The Connect- with Johnny Mitchell

The Connect- with Johnny Mitchell episodes:

• 05.04.2024

  Former Peckerwood Gang Member Opens Up About Life Sentence Under California's 3 Strike Law

  Chris Curtis grew up in Orange County, California in area rife with addiction and crime. As a child he was not protected from this reality and in fact was encouraged to be a part of it. Struggling with addiction and...

  
• 04.27.2024

  Uncovering Wall Streets BIGGEST Scam: Notorious Ponzi Scheme Criminal Exposes His $1 Billion Fraud

  Barry Minkow is one of the most infamous financial scam artists in American History. By the age of 21 he was running a ponzi scheme worth a billion dollars. He made history by being the youngest person to take a...

  
• 04.20.2024

  An American Drug Mule Reveals The Horror Of Surviving 7 Years In BRUTAL South American Prison

  Oscar Castro grew up in New Jersey to a loving family. When he dropped out of high school he immediately got a job and met someone that talked him into being a drug mule for a Colombian organization. As law...

  
• 04.13.2024

  Confessions Of An Italian Mafia Captain: From Top Earner To Murderer In The Bonanno Crime Family

  Dominick Cicale grew up in the Bronx burrow of New York City. Surrounded by criminal activity he quickly started associating with mafia and eventually became a "Made Man" with the Bonanno Crime Family. Before long he was made a captain...

  
• 04.06.2024

  Surviving America's Most VIOLENT Prison- Skinhead Gang Leader Reveals Life In MAXIMUM Security

  Garet McLendon shares his story of going from addiction and prison gangs to sobriety and recovery. Step into Summer fun activities with Vessi. Visit vessi.com/connect for an automatic 15% off your first purchase at checkout! Garet grew up in Palmdale CA. At...

  
• 03.30.2024

  Homeland Security Agent Reveals Inner Workings Of Mexican Cartels | The Connect

  Myron Gaines is the well known and very controversial host of the Fresh And Fit Podcast. What a lot of people don’t know is before he became a famous podcaster and fitness coach, he was a special agent with Homeland...

  
• 03.23.2024

  A Career Pot Smuggler Reveals A Lifetime Of Drug Trafficking & Being First To Grow Indica In Jamaica

  Steve James learned the power of money at a young age. In rural Georgia during the 1950s he discovered the basics of business by watching his grandfather hustle ranchers for cattle. He took these lessons and applied them to crime....

  
• 03.16.2024

  Con Artist Matt Cox Opens Up About Pulling LARGEST Mortgage Fraud In American History | The Connect

  Matthew Cox shares the details that led to him becoming one of the most wanted men in America by the FBI and the Secret Service. He started as an honest insurance salesman and quickly found himself committing fraud as a...

  
• 03.09.2024

  Money Counterfetiting Genius Reveals How He Printed Millions In Fake Hundred Dollar Bills

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• 03.02.2024

  Irish American Gangster Reveals Forming Deadly Irish Cartel, Becoming Hottest New Bay Area Rapper

  Matty Boy hails from California’s Bay Area. As a young kid he was exposed to the criminal life by his parents who were both affiliated with the Hell’s Angels and CA prison gangs. It wasn’t long before he joined the...

  
• 02.25.2024

  The Top Criminal Lawyer In LA Reveals How He Keeps Gangsters & Drug Traffickers Out Of Prison

  Criminal Defense Lawyer, Nicholas Rosenberg, has defended some of the most dangerous people in the criminal world of Los Angeles. He walks us through the unconventional road he took to criminal law. He goes into detail about how the criminal...

  
• 02.17.2024

  Prison Gang Shot Caller Exposes Secrets Of White Prison Politics, Seeing Shankings, & Bribing Guards

  JD Delay spent much of his life in and out of prison. So much so, that he eventually found himself as the shot caller for the Irish Pride prison gang in Oregon’s maximum security prison. He explains how he climbed...

