True crime will always be the thing for me. I can relate more and understand the struggles of many of the guest that share their stories and experiences. Coming from listening to Dark net diaries I guess I had high expectations but felt let down with a made up story telling. I caught on pretty quickly that most of or if not all is scripted and made up. it was some inconsistencies that I found in the first three episodes. I think the creators of.net diaries should stick with true crime as they have been. Thats just my personal opinion.

Any time I try to join the Discord community I get an "unable to accept invite" error. The community looks to be smaller than 500K members, so I don't think it's an issue with the server being full. Is the invite link expired? Is anyone else having issues? thx!

"Will make you think differently about your life." "A lot of people say it should absolutely be a movie." At the end of the new episode of Darknet, Jack claims that this is feedback he's been getting.

If we believe this is true where is Jack getting his feedback? If it is more creative writing, does it call the rest of his credibility into question? I didn't plan on posting about Low but this all seemed a bit much.

I know that most don't believe that it is a real story and that is absolutely fair, I've even found some holes and problems myself, but I think it's still very possible that the person is real and has lived through that experience.

Sometimes real life can genuinely be crazier than movies and that is definitely still possible here. I also don't think we're actually getting the full story and it's definitely not presented in a way that a real life story actually happened.

For starters, assuming it is real from here on, considering it would be taken from text messages from a former drug addict it's very possible that they just straight up are playing some stuff up to be more interesting or just misremembering details. Plus since it's through text, it's possible that some holes might just not come up on the questioning and simply get missed by either of them.

Or on Jack's part, everything does genuinely flow well in the story because he deliberately is formatting the podcast in a way that gives it a flow. That is very hard however because he has to voice text messages which makes the actual flow and storytelling much harder, especially without paraphrasing everything. It just comes off as a bit weird but it's not an easy thing to do.

But even then a lot of stuff is just simply too convenient. But maybe, just by pure chance, that the reason the dude ended up surviving everything and getting his story to us is because everything worked out. In the end however, we will never know and there is definitely a reason Jack led with a disclaimer and kept it separate from Darknet Diaries. He likely fully doesn't believe it either, and neither should you, but damn is it an interesting story when you do let yourself believe.

This is an example of the schemes discussed in Ep171 - Melody Fraud. I recall having discussions with my co-workers at the time about this type of fraud, and they didn’t believe that music streaming services could be manipulated to this level. Well here you go.

2011 looked normal on the surface, but underneath, things were spiraling out of control. This short documentary breaks down the massive cyberattacks from Anonymous and LulzSec, right as Silk Road was quietly forming the first major darknet market network.

At the exact same time, advanced criminal networks like GameOver Zeus were quietly infecting hundreds of thousands of computers globally.

Just wanted to share this historical dive with you guys. Since Reddit filters are totally broken and blocked my direct links, you can easily find the FULL video on YouTube by searching my channel or video name:

CHANNEL NAME: KEFNAR

VIDEO NAME: The Dark Side of 2011: Hacking & Darknet Markets

I listened to the podcast and at first I was as annoyed and confused as it seems many of you were. Like many people I've come to the conclusion that the story is a work of fiction but my theory is it's not even trying to hide that fact. It seems like a fargo-style podcast and it's kind of hilarious. Unfortunately it's just not as good a story as fargo so it kinda fell flat for me but I see the vision

It claims to be a true story, the guy is named Zachariah and is voiced by Jack himself with a voice modulator. Zack and Jack then go on an adventure that is less believable by the minute. The rotation of random silent people taking him in and dying not long after (especially the American - he talked to the guy multiple times in the Cafe but when Jack asks Zack about him later he just goes "he didn't talk much 🤷🏻‍♂️"). Plus quoting fucking this is water, like come on this has to be satire haha

This has to be on purpose, my guess is Jack just wanted to make a podcast like this, philosophizing on top of a grand story and is laughing his ass off about the confusion (at least I hope he's laughing and not saddened by the criticism). No way has he been sitting on this for 8 years itching to release it like this, thinking it's a true story lmao

PS: Jack, if you're reading this, pretty ballsy move to just release it like this and not elaborate, I dig it

Which apparently is a controversial opinion, judging by the Reddit posts about the show.

So yes it's Jack's own voice, lower pitched, he had to narrate everything over by himself, because Zachariah didn't want his own voice used. Many listeners who didn't know this found the show disappointing because it indeed makes everything sound implausible. Assuming it were true though, probably the dialogues have been rewritten for better wording, which makes it indeed unbelievable as if a teenager could be such a fluent storyteller even in a non native language. And yes, it's pretty incredible that a kid kept meticulous memory of everything despite being high all the time. And the odds of all this happening as it was told are insane.

I think the moral of the story is more important than the truthfulness, as Jack s says in the intro. If this is all is made up by an extremely talented storyteller kid, I still find it a good listening experience.

But to whoever insists on the importance of factuality, as it seems most people on here are (and I get that); I wanted to say I think that this story could be fact checked from public or police records if you have the time for it. Enough brutal crimes were mentioned that you should be able to somehow find information about them, right? Has anyone tried that?

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PS: LOW reminded me of this amazing podcast from a decade ago called S-Town by Brian Reed. In that show as well, there was this man with an insane life story who contacted This American Life to tell his life's story before it would be too late for him (don't want to tell spoilers). Nothing can beat S-Town imho but LOW does have this similar buildup which I enjoyed, and I suspect Jack has gotten some inspiration from it.

