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The Damage Done - Episode 28: Juan Gamez "They Call Us Monsters" Redemption Story
Our latest #podcast episode features the incredible redemption story of Juan Gamez, the once-notorious figure from the captivating 2016 documentary "They Call Us Monsters." In this episode, we delve deep into Juan's transformation from a troubled youth caught in the grips of the notorious MS-13 gang to the inspiring beacon of hope he is today.
Juan's tumultuous journey began in El Salvador, marked by a turbulent childhood that led him down a path of crime and eventually to facing a daunting life in prison. However, against all odds, Juan's story takes a remarkable turn in prison, where he faced a life-changing crossroad. Our co-host Cesar, who served as one of Juan's mentors during his incarceration, witnessed firsthand, the extraordinary evolution of a man determined to break free from the shackles of his past.
Tune in to explore the remarkable fusion of true crime and self-help as we unravel Juan's courageous pursuit of inner transformation amidst the darkness of a violent gang lifestyle. Discover how his unwavering commitment to personal growth and resilience not only saved his own life but also inspired him to become a guiding light for others in similar circumstances.
In this episode, we celebrate Juan's journey of self-discovery and empowerment, illustrating the power of resilience and the capacity for profound change. Don't miss out on this gripping narrative that sheds light on the strength of the human spirit and the possibility of redemption, even in the most challenging of circumstances.
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The Damage Done - Episode 27: The Daniel Roman Redemption Story
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In this powerful and thought-provoking episode of "The Damage Done," we dive deep into the compelling life journey of Daniel Roman. Sentenced to 30 years in prison for attempted murder at the tender age of 15, Daniel's story is one of unimaginable challenges, redemption, and transformation. In this candid conversation, Daniel Roman opens up about his turbulent childhood and early involvement in...
The Damage Done Season 3 - Murder and Redemption Anthony's Story
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The Damage Done returns with their third season. New co-host, Cesar Zuniga from ARC is now onboard. This episode we sit down with Anthony who shares his tale of redemption after being sentenced to two life sentences for crimes he committed as a young adult. Anthony spent decades in prison, was addicted to the lifestyle of crime and violence for many years. He had to put in extensive work to cha...
The Damage Done Podcast: Murder and Redemption - Serafin's Story
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The Murder and Redemption series is back. This time Serafin sits down to share his story. After being charged and convicted of murder at only 17 years old, Serafin was sentenced to 27 years to life in prison. Serafin ended up spending decades inside the notorious Pelican Bay State Prison, as well as over a decade in the SHU within Pelican Bay. Serafin shares his experiences within the violent w...
The Damage Done Podcast with Michael Thompson: Episode #24 - The Truth About Charles Manson
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This episode is the first of its kind on The Damage Done Podcast.This type of episode is going to be a new type of episode that we will release mixed in with our typical format of episodes, which follow a redemption arc. This episode and the ones that follow, are for the purpose of illustrating the historical context of certain inmates Michael Thompson has spent time with, as well as to catalog...
The Damage Done Podcast: The Aryan Brotherhood & Redemption Part 3: Michael Thompson Returns
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Most of you know the story. For those that don't Michael Thompson was convicted of two murders in 1975. He was handed additional life sentences for murders behind bars. He spent 45 years in prison and is the highest ranking leader of the notorious prison gang The Aryan Brotherhood, to ever drop out. This is the Fifth episode in what has become an unexpected saga with Michael Thompson. It has be...
The Damage Done Podcast: Entrepreneur & Former Heroin Addict Eric Spofford Talks Recovery & Success
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@EricSpofford_ is a former criminal and IV heroin user. Today he is a successful entrepreneur, having sold businesses for over NINE figures. You may see him across social media on his private jet, cruising his yacht, trekking across the globe, however, that is just a slice of who Eric is. Eric's purpose is to help others, especially ones that are struggling with life's of addiction and crime. E...
The Damage Done Podcast: NHL Superstar Theo Fleury
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Lance and Mason speak with former National Hockey League (NHL) Superstar Theo Fleury. "Theo Fleury is perhaps best known for his time on the ice. But off the rink, his life once carried the markings of a troubled childhood, abuse and coping with emotional pain through addictive and self-destructive behaviors. Today, Theo defines himself as a victor over trauma and addiction, and a facilitator t...
The Bloods, Big Preach & Redemption
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We speak with Mark "Big Preach" Sutton. Founder of one of the largest blood gangs in California, Preach was incarcerated for 26 years for a gang related retaliatory homicide. In prison, he found a way to change the way he views the world and dedicated himself to helping others learn from his mistakes. Now a free man, Preach inspires and helps others on the daily. Preach is currently the Directo...
The Damage Done Season 2
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The Damage Done Season 2
The Needle And The Damage Done
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The Needle And The Damage Done
Michael Thompson: The Final Chapter, Daughter Speaks
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Michael Thompson: The Final Chapter, Daughter Speaks
Special Episode: Michael Thompson Arrested, Wife Speaks
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Special Episode: Michael Thompson Arrested, Wife Speaks
Hard Intentions
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Hard Intentions
Ethnic Cleansing & Skid Row
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Ethnic Cleansing & Skid Row
The Aryan Brotherhood & Redemption Part 2
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The Aryan Brotherhood & Redemption Part 2
The Aryan Brotherhood & Redemption
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The Aryan Brotherhood & Redemption
The Holy Thief
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The Holy Thief
The Dirty John Episode
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The Dirty John Episode
Heroin Addiction
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Heroin Addiction
The Damage Done Podcast: The Mission Possible Episode
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The Damage Done Podcast: The Mission Possible Episode
The Damage Done Podcast: Attitude And Purpose
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The Damage Done Podcast: Attitude And Purpose
The Damage Done Murder & Redemption Volume 4
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The Damage Done Murder & Redemption Volume 4
The Therapy Episode
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The Therapy Episode
Murder And Redemption Volume 3
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Murder And Redemption Volume 3
The Damage Done : Murder And Redemption Vol 2.
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The Damage Done : Murder And Redemption Vol 2.

