E194: The Man Wrongfully Convicted Of A Murder He Didn’t Commit: Raphael Rowe

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 132 minutes

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Summary

Raphael Rowe is the host of Worlds Toughest Prisons on Netflix, the worldwide-hit show that takes us inside the toughest penitentiaries on the planet. It’s a world he knows well, wrongfully convicted of murder, he spent twelve years in maximum security prisons before he proved his innocence and was released.

In a conversation that goes into more depth about how he survived twelve years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit than he ever has before, Raphael bares all about the son he’s never spoken to, how he kept going against all the odds, what the experience taught him about life, and about himself.

But what’s striking about Raphael’s story is it’s often the simple things that get us through the difficult moments. A good relationship, exercise, self awareness. Raphael really illustrates how control over basic components of self and social awareness help people survive in even the toughest environments.

Topics:

Early context
Getting kicked out of school
Getting kidnapped
Trying to fit into an environment
Having a child
Your relationship with your son now
The moment your life changed forever
Were you hopeful?
The moment you hear the verdict
This podcast this streamed in prison
Did you think you were going to spend your whole life in prison?
Seeing people taking their own lives
People being paid to make false statements
Story about a chaplain
The first domino that lead to your release
The moment you found out you were being released
Did they ever say you were innocent?
How much compensation did they give you?
Psychological scars
What have you learnt about the importance of hope
Your foundation
Have you forgiven anyone for what they did to you?
Would you erase those years?
Finding love
The last guest's question

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, I've worked with my team on this project for two years.
0:04.9	In respection and keeping a diary as you clearly can see from this podcast has changed my life more
0:10.0	than anything in terms of my self-development. So we spent two years trying to build a diary
0:15.8	that could have the same effect on yours. But this is not just a diary. This is the world's first
0:21.6	diary that coaches you back. You write in it every week and once you get to the end of the week,
0:27.9	scan the QR code and based on how you're feeling and what's been going on that week,
0:32.4	world leading experts and myself will offer you tailored and bespoke coaching.
0:37.4	And there's now just one week left to sign up at thedirey.com.
0:42.4	Everybody that is on the waiting list will endeavour, will do our very very best to make sure you
0:45.9	have a chance of getting one. Thank you.
0:48.2	I was destined to spend the rest of my natural life in prison for crimes I didn't commit.
0:53.5	We're going to talk to about Raphael Roe, who's a presenter, journalist, documentarium.
0:58.9	This is prison story. You're going to hear a story. There's only a short period after my son was
1:06.1	born two months in fact, my life changed forever. On 15th December 1988, a series of terrifying crimes
1:14.4	took place along the newly built M25. I was being accused of a murder and a series of aggravated
1:20.5	robberies. They fabricated evidence and changed things to fit me into the crime
1:25.7	fucking hell. They convicted us and I was destined to spend the rest of my life in prison for the
1:30.6	crimes I didn't commit. When I was in the isolation cell of Stripnake, Bleeding and Brewed,
1:36.5	I screamed and I shouted through the pain that I was suffering. Nobody heard my voice.
1:41.1	At that moment, something started to grow in me that made me become the person I am today.
1:48.1	What is nothing that started to grow in you? Hope. Three after more than a decade behind bars.
1:54.4	What is a mistake that you know you've made that you haven't yet? The consequences of my actions
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