How I Made $45 Million Selling Drugs on the Dark Web | Spencer Cook

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🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Spencer Cook built a $45 million drug empire on the dark web. He shares how it worked, the dangers he faced, and the moment everything fell apart. #DrugEmpire #MillionDollarScam #DarkWebDrugs #TrueCrime #LawEnforcement #FederalPrison #Trafficking #underworld Thank you to LUCY & DRAFT KINGS for sponsoring this episode! Lucy: Let’s level up your nicotine routine with Lucy. Go to HTTP://LUCY.CO/IANBICK and use promo code (IANBICK) to get 20% off your first order. Lucy has a 30-day refund policy if you change your mind. Draft Kings: New players can get FIVE HUNDRED CASINO SPINS ON A FEATURED GAME! Just sign up with code IANBICK and wager a minimum of five dollars to receive FIVE HUNDRED CASINO SPINS ON A FEATURED GAME. Connect with Spencer Cook: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1FbLyfutyV/?mibextid=wwXIfr Website: https://soberin40.com/mission/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencer-cook-7947541a1/ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Buy Merch: https://convictclothing.net/collections/convict-clothing-x-ian-bick Timestamps: 00:00:00 Growing Up in Long Island and Family Challenges 00:05:16 The Importance of Embracing Change in Tech 00:10:08 Escaping Through Addiction 00:16:50 Introduction to Silk Road and Its Operations 00:20:45 Mike Tyson and the Rise of Bitcoin ATMs 00:25:40 Uncovering the Drug Operation 00:31:09 Largest LSD Bust in Costa Rican History 00:36:27 Arrest and Early Criminal Charges 00:41:36 A Life-Changing Encounter with a Homeless Man 00:46:31 Life-Threatening Prison Dynamics 00:52:14 Federal Case Appeal and Asset Seizure 00:56:53 Overcoming Addiction and Life Transformation 01:01:51 Transforming Prison Experience into Personal Growth 01:07:08 Lessons Learned from Prison: Living One Day at a Time 01:11:55 Navigating Life Post-Prison: Building a New Path 01:15:55 Living Life with Purpose: Time as Your Most Valuable Commodity Powered by: Just Media House : https://www.justmediahouse.com/ Creative direction, design, assets, support by FWRD: https://www.fwrd.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Spencer, welcome to Lockton, man.
0:02.0	Thank you for coming out here. This is your second trip to the studio because you were on someone else's podcast. Yeah, it did in our studio. Yeah, well, we appreciate you coming back. Thanks for having me. You came from Long Island. Did you grow up there? Yeah, I grew up in Long Island. Ran away to California for a couple years. I lived on a fire island a little bit.
0:22.8	I went from one big island to a little island.
0:25.5	And, you know, I just ran around.
0:27.3	I was always in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
0:29.7	But Long Island was where I rested in my head.
0:33.1	Who'd you grow up with?
0:35.4	I had two siblings, two parents.
0:38.3	Both my parents were disabled.
0:40.3	My brother got me into the life of the gray area.
0:46.3	And he, he was able to get out.
0:49.3	I don't know.
0:50.3	I just fell in love with shortcuts and pass money and escaping from drugs and alcohol
0:55.9	and crime and
0:57.6	I don't know some people just outgrow
1:00.0	things and I just couldn't
1:01.2	you know
1:02.5	were your parents disabled your whole life
1:04.8	basically yeah
1:05.8	my dad had multiple sclerosis
1:08.3	ever since I was a young kid
1:09.9	and my mom had three stage four cancer battles.
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