The Larry Lawton Interview: Being America's Biggest Jewel Thief, Prison Stories & More 

0:22 - Larry sums up his rare life story of crime, violence, being connected to the mob, going to jail, not telling, doing his time, creating a successful program for kids 1:42 - Sometimes being tempted to rob when he walks past jewelry stores 2:26 - Appearing on TV for 10+ years. Started RU-vid only 2 years ago narrating his book 3:05 - Starting his RU-vid channel after Vanity Fair never called him after his video did 1M views. Hit 1M subscribers in 1 year 4:58 - Getting revenge on Vanity Fair with a strongly worded email. Refusing to sign a release. 7:20 - Big media brands like Vanity Fair are run like a factory 8:08 - Corporations don’t care the same way small brands like Larry and Adam do 8:53 - There are so many people there’s no need to compete with other RU-vidrs. Larry likes Adam’s interview style. 10:32 - Improving your interview style. Being a fan of Howard Stern 11:35 - It’s easier now than ever before to create content and get your message out. Wants to let as many people as possible know not to make the same mistakes he made 12:26 - Regular person makes 1500 decisions per day vs Inmates make 100. Not being able to buy a sandwich when he left prison. 13:18 - Not knowing how to act on the bus after getting out of prison. 15:23 - Learning about the evolution of gas stations after getting out 15:53 - Larry’s expert opinion on Subway Jared’s prison experience. Seeing Lou Pearlman on his way into prison (Lou Pearlman was Nsync and Backstreet Boys scamming manager) 16:34 - Breaking down into tears after not being able to order a sandwich. Experiencing sensory overload. Wanting to go back to prison. Realizing he was institutionalized 18:15 - Very common for former inmates to have anxiety around shopping, go out to eat, making decisions 19:16 - Freaked out at a cashier over his change 19:48 - Helping friends getting out of prison transition to regular life. 70% of going back to prison. 21:22 - Guys getting out of prison are usually aggressive and hard to manage. Seeing so many friends go back in. 21:51 - Difference between humans and horses: Humans can put their past behind them. Some former inmates can’t put prison behind them. 23:40 - Using his dark past as a positive to help educate others. Giving Adam props 26:20 - Larry was playing the crime game at the highest level. Explaining the high / excitement he got from his former lifestyle 27:08 - Larry explains how all the jewelry stores he robbed actually made money from insurance by being robbed 28:24 - The police gave Larry such a hard time because he wouldn’t snitch. If you do crimes with someone you shouldn’t rat on them. 30:19 - “3 can keep a secret if 2 are dead.” Getting charged with providing a false statement 31:18 - Not wanting to have Sammy the Bull on his show because he ratted on a lot of innocent people 32:30 - Mainly focusing on robbing jewelry stores because it’s big money in a small package. 33:10 - Fencing stolen diamonds and only making 30% of the total robbery value 33:43 - Larry explains why mob guys were honest about kicking back money to the boss 34:40 - Adam and Larry both space out. Larry is starting his own cigar company. Cracking open Adam’s present 36:30 - Adam gets introduced to cigars. “So I just suck it into my mouth?” 39:09 - Larry explains how the kept you honest. 39:45 - Fencing diamonds through the mob. Most robbers get caught through their fence 40:43 - Getting caught by the FBI. Local police don’t have the same resources as the feds 41:27 - Larry describes his crazy golden years from ‘89 - ‘96 in South Florida 42:22 - Never getting involved with dr*g dealing. Explaining the harsh legal penalties around drug conspiracies and statute of limitations. Getting life in prison for pot. 45:46 - Fighting for prison reform. The system is so broken is k*lled 3 of Larry’s friends. Prison will turn a regular kid into a hardened criminal. 48:46 - Not regretting spending so much money. No one ever puts money away. 49:15 - Planning to rob a jewelry store by taking the manager’s family hostage with dynamite. 50:44 - One of Larry’s biggest strengths was being able to call off a robbery. Beating a g*n charge is easier than kidnapping 52:23 - Larry thinks dr*gs should be legalized and kids should be educated about dr*gs. 53:38 - Creating the #1 Reality Check program in the country. Started after his friend asked him to scare his son out of smoking w**d. Judge heard about it and started sentencing people to his program 57:13 - Didn’t develop his program to make money. Donates a portion of all his profits to his foundation for helping kids stay out/get out of jail 57:47 - The program is designed for anyone making a bad decision for the first time, and scares you by telling you about prison. 