MrBeast Cop Exposes Truth About 100 Day Prison Challenge | Lenny Bradley

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

Society & Culture

4.9 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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MrBeast locked me (a former criminal) and a former NYPD detective inside a prison for 100 days—here’s what really happened. In this exclusive interview, I sit down with my co-contestant Lenny Bradley to break down our experience surviving MrBeast’s viral 100-day challenge, how we each won $240,000, and what went down behind the scenes. From my past as a criminal who went to federal prison to sharing a cell with a retired cop, this is the unfiltered truth about one of MrBeast’s wildest social experiments. If you watched the video, you haven’t seen the full story—until now. Watch the MrBeast video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDv56whosPQ&t=13s #MrBeast #100DayChallenge #MrBeastPrison #NYPD #PrisonStories #LockedInWithIanBick #MrBeastChallenge #SurvivalChallenge Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Get 50% off the Magic Mind offer here: https://www.magicmind.com/IANB50. #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Use code LOCKEDIN for 20% OFF Wooooo Energy Buy Merch: http://www.ianbick.com/shop Timestamps: 00:00 Meeting After 100 Days Locked In 02:24 First Impressions and Building a Podcasting Brand 04:56 Advice, Growth, and Podcasting Insights 07:04 Lenny’s Journey: From NYPD to Mr. Beast 13:54 How the Mr. Beast Prison Video Began 20:19 100 Days Behind the Scenes: Real Challenge, Real Emotions 25:25 Mental Struggles, Reflection, and Life Lessons 32:10 Casting Stories & Praying for Opportunities 39:39 Finding Purpose After the Challenge 46:40 Changing Perspectives and the Impact of Solitary 56:27 Behind Bars: Reflections on the Criminal Justice System 01:02:39 Spiritual Growth and Life After Mr. Beast 01:09:18 Physical Transformation: Fitness and Food 01:16:20 Biggest Irritations and Life in Close Quarters 01:22:39 Day 99: The Final Solitary Challenge 01:26:19 Friendship, Looking Forward & Wrapping Up 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	So what happens when a criminal who went to prison and a former NYPD detective spent 100 days locked
0:06.1	inside a prison built by Mr. Beast, the biggest YouTuber in the world?
0:10.6	I sat down with my co-contestant Lenny Bradley to break down our insane journey, how we survived
0:17.2	the 100-day challenge, what it was really like behind the scenes, winning $240,000 each,
0:23.5	and his first impression of me. You don't want to miss this one. Lenny, welcome to Lockton,
0:31.9	man. It's so crazy that we were in the Mr. Beast video together. I was describing everything I do for work. And now here
0:40.6	we are sitting here a couple months later. Bro, I mean, I'm, you're savage, bro. You're absolutely
0:47.4	savage. When you first told me, obviously when you first meet a person, get the you ask them what they do you know you told me
0:58.6	that you had a podcast i was thinking it was something very small you know just something you did as a hobby
1:05.6	but uh as time went on and you started telling me what it is that you had going on and what you've built
1:13.2	and you haven't sponsors and you were able to give me advice on how to build mine, I was like,
1:18.9	yo, who, like who am I sitting across from right now? Like, this is crazy because I've always
1:25.0	wanted to podcast and I have, but I always treat it as a hobby or something that I just do for fun.
1:30.4	I didn't think that I'll be able to monetize, make money from it.
1:33.2	So to be able to be presented with the possibilities that can come from it by someone that is deep in it and making it happen was amazing.
1:47.0	And you were super casual about it.
1:49.0	It wasn't any braggadocious or ego tour or anything like that.
1:53.0	So I was just like, this is amazing.
1:56.0	And just being here today and you show me everything,
1:59.0	I couldn't wipe the smile off of my face.
2:01.3	Because for you to explain everything that was going on
2:04.8	and what you had, I'm like, yo, what, like,
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