David McMillan is a former international drug smuggler who was once on Interpol’s top 10 most wanted list. In his second stint in jail, in Thailand, David was given the death penalty. So he launched an audacious escape from Bangkok’s maximum security prison. David talks us through how he broke out and went on the run from the Thai police.

Warning: this episode contains discussion of suicidal feelings.

Extraordinary Lives is a podcast from the team behind LADbible’s Minutes With. You can watch all of our videos here - https://www.youtube.com/c/LADbible/videos

We speak to remarkable people who each have a unique story to tell - spies, terrorists, hackers, gangsters, killers, people with particular conditions, and those who’ve lived unreal experiences. These are the stories that resonated the most with LADbible’s audience when they were originally told on Minutes With.

In this podcast, LADbible’s Ben Powell-Jones sits down with those individuals for a more in-depth conversation, revealing untold tales for the first time.