Hey all, long time listener here - I've use the podcast to sleep and I must have been through it maybe 5-6 times start to finish now. Recently I've noticed that the older episodes have new sponsors for example, episode 22 (or 21/23, I can't remember I was half asleep) mentions a sponsor from 2026. I understand why a new sponsor would be added - it makes sense to reuse that space for a new sponsor but it was like a blast from the past when I used to go back to older episodes, especially interesting as they slowly started to mention the use of AI more and more as its popularity grew!

I listen on Spotify if that helps, and just curious if the entire catalogue of sponsor spots have been updated :)

JACK intro: Many of us grow up thinking that we must live according to some preset script. Albert Camus once said “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”

JACK: So what happened next? You're hanging out with a bad crew, going house to house beating up and robbing pedophiles.

ZACHARIAH: Yeah it was a pretty rough time in my life. We went to this one pedophile's house... it was sick shit man. It was this huge place in the middle of nowhere. We broke in and were chasing this guy around. He had this huge skeleton covered in antlers. Anyway, he stabbed me, and almost killed my friend with a hammer. But I shot him in the head before he could kill my friend.

JACK: You shot him in the head? That's crazy! Did he die?

ZACHARIAH: Yeah I think so, but we just got out of there man.

JACK: Wow. That's unbelievable.

ZACHARIAH: Yeah it was super fucked up man. My friend had to go to the hospital. When that happened I knew I had to get out of there.

JACK: Where did you go?

ZACHARIAH: I stole his tractor and just rode off... I just went south. I didn't know where I was going, but I just knew that I couldn't become one of those guys that clocks in at 9:00, hunts pedophiles and clocks out at 5:00.

JACK: Wow. So what did you do next?

ZACHARIAH: I started living with this guy in a city in the south. Real quiet dude, worked for NASA. When I first got there, I went out for a walk, just around the city. I could see the swamps and the flamingos walking around and it all just seemed so small and meaningless. I once was walking around a swamp and saw this guy on the ground. He had OD'd on something... Jenkem I think... I took the bottle from him and sold it to this homeless guy for $3.

JACK: Jenkem, is that poop, right? Like human feces?

ZACHARIAH: Yeah I think so. It's pretty fucked up. After I got the $3 I went and smoked some weed with some guys. When I got back to the apartment, I found the guy I was living with was dead. There was a fan in the window. I think the fan sucked all of the air out of the room and the guy suffocated.

JACK: That's horrible. I'm so sorry.

ZACHARIAH: Yeah it was really sad. I found a spacesuit next to him with some keys to the space shuttle. There was also a suitcase full of cash.

JACK: A spacesuit? And... a suitcase full of cash? That's crazy! How much money was it?

ZACHARIAH: Yeah it was pretty fucked up. I think it was like ten million dollars. But I knew I couldn't be in Florida anymore, so I took the keys and stole the space shuttle.

JACK: Wow… where did you go? And how did you learn to fly a space shuttle?

ZACHARIAH: Me and some guys used to go around breaking into rocket launch sites and would take the shuttles out sometimes. Smoke two or three joints, get super fucking high and fly around in the shuttle.

JACK: Wow.

ZACHARIAH: Yeah I knew I had to get out of there, so I flew to Mars. I stayed with this martian guy. He gave off this really bad vibe, so the first night I slept there I kept my laser gun with me in bed. Later that night, I felt him him crawl on top of me. He was going to rape me, dude was a fucking pedo.

JACK: That’s horrible, what did you do?

ZACHARIAH: I shot him in the head with the laser gun, what else was I supposed to do?

JACK: That’s awful… did he die?

ZACHARIAH: I’m not sure, he was wearing this big green helmet when I shot him, so it was hard to see his face, but I just ran and got out of there man.

JACK, outtro: Anthony Robbins once said “Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.” Ever since we’re little kids, we’re told to go to school, get a job, and go to work. To pay our taxes and feed our dog. I don’t know what this guy is doing right now, but I know that wherever he is, he’s living a real life, outside of the bounds or society’s expectations.

I can't find LOW, even using the links on the webpage... I don't use Spotify or Apple, and the links to YT Music, Amazon and TuneIn all just give poor search results on those platforms....

Is it a UK problem only?

Jack's new podcast LOW is now available to the public, free and without Ads. Check out the link to listen.

I was looking at watch reviews and stumbled upon this video.

Right away I was like, that voice is super familiar. Then I realized it's Jack Rhysider!

I'm assuming he's not actually running this channel, so it seems like some AI platform stole/cloned his voice. Which is honestly pretty fucking scary.

I love this dude, love the stories, and all the technical aspects but I think I F Up, I recently purchase the annual subscription, but no content, I thought I was going to listen to a new story every week but I feel like I’ve been bamboozle. I’m not turning my back on JR at all , but is there another tech show with stories like this one out there? something similar? I can tune in the meantime?

I am an avid listener but still fairly tech illiterate but I love the story telling and some of the intimate details Jack is able to bring up. I feel in my line of work whenever I run into a tech person they are usually very pro data centers and AI. I am the very opposite due to the environmental impacts, my partner being an artist, and the easy access to the public.

I am really interested to hear what Jack may have to say about this from a security standpoint. I saw an advertisement for an AI company able to authorize badges without human involvement and I thought that was pretty wild. Then this whole incident.

I’m almost done with 2nd part, but I’m very confused - is Low a different podcast, not a darknet diaries one? I’m still waiting for the “stories from the dark side of the internet” but I’m starting to get a feeling it’s not gonna happen. Sorry if this has already been asked.

What a banger! I'm looking forward to hearing where this all ends up <3