I Robbed Child Predators — Then I Went to Prison | Giancarlo Daniele

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🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Giancarlo Daniele was just an 18-year-old high school senior in Massachusetts when he created fake online profiles to hunt down and catfish alleged predators, but his vigilante operation quickly spiraled out of control. What started as a mission to expose dangerous men while making quick money escalated into severe extortion and kidnapping charges, completely derailing his life and dropping him straight into the brutal reality of the justice system. _____________________________________________ #IanBick #LockedIn #jailstories #TrueCrime #Catfish #PrisonLife #PrisonStories #ConMan _____________________________________________ Thank you to GOLD DROP SELTZERS for sponsoring this episode: Head to https://www.thedryoak.com/ and use promo code LOCKEDIN at checkout for 10% off your order. _____________________________________________ Connect with Giancarlo Daniele: http://cursusvictoria.com _____________________________________________ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ _____________________________________________ Shop Locked In Merch: http://www.ianbick.com/shop _____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 The Vigilante Idea That Started Everything 01:15 Growing Up in the Suburbs with Strict Values 05:55 Ambitious Teen with Too Much Energy 09:58 Making Real Money as a Teen 14:52 When Attention Turned Into Bad Decisions 17:47 Fights, Gambling, and Getting a Reputation 23:44 Catfishing Predators and Robbing Them 30:28 The Night Police Came for Me 34:39 Fighting the Case in Court 39:44 Surviving My First Days in Jail 42:48 The Reality of Jail Nobody Talks About 45:50 The Humbling Moment That Changed Me 50:42 What Prison Was Actually Like 53:33 The Turning Point That Kept Me Out of Trouble 55:35 Using My Story to Help Others 57:01 Responding to Critics 58:58 Final Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	I personally was setting up these grown men who thought they're talking to 14-year-old girls
0:33.5	online.
0:34.0	And they weren't.
0:34.5	They were talking to me, but they didn't know that, right?
0:36.7	And some of the guys who would tell them the girl was 14, some they would tell the girl was 19.
0:40.3	I just wanted leverage for extortion.
0:42.3	I wanted leverage. I wanted to know, this guy's going to pay me.
0:47.3	Giancarlo Danieli was an 18-year-old high school student when he started creating fake online profiles to hunt down alleged predators.
0:54.6	What began as a vigilante mission quickly spiraled into something much darker, leading
0:59.2	to extortion charges, a kidnapping case, and a crash course with the brutal reality
1:03.9	of the justice system.
1:08.6	So I grew up in Springfield, Mass, uh 705 Sunday Avenue, not the nicest area, but
1:14.6	when I turned 9, I moved to Wilberham, and that's like the suburbs of Springfield.
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