Send us a text Today I am joined by a former gangster who became a pastor! Gilbert shares with us today his life of crime and his family's influence with gangs. Gilbert speaks on doing drugs, robberies, fighting, and more with his gang. He ended up getting locked up and gave his life to the Lord! Gilbert has now been a pastor for over 40 plus years…

Send us a text Today I am Robert Ortega. Robert is a former gangster that found God. Rob speaks on how he went to prison and joined an organized crime gang (The Family). While in and out of prison and committing crimes he started to study the Bible and go to Bible studies. One day Rob had enough of the life he was living and cried a prayer out to t…

Send us a text Today I am joined by Steve Hopper who is going to share his testimony. Steve grew up training to be a professional football player. One night while he was in high school he went out to a party. At this party a fight broke out and Steve was charged for participating in the fight which led to someone being put in a coma. Steve ended up…

Send us a text Today I am joined by Drew Anderson. Drew was abandoned and adopted at a very young age. He eventually turned to a life of crime while trying to find identity. Drew had a few taps on his shoulder from the Lord wanting him to change. Such as being shot in the face and run over by a car. There is a reason that Drew is still alive today …

Send us a text Today’s podcast I am joined by a former prison gang member named Jamie Botello. This is his second time being on my podcast. If you haven’t seen the first one the link for that is in the video description. In today's podcast we dive deeper into Jamie’s time in prison. Because not only did he join a prison gang but he also gave his li…

Send us a text Today’s podcast I am joined by a former Crip gang member named Jahcal! He shares what it was like growing up in Cleveland and what led him to joining a gang. He describes some of the crimes he was doing while he was in the gang. Jahcal would go on to encounter the Holy Spirit. Shortly after that he gave his life to the Lord and left …

Send us a text Today’s podcast I am joined by a former prison gang member named Jamie Botello. He talks about his early life of crime and how it escalated. Jamie went on to go to prison twice for selling drugs. While in prison he was involved in riots and a lot of violence. Then one day the Lord came knocking for Jamie when he didn’t see it coming.…

Send us a text On today's podcast I am joined by Troy Evans who is a former gang leader! Troy takes us back to his early life and what events lead him to joining a gang. He worked his way up in this organized gang and became a leader of his own set. During his time as a leader there was a gang war that was going on that led him to moving away. Troy…

Send us a text On today’s podcast I am joined by a former gang member named Isaiah Blancas. During our chat today we talk about Isaiah's early life, joining a gang, dealing drugs, & going to prison many times. Then towards the end of the podcast Isaiah shares how he came to find God. After that he had a burning desire to want to learn more about Go…

Send us a text Today’s podcast features a former blood gang member by the name of Skipp Townsend. Skipp speaks on why he joined the blood gang, robbed cars, did crimes, sold drugs, and went to prison multiple times. During Skipp’s time on the street he did help form a drug crew where bloods and crips were working together. The end result was prison…

Send us a text Today I am joined by Melvin Farmer. Melvin shares his story about being a co-founding member of the Eight Tray Crips. Melvin talks about his relationship with the founders of the Crip gang Tookie Williams & Raymond Washington. Melvin experienced a lot as a gangster first hand and he shares it all. Persons of Interest From murderers t…

Send us a text Today I am joined by JereMy Rankins. JereMy goes into his early life getting in trouble with the law and catching two felonies. While he was on the street he got away with a lot of crime. But he did end up getting caught for one and he got locked up for 5 years in prison. During this time he was involved with prison fights and all th…

Send us a text Today’s podcast features a former gang member named Paul Parson. Paul grew up poor in a gang-filled area which led him to becoming a gang member himself. He got deeper in the street life as he grew up but ended up changing his life around. Listen to how he turned his life around and found God. Persons of Interest From murderers to mo…

Send us a text Today’s guest is So Rich Entertainment who was a drug dealer. While dealing, law enforcement started watching him and busted him months after he made the decision to quit selling drugs. When he got back on the street he ended up getting involved in a street battle and was charged with murder. He ended up going to prison for a number …

Send us a text Today’s podcast features Mikkle Hampton who is a former drug addict. Mikkle got himself into some deep trouble with his addiction and landed himself in prison. After leaving prison Mikkle has changed his life and dedicated his life to helping people getting sober. Persons of Interest From murderers to money launderers, thieves to thu…

Send us a text Today I am joined by Greg Gunter. Greg was one of the most well known Graffiti artists in Chicago. He was also once a Drug Dealer at one point in time to. Greg unfortunately got addicted to doing drugs and it took control of his life. He got locked up for a while and started thinking of ways to better himself. Greg has changed his wa…

Send us a text Today I am joined by a former mafia associate named Jeff Crow! He explains how he got connected to the mob. Then he goes into how he started smuggling pot across state lines. He did end up forming a drug habit which did end up helping him avoid being sent to prison believe it or not. Jeff has changed his life around since putting cri…

