Hunting Warhead

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How do you take down a criminal network that’s hidden in the shadows? How do you rescue child abuse victims who could be anywhere in the world? Hunting Warhead follows the journalists and police on a global mission to expose the darkest corners of the internet. What they discover shocks them. Host Daemon Fairless tracks down the investigators, survivors and criminals themselves. A co-production of CBC Podcasts and the Norwegian newspaper VG. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.

JUN 5

Hunting Warhead is coming back, but first: Real talk on high-risk reporting

They say you should never meet your heroes. Daemon Fairless disagrees. First, he has an update on the return of Hunting Warhead. But then he takes us behind-the-scenes on another project he’s been working on as a story editor: The Outlaw Ocean. This is a frank, illuminating discussion with Ian Urbina, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who quit his New York Times job to do some of the hardest, most difficult and often dangerous reporting in the world. He’s since become the de facto beat reporter for the world’s oceans — and his investigations reveal the shocking prevalence of forced labour, mind-boggling overfishing, and the hard truth is that it’s all connected to the cheap seafood we love. If you have the stomach for the kind of viscerally tough reporting we do on Hunting Warhead, we know you’ll appreciate The Outlaw Ocean — another show that sheds light on the darkest corners of the world, and goes where others won’t. Find and follow The Outlaw Ocean (S2) here: https://link.mgln.ai/oo-hw

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A new investigative series from CBC Podcasts and the Norwegian newspaper VG, Hunting Warhead follows an international team of police officers as they attempt to track down the people behind a massive child-abuse site on the dark web — and the morally complicated lengths authorities will go to to do so. Coming November 2019.

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Daemon Fairless

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Speechless

Aug 10

Sethmdunlap

Unreal, I listened to this podcast over five years ago. Still think about it.
So good..but so disturbing

Jul 28

49bloodline

Just listen.
Heroes

Jun 9

Amanda_catherine

It is difficult to prepare your mind for the depravity discussed in this podcast. The investigators, journalists and law enforcement are absolute heroes doing work that should never have to be done. God bless them and I pray for overwhelming positive impact by their work in the horror that is child abuse. Extremely well done podcast on such a difficult topic.
I lived this life and want to say thank you

May 14

Jme102

My dad distributed csam and I unfortunately was caught up in the fbi raid of his house. As you can imagine I didn’t have a normal life. I was about 20 at this point in time and already suicidal so this incident did not help. I’m glad the podcast discussed how it can impact the non-offending parties as well if they’re part of the sting. Honestly, it’s a hard lesson, but I will listen to it multiple times. It’s that important. It should be required listening.

How do you take down a criminal network that’s hidden in the shadows? How do you rescue child abuse victims who could be anywhere in the world? Hunting Warhead follows the journalists and police on a global mission to expose the darkest corners of the internet. What they discover shocks them. Host Daemon Fairless tracks down the investigators, survivors and criminals themselves. A co-production of CBC Podcasts and the Norwegian newspaper VG. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.