Holly's Hell: Sentenced to 31 years In A Thai Prison

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  • @truecrimeaustralia
    @truecrimeaustralia  6 місяців тому +84

    Holly's Hell: Sentenced to 31 years In A Thai Prison - Holly Deane-Johns | I Catch Killers
    Former heroin addict Holly Deane-Johns was locked up in a Thai prison for 7.5 years over drug charges. She couldn’t see the hard concrete floor of the crowded cell she shared with hundreds of women, she had a 22 centimetre floor space to sleep on, she had a rotting tooth pulled out by an inmate, she was sick from the food, and she also shared 10 filthy toilets with 2000 women. This was Holly’s Hell.
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    00:00 - Introduction - Holly Deane-Johns
    02:41 - Life in a Thai prison
    08:36 - Showering in prison
    13:57 - Securing a sleeping spot
    18:03 - Prison fights
    22:54 - Quitting drugs in prison
    27:44 - The lowest point in jail
    29:05 - Transferring back to Australia
    34:59 - From a Thai cell to an Australian cell
    39:18 - Wasted years in prison
    43:25 - Assisted euthanasia
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    • @adambane1719
      @adambane1719 6 місяців тому +3

      This guy is a shocking interviewer constantly interrupting and throwing her off her story.
      I hope he can actually learn alot from this interview attempt.

    • @YouTubeoooooooooo
      @YouTubeoooooooooo 5 місяців тому +4

      This was a great interview 👏

    • @melaniethibodaux8100
      @melaniethibodaux8100 5 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for sharing. I pray that the young people you share your story to, that it will help keep them from the temptation of drugs and a lifestyle of crime.

    • @janelleabbott2227
      @janelleabbott2227 5 місяців тому

      Yes I believe this too. Apnd don,phones messing going to turn it off for awhilr f1llingq asleep. Ttyt

  • @oliveoyl1802
    @oliveoyl1802 5 місяців тому +116

    I like that she took full responsibility and didn't make any whiny excuses
    My utmost respect to you Holly.

  • @pmast3742
    @pmast3742 5 місяців тому +251

    Holly's my sister and I can tell you she's an amazing inspirational beautiful soul that's been a product of her environment and has turned her life around to be a top shelf person full of life and positivity has endured and over come many hurdles.

    • @j0t324
      @j0t324 5 місяців тому +6

      ❤ Thank you for saying. I expect you too have become "top shelf". Goooo girls.

    • @Issy2226-c6p
      @Issy2226-c6p 4 місяці тому +7

      Best wishes to her. Life hands some people a much harder time than others have. Any one of us could have had a more difficult life. No judgement here. Only good wishes and respect.

    • @suzanneblumsky9501
      @suzanneblumsky9501 4 місяці тому +4

      Your Holly is wonderful!

    • @joannenardoni17
      @joannenardoni17 4 місяці тому +3

      Has she written a book.
      Would be great

    • @darcie5742
      @darcie5742 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@joannenardoni17 I think she has written a book

  • @Jabo__Jabo
    @Jabo__Jabo 5 місяців тому +123

    This man is a great interviewer. He lets his guest speak. He asks open questions. Exceptional.😊

  • @nyimatsering2757
    @nyimatsering2757 6 місяців тому +111

    She should be invited to every school in Australia ...So,much to learn ! Specially to those kids who are drawn towards drugs and stuffs.

  • @sarahmurphy-nf4yl
    @sarahmurphy-nf4yl 6 місяців тому +118

    She became a fine woman. Life moulded her and she turned her life around and is doing good now.

  • @Mrrossj01
    @Mrrossj01 6 місяців тому +82

    The Thai prison description is typical of prisons outside the developed countries. Best to mind your business when traveling abroad. She fortunate she is alive.

    • @andrewstones2921
      @andrewstones2921 6 місяців тому +8

      The Thai Prison system is designed to function for Thai people who grew up in Thailand, it doesn’t really make many allowances for non-Thais. Other than drugs, you have to do something pretty serious to have to go to prison unless you are very poor, and if you grew up poor in Thailand then your everyday life would feel like punishment for most westerners with squat toilets, sleeping on the floor etc. its important to understand that Thai prisons are not restricted to the Bangkok prisons where drug smugglers go, there are many provincial prisons and open prisons too. In some prisons the prisoners get to go out during the day and learn vocational skills.

