Leo Silva grew up in Texas, was recruited into the DEA at just 22 years old, and spent the next 28 years on the front lines of America's war on drugs — starting with undercover operations in Texas before being stationed in Monterrey Mexico as Resident Agent in Charge where he built cases against the Gulf Cartel and the infamous Los Zetas and eventually rose to Special Agent in Charge. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares what hunting cartels from the inside of Mexico really looked like — the undercover buys the high stakes operations the cartel violence and the bureaucracy that most people on the outside never hear about. He also breaks down how cartels have evolved over nearly three decades how Los Zetas changed everything about cartel violence and what the real truth about the war on drugs looks like from the person who lived it on the front lines for 28 years.

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#cops #cartels #truecrimestories

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Timestamps:

00:00 Meet Leo Silva: DEA Agent's Story

01:18 Growing Up on the Border

02:18 Early Encounters With Cartel Culture

03:32 Choosing DEA Over Teaching

05:03 Training, Family Reactions, and Joining DEA

07:07 First Assignment in Texas

08:18 Undercover Work & Street Smarts

09:55 DEA Training vs. Real-World Experience

12:22 Being a Young Undercover Agent

14:04 Cartel Connections and Local Targets

17:44 Violence and Danger Along the Border

18:56 Cases, Informants, and Prosecution

21:14 Experiencing the Drug Trade Firsthand

24:47 Wiretaps and Changing Technology

27:14 Big Undercover Operations

29:20 Handling Risk and Mental Toll

32:08 Life as a DEA Agent in Texas

36:42 Transferring to Mexico: Bigger Targets

41:09 Adapting to Work in Mexico

44:00 Operations Against Zetas and Cartel Wars

48:19 Cartels, Corruption, and Survival

52:51 Cartel Violence and Evolution

57:08 Prioritizing Cases & Supervisory Challenges

01:01:17 Mexico Operations, Leadership, and Cartel Dynamics

01:07:59 Cartel Power, Money, and Tactics

01:12:00 Personal Toll, Stress & Burnout

01:17:21 Darkest Moments: Loss and Violence

01:19:44 Justice, Reforms & Mexico's Future

01:21:26 Retirement, Recovery, and Life After DEA

01:24:42 Reflections, Writing, and Final Thoughts

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Diaz Aguilar grew up in Compton California raised by a single mother who struggled with addiction — and when the streets filled the gap the Vice Lords became his family. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares how a trip to Chicago pulled him into the Vice Lords, how a trip to Mississippi ended with a manslaughter charge for something he says he did not do, and what losing at trial and being sentenced to 20 years in Mississippi's most brutal maximum security prison actually felt like for a Vice Lord from Compton who knew he was innocent. He opens up about the prison politics inside Mississippi's worst facility, what life as a Vice Lord inside those walls actually required of him, and what 22 years of wrongful incarceration really does to a person before they find a way to keep going.

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#wrongfulconviction #TrueCrime #prison

