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    Brett Johnson was a US Most Wanted cybercriminal, called the Original Internet Godfather by US Secret Service for building the the first organized cybercrime community called ShadowCrew, which was the precursor to today's darknet and darknet markets.
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Komentáře • 229

  • @f0xx32
    @f0xx32 Před 2 lety +176

    Hard to tell what this guy is telling the truth about he sounds exactly like every "good" liar I've met

    • @Nassirtheory
      @Nassirtheory Před 2 lety +26

      Probably half truths and half lies to spice up his story

    • @mrsugar2352
      @mrsugar2352 Před 2 lety

      Can’t be that good if you know they’re lying.

    • @jarl-caysen
      @jarl-caysen Před 2 lety +16

      He has the sociopath con man abilities in him it's easy to see

    • @damianvazquez6474
      @damianvazquez6474 Před 2 lety +12

      most people live incredibly mundane lives and cant believe it when someone deviates from their idea of “normal”

    • @timboslice8559
      @timboslice8559 Před 2 lety +9

      He probably is a good liar but his story doesn’t sound all that crazy considering he was on americas most wanted list, so I believe him!

  • @tehrage4044
    @tehrage4044 Před 2 lety +8

    Within the first 30 seconds, I could tell something was off, with his vibe and communication. I'm glad other comments confirmed this as well.

  • @philgiordano7715
    @philgiordano7715 Před 2 lety +68

    You see how deliberate he is with names and details? This is high level lying. Makes it so difficult to tell what is true and what is created because everything he says is so specific and nuanced.

    • @snailcage
      @snailcage Před 2 lety +16

      Joey Diaz even adds the addresses he was at and the dates like he somehow knows the address of a place he went once 25 years ago lol

    • @whatis6c6f7665
      @whatis6c6f7665 Před 2 lety +12

      @@snailcage For what it's worth, every address/ specific place in my hometown that I've heard Joey reference has been legit or at least *extremely* close. I genuinely think he has a unique ability to remember these kinds of things.

    • @fatmunch6318
      @fatmunch6318 Před 2 lety +24

      Joey diaz could describe the texture of a tomato on the left side of a Cuban sandwich he had in 1987 in a deli on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue before the small hill in Billings Montana

    • @user-kq8dg9op7f
      @user-kq8dg9op7f Před 2 lety +1

      @@whatis6c6f7665 jersey boys in the house

    • @alec6948
      @alec6948 Před 2 lety +6

      @@snailcage joey has been pretty regularly checked on anything possible and is always correct. He'll know that the giants blew out the colts on a Monday night game in '92 and it was raining, and he'll be right most of the time. His memory is for real

  • @jumbroni6014
    @jumbroni6014 Před 2 lety +18

    I used to be a career criminal when I was younger. This dude is 100% making the story with exaggerations. But it sounds better like that and when you're living that type of life, it feels that way. So, in a sense, its real. ATLEAST by his perceptions.

    • @malkeytone3285
      @malkeytone3285 Před 2 lety

      what did you do exactly?

    • @jumbroni6014
      @jumbroni6014 Před 2 lety +2

      @@malkeytone3285 I'd rather not say but nothing creepy. I was just a dirtbag in a previous life.

    • @Coryalan2
      @Coryalan2 Před 2 lety +10

      @@jumbroni6014 were you a habitual jaywalker?

    • @MrMatthewKerr
      @MrMatthewKerr Před 2 lety +1

      Just stealing Turtle Neck after Turtle Neck?
      Boy, we’ve all been down that road. It never ends how you think it’s gonna end . . . And that’s not with 1000’s of turtle necks.

    • @jumbroni6014
      @jumbroni6014 Před 2 lety +5

      @@MrMatthewKerr nice try. But a good criminal never reveals his past.

  • @MrDuntus
    @MrDuntus Před 2 lety +25

    Few things in my opinion are more off putting than a man who loves the sound of his own voice

    • @strongman914
      @strongman914 Před 2 lety +6

      It’s a podcast about his life story, he’s supposed to be talking. Either the interviewer interrupts too much or the interviewee talks too much. You’ll never be satisfied

  • @pauliedibbs9028
    @pauliedibbs9028 Před 2 lety +13

    What a life this man lived!
    Lex has the greatest interviews, ever, because they are from ALL walks of life...