    • @lynnc4872
      @lynnc4872 4 місяці тому

      @@andrewstones2921thank you for this info❤

    • @talesfromtheleashexpatdogl1426
      @talesfromtheleashexpatdogl1426 Місяць тому

      Sounds very similar to some prisons in the US that I've heard about

  • @lightbarssirensaustralia
    @lightbarssirensaustralia 6 місяців тому +68

    Great podcast and thanks for sharing Holly's story.

  • @melukaussie7128
    @melukaussie7128 6 місяців тому +72

    Holly, I just have to say, thank you for sharing your story! Your strength, resilience and what you have gone through! No disrespect to your family, however, your path was chosen due to your family circumstances. I know people will say, "she had a choice". However, only to a certain extent! I hope your life now is full of happiness.

  • @bornholm1588
    @bornholm1588 6 місяців тому +109

    Here in Germany i see homeless. I am ashamed that our prisons are so luxurious in comparison. No innocent should live worse than a guilty person.

    • @marieO07
      @marieO07 5 місяців тому +6

      How many years were you in prison in Germany?

    • @Hemingway651
      @Hemingway651 5 місяців тому +10

      I left the streets of Romania to go to prison in Germany

    • @missyflutter5562
      @missyflutter5562 5 місяців тому +12

      Lots of people on the street will commit petty crimes to get a bed it’s a no brainer in lots of countries.

    • @andreabenfell5580
      @andreabenfell5580 5 місяців тому +5

      That is really really sad.

    • @i.ehrenfest349
      @i.ehrenfest349 5 місяців тому +12

      Then vote to make sure fewer people are homeless.
      But don’t pretend that prison isn’t still traumatic and hard.

  • @edhenderson9944
    @edhenderson9944 6 місяців тому +124

    Done the crime and now spent the time.....I wish you all the best Holly. Amazing and captivating interview. I hope the youth of Australia listens to you. Enjoy your life ❤

    • @hollywallace.3313
      @hollywallace.3313 6 місяців тому +5

      Thankyou

    • @davidmok5505
      @davidmok5505 5 місяців тому +1

      U done the crime n u do the time.

    • @hollywallace.3313
      @hollywallace.3313 5 місяців тому +1

      Thanks Ed

    • @petersobik2162
      @petersobik2162 5 місяців тому

      @@hollywallace.3313holly I missed part 1 of this but I’m guessing you went in addicted to the dope did you go through withdrawal inside

    • @michaelheery6303
      @michaelheery6303 4 місяці тому

      ​@@davidmok5505 u brainy.

  • @Orla.b
    @Orla.b 6 місяців тому +28

    What a woman! Going through all of that and coming out the other side like she has , much love from Ireland 🇮🇪

    • @MrPaultopp
      @MrPaultopp 5 місяців тому +5

      She put herself there……But very glad she’s sorted her life out

  • @Le60o
    @Le60o 6 місяців тому +87

    Holly, thank you for sharing your story .. you're an inspiration! Our young people need someone like you in their corner! Keep up the good work. I'm so glad you made it home 🙏

  • @ClintWalker-p9c
    @ClintWalker-p9c 6 місяців тому +75

    Watching this poor lady talk about this experience sure does make me appreciate what i have! 🎉

  • @ClintWalker-p9c
    @ClintWalker-p9c 6 місяців тому +47

    Holly's positivity is admirable and a true inspiration, i wish you well with the rest of your life Holly. You have really put things into perspective for many people including myself of course ❤❤❤

    • @hollywallace.3313
      @hollywallace.3313 6 місяців тому +3

      Thanks

    • @ClintWalker-p9c
      @ClintWalker-p9c 14 днів тому

      @@hollywallace.3313 ignore any negetive comments, these people are completely ignorant, most have had no hardship in their life and have not developed compassion or empathy during their lives they have something severely lacking, they are the same ignorant people that think homeless people deserve their predicament! I really hope they have a great night's sleep tucked up in their comfy warm beds, oblivious of the tough cruel REAL world outside their triple glazed patterned windows at the end of their 100 foot private gated driveways, in their private gated street!

