We have an impressive catalogue of speakers for you to choose from, some serious players with vast experience in their respective fields. Compelling, fascinating and informative, they'll make you an offer you really shouldn't refuse.
John AliteJohn Alite, is an American former mobster, Gambino crime family associate and a government witness who testified against the crime family and John A. "Junior" Gotti in 2008. That year, Alite pleaded guilty to racketeering charges, including two murders and a variety of other crimes, and in 2011, was sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison. Due to his cooperation with prosecutors, he was released on a five-year supervised release in 2012.
Alite has estimated that he shot between 30 and 40 people, beat about 100 people with a baseball bat, and murdered seven people. Later in life, Alite publicly denounced the life of organized crime and became a motivational speaker, podcaster and books author. |
Shaun AttwoodShaun Attwood is a former stock-market millionaire and Ecstasy trafficker turned YouTuber, public speaker, author and activist, who is banned from America for life. His story was featured worldwide on National Geographic Channel as an episode of Locked Up/Banged Up Abroad called Raving Arizona.
Shaun’s writing – smuggled out of the jail with the highest death rate in America run by Sheriff Joe Arpaio – attracted international media attention to the human rights violations: murders by guards and gang members, dead rats in the food, cockroach infestations… While incarcerated, Shaun was forced to reappraise his life. He read over 1,000 books in just under six years. By studying original texts in psychology and philosophy, he sought to better understand himself and his past behaviour. He credits books as being the lifeblood of his rehabilitation. |
Dr BobBob Johnson MRCPsych, MRCGP, PhD (Med Computing), MBCS, DPM, MRCS, is a British psychiatrist and an outspoken opponent of electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery in general.
Dr Bob has worked with the likes of Charlie Branson. |
Joe EganJoe Egan is a retired heavyweight boxer, actor, and after dinner speaker.
Egan was a participant in Dublin's Phoenix Club as an amateur boxer. Egan appeared in the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes. Egan was dubbed “toughest white man on the planet” by boxing legend Mike Tyson. Egan has won the Irish Heavyweight Boxing championship four times. In 2009 Egan published his autobiography. |
Michael EmmettMichael Emmett was one of the world's biggest drug smugglers during the 80s and early 90s.
His arrest in 1993 saw him find God, something that has shaped his life since and helped him reform. |
Michael FranzeseMichael Franzese is an American former mobster who was a caporegime in the Colombo crime family, and son of former underboss Sonny Franzese. Franzese was enrolled in a pre-med program at Hofstra University, but dropped out to make money for his family after his father was sentenced to 50 years in prison for bank robbery in 1967. He eventually helped implement a scheme to defraud the federal government out of gasoline taxes in the early 1980s.
He now lives a life of global motivational speaking and follows his faith alongside his family. |
Jamie Morgan KaneJamie Morgan Kane was originally born on the Isle of Man. After his release in 2018, he was deported back to the UK with £5 in his pocket. He is rebuilding his life in his birth country and trying to piece together the puzzle of his life and how he ended up in the U.S. as a young boy in the first place. He spends his time writing and giving talks as well as pursuing wood modeling and art--a passion he developed in prison.
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Kevin LaneKevin Lane was given a life sentence for a hitman murder committed back in 1994. After two trials, he was convicted by a majority verdict of murdering Robert Magill via a contract shooting in Hertfordshire.
Robert Magill was known for his involvement in protection rackets and after his murder, witnesses saw two men with a mask running away in a red BMW. The allegedly getaway BMW was traced and a palm print which matched Lane was found on a bin-liner found in the boot. He is now a published author and likes to educate young men in not taking the road into a criminal world. |
David McMillanDavid McMillan (born 1956) is a British-Australian former drug smuggler who is the only Westerner on record as having successfully escaped Bangkok's Klong Prem prison.
His exploits were detailed in several books and programmes. |
Charlie SeigaCharlie Seiga was one of the most dangerous faces of the criminal underworld. There were many unsolved killings which were swift, brutal and brilliantly organised. The victims - liberty takers and sadists - were all hard bastards who dealt in the most vicious kind of violence. Many times the police marked him out as the vicious contract killer.
He was also one of the most successful villains of his time. Police believed that he was the brains behind major firms involved in robberies on banks, security vans, lorry hijacking, safe breaking and many other serious crimes. He lost track of the times he was arrested and questioned about various jobs, but he always had an alibi - a witness to say he wasn’t guilty of the crime. He was the Houdini of the criminal underworld. His story is a shocking tale of violence and crime; but it is also a story about one man’s fight against the scum who break his deadly code of honour. He hates women beaters and child molesters. His presence was a constant challenge to the low life that preyed on those who could not defend themselves. It is an incredible story of one of the most notorious figures in the history of British crime. |
Tony GoochTony’s extreme life story started with robberies and violence as a young person, which landed him exclusion from school and prison sentences. Incarcerated, he allied himself with criminal gangs, and when released, he went on a crime spree, kicking in doors while armed and robbing drug dealers.
It took almost a decade in prison for Tony to turn his life around. His talent as a charismatic speaker and leader was discovered while incarcerated when he was interviewed for Inside Prison Britain Behind Bars, a documentary series that took a look inside Britain's prisons. After getting released, Tony appeared on podcasts that went viral and focussed on inspiring young people with his life lessons. He launched his Think First Campaign, educating children all over the UK about the dangers of crime. His award-winning production company, Art Productions TV Film & Media Ltd, focuses on subjects ranging from mental health in sports to eating disorders and produced a rare film about the traveller community. Tony has written an autobiography surrounding his life. He featured prominently in Banged Up, a Channel 4 prison reconstruction reality TV show. Tony now helps others and spends time with his partner Anita and their lovely children. He is focussed on furthering Art Productions and expanding his multimedia vision for the future. |