Send us a text Today’s podcast I am joined by a former cocaine smuggler named Pieter Tritton. Pieter shares his smuggling drug operation. Pieter got arrested a few times and then in the end he served over 10 years in a very dangerous Ecuador prison. When Peter got out of prison this last time he turned his life around. He gots his own business, he …

Send us a text Today I am joined by a former undercover agent that infiltrated a very notorious crip set. His name is Tegan Broadwater. Tegan put together a 51 crip gang member RICO take down on this gang leading to many convictions. He details how he worked his way in with the lower level crips then eventually working his way all the way up to the…

Send us a text Today I am joined by Jamie Morgan Kane. Who served in the Vietnam War and eventually landed himself in prison for 34 years for murder. Jamie states in today’s interview that he did not kill this person. He recently got out of prison and wrote a few books about his life. Persons of Interest From murderers to money launderers, thieves …

Send us a text Today I am joined by a former prison gang leader named Garet Mclendon! Garet shares his journey through his drug-filled early life that led him to doing and selling drugs. This only led to more close calls to death for him while he was on the streets. Garet has been arrested so many times in his life that he built up a prison reputat…

Send us a text Today I am joined by a former drug kingpin named Uchendi Nwani. During his time as a dealer everything went smooth for a while until the police started investigating him. He ended up getting busted. Uchendi was able to escape a long prison sentence without becoming an informant. He went from making millions off of drugs to becoming a…

Send us a text Today I am joined by a man of many past lives such as being a drug dealer, car thief, ex military, and a former rap artist. His name is Hondo Underwood. You may have recently seen him on a major platform called business insider on their segment how crime works. I decided to bring him on to cover his full in depth story. Raw and uncut…

Send us a text Today I am joined by a cartel victim survivor named Steve Prohaska AKA Big Steve. Steve's family was tragically murder by members of the cartel and leaving him an orphan. Steve went through a lot during this time and was fortunate enough to get adopted and moved to the United States. He took full advantage of coming over to the USA a…

Send us a text Today I am joined by a former mafia affiliate that became a New York City cop. His name is Lou Balestrieri and he is now retired. Lou shares his upbringing with being around many mafia guys and going on to doing crimes with them. Lou would go on to completely switch sides and work for law enforcement. That didn’t stop him from being …

Send us a text Today I am joined by Dr Clover Perez. After she started a business relating to immigration law. She was arrested for Federal Criminal Charges. During her trail her son was killed and she explains what impact it had on her mentally. She went to prison for 10 years because of this. She was in prison with celebrities such as Lauryn Hill…

Send us a text Today I am joined by one of the best money counterfeits known, Arthur Williams Jr. Arthur shares his early life as a criminal which led him to counterfeiting a boatload of money. Arthur had a very interesting way of exchanging his money for real money. He had quite a run. But it all came down landing him in prison for a number of yea…

Send us a text Today I am joined by former Jewelry Thief Byran Sobolewski. Bryan shares how his father and brother robbed over 22 Jewelry spots. He details out how they would plan a heist and how they would go in and rob the Jewelry. The Feds ended up pursuing a case against Bryan, His father, and his brother. They all ended up spending a number of…

Send us a text Today I am joined by former gang member Chris Curtis. He became a drug dealer and got into a lot of shoot outs with people. Chris ended up shooting a man that was trying to harm him. Chris went on the run for a while and was finally busted after a high speed chase. He ended up spending 20 years behind bars. Persons of Interest From m…

Send us a text Today I am joined by Jorel Lamer. Jorel takes us back to when he was robbing drug dealers. He would go right up in their house while there were people inside and in today's video you’ll hear the whole process. Jorel served quite a bit of time in prison for doing this. In prison he finally had a change of heart. Jorel has an incredibl…

Send us a text Today I am joined by a criminal mastermind named Matthew Cox! Matthew was a con man who pulled off many high dollar scams such as mortgage fraud, bank fraud, and Identity theft. He went on the run after things went south and the cops were looking to arrest him. The FBI ended up adding Matthew to the FBI Most Wanted List. He ended up …

Send us a text Today I am again joined by Frank Benton who was once charged with attempted murder charges! A night at the bar turns out terrible and life changing for Frank. When it came down to serving time in prison he did 5 years in prison. Frank explains how he survived during his time in prison. Since he has been free he has been doing a lot o…

Send us a text Today I am again joined by Joe Tarasuk who is a former drug kingpin! He was connected to the Italian Mafia, Cuban Mafia, & Cocaine Cowboys. Joe shares how he worked his way up from a street dealer to dealing on a boss level. He explains his whole operations and how the drugs were made and how they were exported. Joe eventually got bu…