  • @flej01
    @flej01 5 місяців тому +19

    So glad you were able to turn your life around, all the best.

  • @myyuba
    @myyuba 5 місяців тому +9

    Gary is a wonderful interviewer, so many seem 'out to get you' , he is so open and honest with his questions. Love Holly, her message is POWERFUL. her spirit is STRONG. Healthy safe rest of your life.

  • @gwenharris1807
    @gwenharris1807 6 місяців тому +51

    Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪 I am delighted not only for you Holly but for all those you offer hope to. What an honest account of life's hard lessons. Your upbeat spirit, determination and willingness to adapt to situations and make changes to your life are admirable. I wish you well moving forward, Gwen ❤

    • @hollywallace.3313
      @hollywallace.3313 6 місяців тому +6

      Thankyou

    • @culturabuzios3000
      @culturabuzios3000 5 місяців тому

      ​​@@hollywallace.3313hello holly , im from buzios brazil , i dont speak many words in english but i can tell you that your story make me turn the way , that i see my life ... Free palestina and fre holly always 🇵🇸

  • @dazzratpac8557
    @dazzratpac8557 6 місяців тому +47

    Great interview Garry , good questions and her story was so interesting I couldn’t put my phone down during the whole podcast.
    Hollys story is the human spirit finding itself and shining on everyone she meets.
    Thanks for sharing

  • @cheryl5994
    @cheryl5994 6 місяців тому +25

    IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU DOING SOMETHING NEW GARY.
    FIRST EPISODE I’VE SEEN OF THIS & I LIKE IT A LOT. 🙂👍🏼 🇬🇧

  • @louisdisbury9759
    @louisdisbury9759 5 місяців тому +62

    I Live in Phuket the crime rate is extremely low here and I worked with the police here as well,Drug offenders in Thai society are the lowest form of life on the Planet and they won't accept excuses, This Lady was extremely lucky to be released from a Thai Prison after serving 7.5 years of her sentence here.

    • @MrTrda
      @MrTrda 5 місяців тому +9

      “The lowest form of life on the planet.”??? Because of a drug offence? Can you explain.

    • @janetpartyka5968
      @janetpartyka5968 5 місяців тому +11

      Louis, You are a bit judgmental aren't you?

    • @louisdisbury9759
      @louisdisbury9759 5 місяців тому

      @@MrTrda Thais are very conservative and very Anti-drugs,80 percent of crime in the West is now Drug related,none of that nonsense here in Thailand my man street crime here doesn't exist.

    • @louisdisbury9759
      @louisdisbury9759 5 місяців тому +1

      @@MrTrda in Singapore She would have been hanged straight after conviction,Dont do drugs in Asia!

    • @Mark-gg6iy
      @Mark-gg6iy 5 місяців тому +16

      @@janetpartyka5968 Confused much? Louis wrote according to Thai society. If you have a problem with Thai society's views on drug usage including dealing then your problem is with them not Louis.

  • @andrewroberthook3310
    @andrewroberthook3310 6 місяців тому +38

    Drugs are a pain killer
    The use of them is a therapy
    Even if its wrong
    Can you imagine
    Being police who beat abuse and lie
    Who see things that other cops do and remain silent
    The question is this
    Who is worse ?

    • @noriwilliams4637
      @noriwilliams4637 6 місяців тому +5

      So do it in your own country or just pay the consequences

    • @LaughingblueSu
      @LaughingblueSu 6 місяців тому

      Self medicating is not so bad when you compare it to all the messed up people there are on "prescription drugs". One is as bad as the other.

    • @Realalma
      @Realalma 6 місяців тому +2

      @DonnellOkafor-pd7yncould you elaborate ? I have family there and I am very worried.

  • @nicciiam
    @nicciiam 5 місяців тому +12

    Thanks for sharing, Holly. What a journey, I love your attitude to life despite the adversity. Sorry for the loss of your partner Stephen.

  • @phineasgosalbez4024
    @phineasgosalbez4024 6 місяців тому +44

    Don’t mess with Thai law

    • @patriciak6300
      @patriciak6300 5 місяців тому +7

      In Singapour, it's death sentence or jail for life

    • @culturabuzios3000
      @culturabuzios3000 5 місяців тому +1

      Every sentence its hard . But , you can survive it? Holly survive 35 years and she is up ! Really a life warrior

    • @stephaniesamra7960
      @stephaniesamra7960 5 місяців тому +4

      @@culturabuzios3000it wasn’t 35 yrs - she got out at 7.5 yrs.

