RentAHitman dot com is not a hitman service. It never was.

And yet, it has helped put multiple people in prison for trying to have someone murdered.

This episode breaks down how a fake website became one of the most effective accidental crime traps on the internet.

It starts in 2005 with Bob Innes, a former police academy graduate working in IT. He buys a domain name for a potential tech business. The word “hit” refers to web traffic and security testing. The business never launches. The inbox does.

For years, messages come in. Most are nonsense. Some are disturbing. He ignores them.

Then in 2010, one email is different. A woman in Canada sends full names and addresses of family members in the UK and asks for them to be killed over an inheritance dispute. It is specific. It is credible. Police are called. She is arre ...