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I will add, I have read David's book Unforgiving Destiny, and it is superb. Just as wonderfully narrated as these videos, I highly recommend it!

@@joshmiller8264 Good to read your kind words, Josh.

Wow ! I’m glad you escaped my friend ! Life without your words would be very sad 😔

10:16 "I don't think i would have" HOL UP..🤔

@@nomoregoodlife1255 No, really Mr Goodlife. Even Sten the Viking would have been well rattled with bits of the Indian all over the cell. He had more sawing to do!

Seriously, the first thing I'm thinking is how this guy should be reading audio books

Check out the Shawn Atwood podcast and enjoy the 12 part full sorry of this man's life.

When things were at their very worst: 2 Suns, Cross in the sky, 2 comets will collide = don`t be afraid - repent, accept Lord`s Hand of Mercy. Scientists will say it was a global illusion. Beware - Jesus will never walk in flesh again. After WW3 - rise of the “ man of peace“ from the East = Antichrist - the most powerful, popular, charismatic and influential leader of all time. Many miracles will be attributed to him. He will imitate Jesus in every conceivable way. Don`t trust „pope“ Francis = the False Prophet - will seem to rise from the dead - will unite all Christian Churches and all Religions as one. One World Religion = the seat of the Antichrist. Benedict XVI is the last true pope - will be accused of a crime of which he is totally innocent. "The time for the schism in the Church is almost here and you must get prepared now" "Arab uprising will spark global unrest - Italy will trigger fall out" The Book of Truth.

@@dragospahontu shame Atwood is a fool

Almost as if it was rehearsed

True.....He actually has narrated his own books for audio format

He was in the wok so long that's prison talk for you

How can he know about Sten? I think at least two thirds of his story are made up cause he is a fantastic story teller and knows how to decorate a narrative

Absolutely. That's nothing quite as annoying as listening to somebody try to talk and they have to throw a "like" or "uh" or any other filler word in between every 5 or 6 words! Makes me want to just slap somebody!

He did say "um" or "uh" from time to time if you paid attention.

We're all trying to break out of one prison or another..

He is not that intelligent if he was trying to smuggle drugs in Thailand..

@@VixCrush intelligence and arrogance often can be found in pairs

@@VixCrush . I imagine the chance to turn 10's of thousands into 100's of thousands can have an impact on balanced decision making. And this is just 1 story of a failed run, can you imagine how many capers he successfully pulled off ? Exactly. He is both charming and intelligent.

@@VixCrush llama please

@@VixCrush You're right there mate.

No doubt!! That’s just beautiful poetry… 🤷🏼‍♂️

I live in Asia and that sums up a large proportion of the expat community out here perfectly.

that was pretty awesome ambience for the overall vibe of being a foreign inmate in an unjust Asian prison compound

That's Thailand. Glad to say I stopped drinking here and raised two wonderful daughters.

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Prison Break is really good

There's an Australian film about him here on YT ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XeQGRYBdOfU.html

Underbelly files.

Banged up abroad

A Netflix series would be amazing

This sounds so much like an audio book. Its incredible how much his speech flows.

is

read his wikipedia page

Or actor

@@lildurpy real

There's a movie here in Australia called "Underbelly: The man who got away" based on this guy, it's worth the watch.

It indeed is a well crafted oiled story with beautiful metaphores and nice twists and turns

He LIVED it you dweeb. That's why he knows it so vividly. Stop hating, it's not going to change your miserable existence.

Oooh listen to her!!

@@tminusnyc2915 Man speaks facts

😭😭😭😭thought the same

You never know xD

Sometimes u don't know the people have had an effect on your life

Do you really need to type the idiot "lol".... why????

@@malbig2344 you commented on this because you took issue with a "lol"... really? fuck me you sound like a hoot at parties

There's already a movie.

@@keithn455 name?

Underbelly files.

@@pugna2959 "Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away"

@@keithn455 what's the name of the film , please tell, Sir

The English language as wrought by Herr McMillan is quite a thing of exquisite beauty.