    • @somniumisdreaming
      @somniumisdreaming 4 місяці тому

      Unless you Holiday there for s3x trafficking and pdf files.

    • @alexbowden27
      @alexbowden27 3 місяці тому

      Based on the TV selection it would suggest that the real criminals are the so-called Royals in Thailand

  • @sandyelton9532
    @sandyelton9532 5 місяців тому +11

    Fantastic to listen to your story Holly. It may seem like lost time but you have come home with so much wisdom. All the very best for the next part of your lifespan journey 🥰🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • @Issy2226-c6p
    @Issy2226-c6p 4 місяці тому +6

    Holly, you are so Aussie! An everyday person, unfortunately you found yourself in a foreign prison, when you were young and vulnerable
    with an addiction. There are always reasons why an addiction occurs, usually because of a trauma or multiple traumas, or an undiagnosed condition. Unfortunately many people don’t understand this. You are courageous, practical, intelligent and down to earth. You can do anything that you want to achieve. Backing you.

  • @margriet2038
    @margriet2038 4 місяці тому +7

    Holly , i am so happy you are home ! What an amazing story , you are an inspiration for a lot of addicts now , keep doing this wonderful work , sending you a big hug and wish you a wonderful life , ❤ from the Netherlands 😊

  • @crochetingaroundnewzealand
    @crochetingaroundnewzealand 5 місяців тому +14

    Amazing story!! Reminds me of the book and movie Midnight Express. I read the book to my kids hoping they'd never use drugs or try to be a drug mule. My dad died of oesophagus cancer and starved to death...my mum died of aspestos lung cancer and drowned. Two horrific ways to die. ❤

    • @i.ehrenfest349
      @i.ehrenfest349 5 місяців тому +4

      Yes, I’m very sorry about the way your parents died, but what does that have to do with drugs?

    • @phoenixrising5088
      @phoenixrising5088 5 місяців тому +3

      Midnight Express. Brilliant although harrowing Movie about being in a Turkish Prison.

    • @angelaangelfish
      @angelaangelfish Місяць тому

      I was wondering the same. ​@@i.ehrenfest349

  • @meatavoreNana
    @meatavoreNana 6 місяців тому +46

    As awful as her experience was , it probably saved her life

    • @hollywallace.3313
      @hollywallace.3313 6 місяців тому +8

      I totally agree

    • @Maruzzela-l1u
      @Maruzzela-l1u 5 місяців тому +1

      Really god? Bcoz you know how her life would had been otherwise right?

    • @Maruzzela-l1u
      @Maruzzela-l1u 5 місяців тому +1

      Really god? Bciz you know how her life was going to be dont you?

    • @cornelisverhoef9282
      @cornelisverhoef9282 4 місяці тому +4

      @@Maruzzela-l1u "probably" was the keyword in that comment.

  • @gdaygday1209
    @gdaygday1209 6 місяців тому +22

    I really appreciate Holly's story and will seek out the audio book, so thanks for sharing. I know she had to go through all she did, sacrificing so many years of her life to heal so many more. ❤

  • @karendaigle1509
    @karendaigle1509 5 місяців тому +17

    This wou make an incredible movie and teaching tool.

  • @dawnharper632
    @dawnharper632 6 місяців тому +34

    Now that's a prison.

  • @erinhennessy1393
    @erinhennessy1393 6 місяців тому +17

    One word to describe Holly- Perseverance

  • @ysw8291
    @ysw8291 6 місяців тому +8

    Look at you now, a well spoken fine young lady with a fine heart. Well done, mate.

  • @ButterflyWings1900
    @ButterflyWings1900 6 місяців тому +24

    Fascinating, this podcast would be good to show people what can happen in jails as a deterrent to not mess with drugs! Subscribed ☮️🇦🇺

    • @cheryl5994
      @cheryl5994 6 місяців тому +3

      IT ISN’T NEW NEWS THOUGH IS IT, DRUG DEALERS/TRAFFICKERS HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE DAY DOT.
      WEVE ALL SEEN THE TV SHOWS ABOUT GETTING CAUGHT IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES & WHAT HAPPENS.

