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Attribution
Darknet Diaries is created by Jack Rhysider.
Assembled by Tristan Ledger.
Episode artwork by odibagas.
Mixing by Proximity Sound.
Theme music created by Breakmaster Cylinder. Theme song available for listen and download at bandcamp. Or listen to it on Spotify.
Transcript
[START OF RECORDING]
JACK: I was just reading up on these Beatles superfans called Apple Scruffs. They weren’t the crazy fans you see screaming their heads off trying to grab at the Beatles any chance they could. No, the Apple Scruffs thought that was lame. They liked the Beatles so much that they dedicated years of their life to trying to support the Beatles. They were like, look, the Beatles are important.