Hells Angels Biker Reveals How He Survived 27 Years In Federal Prison | Johnny Bartolomeo

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🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Johnny Bartolomeo, a former Hells Angels biker, takes us deep into the world of outlaw motorcycle clubs. Johnny opens up about the journey of getting patched into the Hells Angels, serving 27 years in federal prison, and running with the Italians inside. He shares his experiences of surviving some of the toughest penitentiaries in the country and gives us a raw and unfiltered look at the harsh reality of long-term imprisonment. #HellsAngels #OutlawBikers #FederalPrison #PrisonSurvival #BikerGangLife #TrueCrimeStories #PrisonGangs #27YearsInPrison Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Connect with Johnny Bartolomeo: https://www.instagram.com/official_johnny_bartolomeo/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSiDeaKR8KBaS3AzvN30pFA Shop his merch: https://27str8apparel.com/ Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Buy Merch: https://lockedinbrand.com Use code lockedin at checkout to get 20% off your order Timestamps: 00:00:00 Growing Up in East Boston 00:07:36 Growing Up Idolizing My Father 00:15:18 High School Challenges and Turning Away from Drugs 00:23:11 Joining the Hell's Angels: Age and Requirements 00:31:10 The Media's Agenda and Personal Branding 00:39:39 Reflecting on Past Actions and Seeking Redemption 00:47:57 Reflections on Life's Turning Point 00:55:50 Arrested: The Beginning of a 27-Year Sentence 01:03:28 Filing a Lawsuit for Retaliation 01:10:59 Sentencing Impact: The Dramatic Courtroom Speech 01:18:38 Life in Levinworth Prison 01:26:00 Initiating Chaos at Lee County Penitentiary 01:33:01 Navigating New Prison Dynamics 01:40:44 Adjusting to Life at Fort Dix 01:48:10 Transition from Penitentiary to Fort Dix 01:55:14 Building a Personal Brand: Journey of 27st8 02:02:49 Celebrating Great Friendships and Life Changes Powered by: Just Media House : https://www.justmediahouse.com/ Creative direction, design, assets, support by FWRD: https://www.fwrd.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Johnny, how you feeling today, man?
0:01.6	I feel amazing.
0:03.0	We're at your apartment, and this is technically Boston?
0:06.7	It's August, Massachusetts, yeah. Okay, we'll call it Boston. We'll call it Boston. Everybody, you know, in the feds, everybody does that. You can be from Connecticut, you can be from Vermont, Rhode Island. Everybody calls it Boston, right? Yeah, you're in the New England car. That's right. Yeah, so you got me outside the studio all the way here, but you're not kidnapping me or anything.
0:04.8	No, nothing like that going on these days, pal.
0:06.9	Yeah, so you got me outside the studio all the way here, but you're not
0:21.1	kidnapping me or anything. No, nothing like that going on these days, pal. Yeah, well, it was great to connect with you. Shout out to Travis Cullen, who was on the show for introducing us, and thank you for responding to the DM to make this happen. Absolutely. It's a pleasure. I mean, you know, I mean, yeah, the big time.
0:18.1	I mean, the big time now, right?
0:19.7	Yeah, this might be one of the biggest interviews you've done.
0:22.5	Yeah, I mean, you're the big time. I mean, the big time now, right?
0:56.9	Yeah, this might be one of the biggest interviews you've done. Yeah. I'm excited about it. You just got out fairly recently, too. So I got out a year ago, almost a year to the day. And the final count was 25 or 27 years? 27 years. 27 years. It's a long time and it's going to be interesting to see later in this episode what that transition was like and what's different. Did you grow up in Massachusetts?
1:02.3	So I grew up in East Boston, yeah. East Boston. What was that like? Did you have like your family,
1:07.1	did you have siblings, mom and dad? So it's idyllic, right?
1:17.6	And I had my mother, Barbara, my father, Charlie, my two brothers, Ronnie and Charlie, and typical middle class home.
1:21.3	And, you know, my father always taught a strong work ethic.
1:25.8	My mother, a strong religious ethic, right? And, you know,
1:30.2	I would just say that just as average as average could be, right? And, you know, in that,
1:36.5	you know, area, right, in family area, it was just everybody was like us. Nobody was doing
1:42.3	any better. Nobody was doing doing anywhere so it was just basically
1:44.8	you know um very you know our neighborhood is very tight-knit or was at that point in time you know
1:54.5	everything changes we had that conversation but at that time it was very tight-knit my cousins
1:58.8	lived next door to us cousins lived across the street and you
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