  • @dizzzzzzler
    @dizzzzzzler Před 2 lety +39

    You’re crushing it Lex! Thanks man. This guy was more than interesting. Keep ‘em coming!

  • @lexxb6386
    @lexxb6386 Před 2 lety +2

    Great interview! Is there a movie or series about this guy yet?

  • @lorinsmith9898
    @lorinsmith9898 Před 2 lety +1

    This popped up in my recommendations, love the podcast, how good is Brett at telling a story.

  • @sebasnotfunny6141
    @sebasnotfunny6141 Před 2 lety +47

    Love how Lex adjust to different personalities

  • @kimolsson9386
    @kimolsson9386 Před 2 lety +7

    It sounds just like a movie. It is almost as if he thought about how the story would be told about his life before he did and said anything.

  • @vibrolax
    @vibrolax Před 2 lety +2

    Had to rescue a relative from the State Hospital at Big Spring TX. What a trip.

    • @Dapryor
      @Dapryor Před 2 lety

      I need more details.

    • @vibrolax
      @vibrolax Před 2 lety

      @@Dapryor You know, the usual. Fly across the country, drive halfway across TX. Golf-ball sized hail and flash floods. Convince a judge to release my relative. Normal stuff.

  • @spcneary
    @spcneary Před 2 lety +1

    Amazing story! I have not been that into what a story in a while.

  • @coltonwhite2713
    @coltonwhite2713 Před 2 lety +1

    The first scene of dusk till dawn was filmed in Lancaster CA

    • @Akooks
      @Akooks Před 2 lety

      🤣 well he loves to lie

  • @away69
    @away69 Před 2 lety +5

    Really loving these clips. Gotta watch the whole podcast, such an interesting story, one of my favourites so far!

    • @roastbeefdinner
      @roastbeefdinner Před 2 lety

      search about this brett johnson guy...he is full of shit. he is afterall a con artist....that means he is a liar

  • @lando2519
    @lando2519 Před 2 lety

    WOW i’m from ashland, ky. never thought i’d hear about my hometown on this show!!

  • @abe3567
    @abe3567 Před 2 lety +20

    This guy is legit and still lying.

  • @stephenoliver321
    @stephenoliver321 Před 2 lety

    The timing of this was perfect.

  • @freebitcoingiveaway119

    19:48 THAT is like my living conditions now.. i mean most living conditions now... going to prison for me would mean 3 meals a day and no work requirements... where do i sign up

  • @Gojirasu
    @Gojirasu Před 2 lety +19

    I wish he went into more detail with the "they got me with a triggerfish" thing

    • @Network-Mike
      @Network-Mike Před 2 lety +15

      It's a device the gov can use to track you down if they know certain aspects of your cell phone. It acts as a fake cell tower, your phone connects to it briefly and provides your location to them....(very simple version of how it works)

    • @Gojirasu
      @Gojirasu Před 2 lety

      @@Network-Mike Ohhhh

    • @Network-Mike
      @Network-Mike Před 2 lety

      czcams.com/video/wzSgLpNrr2E/video.html

  • @kevinschenk9278
    @kevinschenk9278 Před 2 lety +6

    Story is 25% true.

  • @flaviokauling1436
    @flaviokauling1436 Před 2 lety +1

    Wait, I am from Florianópolis, Brazil! What year was that? Where was he planning to live round here?

  • @sirwhodison
    @sirwhodison Před 2 lety +17

    They should make a thriller/comedy movie about this guy's life

  • @roberteskew7320
    @roberteskew7320 Před 2 lety

    I live near Big Spring, Tx 🙃

  • @chrisreynolds2410
    @chrisreynolds2410 Před 2 lety +4

    If your initials were BJ you’d break outta prison too.
    Don’t judge this man.

