Deadly Intentions

How much evil can one man commit when nobody has the power to stop him?

In Deadly Intentions Episode 17, Bubba and Pete examine the terrifying life of Uday Hussein, Saddam Hussein's eldest son. From accounts of abducted brides and tortured athletes to extravagant parties, assassination attempts, and brutal retaliation, they explore how unchecked power allowed one of Iraq's most feared figures to operate without consequences.

Follow Uday's rise, his reign of terror, and his eventual downfall during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

What happens when you expose one of the biggest banking scandals in history, only to watch your own life fall apart?

In a special edition of Deadly Intentions, Bubba the Love Sponge and Pete welcome their first-ever guest, HSBC whistleblower Everett Stern.

Everett takes us inside the shocking financial scandal that resulted in HSBC paying a $1.9 billion settlement. He describes uncovering suspicious transactions involving drug cartels, terrorist organizations, and sanctioned entities, the warnings he encountered, and the personal consequences of reporting what he discovered.

Pete brings his own knowledge of international money laundering into the conversation, exploring how criminal money moves through legitimate financial institutions and why holding powerful bankers accountable can be so difficult.

But this interview goes far beyond banking.

Everett opens up about losing his career, waiting tables at P.F. Chang's, his darkest personal moments, and the unlikely inspiration that helped him rebuild his life. He also discusses his legal battles, his private intelligence company Tactical Rabbit, and his appearance in the Peacock documentary The Wolves of Real Estate: The Alexander Brothers.

It's a powerful conversation about corruption, betrayal, survival, and finding the strength to start over.

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Official Website:
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https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dark-money-and-private-spies-everett-stern/1141623460

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What happens when a serial killer convinces the police he's just a journalist investigating crime?

Jack Unterweger was a convicted murderer who became one of Austria's most celebrated prison writers. After gaining his freedom, he reinvented himself as a respected journalist and media personality. The public believed he was proof that a violent criminal could be rehabilitated.

But behind that carefully constructed image was a terrifying secret.

Unterweger had returned to killing. And when his crimes took him to Los Angeles, he pulled off something almost unimaginable: gaining access to LAPD detectives investigating murders he himself had committed.

He wasn't just hiding from investigators. He was sitting across from them, asking questions, and learning what they knew.

In Episode 15 of Deadly Intentions, Bubba the Love Sponge® and Pete Rossini examine the disturbing double life of Jack Unterweger, the people who helped turn him into a celebrity, and the investigation that finally exposed his deception.

How did a convicted murderer convince so many people he had changed? And how did he get so close to the detectives hunting him?

This is the story of a killer who believed he was smarter than everyone trying to catch him.

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David Parker Ray appeared to be an ordinary, respected New Mexico state employee. He even earned Employee of the Year honors. But behind that seemingly normal life was a horrifying secret that would earn him the name "The Toy Box Killer."

In this episode of Deadly Intentions, Bubba and Pete explore the disturbing double life of David Parker Ray, the elaborate trailer he called his "Toy Box," and how his operation remained hidden for years near Elephant Butte, New Mexico.

From Ray's troubled childhood and carefully maintained public image to the involvement of Cindy Hendy, his daughter Jesse, and Dennis Yancy, the story reveals a chilling pattern of manipulation, captivity, and calculated cruelty.

Everything began to unravel in 1999 when Cynthia Vigil managed to escape, setting off an investigation that exposed the secrets Ray had worked so hard to conceal.

How did he avoid detection for so long? How many victims were there? And what mysteries surrounding the Toy Box Killer remain unsolved?

Join Bubba and Pete for one of the most unsettling cases covered on Deadly Intentions.

How did the Israeli Mafia build an international ecstasy empire, and what happened when two of its most notorious crime bosses went to war?

In Episode 13 of Deadly Intentions, Bubba and Pete explore the rise of Israeli organized crime, from its early criminal rackets to the massive drug-trafficking networks that reached the United States.

Pete shares firsthand stories from the 1990s Los Angeles rave scene, including the underground ecstasy trade, his encounters with major traffickers, and the connections he witnessed between organized crime figures.

The conversation follows the rise of Itzhak Abergil and Ze'ev Rosenstein, two powerful figures whose rivalry escalated into assassination attempts, a deadly bombing in Tel Aviv, and international criminal investigations.

Along the way, Bubba and Pete examine the Russian mob, European drug suppliers, American nightlife, federal racketeering prosecutions, and the extraordinary reach of these criminal organizations.

It's a story of enormous money, international power struggles, betrayal, and the violent consequences of a criminal empire that stretched across continents.

Deadly Intentions with Bubba and Pete. Real stories, notorious criminals, and the darker side of organized crime.

