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‘If you want to kill someone, we are the right guys’

41 mins | Mar 7, 2021
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The darkest corner of the web harbours many engrossing stories — this one is no exception. On paper, Stephen and Amy Allwine lived a regular life in a small Minnesota town. They had met decades ago while attending university and had been together since. They were both religious and were seemingly close to those values. Then, with the help of someone he only knew as Yura, whom he contacted via the dark web, Stephen decided to plot Amy's assassination. Mara Hvistendahl tells us the Allwine's remarkable story.

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