A Career Heroin Smuggler Reveals Secrets Of The Global Smack Trade, Escaping The Death Penalty

The Connect- with Johnny Mitchell

Johnny Mitchell

True Crime

4.3 • 563 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 172 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Dive into the extraordinary life of David McMillan, a former professional heroin smuggler who orchestrated massive operations across the globe. In this gripping interview, David reveals how he navigated the dangerous underworld, sourced the finest heroin from Southeast Asia, and built an empire that spanned continents. But it wasn’t all glamour. Arrested in Thailand and sentenced to death in one of the world’s toughest prisons, David faced the unthinkable—execution. Against all odds, he pulled off a daring escape, becoming the only Westerner to break out of the infamous Bangkok Hilton. Now living a quiet life in England, David shares his harrowing journey, lessons learned, and how he turned his criminal past into bestselling books like Escape and Unforgiving Destiny. Go Support David! Website: https://davidmcmillan.net/ Join The Patreon For Bonus Content! https://www.patreon.com/theconnectshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I'm David McMillan and I should be dead.
0:02.8	The percentage difference between the price of raw opium and that of refined heroin in New York City is 14,800%.
0:14.0	Yes. Okay.
0:18.0	My customers were Italians and all groups or were sort of a mafia, mad Mexicans.
0:25.3	I want a thousand for that. But I can have you killed for a hundred.
0:31.2	David McMillan is a former professional heroin smuggler who moved massive quantities of Southeast Asian China White all over the world.
0:39.3	As far back as the Vietnam War, David was traveling deep into the jungles of Thailand
0:43.6	and the mountains of Pakistan to source the world's finest raw heroin, which he would then
0:48.6	have smuggled into Europe and Australia. David eventually got busted buying heroin in Thailand
0:53.0	and was sent to death row in one of
0:54.9	Thailand's worst prisons. Facing execution, David pulled off an impossible escape from the maximum
1:00.8	security prison and managed to make his way back to Australia. Today, he lives a quiet life in
1:06.0	England and is the author of several books about his life story, including the bestseller, Escape,
1:11.9	the true story of the only westerner ever to escape from Thailand's Bangkok Hilton.
1:16.7	You will not find another story from an individual quite like David.
1:20.4	And for a bonus episode, as always, check out that Patreon.
1:24.3	Patreon.com slash The Connect Show.
1:27.2	Ladies and gentlemen, enjoy David McMillan right here on The Connect with Johnny Mitchell.
1:32.1	Three plain-closed tie detectives have walked in the door.
1:36.2	I'm screwed.
1:37.1	They grab me, they take me back to China Town.
1:40.8	It's full of policemen.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Johnny Mitchell, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Johnny Mitchell and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.