Summary
True crime continues to be big business forNetflix, with the continued success of the sub-genre with a string of hits over the last few months. Fans continue to be fascinated by the bad things people do, and want more and more stories on the popular streaming platform.Wondery+ debuted an intriguing podcast titledKill Liston June 27, 2025, that would be perfect as a Netflix series.
Kill Listdelves into the murky world of the dark web and uncovers a shocking murder for hire business seemingly operating there.The podcast is hosted by a tech journalist called Carl Miller, who has discovered a list of people on the dark web who have been earmarked for assassination.The Hitman genre has always been popular in crime fiction, but this podcast peels back the reality of this potentially lucrative business.
Number of episodes
12
Produced by
Wondery+ and Novel
The synopsis forKill Listreads:
Every day, hundreds of people go about their lives with no idea that someone has paid to have them killed. In the depths of the dark net, tech journalist Carl Miller makes a disturbing discovery: a secret “kill list” targeting hundreds of innocent people on a murder-for-hire website. When the police are slow to investigate, Carl is thrown into a race against time to warn those in danger and uncover the truth before it’s too late. From Wondery and Novel comes a shocking true story about obsession, control and the price of life and death.
Episode Titles
Kill List Would Be The Perfect Candidate For A Netflix True-Crime Series
Carl Miller has uncovered the internet’s darkest and most secrettrue story: a website dedicated to requests for murder for hire. Of course, this kind of thing requires a deep dive into the darkest places on the web. However, what the tech journalist found was truly horrifying and has had podcast listeners gripped to their seats. People were putting in orders for people to be killed like it was a coffee run at Starbucks. The orders even specified how they’d like their victims to be disposed of, with options ranging from a drug overdose, an accident or a house to be burnt down. It all sounds very far-fetched, but it isn’t, and that is the scary truth. It sounds like the plot of aNetflix true crime offering, but it isn’t, well, not yet anyway.
Kill Listis, of course, a 12 partWondery+ podcast series, butif Netflix have listened to it, they should be giving Carl Miller and his fellow journalists a call to turn thisshocking true-crime storyinto one of their classic true crime mini-series.It wouldn’t be the first time a podcast has been turned into a true crime television series, but surprisingly, Netflix hasn’t yet got into the business of adapting podcasts into true-crime series on their platform. However,Kill Listcould be the one that breaks the mold as it’s just too compelling to ignore.
Wondery chief content officer Marshall Lewy knew the material they had was special and revealed more in aninterview with Variety:
From the moment I first heard the shocking premise of ‘Kill List,’ I couldn’t believe what had been uncovered. The teams at Novel and Wondery have left no stone unturned in uncovering the truth through powerful reporting and storytelling. It’s truly been an epic investigation, and the resulting work is extremely compelling.
Carl Miller also weighed in on his thoughts on the new Podcast series:
This has been the scariest, weirdest and certainly the most important work of my life. It’s been an investigation where lives were, at times, literally on the line, and one that has profoundly altered many of the people who were a part of it, including me. For four years, we have had to do this work in secret and now, at last, we can step into the light to tell this story.
Miller is a great host, and his investigation would be a good fit for Netflix.12 episodes would probably be too many for Netflix to adapt, but there are episodes that would work better than others.For instance, the very first episode would be a must to feature as it sets up the investigation. It reveals that the murder for hire website, while not directly carrying out the ‘hits’, has been responsible for taking payment from people who were expecting a murder to be carried out.
