Episode 64
A Wannabe Badass Falls for the Internet’s Shadiest Scheme | nov. 13, 2024 | 34:00
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
In 2023, a soldier on the hunt for a job in Nashville, Tennessee, follows up with the wrong employer.
Hosts
Greg Caputo
Maria Raha
Jason Schell
Topics
This week’s headline: Law and Crime, Yazoo, Mississippi, Oct. 10, 2024
Josiah Ernesto Garcia
rentahitman.com
Bob Innes
Additional Resources
Baker, KC. “A Website Called ‘RentAHitman.com’ is a Parody — But it Lures Actual People Who Want to Kill,” People. Nov. 17, 2022.
https://people.com/crime/rentahitman-website-bob-innes-parody-lures-real-life-criminals/
District Court, M.D. Tennessee. United States v. Garcia. 3:23-cr-00081. April 13, 2023. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67309828/1/united-states-v-garcia/
Eds. “The California Man who has Prevented Over 100 Murders,” RNZ. Jan. 22, 2024. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nights/audio/2018922961/the-california-man-who-has-prevented-over-100-murders
Hernandez, Joe. “An Air National Guardsman was Arrested After Allegedly Applying to be Hitman Online,” NPR. April 18, 2023. https://www.npr.org/2023/04/18/1170603863/guardsman-hitman-tennessee
Kreutz, Liz. “How Bay Area man’s ‘Rent-a-Hitman’ Site is Leading to Arrests and Saving Lives,” ABC 7 News. Nov. 26, 2021. https://abc7news.com/rent-a-hitman-murder-for-hire-arrest-website/11273056/
Rent-a-Hitman. https://rentahitman.com/
Roppolo, Michael. “Tennessee Air National Guardsman Applied to be a Hitman on a Website — and Got Arrested,” CBS News. April 14, 2023. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tennessee-air-national-guard-hit-man-josiah-ernesto-garcia/
United States Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Tennessee. “Air National Guardsman Charged In Murder-For-Hire Scheme.” April 14, 2023. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdtn/pr/air-national-guardsman-charged-murder-hire-scheme
United States Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Tennessee. “Air National Guardsman Pleads Guilty in Murder-For-Hire Scheme.” Sept. 25, 2024.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdtn/pr/air-national-guardsman-pleads-guilty-murder-hire-scheme.