  • @tylerklang6844
    @tylerklang6844 Před 2 lety +10

    Did this dude really escape from prison aswell what a legend

  • @Joseph-lk9pf
    @Joseph-lk9pf Před 2 lety

    Charleston County as in charleston South Carolina ?

  • @thechosenwon6762
    @thechosenwon6762 Před 2 lety

    Polygraph didn't think they used those any more so easy to get inconclusive just put something Sharpe in your socks and keep pushing down on it through out the test

  • @malkeytone3285
    @malkeytone3285 Před 2 lety +3

    I wonder why the judge let him be released early after his escape.

    • @malkeytone3285
      @malkeytone3285 Před 2 lety

      hmmm...i'm smelling the possibility of informing on someone.

  • @jeffreygeorge219
    @jeffreygeorge219 Před 2 lety

    Diesel transportation sounds crazy, but imagine being on ConAir to be transported for a 2 hour trip from Georgia to Colorado and you are on the plane for 17 hours chained, hands to feet to bars, no bathroom, no moving, 7 departures and landing, just so you piss and crap yourself because they are mad at you, 1st on, last off.

  • @Coryalan2
    @Coryalan2 Před 2 lety +2

    When are polygraphs admissible and not? I've never understood why they matter in any way

    • @AxelCross
      @AxelCross Před 2 lety

      They arent admissible in 99% of circumstances in most jurisdictions. They aren't reliable enough. I've heard that a person can beat a polygraph simply by taking some benzos beforehand. That may be apocrypha, but they still are known to be more art than science, just like examining bite marks on a person's skin.

  • @philiplavery03
    @philiplavery03 Před 2 lety +11

    “Well, you could try to pass the polygraph.”
    Lol

    • @Beantown85
      @Beantown85 Před 2 lety +2

      At least the lawyer was honest 😂

  • @Courtney_Baker
    @Courtney_Baker Před 2 lety +1

    I wonder what books he read and what books were intended to be taught in his Lit class.

  • @jbell254
    @jbell254 Před 2 lety

    I am in bigspring now crazy

  • @fefesock8316
    @fefesock8316 Před 2 lety

    Very interesting

  • @Dhardy316
    @Dhardy316 Před 2 lety +11

    One of the best episodes!
    3+ hours and Im amazed
    Awesome storyteller, hes got "it"

  • @generichuman_
    @generichuman_ Před 2 lety +6

    So to summarize, he escaped prison by basically just walking away? Movies led me to believe the process was slightly more involved...

    • @Big_Wamu
      @Big_Wamu Před 2 lety

      The places are run by poorly paid state workers.... can't really expect much

    • @Scottierolls
      @Scottierolls Před 2 lety

      Landscaping crews can be out of sight from guard(s) for short periods time

  • @koopa816mj1
    @koopa816mj1 Před 2 lety

    Wait it ends on cbt training is the best thing that has ever happened? Cbt would be horrific to me.

  • @gardener3030
    @gardener3030 Před 2 lety +1

    *

  • @Lord_Stinkfoot
    @Lord_Stinkfoot Před 2 lety +18

    I just think that half of what he says is BS.

    • @Hunter7023
      @Hunter7023 Před 2 lety

      Same that's why I didn't listen to the podcast. Right out the gate he sounds full of shit.

    • @EP-nl6fd
      @EP-nl6fd Před 2 lety +1

      Yea without a doubt

    • @johnnyripple8972
      @johnnyripple8972 Před 2 lety +2

      That’s the problem with asking a professional liar questions.
      It’s like talking to a politician and money or a doctor about health.

  • @andrewbrown6522
    @andrewbrown6522 Před 2 lety +1

    Who is this guy and how short would this story be if he didnt tell it like a gr 5 book with the he said i said he said...

  • @gavinjameslux
    @gavinjameslux Před 2 lety +2

    I clicked on this knowing it was 34 minutes long

  • @Akooks
    @Akooks Před 2 lety

    How do you steal money with prepaids? If you steal prepaid cards, there’s no money on them. The cashier has to add money on it through transaction. And no cashier is going to just add $160k on cards without cash or card payment.
    I used to work as a server at PF Chang’s, and a lot of people would try to pay with stolen prepaid gift cards and there would be no money on that shit. I would call the card company and they can tell if money was put on it or if it was stolen off the shelf.