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Netflix brought Lizzie Borden back into the spotlight with Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story. But how much of what viewers are watching actually happened?

In this episode of Deadly Intentions, Bubba and Pete Rossini put Hollywood's version of one of America's most infamous murder cases up against the historical record.

Bubba watched Netflix's dramatization. Pete deliberately didn't. Instead, he dug into court records, contemporary newspaper reports, and historical accounts to reconstruct what really happened in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1892.

And the differences are staggering.

From Lizzie's actual age and privileged lifestyle to her alleged relationship with the family maid, the mysterious events inside the Borden home, and the evidence presented at trial, Bubba discovers just how differently Netflix tells the story.

Pete also examines the brutal murders of Andrew and Abby Borden, the investigation that followed, the controversial courtroom decisions, and how Lizzie ultimately walked away acquitted.

Was Lizzie Borden a misunderstood woman, a victim of circumstance, or someone who got away with murder?

More than 130 years later, the debate continues.

This is the Lizzie Borden story beyond the Netflix dramatization.

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel didn’t appear out of nowhere.

In this episode of Deadly Intentions, Bubba and Pete trace CJNG from its roots inside the Sinaloa network through the Valencia family, Los Cuinis, El Mencho and the rise of one of Mexico’s most powerful criminal organizations.

They break down how control of key Pacific ports created enormous leverage, how international supply chains and synthetic drugs reshaped the cartel economy, how political protection and military-style force helped CJNG expand, and why removing a single kingpin rarely dismantles the larger network.

The episode also covers the $25 million reward connected to Juan Carlos Valencia, Operation Jalisco, U.S. distribution networks, money laundering, underground labs and the structure that allowed CJNG to grow from a regional faction into a global operation.

Joshua Schulte was a highly trusted CIA systems engineer with access to some of the agency’s most sensitive cyber weapons. Then roughly 34 terabytes of classified material ended up with WikiLeaks.

In this episode of Deadly Intentions, Bubba and Pete break down the extraordinary Vault 7 case, from Schulte’s rise inside an elite CIA hacking unit to the workplace conflicts, security failures, and alleged theft that exposed thousands of documents detailing some of America’s most closely guarded cyber capabilities.

They follow the investigation that closed in on Schulte, the criminal cases that followed, his battles with the federal government from behind bars, and the road that ultimately led to a 40-year prison sentence.

This is the story of Joshua Schulte, WikiLeaks, Vault 7, and what the CIA described as the largest data breach in its history.

Mexico’s modern cartel era didn’t emerge from one organization. It grew out of a fractured system of competing networks, alliances, regional operators and hundreds of separate criminal organizations.

In this episode of Deadly Intentions, Bubba and Pete trace what happened after the old Guadalajara structure broke apart and Mexico’s modern cartel system began to take shape.

They follow the rise and evolution of Sinaloa, Tijuana, Juárez, the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, including the geographic disadvantages Sinaloa initially faced, the air-bridge operation that helped keep the network alive, massive aircraft moving loads into Mexico, tunnels beneath the border, expanding U.S. distribution hubs and the increasingly sophisticated logistics behind the trade.

Pete also examines how alliances, political relationships, law-enforcement connections and competition for territory shaped the modern system, and how the collapse of centralized control helped produce an increasingly fragmented landscape.

The story ultimately leads toward the next major evolution in Mexico’s cartel history: the rise of Jalisco New Generation.

Deadly Intentions explores organized crime, criminal networks, trafficking operations and the systems that allow them to grow.

The modern Mexican cartel system didn’t begin with El Chapo, Pablo Escobar or even the Guadalajara Cartel. Its roots stretch back centuries.

In this episode of Deadly Intentions, Bubba and Pete trace the evolution of the North American drug trade from the early relationship between China and Mexico through the Manila Galleons, opium, Chinese migration, the Civil War, morphine, Prohibition and organized crime.

The story moves through Sinaloa’s rise as a major production center, Bugsy Siegel and the American underworld, Mexico’s La Plaza system, Operation Condor and the emergence of Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo and the Guadalajara network.

Then cocaine transforms the business. Colombia, Pablo Escobar, the United States and Mexico become connected through an increasingly sophisticated trafficking system. The murder of DEA agent Kiki Camarena, Iran-Contra and the political forces surrounding the trade help push the story toward a turning point.

By 1989, the Guadalajara network is breaking apart and regional organizations including Sinaloa, Tijuana, Juárez and the Gulf begin emerging as independent powers.

This is the history behind the birth of the modern cartel era.

If you listened to our previous episode examining the Sinaloa Cartel and the network that became bigger than El Chapo, this episode goes back to the origins of the system that came before it.