    • @UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md
      @UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md 6 місяців тому

      Watch the miniseries ‘Bangkok Hilton’ with Nicole Kidman, very well made and convincing, I recall watching it on Aussie tv back in ‘89.

    • @firefly88887
      @firefly88887 6 місяців тому +2

      She’s lucky she was in Thailand, if she’d been in Malaysia she’d have had the death penalty, even on the tiny Island where I grew up they sentenced 4 Australians to the death penalty for smuggling, remember a local boy of 14 being hung for being what we would refer to as groomed these days to hide some guns in his bedroom for gang members- it was horrible as the put the picture of this child hanging on the front page! Read up on the laws of each country before thinking you can play games and respect those laws when travelling it’s simple common sense!

  • @jasonkemp9432
    @jasonkemp9432 4 місяці тому +7

    You completely stopped me in my tracks when you said you could wear THONGS. Being from the UK, that's something completely different here lol. Thank you for this video it just goes to show how standards and penalties differ between AUS and Thailand. The UK seems to be quite similar to the AUS system.

  • @TownGirl04
    @TownGirl04 6 місяців тому +14

    Makes me glad that I didn't do or take drugs. What a crazy path it can lead you on. Happy for her she got out of there and now free and off of drugs.

  • @ClintWalker-p9c
    @ClintWalker-p9c 6 місяців тому +45

    She may have committed the crime, but no one should have to live like that! Poor lady, have so much respect and admiration for how she coped! 🎉❤

  • @Danielle-up4yw
    @Danielle-up4yw 5 місяців тому +5

    Great interview. Thank you for sharing your story Holly ❤

  • @allisotiroff1768
    @allisotiroff1768 6 місяців тому +9

    I am just a simple stranger but if you read this Holly - I am proud of you 💛

  • @VeganTrove
    @VeganTrove 6 місяців тому +12

    Great interview. Strong woman. Best wishes to her ❤️

  • @clairec1683
    @clairec1683 5 місяців тому +8

    Very good podcast. Very stong and brave lady. Beautiful skin

  • @cozzettet7869
    @cozzettet7869 6 місяців тому +10

    Thanks for sharing won't need to read the book now. All the best.

  • @sweetnsassy1901
    @sweetnsassy1901 5 місяців тому +3

    I was so interested in Holly's story after watching part one, had to come find part two..... What an amazing strong Woman, I couldn't handle an American prison let alone a foreign one!!!

  • @ClintWalker-p9c
    @ClintWalker-p9c 6 місяців тому +11

    "Far Out" understatement of the year! 😂

  • @jodieperry1650
    @jodieperry1650 21 день тому +1

    I really enjoyed this, thank you and best of luck to Holly in the future!

  • @MegaDeansy
    @MegaDeansy 6 місяців тому +22

    I've got no time for druggie's but I do for those who break the habit - very interesting and thought-provoking interview !. Plus, she's the healthiest looking addict I've ever seen!

  • @theG-reek-Cy1riot79
    @theG-reek-Cy1riot79 6 місяців тому +9

    Greetings from the UK Holly 🇬🇧✌🏼😄 I really enjoyed listening to your story and I wish you all the best for the future

  • @annedonlon2232
    @annedonlon2232 5 місяців тому +8

    Wishing you every good wish in the World from now on Holly and thank you for telling your story.

  • @ernest7969
    @ernest7969 6 місяців тому +14

    I believe here. Great interview Gary.

  • @FFLapin
    @FFLapin 5 місяців тому +8

    What an amazing story 👍
    Best of luck to holy ❤

  • @harvey2609
    @harvey2609 6 місяців тому +13

    Just been down Bali 9 rabbit hole. Now I'm watching this. Trying to get my head around how people in their right minds take this kind of risk.

    • @UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md
      @UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md 6 місяців тому +4

      Have you watched the miniseries ‘Bangkok Hilton’ with Nicole Kidman? Very impressive.

    • @MissysDomain
      @MissysDomain 6 місяців тому +5

      The Locked Up Abroad shows are pretty interesting and informative about why people take these type of risks

    • @vaska1999
      @vaska1999 5 місяців тому

      I really wonder if they are in their right minds.