  • @haonrolyat
    @haonrolyat Před 2 lety +4

    this dude's persona screams dave ramsay - i really dislike these personas being from near kentucky myself - it's a totally manipulative persona not their real persona

  • @noahokayama3825
    @noahokayama3825 Před 2 lety +3

    Most people wouldn’t believe my story if I story them either. Props to this guy for putting his heart on his sleeve, despite knowing how cynical and negative most Internet commenters are.

  • @YMH420s
    @YMH420s Před 2 lety

    Epic stories.

  • @andrewwilson8374
    @andrewwilson8374 Před 2 lety +1

    Dave Ramsay voice twin

  • @micahhayes8770
    @micahhayes8770 Před 2 lety

    9:10....guys that have done Fed time swear they would rather do months in confinement than any time length on diesel therapy.

  • @Coryalan2
    @Coryalan2 Před 2 lety +7

    While entertaining, I only believe 35% of what I just heard

    • @roycedot
      @roycedot Před 2 lety

      point out what's a lie

  • @alanaguilar5449
    @alanaguilar5449 Před 2 lety +7

    If you think for one minute that this guy has a "cool life story" , you are seriously effed up in the head. Just solitary for 8 months alone is hell. Not to mention all the other bull this guy has gone through

    • @thestockfother
      @thestockfother Před 2 lety

      No his life has been rad so far. You're just a simpleton whose doesn't take risks or put their neck out

    • @Athiestpker
      @Athiestpker Před 2 lety

      Well he is a sociopath though not that he deserved solitary but the dude really fucked over a ton of people

  • @dm55
    @dm55 Před 2 lety

    All talk.

  • @slapmesillay
    @slapmesillay Před 2 lety

    He kind of sounds like the guy from pawn stars. And semi looks like him

  • @mariononya2112
    @mariononya2112 Před 2 lety

    Well u got me lex.

  • @shable1436
    @shable1436 Před 2 lety

    Ppl think he is lying, I can tell he isn't lying most of the time, only exaggerating slightly. But only for story purposes, the facts are all true

  • @frankrizzo5958
    @frankrizzo5958 Před 2 lety +1

    Around the 10 min mark he mentions paying a lawyer 160k and the lawyer dropped him cause he paid with illegal funds,a lawyer doesnt have to tell anyone how much someone paid him or where the money came from and most lawyers wont ask where money came from thats being handed to them especially in cash.This guy is full of shit

  • @earljohnson2676
    @earljohnson2676 Před 2 lety

    I did the drug thing in prison and it backfired when I got my parol they gave me more classes and the lady in charge sucked all over me for suboxone n my PO said idk what you do just don’t use herion ok never my drug of choice but I needed up back in because of that program and just lambed it for a year and got off after a month in jail clean n clear now

  • @joaoportesantava1412
    @joaoportesantava1412 Před 2 lety

    I’m a legal Brazilian immigrant sense 1987 but I have a place in Florianópolis Brazil in the north part of the Island called “Jurerê internacional”. Juan Carlos Abadias was caught there. A cocaine dealer from Peru. Many people hide out in Florianópolis especially in Jurerê Internacional because its all expensive homes and nobody sees nobody in the winter and in the summer all the Brazilian go there and Argentinians for the beaches. All the houses are rented. Great place to hide money and hide

  • @jasonpaquette2301
    @jasonpaquette2301 Před 2 lety

    This is one of the most interesting person I've seen in awhile. Definitely Movie material-Hollywood movie biography. Actor and Comedian .

  • @nebraskaryan9308
    @nebraskaryan9308 Před rokem

    What’s does he do for a living now

  • @mariononya2112
    @mariononya2112 Před 2 lety

    andy duffram

  • @janlythje6464
    @janlythje6464 Před 2 lety +1

    Lex is looking hammered and mumbles like he is hign !!

