ARCHIVE EPISODE: Vancouver – The Beautiful and the Ugly, Part 3

📅 Originally released: April 2, 2021
📛 Originally released under my former podcast name: Vancouver True Crime

This one is wild.

It’s 2000s Vancouver—where nightlife was lawless, danger lurked behind every barroom door, and the city’s dual identity hit me like a punch in the mouth (literally). From working as a bouncer at a New West nightclub crawling with pimps and street legends… to watching one of Vancouver’s most infamous gangsters unleash a savage beating—I lived it.

But this episode isn’t all fists and folklore. It’s also deeply personal. I open up about my girlfriend’s battle with depression, the chaos of my life at the time, and the strange mix of love, violence, and survival that defined that era.

🍺 What You’ll Hear:

A drunken naked wannabe rockstar and a fake karate master hillbilly on Welfare Wednesday

My first night as a bouncer in one of the roughest clubs in Metro Vancouver

A personal trainer con artist who scammed a billionaire to fund a failed fitness empire

Stories from the street-level underworld of Vancouver’s 90s gangster scene

A brush with the Vancouver Grizzlies and Chicago Bulls during their forgotten era

⚠️ Real stories. Real people. Real chaos.

👉 Follow me on Spotify to hear the full saga and discover the raw truth of Vancouver’s underbelly.