58:11 - Insane prison R story. 1:00:20 - Larry explains how people have to take his Reality Check Program after getting a DUI 1:01:20 - Larry’s program has the highest success rate of any program in the country. Recognized in Congress. Helping an unknown number of people with his RU-vid videos. 1:03:34 - Growing up around criminals. Not having positive adult role models, except parents were regular people 1:04:32 - Having 5 siblings. Still energetic, going strong, partying at 60 yrs old. 1:05:58 - Larry teaches Adam about d**k injections and Trimix. 4-hour erections. Longest erection ever was 7+ hours 1:08:10 - Schooling Adam on maintaining testosterone levels as you get older. Difference between steroids and testosterone. 1:10:30 - Larry wants to bring Adam and Lena on his podcast to talk about p*rn 1:11:24 - Larry’s take on people’s fascination with prison R 1:12:50 - Prison R is less common than people think. Most s*x is consensual 1:13:32 - Larry doesn’t think anyone can beat a lie detector test. Thinks he’s a bad liar because he’s too honest 1:14:44 - Missing out on his kids’ childhood was the hardest part of being in prison. 1:15:20 - Being in the hole for 11 straight months. Going crazy. Contemplating s**cide. Fighting back against the guards. Getting maced, flash grenade. 1:17:56 - Learning that pen was mightier than the sword. Learning the law, writing letters to senators. 1:18:21 - Renting p*rn magazines in prison. Getting in trouble for j**king off. Having to switch hands after a hand injury. 1:20:29 - Larry doesn’t believe Adam has never tried Viagra 1:22:28 - Conjugal visits should be used to enforce good behavior and keep families together. 1:23:23 - The worst day outside is better than the best day in prison 1:25:15 - Larry’s take on California’s lax approach to crime. Blames the PSI people for giving dangerous people bail. No reform or education 1:26:48 - America has more prisoners than anywhere else in the world 1:27:45 - Larry weaned himself off high doses of oxy after surgery. “You control it, don’t let it control you” 1:30:37 - White supremacists in prison left Larry alone because he was with the mob. Suit casing a knife saved his life 1:31:51 - Prison guards in the tower will shoot to k*ll. Mostly concerned with protecting other guards. 1:33:15 - How Larry would fix the prison system: Stop private prisons. Explaining the problem with profits in prison. 1:36:10 - Build a team of ex-cons, ex-guards, etc. that are allowed to randomly inspect prisons like a health inspector 1:38:05 - Biggest way to change prisons is to eliminate bonuses for wardens. Reconnecting with a “good” guard after he went to prison himself 1:39:50 - How to make prison pasta. 1:41:25 - “Defund the cops” is a terrible slogan. Should be “reallocate the funding” 1:42:28 - Pandemic caused an increase in crime. Florida didn’t care about C*VID. Liking how Desantis handled the pandemic. 1:43:55 - Journey to RU-vid. Started with Reality Check program. Then, Crime/Prison correspondent for news networks. Then speaking engagement. Then Vanity Fair incident 1:45:18 - First videos he made were him narrating his book. One of the most popular playlists on RU-vid. 1:46:30 - New ventures: Just started his new podcast. RU-vid clip channel. Merch. Just started his cigar company 1:48:15 - RU-vid lessons that Larry has learned along the way: Prison/Crime is popular. Fan interaction is important. Build a brand. 1:51:30 - Not having to lie to people at this point in life. The FBI will ask agents “Do you ever lie?” 1:53:45 - Larry doesn’t respect smash-and-grab robberies because they miss so much of the good stuff. Big fan of the Pink Panther gang. 1:55:26 - The Feds check on Larry every time there’s a big robbery. Going on TV and correctly calling how the robbers did the Kim Kardashian robbery. 1:56:50 - True Crime is so popular because people want to fantasize about doing it themselves. 1:59:05 - First question Larry asks when he hears about a robbery: “How much did it cost to pull off?” 2:00:05 - Larry got caught because a woman he tried to sell a ring to called in his license plate 2:00:30 - Adam and Larry bond over their love of Wawa 2:02:05 - Larry loved his experience with virtual reality p*rn. The mob made a lot of money on p*rn back in the day 2:03:35 - Wrap up. Subscribe to Larry. Cigars coming soon! Stamps by Aidan instagram.com/aidantheasset/