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro: Diaz Aguilar's Story

00:18 Growing Up in Compton

01:41 Mother's Addiction & Early Hardships

03:59 Friendships & Finding Family

05:04 Reflections on Mother-Son Relationship

07:36 Childhood Trouble & Gang Influence

09:01 Neighborhood Gangs and Associations

10:03 Joining the Vice Lords

13:13 Gang Symbolism & Identity

14:55 Dreams, Aspirations, and Early Outlook

16:18 School Life and Influential Teacher

17:52 Writing Inspiration & Starting a Book

21:02 Adoption, Family Changes & Moving to Mississippi

25:31 Troubled Adoption and Feeling Isolated

28:44 Mississippi: New Beginnings and Trouble

31:31 The Incident: Manslaughter Charge

38:12 Court, Trial, and Sentencing

43:03 Life in Mississippi State Penitentiary

50:12 Gang Dynamics and Prison Politics

01:00:19 Economics of Prison: Protection and Extortion

01:08:45 Adapting and Surviving in Prison

01:13:15 Solitary Confinement and Mental Health

01:17:51 Struggles for Justice & Maintaining Innocence

01:23:00 Life After Release: Reentry Challenges

01:24:47 Relationships, Intimacy & PTSD

01:26:34 Making Peace and Coping with Trauma

01:33:32 Thoughts on Gang Life Now

01:34:12 Wisdom Gained: Reflections on Life

01:35:50 Life Today: Work, Books & New Beginnings

01:38:40 Closing Thoughts & Farewell

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Tamara Cook grew up poor in a small Texas town with eight siblings, a mother struggling to hold everything together, and a biological father who was never in the picture — and when her babysitter started abusing her at just seven years old the life she deserved was already being taken from her before she was old enough to understand what was happening. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, she shares how her mother fell into addiction and began pimping her out, how her parents splitting sent everything into further chaos, how she eventually started selling drugs herself and ultimately became a pimp — the exact monster she had always been afraid of and never wanted to become. She opens up about her own addiction the relationships the multiple children she was raising in the middle of everything, and what a seven year sentence in the Texas Department of Corrections finally did to give her back the life that started being taken from her when she was seven years old.

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#womeninprison #TrueCrime #redemptionstory #prison

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Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:

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Timestamps:

00:00 Tamara Cook Introduction

00:21 Growing Up in Amarillo

02:02 Early Family Life & Childhood Memories

06:46 Life Changes at Age Seven

09:05 Abuse and Family Struggles

13:17 Mother's Addiction Begins

20:28 Role Reversal: Becoming the Caregiver

23:12 Trauma, Betrayal & Survival

27:01 Deeper Into Abuse and Neglect

33:32 Adolescence in Chaos

39:00 Survival and First Crimes

43:43 Turning to the Streets & Dealing

49:57 Dealing Drugs and Gang Life

58:00 Solo Survival and Criminal Hustle

01:05:30 Becoming a Dealer and a Pimp

01:14:00 Running Operations and Family Fallout

01:26:02 Violence, Survival & Self-Defense

01:35:29 From Teen Mom to Emancipation

01:46:06 Trying to Be a 'Normal' Wife & Mother

01:56:02 Losing Children and Hitting Rock Bottom

02:05:40 Falling into Addiction

02:11:00 Deep Addiction, Homelessness & Jail Time

02:24:00 Year Under Investigation & Final Arrest

02:33:50 Prison: The Breaking Point

02:46:00 Life Changing Years Inside

03:02:00 Release, Recovery & Faith

03:14:00 Domestic Violence and New Beginnings

03:18:00 Career, Ministry, and Healing

03:26:00 Mother's Redemption and Passing

03:33:00 Forgiveness, Recovery and Purpose

03:35:51 Reflection & Message of Hope

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Cole Goldberg was 22 years old when his girlfriend — a woman who appeared on the TLC reality TV show 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After — accused him of attempted murder at the 2022 Boca Bash, a massive annual boating event in Lake Boca Raton, claiming he held her head underwater during an argument on the boat. He was charged with attempted second-degree murder, domestic battery by strangulation, and simple battery — and spent nearly four years fighting those charges before finally going to trial. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares his complete account of what happened that day on the water, what facing an attempted murder charge for nearly four years actually required of him, why he turned down a plea deal that would have required six months in jail and three years of probation rather than accept a felony conviction, and what the judge's not guilty verdict on all counts actually produced in someone who spent four years living under the most serious accusation available.

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#florida #attemptedmurder #truecrimestories

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Connect with Cole Goldberg:

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction and Background

01:01 Moving to Florida and Sports Life

02:13 College, Law Aspirations, and Life Changes

03:14 Bokea Bash: Setting the Scene

05:20 Day of the Incident: Boating and Tensions

07:52 Boat Hopping, Parties, and Escalation

09:13 Drinking, Arguments, and Boat Incident

12:13 Accusations Begin and Sequence of Events

16:13 Events Escalate: The Swimming Incident

20:22 Alleged Drowning and Confrontation

24:22 Police Arrive: Investigation and Arrests

29:13 In Jail: The Fallout and Media Frenzy

33:39 Public Opinion, Press Coverage, and Personal Fallout

37:12 Legal Struggles and Ongoing Trials

41:52 Criminal Trials and Legal Delays

45:16 The Court of Public Opinion and Advocating Change

49:40 Defense Strategy and Trial Outcomes

52:32 Final Trial, Verdict, and Life After the Case

56:00 Lessons Learned, Moving Forward, and Advocacy

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Hollyhood Texus (Luis Murillo) grew up in the gang infested neighborhoods of Chicago before his family moved to Dallas, Texas hoping to give him a better life — but with his parents splitting and his teenage years split between Mexico and Texas the path toward trouble found him anyway. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares how robberies led to multiple stints in Dallas County Jail before a felony robbery and gun charge landed him a seven year sentence in the Texas prison system — where he faced something most inmates never have to navigate alone. As a Mexican with no gang affiliation and no crew to back him up Luis rode solo through one of the most politically charged prison systems in the country, surviving the racial politics the daily danger and a race riot that got him transferred to maximum security — before finally getting released after four and a half years and turning his life completely around.

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#texas #TrueCrime #prison

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro & Luis's Early Life 00:22 Growing Up in Chicago and Family Roots 03:00 Early Encounters with Crime & Trauma 05:30 Moving to Texas & Adapting to a New Life 07:30 Struggles with Family and School 10:45 Culture Clash & Visits to Mexico 14:00 Growing Up, Family Split & Impact 16:15 Life Changes After Parents' Divorce 18:57 First Steps Into the Streets 21:00 Rebelling & Losing Direction 23:00 High School Life & First Arrest 27:30 First Jail Experience & Aftermath 32:00 Street Family, Not a Gang 39:00 How Luis Ended Up in Prison 44:00 Aggravated Robbery & Choices 49:00 Prison Sentencing and Reflection 53:00 First Prison Unit – Life Inside 01:00:00 Prison Society, Rules & Racial Tensions 01:12:00 Race Riot Incident & Transfer to Max Security 01:24:00 Maximum Security: Survival & Adapting 01:34:00 Mentality Shift, Influence & Gaining Wisdom 01:43:00 Bonding in Prison, Real Friendship 01:48:00 Release, Rebuilding, and Survivors Guilt 01:54:00 Relationships & Lessons After Prison 02:00:00 Building a New Life & Business 02:02:00 Product Launch & Health Awareness 02:04:30 Final Reflections & Words to Younger Self 02:05:20 Outro & Closing Remarks

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Tara Perry grew up in Texas with her father out of the picture, raised by her mother and grandparents in a family where functioning addiction was just part of daily life — which is how she first got exposed to meth as a teenager and started using at just 13 years old. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, she shares how she dropped out of school in ninth grade, had her first child at 16, spent six months in state prison before a five year sentence in the Texas Department of Corrections before she was even 20 years old, and stayed hooked on meth from age 13 all the way to 26 — always managing to get sober inside jail or prison before the cycle started again on the outside. She opens up about eventually starting to sell meth, getting connected to a major organization, having multiple children while in and out of addiction, and what happened when someone close to her snitched and the DEA came knocking. She was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison — and spent seven of those years inside a Texas federal facility before Donald Trump pardoned her on the last day of his first term.

_____________________________________________ #prison #addictionrecovery #truecrimecommunity

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_____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction and Early Life 03:50 Childhood, Family & Identity 09:50 First Exposure to Drugs 16:00 Teenage Drug Use & Relationships 23:00 First Criminal Charges & Jail Experience 31:30 Life After First Incarceration 39:00 Motherhood and Continued Addiction 47:00 Second Prison Sentence & Having a Baby in Jail 55:30 Release, Relapse, and Escalating Drug Trade 01:03:30 DEA Bust and Facing Federal Charges 01:10:00 Sentencing and Time in Federal Prison 01:18:00 Life, Change, and Purpose in Prison 01:29:00 Clemency and Life After Prison 01:36:00 Growth, Healing, and Closing Reflections

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Cris Bazan grew up in Texas, started gang banging as a young teenager, and eventually started his own street gang with his brother before a nine year sentence in the Texas state prison system at 17 years old pulled him into the Texas Syndicate — setting off 20 years of life inside some of the most violent correctional facilities in the country. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he describes what the Texas prison system looked like in the early 2000s, what starting wars with gangs like Tango Blast actually involved, what getting confirmed and validated as a Texas Syndicate member meant and what getting sent to the SHU after validation really looked like, and how violent the state system was during that era. He also opens up about catching a federal sentence after his release, spending five years in the toughest federal penitentiaries in the United States, and what the difference between state and federal prison as a Texas Syndicate member really revealed about which world was more dangerous.