  • @dopeydenniss
    @dopeydenniss Před 2 lety +1

    How did he steal this money... for uhhh, research purposes

  • @generaliserad
    @generaliserad Před 2 lety

    Easy, just put QR-codes on all inmates and have a cheap drone doing the info gathering

  • @ASMRMoto
    @ASMRMoto Před 2 lety

    Get Wes Watson on next time

  • @kd_kane9845
    @kd_kane9845 Před 2 lety

    How is this guy not still locked up? Class A manipulator. Anyone else would be serving a life sentence. What a fucking joke of a justice system.

  • @beeftwinkie2198
    @beeftwinkie2198 Před 2 lety +1

    I know that diesel therapy is real..it should be considered cruel and unusual punishment

  • @lanceroark6386
    @lanceroark6386 Před 2 lety

    A polygraph isn’t admissible, so don’t take the polygraph.

  • @IceColdProfessional
    @IceColdProfessional Před 2 lety

    This man needs to go to Pelican Bay prison. He won't get out of there.

  • @MobstersInc
    @MobstersInc Před 2 lety

    Escape Plan 🚁

  • @jarrettevanbrown
    @jarrettevanbrown Před 2 lety

    This guy shouldn't be given a platform to reminisce about being a terrible person.

  • @federalbureauofinvestigati7880

    Brett Johnson. Join Matthew Cox podcast.

  • @pmccoy8924
    @pmccoy8924 Před 2 lety

    75% of this entire clip he is making the stories up.

  • @elpadrino1024
    @elpadrino1024 Před 2 lety

    Story isn’t as Interesting as it could be if someone else had told it

  • @johnherzog3452
    @johnherzog3452 Před 2 lety

    Cool clip

  • @justineasterling5079
    @justineasterling5079 Před 2 lety

    Solitary confinement will absolutely destroy the mind

    • @dabbking
      @dabbking Před 2 lety

      I would just work out

    • @triple9fine
      @triple9fine Před 2 lety

      @@dabbking You can only work out for so long.

    • @dabbking
      @dabbking Před 2 lety

      @@triple9fine yeah until your i solitary

    • @mosswurm
      @mosswurm Před 2 lety

      lets put the whole world in solitary and call it a pandemic. Don't worry theyll police themselves and each other.

    • @timboslice8559
      @timboslice8559 Před 2 lety

      @@dabbking plus you don’t have any weights all you can do is body weight stuff, so yeah your gonna get tired of that quick

  • @ianlauhon8760
    @ianlauhon8760 Před rokem

    To funny I live in Ashland ky

  • @coltonwhite2713
    @coltonwhite2713 Před 2 lety

    Aight cappy

  • @phalangetonguer
    @phalangetonguer Před 2 lety +2

    It insane to me that polygraphs can be used for anything lol

  • @111matt
    @111matt Před 2 lety

    if u thought this was cool, u should check out his podcast the anglerphish its 100x better

  • @b_to_the_b
    @b_to_the_b Před 2 lety +1

    It’s so obvious he’s the biggest liar

  • @Dr.Pepper001
    @Dr.Pepper001 Před 2 lety

    Click-bait. He never told HOW, or even THAT he escaped from prison.

  • @mosswurm
    @mosswurm Před 2 lety

    man i wish i knew i how to steal that much money

  • @xcreenplay7264
    @xcreenplay7264 Před 2 lety

    I never hread of this guy but man this is one hella if story

  • @mikecodellaupagainstthewall

    Criminals always think they're smarter then law enforcement. Secret Service agents are hard working and dedicated individuals. Great job pinched this guy.

    • @personatthebay
      @personatthebay Před 2 lety

      He is simply in a different time

    • @mikecodellaupagainstthewall
      @mikecodellaupagainstthewall Před 2 lety

      @@personatthebay doesn't matter. They (perps) always think they're smarter than the law. That's why they always get caught. That, and greed!

    • @surfingtothestars
      @surfingtothestars Před 2 lety

      Just like the ones in Colombia that got caught with prostitutes

    • @mikecodellaupagainstthewall
      @mikecodellaupagainstthewall Před 2 lety

      @@surfingtothestars oh because a few men paid to get laid, all the agents are bad, lol?