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  • @JamesWilliams-w3t
    @JamesWilliams-w3t 11 годин тому

    Gee I feel bad

  • @JamesWilliams-w3t
    @JamesWilliams-w3t 11 годин тому

    Lair lair orange jumpsuit on fire

  • @JamesWilliams-w3t
    @JamesWilliams-w3t 11 годин тому

    What dose she smoke

  • @JamesWilliams-w3t
    @JamesWilliams-w3t 11 годин тому

    He's a killer a lair a con man a thief what a guy

  • @JamesWilliams-w3t
    @JamesWilliams-w3t 11 годин тому

    Can you say dump asd

  • @johnmckeron3663
    @johnmckeron3663 2 дні тому

    The lady is a straight up survivor’ deserves a lot of credit in a very negative environment ‘ and to do so well for herself despite the odds against her’ I seen documentary’s of her father in prison ‘and one when he was released from prison ‘ he was a very slick smooth talker and seem very intelligent ‘ but there’s so many like him of that mind set that are big talkers ‘ that automatically throws up red flags and I’ve seen numerous times that they can’t be trusted

  • @GarrettCates
    @GarrettCates 8 днів тому

    Small correction, Tommy Silverstein had a Jewish stepfather and took his last name, he himself was of Irish ancestry.

  • @1957rayboconfederatecitizen
    @1957rayboconfederatecitizen 8 днів тому

    And he is back in da joint again, con, con man, yep

  • @vincentsmith8106
    @vincentsmith8106 10 днів тому

    Why was this guy, Eric, in charge of anything, and more importantly, why would Michael allow ANYONE, aside from Michael, or his wife, be in charge of business funds??? Really, Michael, again, isn't stupid like that, nor does he let that happen without knowledge. How the eff do you have a business, in YOUR NAME, and not know your finances???? And in construction, at that time not hard to get s job. I lived in lake county, worked in construction in lake county, and know Michael could have got a job in construction then, not knowing anything. This smells fishier.than a doorknob on a tuna trawlers' restroom.

  • @vincentsmith8106
    @vincentsmith8106 11 днів тому

    Come on, Michael is a lot smarter than that. Miss me with that. He took you l8ke everyone else. Michael isn't the kind to get took.

  • @vincentsmith8106
    @vincentsmith8106 11 днів тому

    I was told, after hours of input my "argument is invalid". What the eff!?!?! Yeah, he said "don't worry about it." Because you got took. Plain and simple. Sorry, but MICHAEL did that to you.

