A true story told live in London. As a trader, Shaun had it all - money, cars, women - until he got into dealing drugs as well as shares. This is his story of life inside one of America's toughest prisons.
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A true story told live in London. As a trader, Shaun had it all - money, cars, women - until he got into dealing drugs as well as shares. This is his story of life inside one of America's toughest prisons.
Synopsis (contains spoilers):
- as a child in Manchester he told his friends he'd make his fortune on the stock market
- bought his first share at 14, doubled his cash in the process
- moved to Arizona and took a lowly job - by the end of the first year he was the top trader
- became a millionaire in the dotcom bubble
- got into the rave scene and dealing ecstasy
- starts writing an account of life in max security prison which his Aunt smuggles out at weekends
- learns how prisoners earn their tattoos, why cockroaches won't leave you alone at night,
- tells the harrowing story of an inmate gang-raped by others
- released from jail, now banned from America
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A true story told live in London. As a trader, Shaun had it all - money, cars, women - until he got into dealing drugs as well as shares. This is his story of life inside one of America's toughest prisons.
Synopsis (contains spoilers):
- as a child in Manchester he told his friends he'd make his fortune on the stock market
- bought his first share at 14, doubled his cash in the process
- moved to Arizona and took a lowly job - by the end of the first year he was the top trader
- became a millionaire in the dotcom bubble
- got into the rave scene and dealing ecstasy
- starts writing an account of life in max security prison which his Aunt smuggles out at weekends
- learns how prisoners earn their tattoos, why cockroaches won't leave you alone at night,
- tells the harrowing story of an inmate gang-raped by others
- released from jail, now banned from America
Additional Credits
Spark London is produced by Joanna Yates with audio production by Matt Hill at rethinkdaily.co.uk
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