Scare stories about the ‘dark web’ are common – but what actually happens when you go ‘off piste’ into the parts of the internet Google doesn’t reach?

Reddit users shared their stories about the ‘dark web’ – specifically Tor sites, invisible to normal browsers, and notorious for hosting drug markets and child pornography.

Using the free Tor browser, you can access special .onion sites – only accessible using the browser – many of which openly host highly illegal content including pirated music and films, drugs, child pornography and sites where credit card details are bought and sold.


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1) The most disturbing site we found was a comprehensive guide for cooking women. We’re not talking about a short joke here. This page had information on what body types to use for specific cuts, how to prepare these cuts, and how to cook the girl so she lives as long as possible.

2) Comic book, still in the plastic sealing, perfectly legit except the entire back page directly inside the cover was a sheet of LSD.

3) I was a part of the No Love Deep Web Alternate Reality Game where we had to do a deepnet scavenger hunt which culminated in me driving to New York to answer a pay phone at 3:00AM. That was cool.

4) I downloaded TOR and within 20 minutes of downloading it and browsing random shit I got a phone call but there was no one there and they just hung up after 10 seconds. I didn’t even know if it was legal at the time so that was enough to freak me out and I stopped right there.

5) There was a german man selling pretzels, just pretzels.

6) Silk Road. Circa 2013. Purchased what was promised as a “mind-blowing” experience. Received a Dust Buster two days later. Strangely, no complaints on my end.

7) They said you could find anything you want on the deep web, but I was looking for Cher concert bootlegs and all I found were drugs.

8) I took photos for several vendors on silk road in exchange for samples.. I looked for bad product photos then I’d message them offering processional macro shots and logos … I was sent beautiful buds of great weed, a giant shard of crystal meth(spent like 12 hours photographing that)

9) I found someone selling a “wish pill” online. Basically you take the pill, make a wish and it’s suppose to make it come true.

10) Yeah, the “hitmen” are comically over priced. You can get a sicario in Mexico for around $400 USD.

11) Found a guy selling carrots. Like, it wasn’t code for anything, he was literally just selling carrots for bitcoin. 10/10 would visit again.

12) Found a template for counterfeiting Gucci products. Considered selling Gucci products.