  • @vincentsmith8106
    @vincentsmith8106 11 днів тому

    I just git an invalid argument while trying to post something comp k every factual. I know it is because I livedbit from 7/8/84 until 2/2/2015. Whatever they are saying is an invalid argument, which took me over 5 minutes to erase is just a violation of 1st amendment speech. So eff you and eff what you're going through.

  • @fleadoggreen9062
    @fleadoggreen9062 15 днів тому

    Great show How is Michael Thompson now Jan 2025 😊 thanks

  • @fleadoggreen9062
    @fleadoggreen9062 15 днів тому

    Any new information It’s January 2025

  • @denniskrieg2100
    @denniskrieg2100 25 днів тому

    I believe her ! I guess its - too bad, for the wife ! Really good video !

  • @godisgreatjesusislord2278
    @godisgreatjesusislord2278 Місяць тому

    This lady is so naive

  • @ThomasHyatt-l8j
    @ThomasHyatt-l8j Місяць тому

    His wife died. Arielle didn't even know him back then

  • @Scotty2hotty-xc6gi
    @Scotty2hotty-xc6gi Місяць тому

    Does anybody know when he will be sentenced??????,

  • @Eric-fb2wp
    @Eric-fb2wp Місяць тому

    Have Mitch Smiley on the show. He knows how much of a Bull Sh-ter Michael Thompson is! As he did time around him and knows what kind of shady waste of a human being this fool is. Boy this guy has a storyline about everything 😅. He makes it sound that he lived the life of some Crazy adventurer as a kid living on mountain. Learning the ways of the land oh dont forget he rode in the Rodeo circuit learning to live off the land tought by the Indian chief. Oh I like how he makes it sound like he was a hero for as he says warning and telling the father of the two girls about their abductions. Yeah thats not what really happened he probably called to ask for the ransom money thats all😅

  • @Eric-fb2wp
    @Eric-fb2wp Місяць тому

    And now hes back in prison 😅

  • @TheMdrook1
    @TheMdrook1 Місяць тому

    he was and is a stone cold criminal! he is a bad person.

  • @richerich9238
    @richerich9238 Місяць тому

    Lies

  • @josephsmith6777
    @josephsmith6777 Місяць тому

    Theres always a rico on one of the big 4 .

  • @josephsmith6777
    @josephsmith6777 Місяць тому

    I always knew he was full of shit .

  • @1secondsense
    @1secondsense Місяць тому

    Im from the future...this guy is convicted of fraud and is on his way back to prison. He took advantage of homeless people. Such a moral and honorable guy.

  • @jollyjohnathan9524
    @jollyjohnathan9524 Місяць тому

    Is there any updates on this guy?

    • @1secondsense
      @1secondsense Місяць тому

      Convicted of fraud, going back to prison Jan 14 2025

    • @jollyjohnathan9524
      @jollyjohnathan9524 Місяць тому

      @1secondsense do you know how long he got or is that when he gets out

    • @1secondsense
      @1secondsense Місяць тому

      @@jollyjohnathan9524 Sentencing in on January 14th of 2025. The guy that fingered him got 8 years, so he will probably get at least that and some.

  • @conquistador1425
    @conquistador1425 Місяць тому

    Woe, it sounds like Michael used the same methodology she uses except for criminal purposes!!! There is no way this could of continued for that long without complicity all around!!! She claims to know how gullible mike is! Then why did she allow him to get you defrauded???

  • @davecollins6113
    @davecollins6113 Місяць тому

    MT spent too much time in prison, trying to survive, and probably liking a lot of what he did, some of that being he just didn't know how to be anythng else, to be able to come out and live anything remotely like a "normal" life. He perhaps still thinks like his old AS member self, that's how he was schooled there, it worked for him while in there, he thinks like that and is able to hide it for the most part. He was a POS, he remained a POS in prison, and still is one, plenty of people can't or don't want to see that. Tells some good stories, but, you can also read some of the BS between the lines in those stories, and that's the way he is programmed, can't change that.

