True Crime Tuesday: Andrew Hamilton, former convicted drug dealer turned comedian - 28/10/24

The Run Home with Joel & Fletch

For True Crime Tuesday, former convicted drug dealer turned comedian joins the Run Home to talk about his time in jail and the transition into a stand up comedy

00:00 Andrew Hamilton

00:20 Mushroom King of Sydney

00:50 Former Drug Dealer Backstory

01:45 Police raiding his home

02:30 How did he get into selling drugs in the first time?

03:00 How do you eat mushroom

03:50 When did he get into drug dealing?

04:30 Managed to commercialise Magic Mushroom

04:50 How much money did he make dealing drugs?

05:40 Was there a fear of people coming over the top of you

06:05 How did you get caught?

08:00 Was he on drugs himself?

08:30 Did he get a lenient sentence?

09:00 Treated well by inmates at prison

10:30 First day in prison, mistake for someone else

11:40 How did you get off drugs and get clean?

12:30 The impact on the family

14:15 Why did you even take drugs?

14:45 Dealing with a gambling addiction

15:15 Did the family know you were dealing whilst maintaining a day job

15:45 Pokie machines, more than than Vegas

17:15 How he got into comedy?

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