Daniel Beckwitt's Deadly Underground Bunker

In 2017, twenty-six year old hacker and Bitcoin millionaire Daniel Beckwitt (aka 3 Alarm Lamp Scooter) started building a nuclear bunker underneath his house. He hired people to help dig tunnels, but in order to keep the location secret, he blindfolded his employees before driving them to his home. A deadly electrical fire ended Daniel’s project.It all started at a tech conference where Daniel was inspired by a challenge to destroy a hard drive. How did this tech-bro’s growing paranoia and obsession with nuclear war turn into a tragic fire?Video of the tunnels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y18mjOqzMsI&feature=youtu.beSource for this episode: https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/09/08/paranoid-tech-bro-homemade-nuclear-bunker-shocking-death-askia-khafra-daniel-beckwitt/—EMAIL US: [email protected] US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262__JOIN OUR DISCORD: https://discord.com/invite/VNGJnHr—FOLLOW US: Twitter / Instagram / Reddit / Facebook—JOIN OUR PATREON: HERE—MERCH: https://webcrawlerspod.com—Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/webcrawlers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In 2017, twenty-six year old hacker and Bitcoin millionaire Daniel Beckwitt (aka 3 Alarm Lamp Scooter) started building a nuclear bunker underneath his house. He hired people to help dig tunnels, but in order to keep the location secret, he blindfolded his employees before driving them to his home. A deadly electrical fire ended Daniel’s project.It all started at a tech conference where Daniel was inspired by a challenge to destroy a hard drive. How did this tech-bro’s growing paranoia and obsession with nuclear war turn into a tragic fire?Video of the tunnels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y18mjOqzMsI&feature=youtu.beSource for this episode: https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/09/08/paranoid-tech-bro-homemade-nuclear-bunker-shocking-death-askia-khafra-daniel-beckwitt/—EMAIL US: [email protected] US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262__JOIN OUR DISCORD: https://discord.com/invite/VNGJnHr—FOLLOW US: Twitter / Instagram / Reddit / Facebook—JOIN OUR PATREON: HERE—MERCH: https://webcrawlerspod.com—Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/webcrawlers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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