206: Part 2: Ken Kraus – U.S. Marine tortured in Tehran 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 🇺🇲

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🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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In this intense continuation of the Game of Crimes interview, host Steve Murphy dives deeper into the unbelievable true story of Ken Kraus who reveals the brutal methods of interrogation, the physical and emotional torture, and the haunting moments that tested the very limits of human endurance. Facing sadistic captors, unimaginable pain, and psychological torment, Ken never broke—refusing to betray his fellow Marines or his country. His story is one of unshakable resilience, brotherhood, and the will to survive.

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone. A quick note about this week's episodes. Our guest is Ken Krause, a former U.S. Marine,
0:05.5	who was kidnapped, tortured, and sentenced to death in Iran in 1979. Now, obviously, he survived,
0:12.4	or we wouldn't have him as a guest, right? But Ken's going to discuss his ordeal during that time,
0:17.4	which includes gun battles, beatings, torture, murder, and the resultant PTSD he experienced.
0:23.9	Some might find portions of this three-part interview disturbing. Most of you won't, but I just
0:28.9	want to give you a heads up just in case. Ken Krauss is a true American patriot and hero,
0:34.0	and I'm honored to host him on the Game of Crimes. Hope you all enjoy this week's episodes. We'll go back up to the same torture chamber, and I'm honored to host him on The Game of Crimes. Hope y'all enjoy this week's episodes.
0:39.1	We're back up to the same torture chamber, and I was wondering, how much longer can it last?
0:45.0	Dear Lord, I'd have mercy on me.
0:47.3	I said, let my heart burst, let my brain shut my body down.
0:50.8	I can't take anymore.
0:52.7	It's like living in hell that you know, you burn and burn
0:55.7	it, but you never get consumed. You have no hope of dying. It just never ends. I know, it's just
1:00.6	forever. So you're really starting to work on your brain and it's horrifying. It's pure terror
1:07.4	from inside your brain, inside your heart. And you know that no one's ever going to find you again. No one's ever going to
1:12.6	see you again. And you're not
1:14.6	even going to die a heroic Marine
1:16.5	combat wounded. They're not even going to know anything.
1:18.8	You're going to die here and your bones are going to
1:20.7	be left down down on the hallway
1:22.5	and near the toilet.
1:25.8	It's all that runs through your mind is just crazy.
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