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Labyrinths with Amanda Knox

#100 - On The Lam (Seth Ferranti)

Labyrinths with Amanda Knox

Knox Robinson Productions

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, True Crime, Mental Health

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Seth Ferranti is a former LSD kingpin and fugitive on the US Marshall’s Top 15 Most Wanted list who faced a highly publicized and lengthy prison sentence due to the DEA's early-'90s crackdown on LSD. The self-described outlaw and ahead-of-his-time activist is now a journalist and filmmaker whose past life informs all aspects of his work. Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon. https://www.patreon.com/knoxrobinson https://www.amandaknox.com Twitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridge IG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

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0:06.3

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0:11.0

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0:15.0

Here I'm a federal fugitive and I'm still selling drugs at the height of the war on drugs,

0:20.8

thinking I'm going to get away with this.

0:22.0

So the Midwest

0:23.4

fugitive task force were like hot on my trail. It was like crazy. Finally they

0:27.8

found me in a motel with like 20 pounds of pot and a couple thousand dollars you know I was just trying to

0:34.1

dump that pot so I could get out of there again but you know they got me before I could

0:38.8

get rid of it all.

0:41.9

Feeling lost then you're in the right place. I'm Amanda Knox and I'm Christopher

0:46.9

Robinson and this is Labyrinth. military brat,

0:56.5

L. S. D. Kingpin, fugitive on the U.S. Marshal's top 15 Most Wanted List,

1:02.3

writer behind bars, journalists, and

1:04.9

filmmaker are all roles Seth Ferranti has filled at one point in life.

1:10.9

The self-described outlaw and head of his time activist faced a highly publicized and lengthy prison sentence due to the DA's early 90s crackdown on LSD.

1:26.0

My name's Seth Ferrante. I got 25 years sentence when I was 22 for selling cannabis and

1:30.8

psychodelics and now I make films.

1:34.0

Where would you say your story of being lost begins?

1:37.0

I think at the age of 13, that's when I started experimenting with drugs.

1:43.0

You know, I grew up with a man who adopted me that I thought was my father that I called dad,

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