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Shaun Attwoods True Crime Podcast

Michael Thompson Part 2 - 45 Years In California Prison AB Gang Leader Shot 22 Times - Podcast 313

Shaun Attwoods True Crime Podcast

Shaun Attwood Podcast

True Crime, Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Summary

Featured in numerous documentaries, Michael Thompson was an original leader of the Aryan Brotherhood (AB) prison gang in California. Serving 45 years from 1973, he was involved in numerous life and death situations, including getting shot 22 times. Also, he was sentenced to additional life terms for crimes committed behind bars.

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Thompson Part 2, Michael Thompson was a leader of the AB back in the day when it was at its inception

0:24.9

in the 70s. He ended up serving 45 years in prison, he was shot 22 times, his video that we

0:33.1

put up last week has already just smashed over 200,000 views, one of the most viral we've

0:38.2

ever had on the channel. And we have been inundated with demands to get Michael back on,

0:44.1

we've been inundated with questions for him and he has been so generous with his time to come

0:51.7

back on so soon, so huge thank you Mike for coming back. My pleasure, Sean.

0:59.2

Alright, so we are now live then on all of the various platforms, people are going to start

1:05.3

putting questions on the screen, but I am going to just give you some of the questions that have

1:11.9

come in beforehand to start with. So the first question is, who carved the Swazi tattoo on

1:20.8

Charles Manson's head? Well, Charlie himself did that. He in the mirror, didn't do a very good

1:28.0

job of it either. He did it nonetheless and he actually did it with a staple.

1:40.0

And did he do it to be affiliated with the AB? No, no, he did it more in protest of course,

1:49.5

I mean, there are a lot of theories relative to why he did it. And I've heard many

1:55.7

abundant way in relative to that. But if you look at it, it's really just a sunwheel as opposed

2:04.2

to a swastika. And there's a vast distinction between a sunwheel and a swastika and what it represents.

2:13.1

So in his context, in which he used it, it was to represent movement.

2:21.0

Alright, we just got one that came up in the chat here from Heisenblow.

2:26.0

You received, do most people accept you and the way you have changed your life since your release?

2:33.7

It depends on who you ask. You know, when you say most people, it would be

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