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_____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Introducing Cris Bazan's Story 01:00 Upbringing, Family, and Early Gangs 05:00 Creating N2P and First Gang Experiences 10:00 Entering Prison and Joining Texas Syndicate 16:00 Prison Politics and Survival Tactics 21:00 Gang Wars, Rivalries, and Institutional Life 27:00 Solitary Confinement and Its Impact 36:00 Transition to Federal Prison Life 41:00 Life and Politics in Federal Prison 46:00 Transfers, Riots, and Prison Hierarchies 52:00 Life After Release & Reintegration Challenges 01:01:00 Family, Regret, and Hopes for the Future 01:09:00 Plans, Reflection, and Final Thoughts

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Dr. Leslie Dobson is a clinical and forensic psychologist with more than 20 years of experience working inside LA County Jail, state psychiatric hospitals, and court-related psychological assessments across California. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, she shares the complete truth about what the criminal mind really looks like from the inside — and what most people fundamentally misunderstand about psychology, crime, and the justice system. She breaks down whether someone can fake not guilty by reason of insanity, what it really means to be a psychopath, why people are so fascinated with serial killers and true crime, what mental health hospitals are really like, and whether inmates deserve a second chance after prison.

_____________________________________________ #psychologist #criminalminds #truecrimecommunity

_____________________________________________ Connect with Dr. Leslie Dobson: Website: https://drlesliedobson.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlesliedobson?igsh=MWs4M2JrZWRpd3hoOA==

_____________________________________________ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/

_____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Introducing Dr. Leslie Dobson 00:22 Family History and Early Influences 03:13 Finding Her Path: Education & Adversity 07:51 Surviving Major Health Challenges 14:10 Forensic Psychology Career Beginnings 19:21 Naivety, Manipulation & Lessons in Jail 23:19 State Hospitals and High-Risk Populations 27:00 Complexity of Mental Illness in Institutions 34:00 Violence, Psychopathy, and Untreatable Cases 39:02 Staff Dynamics & Institutional Corruption 43:41 True Crime, Fan Mail, and Media Fascination 51:20 Social Media, Justice, and Public Advocacy 58:46 Sexual Abuse Laws, Inconsistencies, and Second Chances 01:06:34 Civil Work, Emotional Damages, and Lie Detection 01:14:00 Psychopaths, Social Life, and Professional Challenges 01:18:43 Second Chances: Prison vs. Sex Offenses 01:25:12 Complexities of Sex Offense Cases 01:31:00 Endless Cycle of Evil & Protecting the Innocent 01:36:03 Broken System, Court Corruption, and Podcasting's Role 01:42:06 Solutions, Screening Staff, and The Path Forward 01:42:51 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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Timothy Greisheimer grew up in Ohio before his family moved to Texas — and with his father out of the picture and his mother doing what she could, the streets filled in the gaps before he was old enough to understand what that really meant. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares how teenage robberies and a love for stealing and selling guns led to an eight year sentence in the Texas prison system, what getting sent to a brutal maximum security facility really looked like, and how he made one of the most dangerous decisions available inside those walls — leaving the white gang he ran with and becoming a Blood as a white man inside a Texas max security prison. He navigates the politics the violence and the daily reality of what that decision really cost him before finally getting out, becoming a major meth dealer, spending nearly ten years on the run, getting caught again, and doing another fifteen years in Texas — this time converting to Islam before finishing his sentence as a peckerwood, learning to tattoo, and finally turning his life completely around.