Send us a text Today I am joined by a former gang member named Iran Nazario! Iran goes into his upbringing today and how he joined a gang and became a very violent person. Iran put in a lot of work to further his gang's operations. Iran went in and out of prison throughout his whole career as a gang member. He also opens up about the gang related m…

Send us a text Today I am joined by a Canadian Italian Mafia associate Germano Tomassetti! Germano shares what it was like as a debt collector for the mafia and how he got close with some other Italian mobsters. Germano would later go on to running scams all over the world. He made a lot of money and would even perform money laundering. Germano wor…

Send us a text Today I am again joined by Will Milligram who is a former drug addict. Will explains how he was using drugs for 15 years and went to over 40 rehab centers. We go into how he made money and survived on the streets being homeless. Will has overdosed on drugs a few times and was brought back to share his life story. Sit back and enjoy a…

Send us a text Today I am joined by Frank Meeink who is a former member of the white supremacist skinhead gang. Frank put in a lot of work to further their gang's operations at any cost. He had his own TV show where he would teach people racism. He would also go on to land himself in prison for a number of years after he was arrested for beating a …

Send us a text Today I am again joined by a returning guest! He is a former mobster named Louis Ferrante. Louis was an associate of the Gambino Crime Family. Louis was deeply involved with the mafia life. He was doing hijackings, robberies, and many more crimes. This is the second interview I did with Louis. Our previous interview we got a lot of g…

Send us a text Today I am joined by Bobby Luisi, who was a capo in the Philadelphia Mafia. Bobby shares today that Joey Merlino made him a made man in the Philly Mafia Family. Bobby started off his career in the Patriarca Crime Family. His father was in this crime family as well. Bobby would go on to becoming a proposed man in this family but it di…

Send us a text Today I am joined by former Chinese mafia member Choby Siau! Choby joined a local Triad gang when he was a teenager. He worked his way up to being a leader in this gang. At this point it was his job to give out orders and recruit new members. Choby ended up having a couple close calls on his life and he knew it was time for a major c…

Send us a text Today I am joined by a former New York City drug dealer who was a kingpin Herman Mendoza. Herman spent many years as a criminal and he lays out all the crimes for us today. He eventually got busted for what he was doing and went to prison for many years of his life. Herman wrote a book named “Shifting Shadows” about his life story as…

Send us a text Today I am joined by former Mexican Mafia member Chris Arevalos! After getting into an accident in the military he formed an addiction of pills. Chris started moving drugs for the Cartel in the United States. The FBI & DEA started to catch on to what he was doing and busted him. After that he landed himself in the most dangerous pris…

Send us a text Today I am joined by former Dealer Joshua Hoil! Joshua talks about his life on the street as a dealer and how he was almost killed and robbed over drugs. Then he of course talks about shooting his sister's boyfriend and going on the run from the police for months. Joshua was of course caught after a while and went to prison. Joshua h…

Send us a text Today I am joined by a former mobster Louis Ferrante. Louis was an associate of the Gambino Crime Family. Louis was deeply involved with the mafia life. He was doing hijackings, robberies, and many more crimes we discuss today. Louis speaks on his stories about John Gotti, Pete Gotti, Sammy The Bull, and many more. Louis would eventu…

Send us a text Today I am joined by a former Gang Member William Leahy. He spent a lot of his early life doing crimes for a number of years. Williams' biggest crime was when he went to prison for being a part of a gang fight and someone got killed. William shares what it was like to be on the run and also what it was like getting busted. Please sha…

Send us a text Today I am joined by a former Mob Enforcer Tommy Harding. Tommy was a debt collector for the mob and other organized crime groups. He is very lucky to be able to share his story today. Lot of the criminals he was around are no longer living. I would consider this an exclusive interview. Not many people have got the chance to intervie…

Send us a text Today I got another very exclusive guest on the show. He was a member of one of Whitey Bulger’s Winter Hill Gang crews. His name is Sean Scott Hicks. Not very many former members of this gang are sharing their stories. We discuss Sean’s life as a criminal on the street. Sean shares his thoughts on the former members of the gang. Sean…

Send us a text Today I am joined by a former made man in the Italian mafia whose name is Philip Anthony Sainz-Hall. Philip became a made member of the Denver Colorado Crime Family. Philip is the only former mobster from this family that is out of that life and sharing his life story. He was on the street for quite a number of years committing crime…

Send us a text Today I am joined by ex Gambino Crime Family mobster Robert Borelli. Robert was involved with the mafia life for many years and committed a lot of crimes. Robert eventually got involved with selling drugs and doing them. He ended up landing himself in prison. While in prison Robert had an awakening and gave his life to God. Robert’s …

Send us a text Welcome back to the Invest In Yourself Podcast! Today I am joined by poker machine crime enforcer Paul Schiffbauer Sr! Paul served honorably in the United States Army then went on to work as an enforcer for organized poker machine operations. He went on to run his own poker machine industry as well. Please subscribe for more intervie…