520 Episodes

  1. How Real Estate Fraud Sent a Mom to Federal Prison for Years | Portia Louder

    Published: 5/15/2025

  2. Prison War Stories from the Most Brutal New York Prison Units | Michael 'Champ' Baker

    Published: 5/13/2025

  3. Inside My 5 Years as a Rikers Island Prison Guard | Isaiah Finnie

    Published: 5/11/2025

  4. How Childhood Trauma Led Me to Addiction & Destroyed My Life | Paul Doughty

    Published: 5/8/2025

  5. Ex-Heroin Addict on How He Became a Self-Made Millionaire | Craig Gallagher

    Published: 5/6/2025

  6. How I Got Busted for Buying Illegal Goods on the Dark Web | Alex Diamond

    Published: 5/4/2025

  7. Inside a Brooklyn Addict’s Struggles with Drugs & Alcohol in the ’70s & ’80s | Joseph Fahey

    Published: 5/1/2025

  8. Inside My Life on Trial for Murder at Just 17 Years Old | John Dickerson

    Published: 4/28/2025

  9. Inside a Weed Cultivator’s Multi-Million Dollar Underground Empire | Ian Pederson

    Published: 4/27/2025

  10. How I Ran a $250,000 Boosting Operation & Ended Up in a New York Prison | Chris Johnson

    Published: 4/24/2025

  11. Inside the Harsh Reality of a Pill Addict’s Life | John Tatro

    Published: 4/22/2025

  12. Ex-Addict on How He Became a High-Ranking Massachusetts Prison Guard | Bob Balfour

    Published: 4/20/2025

  13. How My $1M Oxycontin Drug Empire Crumbled & Sent Me to Federal Prison | Joe Lawler

    Published: 4/17/2025

  14. Ex-Crack & Heroin Addict on Hitting Rock Bottom & Finding Success | Michael Chernow

    Published: 4/15/2025

  15. How I Built a Multi-Million Dollar Marijuana Delivery Business | Alex Merino

    Published: 4/13/2025

  16. The Night a Brutal Motorcycle Crash Got Me Addicted to Fentanyl | Logan Bryant

    Published: 4/10/2025

  17. Ex-Fresno Bulldog Gang Member Reveals How the ATF Set Him Up | Paul Calvo

    Published: 4/7/2025

  18. Ex-Trinitario Gang Leader on Climbing the Ranks & Surviving Prison | Elvis Deschamps

    Published: 4/6/2025

  19. East Coast Blood on Robbing, Drug Dealing & Surviving Prison | Dylan Rielly

    Published: 4/3/2025

  20. 23 Years in Louisiana State Prison for Armed Robbery | Stephen Tweedle

    Published: 4/1/2025

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Real stories from the people everyone else judges first. Hosted by Ian Bick — former federal inmate turned speaker and podcaster — this show sits down with former inmates, recovering addicts, bikers, law enforcement, investigators, and people who have lived through the darkest chapters of their lives. Each episode dives deep into crime, prison, addiction, trauma, redemption, mental health, street life, recovery, and second chances — without scripts, filters, or fake narratives. If you’re into true crime, raw prison stories, personal transformation, and real human honesty, you’ll feel at home here. This isn’t entertainment. It’s lived experience.