    • @arielsfish
      @arielsfish Місяць тому

      ​@@UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8mdoh film suggestion

  • @michelledoyle1969
    @michelledoyle1969 6 місяців тому +5

    Thankyou for sharing your story Holly.@I catch killers podcast could i have Holly's website please Gary i would love to contact her

  • @lousessssmith9869
    @lousessssmith9869 6 місяців тому +7

    Thank you for sharing.

  • @blazefairchild465
    @blazefairchild465 6 місяців тому +9

    I am late but this was an amazing interview.

  • @TheDillberto
    @TheDillberto 6 місяців тому +13

    don't need be a bully to be though ... this is a tough chick.

  • @leachville3001
    @leachville3001 4 місяці тому +8

    From one holly to another holly, what an inspiring story. You truly are a great story teller. 😊

  • @suzannegriffiths4795
    @suzannegriffiths4795 5 місяців тому +30

    Addicts arent rational. So never say "yes" to drugs. It might be your last real "yes".

    • @AudreeAdam
      @AudreeAdam 20 днів тому

      It is not rational to avoid feeling pain? It is not rational to avoid being sick (vomiting, diarrhea, flu-like symptoms, chills, trembling….)? For a lot of people, it makes sense to stay an addict and to keep taking drugs because they don’t know where to get help. It is very hard to stop on your own. I would not say drug addicts are not rational. It just isn’t true. They try to do the best they can for most of them.
      How many people smoke and don’t stop? And we don’t really judge them. How many people are addicted to their phone? Food?
      Drug takers have a reason for taking drugs, it could be self-medication, trying to medicate their anxiety, their trauma.
      I wish people would stop judging drug addicts because they often have a lot of reasons why they became addicts. Try to understand them instead of judging what you don’t know.

  • @siew-engtan1997
    @siew-engtan1997 4 місяці тому +2

    Thank you for sharing your story! May you be a help and blessing to others to leave their life imprisoned by drugs.👌🙏

  • @LITHx8
    @LITHx8 6 місяців тому +27

    Yes, i just watched her interview,and she is absolutely telling the TRUTH.

    • @meichong8278
      @meichong8278 6 місяців тому

      Yes ....... HER truth ..... real truth isnt something you normally get from selfish , self indulgent druggies

  • @plutoplatters
    @plutoplatters 6 місяців тому +6

    I'm so sick of hearing people say " I'm not judging" Oh heck NO ... everything's cool today !!

  • @thedj5914
    @thedj5914 5 місяців тому +4

    Only half way through & this is class 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @sandisteko9067
    @sandisteko9067 6 місяців тому +8

    Must have been horrible being there and getting clean at the same time.What about toothache or something like that?

    • @hollywallace.3313
      @hollywallace.3313 6 місяців тому +6

      There is a story in my book about a tooth ache I had.😢

    • @sandisteko9067
      @sandisteko9067 6 місяців тому +2

      @@hollywallace.3313 I'll have to read your book now.

  • @karenkinyone613
    @karenkinyone613 5 місяців тому +7

    Great interview Holly ! Thank you for sharing your story

  • @erinmasewicz31
    @erinmasewicz31 5 місяців тому +5

    Thank you. For sharing.💜

  • @tru2harris998
    @tru2harris998 6 місяців тому +37

    PITY THE POOR SOULS STILL TRAPPED IN THERE UNJUST SADISTICALLY CRUEL SYSTEM...😢😢😢

    • @bianchaesson1441
      @bianchaesson1441 6 місяців тому +3

      YES, absolutely!!!

    • @simmiesim321
      @simmiesim321 6 місяців тому +7

      That’s why we don’t break the law here as expats ….its there ways you think it’s unjust that’s only your opinion it works well …..don’t break the law it’s simple

    • @gma-68
      @gma-68 6 місяців тому +7

      Don’t do the crime and you won’t do the time.