Escape often didn't work out so good for the Israelis, so not sure why he gave that advice.

They were sold out by their house keeper (which the guy in video mentioned)! 😂

@@originalunoriginal4055 He sure did. But how can you "escape often" (which I understand as saying: "Try to escape as often as you can, even when you fail"), if you get your legs broken the first time. To me that story says: "Make it right the first time - you might not get a second chance".

@@papafifa8738 who, me?

Hello

Isn't he though?!

He's like David Niven the actor

It is carefully chosen, he carefully choses not to mention that he spent another two decades smuggling drugs after he escaped Thailand, and fought the legal system up til 2016. He tells it well though.

the detail at the travei agency (chapter one) is one of a kind. brilliant!!! 🤌

That killed me, I had to go back and make sure I heard it correctly. So good!

@@guernica69 what does that mean?

@@varun9775 Miraj sounds like Mirage

@@MrNeosantana got it . thanks mate

When he dropped this I bussed

It's all true. He is the real deal, an Australian drug smuggler who brought in everything from weed to heroin into Australia. A lot of info is avaliable on the internet. He is also the only Westerner to escape from a Thai prison.

In November, 2014, Thailand formally began extradition proceedings against McMillan in London. He was arrested at the request of the Thai government, and held at Wandsworth prison. A long-running challenge began at the Westminster Magistrates Court headed by defence barrister Tim Owen, QC.[21] Evidence was presented detailing human-rights abuses under the rule of the Thai generals who had staged a coup in May of that year, as well as expert evidence on Thai prison conditions. However, Judge Arbuthnot ruled against McMillan, as did the UK Home Secretary. Two weeks before McMillan was due to be sent back to Bangkok, the Thai authorities withdrew their request, stating technical reasons. McMillan was released in September 2016.[22]

@@theenglishman6534 He was born in England but moved to Austrialia when he was a child. He's career in smuggling was based in Australia for the most part and had lived there for most of his life at that stage. We are discussing his career as a smuggler, which was primarily based in Australia, what is the point in getting stuck into the semantics of where he is from? Also, you pointed out "he speaks English" as an example of why he is British. You do know that that Australia speaks English also right?

Don't think he's making up dude, 🤣🤣

@@LK-em1bv back in the time he was in Australia The English accent was much more prevalent. You still come across older Australians that speak with somewhat of a "British" accent.

Absolutely, forget university and graduating for a job at Boeing, it's escaping a prison the reason why u should pay attention in class.

Haha, Karen, have you heard of sarcasm? @@falcontube2023

Lol shame as he's mentally ill and last year his story was debunked, he's never once been locked up lol he went spain and got lost (according to his daughter) then came back with insane stories

@SH This comment here

With shades of Ian Bannen

His voice reminds me a bit of a David Niven

'The David Attenborough of the criminal world!'😂😂

@@martyncook4528 absolutely

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XeQGRYBdOfU.html

He has got a film on his life already mate

Thanks Alex, ever wonder if it is cleverer to pretend to forgive one of the gang than bury him? I hope to answer that tonight: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vlpTWWS-aC4.html

@@DavidMcMillan888 Mr. McMillan, my comments are only what is so rather obvious. The video you directed me to is just phenomenol! of course i subscribed to your channel. Was going to recommend you write a book but see you've already done that

Yhh read his story to your kids during bedtime!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-itVcm_0dspc.html

Love that Atwood guy.

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What's the name of the movie?

Exactly.. how did he managed to get from Singapore to the UK?

