Clark Fredericks

So I could bet as much as I wanted, you know. And they said, when you're a better like that, they'll keep, you know, the house always has the odds. So they'll keep your bets to themselves and not turn it into the bosses, not put it in the book. So they're not killers themselves. They're just working in the boiler room.

So I could bet as much as I wanted, you know. And they said, when you're a better like that, they'll keep, you know, the house always has the odds. So they'll keep your bets to themselves and not turn it into the bosses, not put it in the book. So they're not killers themselves. They're just working in the boiler room.

Like the boss has the killers and they can't go to the boss about you because they probably weren't turning in your bets.

Like the boss has the killers and they can't go to the boss about you because they probably weren't turning in your bets.

They were skimming that. So they can only push you so far unless they want to try to do something themselves, but they're not usually that type of person. And it just stopped. And whether these guys got killed, whether they got arrested, what happened, you know, that was 25 years ago. And after like six months of just daily, weekly calls, threats, that last phone call, you're a dead man, click.

They were skimming that. So they can only push you so far unless they want to try to do something themselves, but they're not usually that type of person. And it just stopped. And whether these guys got killed, whether they got arrested, what happened, you know, that was 25 years ago. And after like six months of just daily, weekly calls, threats, that last phone call, you're a dead man, click.

I never heard anything again. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Now we talk about feeling trapped, right? Those, those, those were like the worst years of my life. Like that period.

I never heard anything again. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Now we talk about feeling trapped, right? Those, those, those were like the worst years of my life. Like that period.

Oh yeah. Yeah. Cause they, they, they, they made comments. They were going to send guys up to me, you know?

Oh yeah. Yeah. Cause they, they, they, they made comments. They were going to send guys up to me, you know?

You know, like, I didn't want to die, but I just got to the point of, fuck, whatever, man. It's just like, whatever, you know, whatever. My life is shit anyway. It's been shit since I was a kid. So whatever, you know, it's like whatever they're going to fucking do, whatever, man. You know, that's sort of the mindset you adopt.

You know, like, I didn't want to die, but I just got to the point of, fuck, whatever, man. It's just like, whatever, you know, whatever. My life is shit anyway. It's been shit since I was a kid. So whatever, you know, it's like whatever they're going to fucking do, whatever, man. You know, that's sort of the mindset you adopt.

Yeah, that's what it was.

Yeah, that's what it was.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. You know, I got buddies who are hell's angels, you know, I'm selling drugs to them, you know. In this, you know, my late 30s, I hurt my back at work and I got prescribed Vicodin. Never had a pain pill in my life and just instantly fell in love with those things. And, you know, went blue through 30 of them in a couple of days, called the doctor back up. Those things worked great.

Yeah. You know, I got buddies who are hell's angels, you know, I'm selling drugs to them, you know. In this, you know, my late 30s, I hurt my back at work and I got prescribed Vicodin. Never had a pain pill in my life and just instantly fell in love with those things. And, you know, went blue through 30 of them in a couple of days, called the doctor back up. Those things worked great.

I feel great. Then he's like, that was a little quick. I go, you got to get me more doc. And he goes, I'll give you 10 more. That's it. And that just like, that was unacceptable. So then I just start buying pills off the street and thus begins a multi-year pain pill addiction, you know? So I got, I, it's just going from one thing to another, to another, to another, you know? And, uh,

I feel great. Then he's like, that was a little quick. I go, you got to get me more doc. And he goes, I'll give you 10 more. That's it. And that just like, that was unacceptable. So then I just start buying pills off the street and thus begins a multi-year pain pill addiction, you know? So I got, I, it's just going from one thing to another, to another, to another, you know? And, uh,