  
• 02.10.2024

  Blood Gang Member Exposes The HORRIFYING Conditions On Rikers Island | The Connect

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• 02.03.2024

  Hitman For Bonnano Crime Family Exposes The Most Violent Mafia Crews In New York City | The Connect

  Gene Borrello was part of the last generation of NYC’s wild wise guys. He joined the Bonnano Crime Family at a young age and quickly got close with the family’s boss. His reputation of violence and brutality made him a...

  
• 01.27.2024

  Scam Artist Behind The BIGGEST Cryptocurrency Fraud In History Reveals All | The Connect

  Ray Trapani is one of the minds behind Centra Tech; a cryptocurrency company that defrauded HALF A BILLION DOLLARS from investors. He and two friends created the business selling the idea of a new tech that didn't actually exist yet....

  
• 01.20.2024

  Gambino Mafia Soldier Confesses To Life Of Crime, Relationship W Gotti, Becoming Government Witness

  Anthony Ruggiano was quite literally BORN into the mafia. His father was Fat Andy Runggiano, one of the most notorious capos for the Gambino Crime Family. It didn’t take long for Anthony to follow his father’s footsteps and start earning...

  
• 01.13.2024

  Rick Ross Reveals Secrets Of His Crack Empire, Being USED By The CIA, & Beating A LIFE Sentence

  Freeway Ricky Ross has one of the most infamous drug dealer stories in the world. He is undoubtedly a part of American history and by far one of the most requested guests on The Connect. Rick joins the show to...

  
• 01.06.2024

  A White Undercover Cop Explains Taking Down The MOST Dangerous Crip Set | The Connect

  Tegan Broadwater joins the show to explain exactly how he, a touring musician, became a cop in Fort Worth, Texas and ended up going undercover and infiltrating one of the most notorious Crip gang sets in all of Texas. He...

  
• 12.31.2023

  A Truck Driver Reveals How He Trafficked BILLIONS In Drugs Across North America | The Connect

  Rich Laferrere was a simple dispatcher and driver for a transportation company in a small Connecticut town. Before too long he found himself putting those skills to use smuggling pot all across the eastern seaboard. This new found business eventually...

  
• 12.23.2023

  Migrant Smuggler Reveals How Cartel Trafficking Works, WARNS Of Conditions At The Border

  This week we bring you a completely exclusive interview with a migrant smuggler who has asked to remain anonymous. He spoke with us at the El Paso/Juarez border. He goes into detail about how he got involved in helping migrants...

  
• 12.18.2023

  The Connect with Johnny Mitchell Trailer

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• 12.16.2023

  A Professional Gambler Exposes Casinos For CHEATING & Reveals How He Beat The Vegas Odds

  Mikki Mase went from being homeless and addicted to drugs to a sober life running several small businesses. Within a couple years he found himself making big money at the tables in Vegas and quickly became one of the cities’...

  
• 12.09.2023

  A Mexican Undercover Cop Reveals The HORRORS Of Cartel Violence, Surviving The War In Tijuana

  Ed Calderon grew up in Tijuana, Mexico. At a young age he was a rebel committing petty crimes until one day he found himself as part of an elite squad of Mexican law enforcement, tasked with taking down the cartel....

  
• 12.02.2023

  A Mafia Associate Reveals How Canadian Mob Is Stronger Than The U.S. | The Connect

  Germano Tomassetti was living in a homeless shelter in Winnipeg, Canada as a young adult when he befriended a high ranking member of the Canadian mob. He soon found himself collecting debts, blackmailing wealthy business owners, and running scams all...

  
• 11.25.2023

  Human Smuggling At The Border— How This City Became Ground Zero For Migrant Crisis | The Connect

  Journalist, Luis Chaparro, sat down at the U.S.-Mexico border in Juarez to discuss the current immigration crisis. He explains how Ciudad Juarez has become the number one crossing point for migrants getting into the United States, how criminal organizations AND...

  
• 11.18.2023

  Corrupt Rikers Island Jail Guard Reveals How Became The KINGPIN Of Rikers | The Connect

  Gary Heyward started as a normal jail guard fresh out of the marines. But after financial struggles and exposure to corruption from other corrections officers he soon began running a smuggling ring bringing in tobacco, drugs, and women to the...