    • @MartynCamm
      @MartynCamm 5 місяців тому +2

      What did she expect ? A red carpet to be laid out for her arrival

  • @melindataljaard2753
    @melindataljaard2753 5 місяців тому +3

    Wonderful story. Hope she will be okay! All the 👌🏻 😊

  • @gailsouthaustralia
    @gailsouthaustralia 6 місяців тому +6

    Raw and truthful chat well done Holly to go through this and come out the other side with your mind in tact 💯 I hope your doing well

  • @gabe_2544
    @gabe_2544 4 місяці тому +1

    Great interview. I’m so glad and quite surprised AU took her back, considering what they did to the Bali Nine in having Indonesia catch them and hand out death sentences, rather than arresting them as soon as they were back on Australian soil.

  • @lisak2283
    @lisak2283 5 місяців тому +2

    Wow, what an amazing story. God bless you Holly - thank you for sharing your life.❤

  • @yvonnestephens6687
    @yvonnestephens6687 4 місяці тому +3

    Such a wonderful story. God bless her.

  • @scotthughcarson3896
    @scotthughcarson3896 6 місяців тому +17

    DDone26 yrs in syd max jails.i kinda understand where your head was.its survival.

  • @MrElhabib123
    @MrElhabib123 5 місяців тому +2

    Now give back to society hope and goodness.Thank you for sharing your story ❤

  • @MindyBeee
    @MindyBeee 6 місяців тому +13

    I need her skincare routine lol Love listening to your guys have a conversation ❤

    • @anthonyfoott4890
      @anthonyfoott4890 6 місяців тому +3

      Good genes

    • @kokoskokso
      @kokoskokso 6 місяців тому +2

      I guess for all those years she didn't eat much processed food or sugar which cause inflammation, aging and sagging...

    • @hollywallace.3313
      @hollywallace.3313 6 місяців тому +1

      Thankyou

    • @kokoskokso
      @kokoskokso 6 місяців тому +1

      @@hollywallace.3313 that you Holly? THE Holly? No way 😀

  • @tinyspeckofdust37
    @tinyspeckofdust37 6 місяців тому +9

    I’m so happy for Holly. Wonderfully work in turning her life around. Very inspirational Best wishes. 💕

  • @suzanneblumsky9501
    @suzanneblumsky9501 4 місяці тому +1

    Inspiring interview. Thanks so much

  • @traceylorence5726
    @traceylorence5726 6 місяців тому +30

    I think money played a big role in her privileges.🤔

  • @nickeljims1532
    @nickeljims1532 6 місяців тому +30

    Should have called your book, "the girl who finally learned her lesson"

    • @sharongoodsell9341
      @sharongoodsell9341 6 місяців тому +4

      It's Not a lesson. It's a strength you have to find eventually to just say no ! I've had enough .no matter how you got there .

  • @diwurld
    @diwurld 6 місяців тому +5

    What an amazing story. Good luck with everything Holly.

  • @nadjamartinsson2091
    @nadjamartinsson2091 5 місяців тому +3

    You made it! You deserve a good life.❤

  • @UKVeteran2024
    @UKVeteran2024 3 місяці тому +2

    31 years is a crime against humanity. Thailand has no heart only a face. This girl needed help, not 31 years, a lifetime, taken away.

  • @itchntohitch4143
    @itchntohitch4143 14 днів тому

    Holly makes no excuses whatsoever. A stand up lady to be sure. She owned her punishment and has turned her life around. Kudos!

  • @UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md
    @UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md 6 місяців тому +7

    Reminds me of the Australian miniseries ‘Bangkok Hilton’ with Nicole Kidman .

    • @phoenixrising5088
      @phoenixrising5088 5 місяців тому +2

      Midnight Express was a brilliant, but harrowing movie about an American guy was caught with Hashish after boarding the plane in Istanbul to return to the USA. He served many years in a Turkish Prison. This was in the 1980s I think.

  • @samanthameharg5816
    @samanthameharg5816 4 дні тому

    I have read your book Holly, and I love it. You are such a brave and strong lady❤️

  • @anthonyfoott4890
    @anthonyfoott4890 6 місяців тому +34

    She's ok-how many of you keyboard warriors are perfect?

  • @bg9509
    @bg9509 6 місяців тому +2

    Did you do 17 years, or 31? Thank Heavens you survived it all. Thx for sharing.

  • @MarilynAllison-on2wi
    @MarilynAllison-on2wi 17 днів тому +1

    Sometimes God
    has us go through
    hard times so that
    we can know how
    to help other people.
    Your story has
    touched many
    many lives.
    Thank YOU

  • @carinakaron8068
    @carinakaron8068 6 місяців тому +7

    She did her time Thai justice. It is great she turned her life around.

