The Hacked Website That Lead to a Huge ARG | I Love Bees

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🗓️ 1 January 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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In 2004, an internet user received a strange package that led them to a website. While nothing seemed out of the ordinary with this website, things soon took a cryptic and mysterious turn. The web page appeared to be hacked by a sentient AI who attempted to contact users who visited the site before reaching out to people through payphones across the country. Today, we’re going to break down the details behind the immersive story known as I Love Bees. Mirrored Website: ilovebees.co Join FIRST: redwebpod.com/first If you'd like to listen to past mysteries we discuss, they are Cicada 3301 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/61MDAvvQnLV9Amd37icCx9?si=2c9769a0b7a84807). Sponsored by BetterHelp (go to http://betterhelp.com/redweb to get 10% off your first month), Factor (go to http://factormeals.com/redweb50 and use code redweb50 to get 50% off), Rocket Money (go to http://rocketmoney.com/redweb to cancel your unwanted subscriptions), and Zbiotics (go to http://zbiotics.com/redweb and use the code REDWEB at checkout for 15% off). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 2004, an internet user received a strange package that led them to a website.
0:08.0	While nothing seemed out of the ordinary with this website, things soon took a cryptic and mysterious turn. The web page
0:14.0	appeared to be hacked by a sentient AI who attempted to contact users who visited
0:18.9	the site before then reaching out to people through payphones across the country.
0:23.2	Today we're going to break down the details behind the immersive story known as I Love Bees.
0:29.4	This is Red Web. Web. Welcome back Task Force to another episode of Red Web, the show all about mysteries and the unsolved of this world.
0:44.6	Frido, I watched as this topic settled into you.
0:47.8	So as I'm your resident mystery enthusiasts and I walk you through all the mysteries,
0:51.9	this is maybe the first week that you might know of the mystery going into it Alfredo Diaz
0:56.8	Yeah, yeah, yeah, this one has to do with gaming with gaming. With gaming. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's going to become pretty apparent out the gate.
1:06.0	It's well known. A lot of people listening right now might see this as a new topic and that's totally fair.
1:10.8	Yeah, so I don't want to give too much away. Right.
1:13.0	Actually know this one, yeah.
1:14.0	But some of the, we're going to talk about this story in real time.
1:18.0	I don't want to spill the beans, but the beans are there to be spilled pretty quickly.
1:22.0	So it becomes about the story behind this
1:25.0	event, behind this case as it were, and it's a long one. And I'm so excited for this
1:30.9	one. You've been asking for it for years.
1:33.0	Oh really? This one up finally but asking for this?
1:37.0	Oh yeah now the thing about this one is and the reason why it took so long is there
1:40.0	are so many details obviously we're to do our best to provide as many
1:45.0	details as possible in the audio format but it gave me an idea I was cooking up
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