  
• 11.11.2023

  Former Teenage Fraudster Speaks On Running Massive Ponzi Scheme, Taking The FBI To Trial | lan Bick

  Ian Bick, a kid from a gated community in Connecticut, started throwing parties for other kids his age. He quickly found a calling in promoting and by his late teens he was booking concerts for some of the biggest artists...

  
• 11.04.2023

  The Flores Twins - The Truth About The Brothers Who Brought Down El Chapo | The Connect

  Charlie Webster, renowned journalist and host of the successful Surviving El Chapo series, joins the show to discuss the Flores Twins. She spent years interviewing them and getting deep insight to the two brothers that became some of the largest...

  
• 10.28.2023

  How The Mafia Made MILLIONS By Fixing Horse Races | The Connect

  Larry Rolla started out as a young kid in Queens surrounded by the tough life of 1950s NYC youth gangs and wise guys. He went from stickups to finding a passion and calling in horse training and racing. After a...

  
• 10.21.2023

  LA Hood Legend Crip Mac Speaks On The Meaning Of Cripping, County Jail Fights & Feeding The Homeless

  Crip Mac is a member of the dangerous 55th Street Crips in Los Angeles. He has spent his life in and out of county jail and state prisons. Mac joins the show to describe how life works in the Crips...

  
• 10.14.2023

  Corrupt New York Cop Exposes MASSIVE Corruption Of NYPD | The Connect

  Mike Dowd, a former NYPD officer, explains how shortly after becoming a cop in Brooklyn’s 75th Precinct, he started taking dirty money and eventually became a drug dealer himself. He was taken down in one of the most notorious federal...

  
• 10.07.2023

  Star Of ‘The Sopranos’ Opens Up About Hollywood, 'A Bronx Tale' & Catching A Murder Case

  As a teenager from Yonkers, Lillo Brancato was discovered by Robert De Niro to shot to fame starring in the critically acclaimed A Bronx Tale. A decade later he found himself addicted to drugs, struggling to work, and facing a...

  
• 09.30.2023

  Inside The Chinese Mafia: Triad Member Explains How Chinese Organized Crime Works | The Connect

  As a young immigrant child in New York City's Chinatown, Jimmy "Bighead" Tsui quickly became immersed in the gang world of the Lower East Side. He quickly rose the ranks and soon became an associate of the Chinese Mafia in...

  
• 09.23.2023

  Does The American Mafia Still Exist? A Real Life Wise Guy Reveals The Truth | The Connect

  David "Chicky" Cicchetelli was a young man in Springfield, Massachusetts when joined a mafia boss from the infamous Genovese Crime Family. What started as petty loan sharking quickly turned into a multimillion dollar illegal bookie business for Chicky. Years after...

  
• 09.16.2023

  Female Gang Member Opens Up About Life On The Streets Of L.A. | The Connect

  Cristina Cruz grew up in a notorious gang territory of Northeast Los Angeles. At a young age she was jumped into the gang and slipped into a life of crime and drug addiction. It wasn't until she was indicted in...

  
• 09.09.2023

  Brandon Novak Speaks On Jackass Fame, Fall Out With Bam Margera, & Getting Clean | The Connect

  Brandon Novak became a household name in the early 2000s after becoming a fixture on the hit shows Jacka$$ and Viva La Bam. But despite the success of fame and professional skateboarding he lived a dark life full of crime...

  
• 09.02.2023

  “The CIA Collaborated With Drug Traffickers” Journalist EXPOSES Truth On Iran-Contra | The Connect

  Cookie Hood grew up in both the US and Nicaragua. At a young age she was a socialite and became close with the people that would not only fight in Nicaragua's revolution, but also traffic drugs to help the CIA...

  
• 08.26.2023

  Mafia Enforcer For Colombo Crime Family TELLS ALL | The Connect

  Salvatore Polisi was a young kid in New York City when we started doing jobs for the Colombo mafia. He came up with guys like John Gotti and ACTUAL characters from the classic film GoodFellas. He went from loan sharking...