  • @Mark-gg6iy
    @Mark-gg6iy 5 місяців тому +1

    I am 67, an American, and male. I grew up in the USA at the tail end of the 60's-70's and recreational drug use was common to some extent with us risk takers, myself included. Marijuana was common and relatively weak (i.e. THC). Given fentanyl is common now, in my opinion, you have to be suicidal to use any drugs, anywhere at any time. To use or have anything to do with drugs in any developing country is also nearly a death wish.

  • @puckman
    @puckman 6 місяців тому +7

    Sentenced to 31, actually was 7.5...

  • @thatomasoeu383
    @thatomasoeu383 3 місяці тому +1

    Watching from South Africa, all the best in your future endeavors ❤

  • @JustMomHere
    @JustMomHere 5 місяців тому +4

    She really does like herself!! Maybe that is how she survived.

  • @murraymclean9072
    @murraymclean9072 3 місяці тому

    Powerful storytelling. Holly's journey through the Thai system is a message delivered with meaningful truth..sad and uplifting at the same time..great to see her redemption. All love and hope for the future.

  • @vanmarko6654
    @vanmarko6654 6 місяців тому +3

    All prisons should be like this...

    • @AudreeAdam
      @AudreeAdam 20 днів тому

      Yeah, cause that’s the way to help people with a drug problem… (I’m sarcastic if you don’t get it)
      What’s your reasoning behind that statement? Do people with drug problems deserve to suffer? Is that it? Or are you talking about people who murdered? Worse of the worse? Which a lot of people in prison aren’t…. Please explain.

  • @firefly88887
    @firefly88887 6 місяців тому +10

    found it hard that she didn’t have any calling to help the Thai women locked up in Thai prisons for much , much less than her offences? Despite the terrible conditions of the prison, those women kept her safe and alive ! I feel it odd that there was no urge for her to return to Thailand and assist her “Thai Family” spending 7.5 years living in that close proximity to people, surely despite the relief of getting back to your own country, hot water and a mattress, wasn’t there any sense of loss for the friendship of the women left behind?

    • @graerindley6312
      @graerindley6312 6 місяців тому +2

      What is she supposed to do?

    • @meatavoreNana
      @meatavoreNana 6 місяців тому +1

      She probably wouldn't be allowed back to Thailand

    • @hollywallace.3313
      @hollywallace.3313 6 місяців тому +17

      Maybe read my book, and you will learn that I did go back to Thailand to visit my Thai family, and was stopped at immigration and put on the next flight back to Australia immigration immigration

    • @hollywallace.3313
      @hollywallace.3313 6 місяців тому +6

      ​@@graerindley6312Thankyou. I did go back, and was stopped at immigration

    • @hoggarththewisesmeagol8362
      @hoggarththewisesmeagol8362 5 місяців тому +5

      As Holly said, she did return. If it were me, I doubt I'd want to spend another second in Thailand if I didn't have to.

  • @BulkernatorKerb
    @BulkernatorKerb 6 місяців тому +3

    David McMillan is the person you need to be interviewing mate

  • @heathererickson3844
    @heathererickson3844 4 місяці тому +2

    Nobody deserves to be treated less than an animal no matter what prison

  • @lindalane3985
    @lindalane3985 5 місяців тому +1

    I want to thank you for your story, I'm ine Port Huron Michigan USA but thanks much

  • @sharongoodsell9341
    @sharongoodsell9341 6 місяців тому +14

    Plenty of Aussie kids in the seventies 🇦🇺 got addicted , including myself , i remember a guy cookie from Cronulla that got caught in Thailand , went there to surf ! We are like a setting sun , we will rise again

    • @yabelli-eq2vv
      @yabelli-eq2vv 4 місяці тому

      R U still using

    • @sharongoodsell9341
      @sharongoodsell9341 4 місяці тому +1

      @@yabelli-eq2vv I did answer you , must have got lost , !! No gave up properly in 98 but most days I miss the experience of forgetting my enimies ,

  • @starrhupp4262
    @starrhupp4262 6 місяців тому +9

    bless you.for sharing