Episode S6 · Ep 8 April 23, 2026 40 min 43s

EPISODE DROP: The Badmiral (CONmunity – Season 2, Episode 1) “Hoisting the Sails of Suspicion”

From Stop the Killing Sarah Ferris Media

EPISODE DROP: The Badmiral (CONmunity – Season 2, Episode 1)“Hoisting the Sails of Suspicion”

This week on Stop the Killing, we’re briefly switching gears to bring you something a little different… and trust me, it’s worth it.

It started, as these things often do, with a message.

A listener reaches out with a story about a man calling himself an Admiral — a leader of a global disaster response organisation promising million-dollar budgets, elite teams, and international backing.

But as I start pulling on that thread… the story begins to unravel.

What follows is a world of:

Fake titles and real military figures
Promises of $250,000 salaries that never materialise
A mysterious organisation called IntSAR
And one question that refuses to go away…

Is this the beginning of something legitimate — or the early signs of a global con?

This is Episode One of The Badmiral — where we set sail into a story that quickly becomes stranger than fiction.

You can listen to the rest of The Badmiral and explore CONmunity here:👉 Apple Podcasts (search: CONmunity Podcast)

If you enjoy investigative storytelling like this, check out:

Klooghless: The Long Con — a deep dive into one of New Zealand’s most fascinating fraud cases
Watching Two Detectives — real detectives breaking down real cases with insider insight

(All links are in the show notes)

Huge congratulations to Katherine Schweit — her bookWomen Who Talk to the Dead is currently topping the Amazon charts in its category.

If you’ve been meaning to read it, now’s your moment

We’ll be back to regular Stop the Killing programming next week.

But for now…welcome aboard The Badmiral.