  
• 08.19.2023

  How Roger Reaves Became The Medellin Cartel's #1 Drug Pilot

  This is a full release of a previously Patreon exclusive episode! Roger Reaves grew up as a small town farm boy in the south. After discovering a passion for flying and a need for money he quickly fell into the...

  
• 08.12.2023

  Comedian Reveals Growing Up In Compton, Running A Crack House At 8 Years Old | The Connect

  Before he was a standup comedian, Richard Villa grew up in Compton where at the age of 8 years old he worked his dad as a drug dealer. Richard joins The Connect to talk about his upbringing in Los Angeles,...

  
• 08.05.2023

  A Mystic Speaks On UFO Sightings And If Aliens Are Actually Coming

  Explore the mysteries of humanity's origins, the construction of the pyramids, the influence of the occult, and the fascination with extraterrestrial life in this deep-dive with Esoteric Eddie. Tracing the path of human evolution, societal control, and the role of...

  
• 07.29.2023

  The Ghost- The Rise And Fall Of A College Student's $500M CANADIAN Smuggling Business | The Connect

  As a young man in college, Eric Canori, quickly built an empire that landed him directly in the belly of the smuggling underworld. He devised a sophisticated network that brought thousands of pounds of bud from Canada into upstate New...

  
• 07.22.2023

  How A Jailhouse Lawyer Is Helping Thousands Of Convicted Felons Get Out Prison | The Connect

  Chad Marks shares his incredible journey from a 40 year prison sentence to becoming a jailhouse lawyer and running a successful paralegal business that helps inmates reduce their sentences. Chad discusses the need for rehabilitation in the prison system and...

  
• 07.15.2023

  INSIDE The World Of A Former Human Smuggler For The Tijuana Cartel | The Connect

  In this captivating video, we hear from Fernando Puente, a former member of the Tijuana Cartel who turned his life around to become a music producer for narco corridos. Fernando shares his experiences, giving us a firsthand account of the...

  
• 07.08.2023

  How A Small Town Fisherman Became The BIGGEST POT SMUGGLER In US HISTORY | The Connect

  Tim McBride, a man out of South West Florida, went from working odd jobs and crab fishing, to leading the largest pot smuggling business on American soil from for a decade. He joins the show talk about his humble beginnings,...

  
• 07.01.2023

  Former LAPD Homicide Detective On Solving NIGHTSTALKER Murders, Working The WORST Streets Of LA

  Gil Carrillo, the homicide detective that solved the Night Stalker case, talks about his love for hunting murderers, the effects it had on his mental wellbeing, his relationships, and how dark his investigation got. He breaks down the life of...

  
• 06.17.2023

  Narco Expert— Mexico Is On Verge Of Civil War, Mega Cartels Returning To Colombia | The Connect

  The world’s top expert on narcos in Latin America, Luis Chaparro, drops in to give some of the biggest news in organized crime that NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT. From the current state of Mexican Cartels and the most active...

  
• 06.10.2023

  How A California SURFER Gang Smuggled MILLIONS In Blow To Australia | The Connect

  A California surfer bro tells Johnny about his days running a cocaine smuggling operation from Southern California to Australia. Starting off as a small-time pot dealer, he graduated to selling cocaine on college campuses and the finally, to smuggling whole...

  
• 06.03.2023

  A Dominican Drug Boss Reveals How He Built A Multi-Million Dollar Cocaine Delivery Service In NYC

  Former hustler and drug dealer Coss Marte comes on the podcast to tell his epic story of going from small-time corner boy to making $5 million a year delivering high-end cocaine all over Manhattan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

  
• 05.27.2023

  Ex Mafia Enforcer Reveals How The Italian Mob ACTUALLY Works

  Al Lindbloom comes on the show to talk about his years as an associate of a Detroit mafia family. He breaks down all of his rackets from selling weed to heroin to steroids, boat theft, burglary , and extortion, and...