I Was the President of the Hells Angels — Here’s Why I Left | Charles "Pee Wee" Goldsmith

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🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 157 minutes

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Charles "Pee Wee" Goldsmith, former president of the Hells Angels' Las Vegas chapter, shares his remarkable journey from his early days in Milwaukee to leading one of the most notorious motorcycle clubs. He discusses his rise to power, the events leading to his imprisonment, and his eventual departure from the Hells Angels. Charles also reflects on his experiences, including the 2008 Las Vegas chapel melee that led to his arrest and subsequent prison sentence. #HellsAngels #MotorcycleClub #OutlawBiker #CharlesGoldsmith #TrueCrimeStories #BikerGangLeader #LifeAfterCrime #PrisonConfessions Thank you to LUCY for sponsoring this episode: Go to http://lucy.co/ianbick and use promo code IANBICK to get 20% off your first order. Lucy has a 30-day refund policy if you change your mind. Connect with Charles “Pee Wee” Goldsmith & buy his book: https://charliepeeweegoldsmith.com/ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Buy Merch: https://www.ianbick.com/shop Use code lockedin at checkout to get 20% off your order Timestamps: 00:00:00 Peewee's Journey to Becoming an Author 00:09:29 Confrontation at the Restaurant 00:20:06 Encounter and Lessons on Respect 00:28:43 Childhood Memories and Fights 00:38:19 Childhood Memories and Family Struggles 00:49:59 High Stakes Wrestling Tournament Victory 00:57:57 The Dangers of Riding with Passengers 01:17:47 Rudy's Return from Prison 01:27:54 Growing a Motorcycle Club Chapter 01:37:25 Unexpected Confrontations 01:47:03 Navigating Plea Deals and Legal Challenges 01:56:59 Legal Troubles and Middleman Concerns 02:07:23 A Meeting with Cliff 02:17:15 Reflections on Brotherhood and Loyalty 02:27:00 Navigating Old Rumors and Courtesy Calls 02:36:01 Respect and Boundaries in Conflicts 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pee, we welcome to Locked in.
0:01.9	Thanks to Mooch for connecting us and making this happen. And thanks for inviting me successfully the middle of nowhere with no cell service. Right, right. That's why I like it. And for giving us a tour and also for giving us a copy of your book, which will have the link in the bio for this. All right. Thank you. This is available on Amazon too. Amazon and off my website, yeah. Okay. And you wrote this book, too?
0:23.9	I wrote him personally. bio for this. All right. Thank you. This is available on Amazon too. Amazon and off my website. Yeah.
0:22.3	Okay. And you wrote this book too? I wrote it. Awesome. When did this come out? Um, the beginning of
0:28.3	this year. Oh, this is fairly new. Yeah. Wow. That's so cool. It took me in 10 years to write it.
0:34.4	It's thick too. Yeah. And it was funny because when I, when I wrote the book, you know, you're writing it on a computer, on a word, you know, on a word, what does it call, word process or something? Microsoft Word. Yeah, Microsoft Word. So as you write in it, you're writing it on 11 by 8 and a half, right? On the sheets, that's up here.
0:54.7	And so I'm writing it.
0:57.0	I call the editor up and he says,
0:59.6	how many pages is there?
1:01.4	I said, like 190.
1:04.0	Ooh.
1:05.1	He goes, you want it to be at least $2.50, you know?
1:10.1	And I said, oh, man.
1:12.0	I go, well, where am I going to come up with more stuff?
1:14.0	And he goes, can't just like make shit up?
1:17.2	I said, I don't do that.
1:18.7	I'll make shit up.
1:20.8	And he says, well, we'll see what happens.
1:23.1	Well, what happened was then they take it and they shrink it to a six by nine in the paperback
1:27.8	and it came out to like 304 pages because everything got shrunk and they had to rearrange it
1:33.8	all and I put a lot of pictures there because I think a book with pictures tells the story more
1:40.0	you know because as you read in you see the picture and you're like, oh.
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