  • @MichelleseaChelle
    @MichelleseaChelle Před rokem

    This guy’s a comedian. Lol.

  • @Miguel-yu9zv
    @Miguel-yu9zv Před 2 lety

    Cap

  • @ThaSilentOne420
    @ThaSilentOne420 Před 2 lety

    Next time hope freight trains out of there simple no police nothing

  • @chrisdupuis1107
    @chrisdupuis1107 Před 2 lety

    🧐

  • @i_dont_live_here
    @i_dont_live_here Před 2 lety

    Third riot, ya lay in your bunk.

  • @justineasterling5079
    @justineasterling5079 Před 2 lety +1

    Solitary confinement is torture and I hope the people who inflict this evil on their fellow man burn for what they are doing

    • @ursaferrarius
      @ursaferrarius Před 2 lety

      I am ignorant.Why does such a thing deserve such a harsh punishment? Please explain.

    • @liquidsnakex
      @liquidsnakex Před 2 lety +2

      @@ursaferrarius choosing to do evil to others means you deserve the same in return, it’s not exactly rocket science 🚀⚛️

    • @p38blue
      @p38blue Před 2 lety

      @@liquidsnakex and identity theft creates ongoing harm to the victim for years

  • @lordcoopy
    @lordcoopy Před 2 lety

    I’m guessing less than 50% of this detail is true.

  • @KingKatura
    @KingKatura Před 2 lety

    28:00 Its because hurting children is a Abomination not a crime. It probably doesn't help that almost anyone who has ever committed a crime, most likely has had some experience with abuse when they were kids. And lets not forget that most of everyone who has ever committed a crime typically were raised solely by their mother and the father really wasn't ever there. There's a bit more to it, like the wish to return to innonence and the respect that comes along with it, the idea that only the weak prey on children and women, of which most people who have committed crime to a large extent has spent some time to gain some type of dominance to expel weakness so forth and so on. So yeah there is multiple reasons and purposes some more than others and some all of the above. But yeah its a abomination something not worthy of life, in a majority's eyes. The problem is there is people who are accused and convicted of it, that are actually innocent, and they get placed up with the others.

  • @jamesporter6288
    @jamesporter6288 Před 2 lety

    Who's is this guy? Just some criminal? Whats he deserve my respect for?

  • @danielbrakke4460
    @danielbrakke4460 Před 2 lety

    Something is off with this guy

  • @kjekelle96
    @kjekelle96 Před 2 lety +1

    I don't think you should be posting clips about this.

    • @diggysoze2897
      @diggysoze2897 Před 2 lety

      It’s important to understand how many people are like this man.
      We like to believe most people are inherently ‘good’ in their hearts - and that’s not based in reality

    • @kjekelle96
      @kjekelle96 Před 2 lety

      @@diggysoze2897 Of course, I meant that I think it's important to hear the whole conversation in this case, and that making clips will make it more amenable to interpretation.

  • @zoobear3330
    @zoobear3330 Před 2 lety

    Whatever this guy did he should be forgiven

  • @kevincorso7929
    @kevincorso7929 Před 2 lety

    Guys slimy. Should be a car salesman at a buy here pay here.

  • @micahhayes8770
    @micahhayes8770 Před 2 lety

    9:10....diesel therapy is so fucked up. Prime ex of things fucked up in our prison system. Put a inmate on a bus chained with no seat room. No contact with, no calls and nasty ass sack lunches.

    • @acb9896
      @acb9896 Před 2 lety +1

      It's supposed to suck, guy.

  • @markshirley7773
    @markshirley7773 Před 2 lety

    They'll kill ya!?!?!? Federal time is cake 🎂!!! State is fulla sexual predators! Still mostly beautiful folks that just got caught!!! Erbody spices up their storyz so they look better! I ❤ y'all

  • @Man_fay_the_Bru
    @Man_fay_the_Bru Před 2 lety

    Mmmm …I don’t believe this guys story