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Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman

Turning 9 into Life by Turning Out Inmates

Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman

Envision Podcast Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8704 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of “Bloody Angola Podcast”, Jim Chapman brings you the story of Howard Lee Higginbotham who managed to turn a 9 year sentence in a Louisiana jail for burglary into Life with no parole by “turning out” another inmate.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I walk a straight line

0:17.3

shackled chain

0:20.6

oh glarsome gertie is calling my name there is no mercy in this penitentiary

0:33.6

just asked the hill string guy

0:38.2

Rangled three

0:40.7

I'm here for life

0:44.7

I'm here to die

0:47.8

Inside these walls

0:52.0

Inside the wild And when the wolf cries These walls inside the wall

0:54.7

And when the world cries

0:58.4

I know it's over

1:01.6

Oh, bloody Angola

1:08.1

Oh, oh, bloody Angola. Oh, bloody angola.

1:14.6

Hey, everyone, and welcome back to Bloody Angola, a podcast 142 years in the making the complete story of America's bloodiest present.

1:40.4

I'm Jim Chapman.

1:41.5

And look, today we are going to discuss a little bit of the really dark side of prison.

1:48.3

Now, you've all heard the saying, don't drop the soap when it comes to people getting sent to prison.

1:54.7

There was even a bit that Chris Rock did way back in the day, way before Will Smith slapped the piss out of him at the Oscars.

2:04.4

And this bit was hilarious.

2:07.0

And it featured a man he termed the Toss Salad Man.

2:11.7

So for those of you that aren't familiar, you're in for a treat.

2:15.0

I want you to listen to this clip from Criss Rock.

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