From dope dealer to hope dealer: Gaz Wright Pt. 2
6/8/202648 min
Gaz Wright picks up where the war stories ended in part one of his chat with Gary on I Catch Killers. In this episode, they get into the story that really matters - how one man crawled out of a back bedroom in a shot-up trap house, white-knuckled his way through heroin withdrawal, and rebuilt himself from nothing into one of Australia's most unlikely voices for change.
With nothing but the clothes on his back and his Staffy, Bonnie, Gaz boarded a one-way flight to Cairns and started over. He handed in his first-ever résumé at a bottle shop, filmed it on a mate's suggestion, and watched it go viral, a moment that would change everything. What followed was the birth of Hope Cartel, and a social media following of over one million people, built on radical honesty and hard earned redemption.
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First 90 secondsGary Jubelin· Host0:00
[upbeat music] The public has had a long-held fascination with detectives. Detectives see a side of life the average person is never exposed to. I spent thirty-four years as a cop. For twenty-five of those years, I was catching killers. That's what I did for a living. I was a homicide detective. I'm no longer just interviewing bad guys. Instead, I'm taking the public into the world in which I operated. The guests I talk to each week have amazing stories from all sides of the law. The interviews are raw and honest, just like the people I talk to. Some of the content and language might be confronting. That's because no one who comes into contact with crime is left unchanged. Join me now as I take you into this world. [upbeat music] If you listened to part one of my conversation with Gaz Wright, you'll know just how dark his life had gotten. From feared underworld figure to desperate junkie, his enemies smelt blood in the water, and they came for him. Stabbings, beatings, gunshots. Karma doesn't pull punches. And with serious jail time looming, Gaz faced a choice: continue the downward spiral or leave his life of violence and crime behind. Against all odds, he chose the latter. This is the story of how he did it. Gaz Wright, welcome back to part two of I Catch Killers.
Gaz Wright· Guest1:21
Let's go.
Gary Jubelin· Host1:22
Part one, not much fun, taking you through all the, the heavy stuff. How's it feel reliving it?
Gaz Wright· Guest1:27
Ah, you know, like, I spoke to you prior