I really forgot to tell him it was the coolest podcast in the world

Adam was scared to tell him this is the coolest podcast in the world

The most chill guy I’ve ever met! Man gave me $100 to wipe down his RV windshield (took me bout 15 minutes)✊🏾 Respect Larry

I would LOVE to see Larry do a podcast with Joey Diaz, that shit would be other worldly!!!

No Jumper really running high on all cylinders right now. Not only are the guests unexpected surprises, but also every host does great interviews. I also like these longer interviews recently.

I'll never forget the time Larry Lawton was on No Jumper podcast.

YES!!! Hope anyone who wasn’t familiar with Larry shows love to his channel. He puts out great videos every week, Larry you’re the goat!

Adam is on to something with interview. Hopefully this is a new demographic he brings to no jumper to be interviewing.

More interviews like this please!!! The former Career criminal/Reformed criminal guests are a Huge hit every time you have them on And Adam does a fantastic job interviewing them please do more of these!!

Classic!! Thanks for having Larry on. Bring more inspirational people on the show who are doing positive things in the community and for young people.

Larry smoking weed on this podcast really made me more of a fan, he is very down to earth! It goes to show that you can be someone and do positive things, and smoking weed doesn’t make you a bad person. Thanks no jumper for interviewing people for different avenues. Great content.. 🙏😁💯💨

Always great to see Larry Lawton doing interviews. I have become good friends with Larry and have been fortunate enough to be involved in one of his videos. I played one of the GTA missions he reviewed. Larry is a great guy, and I am glad to have gotten to know him.

i want my brother to take his program when he gets done with his 14 year sentence fed time. we need to educate non violent inmates to have all the resources necessary to rehabilitate getting back to being a productive member of society. We are far behind in education when the inmates are really the most curious and willing to be educated. props to larry

Long interviews are very appreciated by us who work all day 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Adam: "do I just suck it into my mouth? Pause." lmfaoooooo 37:42

Larry is the man! Love his stories, They are just so addicting to listen to.

I’ve been watching Larry almost since the beginning. Love seeing him on here. I’m only 20 mins in but it’s a great interview already

This is such a great surprise! I love when yall interview people who have interesting stories and can articulate themselves! Larry is great, I found put about him via Jessica Kent, who would also be a fantastic person to interview.

The difference between this guy and a lot of the other prison youtubers is he doesn't just sit and tell stories and claim how rough it is in there, he actually creates reform programs and does what he can to change this broken system, I have a lot of respect for this guy

bro i literally been binge watching his videos. u been interviewing everyone i want adam. u fckin killin it this year too.

Larry’s posture vs. Adam’s posture tells its own story 😂

Larry is a good man, salute to you Adam for having him on!

I better have Larry ringin my line in GTA 6 for sure!🤣😊🤣

Good to see Larry getting shown love from big platforms!

Love Larry's videos, he's got such an amazing story and can connect with people from all different backgrounds. Dude should be a mayor or something.

One of thee best interviews to date.

I rarely, RARELY listen to podcast but damn I've been watching Larry since he blew up and this video pod was amazing I could hear him talk all day

Such a laid back interview. Just the relax nature and the pause for the cigar and smoke break reminds me of just chillin back with the guys 😎

Perfect example of taking an opportunity and giving it your all!

super big fan of you both, honestly I've watched every Lawton video he's put out. He's one of my favorite content creators along with you Adam. Thank you for doing this interview.

This turned from music stuff to prison/gang life which makes Adam super damp in his clam.

This is one of the few interviews over an hour I’ve watched all the way through

I bet Adam could increase his game if he actually talked to intelligent people instead of brain dead rappers all the time

I love larry- And adam, your interviewing is actually really good- you can tell you actually know details about your guests that other interviewers dont- no need to second guess yourself- but i get it, my mind is very similar. Cheers from chicago-

35:07 “Do the weed” Adam sounding like my middle school English teacher 😂

How does one not love Larry!? Love this man 💯🙏🏻

Seen my popps friend at the gas station after doing 6 years, dude was staring at the Red Box for like 5 minutes because he didnt know wtf it was.

I love Larry's channel its Awesome to see him on one of my favorite Utube channels No jumper! Love the interview Adam!

Larry is so real and down to earth it’s so easy to like him

Two of my favorite RU-vidrs together. This is gonna be a great podcast.

Going thru some shit today watching this makes me feel a little better thanks Adam

You two go perfectly together, first NJ i have seen, loving it

Larry! I love him so much! I just finished his book it was crazy… very cool to see him in your podcast!

BRO IM BEEN WAITING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME

been waiting on this interview for a while!!