_____________________________________________ #texas #TrueCrime #ganglife #prison

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_____________________________________________ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/

_____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro & Early Life 01:18 Family Background & Moving 04:18 Trouble in Childhood 06:26 Starting Crime & Identity Search 11:14 Influences & Role Models 13:24 Gang Life & Friend Groups 20:45 First Arrest & Prison Sentence 29:39 Entering Maximum Security Prison 41:52 Navigating Prison Politics 52:02 Switching Sides in Prison 01:04:05 Consequences & Proving Himself 01:23:00 Parole & Getting Out 01:42:59 Returning to the Streets 01:58:38 Climbing the Drug World 02:19:52 Avoiding Law Enforcement 02:35:27 Probation Violation & Back to Prison 03:14:41 Second Prison Bid & Leaving Gangs 03:34:03 Life After Prison 03:52:54 Lessons Learned & Reflections 04:04:39 Advice to the Next Generation

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Chase Brown followed his father's footsteps into law went to law school and became a prosecutor at the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. For three years he prosecuted cases dealt with victims and defendants navigated bail issues and a backlogged court system picked juries and offered plea deals that shaped people's lives. Then he left to become a private criminal defense attorney at his father's firm — putting him on the opposite side of everything he had spent three years doing. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, Chase shares the complete truth about what the justice system really looks like from the inside — the cases he will never forget the problems with bail the issues with the jury system the backlog destroying the courts and what working as both a prosecutor and a defense attorney actually revealed about the system he operates in every single day.

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_____________________________________________ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/

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Timestamps:

00:00 Chase Brown's Legal Journey

03:00 Early Life, Family, and Career Choices

09:00 Law School Experiences and AI's Impact

17:00 Becoming a Prosecutor: Trials and Skills

26:00 Handling Overwhelming Caseloads

33:00 Courtroom Realities: Early Cases and Lessons

39:00 Body Cameras and Police Accountability

46:00 Plea Deals and Prosecutorial Ethics

52:00 Inside the Prosecutor's Role and Personal Impact

01:00:00 Public Defenders and the Legal Community

01:08:00 Trial Law, Juries, and System Challenges

01:18:00 Memorable Cases and Domestic Violence Realities

01:25:00 Switching Sides: Moving to Criminal Defense

01:31:00 Defending the Accused: Ethics and Morality

01:34:00 Reflecting on Lessons Learned

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Kent McGowen grew up in Texas in a good family with a father in the oil business and a brother who became a cop — served honorably in the United States Air Force became a Houston police officer and eventually became a sheriff's deputy in Harris County. In August 1992 while executing a felony warrant as part of a larger weapons operation the situation escalated when the woman he was there to arrest pulled a gun on him. He warned her repeatedly to drop the weapon before firing in what he says was an act of self defense. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares how the DA's office pursued him even after internal affairs cleared the shooting, what two separate trials and two separate convictions looked like from the inside, how the judge sentenced him to 20 years in the Texas prison system, what surviving as a former cop inside Texas's most brutal prisons actually required of him, and why he believes the corruption that sent him there runs far deeper than anyone in that system ever wanted to admit.

_____________________________________________ #prisonlife #texas #truecrimestories #police

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_____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Introducing Kent McGoen's Story 02:00 Early Life & Family Background 05:30 High School Days & Military Influence 09:00 Entering Law Enforcement 15:00 Houston PD: Training & Early Career 19:30 Police Culture & Relationships 27:00 Transition to Harris County Sheriff's Office 32:00 Challenges with Leadership & Policing in the 90s 38:00 Notorious Colleagues & On-the-Job Stories 47:30 Building Up to the Incident 54:00 The Fatal Warrant & Shooting 01:05:00 Crime Scene, Investigation, and Setup 01:15:00 Legal Proceedings & First Trial 01:28:00 Second Trial & Corrupt Defense 01:42:00 Prison Life Begins: Intake & Adjusting 01:51:00 Experiences, Survival & Prison Culture 02:08:00 Navigating Gangs, Politics & the Parole System 02:24:00 Years in Prison & Struggling for Release 02:37:00 Breaking Point, Allies, and a New Chance 02:54:00 Life After Release & Continuing the Fight 03:06:00 Clearing His Name & Seeking Justice 03:15:00 Final Thoughts and Message to the Audience

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