  • @davecollins6113
    @davecollins6113 Місяць тому

    This women was dumb enough to hook up with MT in the first place, if he was a big man in AB and in the prison system, he was a manipulator, had to be to survive. Even MT should/would have been leary of the ask for money, when the guy had a trust fund and a rich family, that stinks by itself. Lot more to this story than she knows about, or is willing to admit to herself.

  • @paperboy856
    @paperboy856 Місяць тому

    Michael t is a lame

  • @jcl271
    @jcl271 Місяць тому

    Ummmm for a college educated lady you are not very smart hey I have some ocean front property in Arizona if you buy that I’ll throw the golden gate in free

  • @harvey2609
    @harvey2609 Місяць тому

    This is not making sense. Is there a possibility that MT was conning his wife?

  • @Sinister1-2C
    @Sinister1-2C Місяць тому

    Never Trust a Snitch !

  • @surfside16
    @surfside16 Місяць тому

    This interview went way longer then it should have. Thompson devised a scheme to defraud the government using other people's social security cards and got caught which sent him back to prison where he will be for 8 years. The other stuff about her being flimm-flammed is because of her stupidity. Thompson is a charming sociopath and she fell for him because she's a lonely woman.

  • @lesperry8591
    @lesperry8591 Місяць тому

    Both of these ex cons got this woman and her saying whats hers is his is stupid if i marry whats mine is mine and whats hers is hers until years later and after they conned her they conned others he will keep on conning her to get help while he is in prison..

  • @Mark-p1p5c
    @Mark-p1p5c Місяць тому

    I would like to slap Shane like a bitch with that face he has on.

  • @SeanSimpson-y1k
    @SeanSimpson-y1k Місяць тому

    I. Think he was. Trying. To. Keep u. Safe. Out. Of. AB. EYES

  • @aaaanxiety
    @aaaanxiety Місяць тому

    This lady talks too much! Chip on her shoulder and cuts people off when it’s their turn to speak!

  • @briannamendoza7405
    @briannamendoza7405 2 місяці тому

    only note I have to make is for the hosts not to be so close to the mic. In some parts, the mic would cut or sound too loud on my car speaker when I was trying to listen to the interview. It got annoying having to fluctuate my volume in the car

  • @zne21m37
    @zne21m37 3 місяці тому

    You say you don’t owe any clarification but yet still went on a podcast

  • @skylerortiztheboxer4910
    @skylerortiztheboxer4910 3 місяці тому

    She sees that Thompson has these businesses, documentaries and books and wants some money. She failed to extort him, and now is attempting to sabotage his character because of it

  • @JamesBaker-vr8sn
    @JamesBaker-vr8sn 3 місяці тому

    Your fake bro. You didn't do the things you claim. I've been and I know. Your a check in so stop it

  • @JamesBaker-vr8sn
    @JamesBaker-vr8sn 3 місяці тому

    I just want to know how you were using Charlie and his girls to get knifes to fight on the yard for the brand when you met him in P.C. afterbypu checked it my boy? Make that make sense

  • @markfarrington9727
    @markfarrington9727 3 місяці тому

    This is a tuff 1 don't really know who to believe somebody is lying

  • @sidvicious5750
    @sidvicious5750 3 місяці тому

    serious, you're vaping during this 👎

  • @karldanger44199
    @karldanger44199 3 місяці тому

    This guys the hero in every story. I ain't buying it somethings sketch about this guy

  • @ambulldog111
    @ambulldog111 3 місяці тому

    This is probably an unfair assumption but due to the fact of Michael Thompson being such a piece of s*** I automatically view this lady as being the same thing

  • @warnosher
    @warnosher 4 місяці тому

    Right on Juan...more documentaries like Monsters need to be produced..and more hollywood movies showing positive role models..people conquering evil and having hope for the future. The youth involved in gangs need to realize that they are being manipulated into fighting each other..they are playing right into the hands of the government. What would happen if these kids stopped being so predictible and started using their heads to out smart the forces holding them down..now that would be a great movie❤

  • @andrewdelosreyes7814
    @andrewdelosreyes7814 4 місяці тому

    When someone is lying, they can't remember their story out of sequence.

  • @andrewdelosreyes7814
    @andrewdelosreyes7814 4 місяці тому

    For lying about being Indian, they should put him away for life. And throw you guys in with him, behind giving him a platform.