After Singapore he traveled to Pakistan and he started exporting drugs again under protection of well known clan. But later he was being arrested but later acquitted by a Customs Court judge who found there was no evidence. He was returned to London in 1999 and arrested again in 2000 and 2002 from drug smuggling and served two years in prison. But in 2012 he was arrested again in UK. In November, 2014, Thailand formally began extradition proceedings against McMillan in London. He was arrested at the request of the Thai government, and held at Wandsworth prison. A long-running challenge began at the Westminster Magistrates Court Evidence was presented detailing human-rights abuses under the rule of the Thai generals who had staged a coup in May of that year, as well as expert evidence on Thai prison conditions. However, Judge Arbuthnot ruled against McMillan, as did the UK Home Secretary. Two weeks before McMillan was due to be sent back to Bangkok, the Thai authorities withdrew their request, stating technical reasons. McMillan was released in September 2016. Read full story here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McMillan_(smuggler)

@@aldrinmojica . Thanks for that. Amazed he went back to drug dealing.

Otterly Godsmack that the UK to officials of the UK government would send him back to human rights abusing death by machine gun of one of their own citizens shame on the UK government officials shame!

read his book its epic unforgiven destiny

He has a book out on Audible 'Unforgiving Destiny' which he reads

sounds like David Niven

Excellent analogy! So true.

it really isnt

​@@youtubeuser84848no but it's clever

It’s almost like it’s his mother tongue… 😉

@@vondahe Not everyone can tell a story like that, even for native speakers

luckily for you there are hours and hours of interviews with him on Shaun Attwood's channel. pretty much details every step of his life and it's all just as captivating as this.

@@citrusquest623 yes I’ve been listening 😊 on part one at the moment

He has his own channel on here, too. :)

Gentleman? You mean drug trafficker.

What if he exploited vulnerable people for his operations??.... What then will you be feeling??

spagettied down

Thanks, Jason. And a fine piece of writing yourself in composing that comment. I’ve a little You Tube channel but I’d like to narrate good history books, given a choice.

'Delicately powerful' is an excellent description of the man.

@@DavidMcMillan888 David, I never saw your response here, I was so moved to see it now. Please, consider reading aloud powerful works of literature of your choosing. It would be a gift to any work. Your story has continued to live in my mind, thrilling and haunting for years, but your observations, spirit, and personal artistry has had a different kind of lasting effect, like the best Beat prose, or the most unlikely of my grandfather's war stories. I am a writer and voice over actor professionally, and implore you to continue to contribute anything you so wish. When it comes to improvised observations of yours, and your beautiful measured pacing, you could empty out your pockets and your lint would be 24 karat. Cheers my friend.

Not entirely safe, April. Thailand tried to extradite me in 2014. More on my own channel: ru-vid.com

@@DavidMcMillan888 That is so awful! I hope everything is getting better! /Thank you for the link to your channel and I will definitely watch it!

Sounds like it was the lack of looking about his health that prematurely done him in the end

Word.

Kinda reminds me of the shawshank redemption

@@freddxszn7845 Exactly. The best films always seem to be the ones based on real life events. I would definitely watch this one

And what of the heroin trafficking? Or his associates? He might be polite and captivating. Being surrounded by drug and sex traffickers, and murderers too, doesn't really paint the picture of respectable human to be quite honest. Balls of steel with no moral conviction perhaps?

thats the problem of the society nowadays.. they admire people that shouldn't be admired

It’s that smooth voice that got him through all the dark areas of his life that allowed him to live his illegal lifestyle. He should be dead, but he escaped that brilliantly.

Thanks, Salt-of-the-Earth

Graham, Im just an internet stranger but just wanted to say how much your post resonated with me. Similar life journey here,,, Thank you for posting.

I'll just say ditto mate...Ditto.

Depending on what kind of bad things you do, you could certainly be evil. Lots of criminals are.

He narrates his full story on his audio book ‘Unforgiving Destiny: the relentless pursuit of a Black-Marketeer’. Started listening to it after watching part one last week. It’s very good.

@@REUPmorpha can u please tell me where i can get it from

@@bezmastudio2233 it’s on Audible

The author is David Mcmillian

And I’m glad he didn’t get extradited to Thailand, either - that would have been the end of him! Glad he was given another chance 👍🏼