Deep Cover: The ATF Agent Who Became a Hell’s Angel

REDACTED: Declassified Mysteries with Luke Lamana

Wondery | Ballen Studios

True Crime, History

4.3 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In the early 2000s, undercover ATF agent, Jay Dobyns, infiltrated the infamous Hells Angels motorcycle gang. To gain their trust, Dobyns had to walk the walk—trafficking guns, staging violent attacks, and proving his loyalty in ways that pushed the limits of the law. But when the government unexpectedly pulled the plug on the operation, Dobyns found himself a marked man, hunted by the very outlaws he once called brothers.

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0:00.0	Love unsettling stories.
0:02.4	Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to redacted, declassified mysteries, early and ad-free,
0:07.8	as well as another twisted tale from Bollin Studios and Wondery called Wartime Stories,
0:12.8	also hosted by me, Early and Ad-Free on Wondry Plus.
0:16.7	Start your free trial today. On the night of August 27, 2002, a man sat in a busy hotel bar in Laughlin, Nevada.
0:34.6	He was approaching middle age, but looked as tough as they come in a sleeveless leather jacket,
0:39.3	covered in patches. The patches weren't a fashion statement. They showed he was a member of the
0:45.3	most notorious biker gang in America, the Hell's Angels. Like the rest of his gang, he'd come from out of town
0:53.3	for the annual Laughlin River Run,
0:55.7	a motorcycle convention that drew thousands to this small casino town for a week of partying,
1:01.5	gambling, and bike racing.
1:04.0	As the man sipped his drink, his phone buzzed.
1:07.5	He read the text.
1:08.9	It said,
1:10.1	Get to Haras and stand by for trouble.
1:13.0	The Mongols are asking for it.
1:15.5	He got up immediately.
1:17.2	Outside on the street, he could see other members of his crew
1:19.6	streaming toward Harrah's Hotel and Casino.
1:22.5	He made a quick stop at his bike to grab a wrench
1:24.8	and hustled after the others,
1:26.8	ready for whatever was about to go down.
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