Accelerationism #LeftWingAccelerationism #RabbitHole #Extremism #Radicalization #PoliticalTheory #InternetCulture #Collapse #DarkDocumentary #InvestigativeDocumentaryChapters00:00 — The idea that says speed it up03:00 — Welcome to the Rabbit Hole04:10 — What accelerationism actually means08:30 — Marx, capitalism, and the machine13:20 — Deleuze, Guattari, and the “way out is through” problem17:00 — Nick Land, CCRU, and the darker cyberpunk turn22:30 — Srnicek, Williams, and left accelerationism28:00 — Project Cybersyn and socialist technology33:00 — When theory turns into collapse fantasy38:00 — Left-wing extremism vs left-wing accelerationism43:00 — Why “the worse, the better” is dangerous47:00 — Silicon Valley, e/acc, and techno-capital acceleration51:00 — The real question: who owns the future?

  6. Aug 8

    How Predators Built a Hidden Online Community

    There are some corners of the internet where the usual words stop workingThis is not just a story about one predator one dark web site or one criminal case This is about the hidden online communities where abuse became currency cruelty became status and offenders pushed each other deeper behind anonymity private forums encrypted spaces and dark web networksIn this Rabbit Hole documentary we look at the so called hurtcore community through real cases court records law enforcement operations and documented investigations involving names like Matthew David Graham Peter Scully Matthew Falder Childs Play Playpen Welcome To Video Kidflix and Operation GrayskullThis video does not include graphic descriptions illegal material instructions or active site information The goal is to understand the system how these communities formed how predators found each other how status worked inside these spaces how victims were exploited and how international investigators slowly pulled pieces of the network back into the real world#RabbitHole #DarkWeb #Cybercrime #InternetCrime #DocumentaryChapters00:00 The internet’s cruelest community03:00 Welcome to the Rabbit Hole05:30 What hurtcore actually means09:20 Abuse as currency13:00 Matthew David Graham Lux and the Melbourne dark web case18:30 Peter Scully and the demand side24:00 Matthew Falder and online coercion30:00 How hidden communities create escalation36:00 Childs Play and Task Force Argos42:00 Playpen, Welcome To Video, Kidflix, and Grayskull48:00 Why takedowns are never the full answer53:00 AI, sextortion, and the next wave58:00 What this system really teaches us

