“Someone hired someone to kill me." | The Plot Against Jack Avery

Crime Salad

BLACKCAT | Realm

True Crime

4.4 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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1:15.5	Today's episode involves discussions of a murder-for-hire plot, intense psychological stocking, and family custody conflict.
1:23.2	If you need to skip this one, we completely understand.
1:26.3	We're pulling today's episode straight from unsealed federal felony complaints, Los Angeles County Court filings, and undercover FBI transcripts. We're looking at a case that just broke wide open with multiple arrests in May of 26. You may have seen it in the headlines as TikToker Murder for Higher plot.
1:48.5	For a minute, imagine you are at the height of your career and one day there's a knock at your
1:54.4	door. You open it and it's two federal agents standing on your porch. They aren't there to ask for an autograph.
2:02.2	They're there to tell you that someone has put a hit out on your life.
2:06.4	I mean, the feeling of not knowing who to trust next.
2:10.4	You would have trouble sleeping after hearing news like that.
2:13.5	I mean, I wouldn't leave my house.
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