Britain's Scariest Debt Collector Shaun Smith Tells His Story

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🗓️ 21 March 2026

⏱️ 152 minutes

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Britain's Scariest Debt Collector Shaun Smith Tells HisStory

In this episode, we sit down with Liverpool’s Shaun Smith, known by many as Britain’s toughest debt collector. Shaun shares what really happens behind the doors most people never see, the reality of chasing unpaid debts, and the intense situations he’s faced on the job. From high-pressure confrontations to the psychology of negotiation, this is an unfiltered look into a world few understand.

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0:36.7	How are you? Nice to meet you, James.
0:37.8	Good to see you.
0:54.6	Finally. I've to speak up for the year and two, yeah. The man, the myth, the legend. Decclect, Liverpool, in and out of prisons. Your stuff's been viewed hundreds of millions of times. For the last five years since I've started this podcast, your name has always been at the forefront to have on. first and foremost how hard you
0:55.2	thank you
0:55.6	it's good
0:56.0	it's good
0:56.5	yeah
0:57.0	well I always
0:57.8	promised you this podcast, your name has always been at the forefront to have on. First and foremost, how are you? Thank you. It's good. It's good. Yeah. Well, they always promise you to do what you first anyway. You know, I don't know, she all want my map, but I said the man, if you do it, we'll do it. And it's mad the way it's fell in here because I had me, I had my honeymoon here because I was on license I couldn't go to
1:14.5	country so we picked Glasgow so now I'm here this weekend it's me on the best thing on Monday so it's all
1:20.9	aligned yeah yeah yeah it's all fitted in really good like so yeah it's all good
1:24.9	and shout out to Matt straight away good guy yeah Matt's a time of me
1:28.3	yeah good guy but before we get into everything Sean I always like to go back
1:31.3	to the start of my guess get a bit of understanding
1:33.2	about you where you grew up and how it all began
1:35.5	uh when we was born in
1:38.6	the four squared in great homeless
1:41.5	streets and then we lived in
1:42.8	Kirkdale care Capedale area.
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