  7. Jul 21

    The TCC: Inside the Fandom That Breeds Mass Shooters

    There's a community on the internet that has been directly linked to more school shootings in 2024–2025 than every ideologically motivated extremist group combined. No ideology. No leader. No manifesto. Just a fandom — for mass shooters. This is the True Crime Community. And it's operating on TikTok, Discord, Telegram, and Roblox right now.This video is for awareness, education, and accountability. SOURCES True Crime Community Understanding the Depths of Digital Fandom and Performative Violencehttps://ctc.westpoint.edu/true-crime-community-understanding-the-depths-of-digital-fandom-and-performative-violence/Memetic Violence How the True Crime Community Generates Its Own Killershttps://www.isdglobal.org/digital-dispatch/how-the-true-crime-community-generates-its-own-killers/TikTok Serving as a Refuge for a Fandom Encouraging the Next School Shootershttps://globalextremism.org/post/tiktok-serving-as-a-refuge-for-a-fandom/The True Crime Community Stoplight Model Understanding Digital Pathways and Tumbler Ridgehttps://gnet-research.org/2026/05/01/the-true-crime-community-stoplight-model-understanding-digital-pathways-and-tumbler-ridge/The True Crime Community The Most Dangerous Extremist Movement in America Has No Ideologyhttps://www.thecipherbrief.com/the-most-dangerous-extremist-movement-in-america-has-no-ideologyThe True Crime Community Is Radicalizing Kids Onlinehttps://kevinmd.com/2026/04/the-true-crime-community-is-radicalizing-kids-online.htmlUnderstanding TCC and Online Radicalization to Violencehttps://riedmanreport.substack.com/p/understanding-tcc-and-online-radicalizationThese Moms Had Daughters Sucked Into a Deadly Online School Shooter Communityhttps://www.cnn.com/2026/04/11/us/mothers-true-crime-community-dangersExplainer True Crime Communityhttps://www.cna.org/quick-looks/2026/04/Explainer-True-Crime-Community.pdf2024 Abundant Life Christian School Shootinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundant_Life_Christian_School_shootingFather of Abundant Life Christian School Shooter Charged for Providing Guns to Teen Daughterhttps://www.wxow.com/news/crime/father-of-abundant-life-christian-school-shooter-charged-for-providing-guns-to-teen-daughter/article_45503772-2928-53d3-80fb-116ebe94995b.htmlNatalie Rupnow Reported Manifesto What We Knowhttps://www.newsweek.com/natalie-rupnow-reported-manifesto-what-we-know-2001880A Violent Online Community Radicalized a School Shooter And 6 Othershttps://tucson.com/news/nation-world/crime-courts/article_1159add4-414f-5509-8ff7-a9fab36539d3.html2025 Antioch High School Shootinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch_High_School_shootingAntioch High School Shooting Update One Yearhttps://www.nashville.gov/departments/police/news/antioch-high-school-shooting-update-one-yearNashville School Shooting Suspects Social Media Linked to Madison School Shooters Social Mediahttps://abcnews.com/US/nashville-school-shooting-suspects-social-media-linked-madison/story?id=118026643Antioch High School Shooter Signed Paperwork to Not Have Gun on Morning of Shootinghttps://www.wsmv.com/2025/05/02/antioch-school-shooter-signed-paperwork-not-have-gun-morning-shooting-juvenile-criminal-records-show/Columbiners and TCC A Look at the Columbine Obsessed Subculture That Exists Onlinehttps://www.ktvu.com/news/columbiners-and-tcc-a-look-at-the-columbine-obsessed-subculture-that-exists-onlineThe Dark Truth Behind the True Crime Communityhttps://sites.psu.edu/propato/2021/04/29/the-dark-truth-behind-the-true-crime-community/From True Crime to Dark Fandom How Kids Find Dangerous Groups Onlinehttps://awiredfamily.org/2025/10/08/from-true-crime-to-dark-fandom-how-kids-find-dangerous-groups-online/The True Crime Community The TCC Pipeline Explainedhttps://dexteringram.substack.com/p/the-most-dangerous-extremist-movement

  8. Jul 18

    Inside the Zoosadism Community

    Animal cruelty online is usually treated like random evil one disturbed person, one horrible video, one isolated case. But the cases behind the zoosadism community show something much darker Private chat groups. Encrypted apps. Payment links. Admins. Archives. Customers. People in the U.S. and UK allegedly paying others overseas to create animal torture videos on demand. This episode goes inside the documented cases behind the online animal torture economy from early “animal crush” prosecutions in Houston, to the BBC monkey torture investigation, to recent DOJ cases involving private groups, electronic payments, and international networks. #InternetCrime #DarkInternet #AnimalCrueltyAwareness #TrueCrimeDocumentary Chapters 00:00 — The hidden market nobody wants to believe exists 03:10 — What “zoosadism” actually means 06:20 — Animal crush videos and the legal history 10:45 — The first major federal prosecutions 15:00 — From public platforms to private groups 19:40 — The BBC monkey torture investigation 25:30 — David Noble, Michael Macartney, Stacey Storey 31:20 — The UK cases: Holly LeGresley and Adriana Orme 36:00 — How money, admins, and archives built the network 41:00 — Why “just watching” is part of the machine 45:30 — What this says about online communities 49:00 — Final thoughts: awareness without amplification

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Rabbit Hole is an investigative documentary podcast exploring the hidden systems shaping modern belief, power, and online culture. Each episode investigates real networks, ideologies, and digital ecosystems that influence how people think, radicalize, and organize online. From extremist movements and internet subcultures to psychological manipulation and information warfare, Rabbit Hole follows documented evidence, academic research, and real-world case studies. This is not conspiracy content. Every episode focuses on verified information, historical records, and investigative analysis to

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