Watching it now this interview is going to be a banger!!!

This the one I’ve been waiting for🔥🔥🔥

"When u think about that shirt it's a fucking great shirt" 🤣

Need him on the orange couch next 😍

Larry made it on nojumper let’s FUCKING GO Larry making it big !

I saw him on the insta stories and have been hyped for this for the last week, fire interview

love this adam!!! saw him on yolas podcast too, i love how many diverse and different people come on here. keep up the great work man🔥

Larry is that dude! First video I watched of his was how to boil water in prison! Ever since than I've been hooked to him!

Good interview, I have been checking you out because you been interviewing people I follow and I have become a fan of yours Adam! Keep up the great interviews 🔥

You really have legends walking through the door everyday

Larry needs to make a movie about his life. I’d pay good money to see it.

Fuck yes been waiting for this. !!! Larry is the shit . Been watching him for a looooong time . Cool to see a different type of interview here on no jumper . Y’all make my day when you drop a interview 🤘🤘

Him mistaking a rolls for a Chrysler 300 is the most relatable thing I’ve ever heard

we need him on again. this ep is too good

adam smoking a cigar is hilarious

Olivia V is a fantastic cigar. And this guy story is a great pairing!! Glad Mr Lawton introduced you gentlemen to the cigar culture. Its a great networking hobby that more young gentlemen/ Lady's should try. Keep it crackin, Peace and Blessings 💯💯

LARRY IS THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT A REAL MAN IS LIKE

Amazing interview

“I didn’t sale it but I’ve done every drug in the book of the game”👏😂📚

I was really hoping this crossover would happen one day! Lets go!!!!

THIS IS THE BEST INTERVIEW OF 2022 FOR NOJUMPER 🤘🤘🤘 FRL FRL

Larry Lawton is the man!

Larry is that guy. Love his videos

Sweet.. always wanted an interview with Adams Dad

Great interview 22 we need more like this 🔥🔥🔥

Ur an inspiration Larry. I'm so happy for your success u fully deserve it. Have a good day man.

This was the ‘BEST’ Podcast I’ve watched in a Couple years- It was ‘REAL’….. Coming from a Gov worker and homestead owner with a great life. Cheers

Such a cool dude. I went through one of the programs he put together for at risk youth while i was in highschool. It was at a golfing country club in a newer part of the county. Though i still think golf is pretty gay, it was a great time and one of the first times i saw where hard work and drive will take you. Nice to see somebody whos been through the shit, make it out, and not only give back but keep some people outta the shit and inspire them to do more with their life.

So Am I The Only Person Thought This Was The Undertaker 😂😂

I watched Larry when he first got out ain't been tuning in recently think I should get back on the bus LMAO

This gotta be the craziest collab wtf😂

LARRY THE LEGEND LAWWWWWWWWTON

Larry is the Man , contributing his bad experiences to helping the young who are in continuous trouble. You are a realist and reformed individual who will help many people and give back!

Best interview of the year so far!

YESS, 2 fav people to watch on the one show

‼️THANK YOU ADAM22 FOR SAVING THE PODCAST 👍👍🔥🔥💯💯‼️

We need him on again at some point! THis is really good longform content I love it !

This gonna help me finish my shift thanks adam

Adam you should look into having Jay Williams from the "Jay Williams Let's Live Life" RU-vid channel. I really think you would dig him and I really think that people would get into his journey in life. He grew up in the streets and was in and out of jail and finally ended up doing a 10-piece. He used that time to get his s*** together and realize what life is all about and came out to be a family man running his own construction company. Dude is a hell of a Storyteller and you can tell he's 100 with it

Larry is a legend

Wow!!! So many collabs i was already following. We on the pulse!

watching adam fail at smoking a cigar is hilarious

I manifested this interview Holy shit soooo excited! Big fan of his channel this will be a great one.

I could listen to larry talk all day

I gotta say that was a very good interview . Great work Gentlemen . Respect

Larry Lawton, we love you Holmes 💯 🙌🏻 ❤️

Thought that was the undertaker 😂

Let’s gooooooo

Larry’s just one of those unique guys online that I could hear talk for hours and hours

Ol Larry Lawton we on no jumper

Hahaha, best quote of 2022 so far: “Just throw somebody in the trunk. It doesn’t seem like THAT big of a deal” 😂🤣

great episode would like to see him back

i remember watching his vanity fair video too. this guys glow up is crazy

Love Lawton man! A real man of men. Also funny as hell.