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  • Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2024
  • Interview with William G. Baker at a book signing in Alcatraz
    Buy his book here, def worth the read www.amazon.com/...
    And listen to his 1st visit back to the Rock in 50 years here
    www.npr.org/201...

Комментарии • 43

  • @fw5995
    @fw5995 7 лет назад +13

    What he's saying about the "badass inmates" being respectful towards everybody is simply an example of how times have changed; people nowadays tend to think that being disrespectful is a sign of strength.

    • @thewandelaar1776
      @thewandelaar1776  7 лет назад +1

      F W well said, very true! Still had respect.

    • @user-ro8qv7ob4v
      @user-ro8qv7ob4v 6 лет назад +2

      F W While I do agree with you in regards to society, prison is a completely different atmosphere. 90 percent of inmates are just trying to do their time and get out on time without incident. I mean, things do happen but acting tough in there doesn't get you far unless you actually are tough. Even then, there's always someone bigger and badder than you. People also tend to stick to groups so pissing off one person may get you attacked by a whole group. On the street you can run and hide. In there, there's nowhere to run or hide except protective custody. Protective custody and the hole suck so not many people want to get in trouble or go to PC. In there everyone is almost forced to respect one another or suffer the consequences. It's kind of hard to explain to anyone who's never been in that situation. Hopefully you kind of get what I'm saying though.
      I did a total of 2 1/2 years and got out the last time mid 2012 and haven't been in trouble since. Now I'm working on a project to help child abuse victims, people who suffer from anxiety and depression, and drug addicts as these are all things I've gone through and had to overcome. I'm now happier and more productive than I ever was. Jail was the best thing that ever happened to me. Sadly for many it's a revolving door and I'm hoping I can some day change that for some that are caught on the hamster wheel.
      Please try not to judge society to harshly. There has been a lot of social engineering going on for the past 20 years or more and some of us are out here trying to push things back in the right direction. Having no hope for the future won't get anything done. There are two opposite forces working against each other and we need as many people as possible to try to push society back in the right direction.

    • @jamessimcox3376
      @jamessimcox3376 5 лет назад

      i agree with ya on that a lot , the man he was talking ron simcox is my father and was the coolest man ive ever known and now days people are very disrespectful like you said

    • @paulgulley1476
      @paulgulley1476 3 года назад

      gulley

    • @dougfredricks2017
      @dougfredricks2017 Год назад

      @@user-ro8qv7ob4v USA is a prison. 😆

  • @megbeetle7630
    @megbeetle7630 6 лет назад +9

    He was on the same spot yesterday!!! I met him

    • @thewandelaar1776
      @thewandelaar1776  6 лет назад +3

      Meg - Entertainment that's cool, he is such a nice guy 😊

  • @jonelrod7406
    @jonelrod7406 7 лет назад +9

    He is a real nice guy I talked to him when I was 12

  • @tjtheentertainer9376
    @tjtheentertainer9376 6 лет назад +4

    I asked Bill what was his opinion about the 1962 escape attempt. He said he thinks they made it!

    • @thewandelaar1776
      @thewandelaar1776  6 лет назад +4

      TJ The Entertainer I think they def made it 👍

    • @ps6474
      @ps6474 6 лет назад +1

      TJ The Entertainer...so cool you were able to ask him that question. Did Bill give his opinion why he thought they made it? I do think the Anglin brothers and Morris made it, good for them, they deserved to make it, with such brilliant escape ideas!!

  • @matthewjames5343
    @matthewjames5343 7 лет назад +5

    dammn that interviewer has balls

  • @codyorr4330
    @codyorr4330 7 лет назад +2

    I met him today at Alcatraz signing books

  • @easyjimenez2717
    @easyjimenez2717 7 лет назад +7

    I met him!

    • @laylaysocraycray9502
      @laylaysocraycray9502 6 лет назад

      EASY Jimenez are u lying

    • @cd1358
      @cd1358 6 лет назад

      Omg I did too. He was a super sweet guy!

    • @ps6474
      @ps6474 6 лет назад

      Easy Jimenez...what was he jailed for? Cool that you met him

  • @baywatchrules12
    @baywatchrules12 7 лет назад +2

    He was there today too!!

  • @76vike19
    @76vike19 7 лет назад +4

    good stuff

  • @MrJeep75
    @MrJeep75 6 лет назад +1

    Sounds like he didn't want to be questioned anymore

  • @The--Ghostspider66
    @The--Ghostspider66 4 года назад +1

    0:56 that was a big lesson if anyone noticed

  • @Karlett555
    @Karlett555 6 лет назад

    as i remember he wrote two books correct me, if i am wrong

  • @Stonekiller12
    @Stonekiller12 8 лет назад +7

    lol he said that's enough. why do you think he said that was he getting uncomfortabletalking about it?

    • @thewandelaar1776
      @thewandelaar1776  8 лет назад +5

      +TedTheRottweiler J Lol no there was a long line of people waiting for book signing haha...

    • @bronx15_82
      @bronx15_82 6 лет назад

      I’m sure no one is proud of being a criminal. And I’m sure he wasn’t proud that he was caught. You could see that he got ticked off when he asked about how he learned how to counterfeit checks.

  • @herewegoagain6604
    @herewegoagain6604 7 лет назад +1

    I met him earlier today. Seemed really nice. He got married about two years ago. One of the rangers Performed the service. I was told that he got out of jail only 6 years ago.

    • @ps6474
      @ps6474 6 лет назад

      Jesse Rojas, do you know what he was in prison for?

  • @redhawktanaka8826
    @redhawktanaka8826 7 лет назад +8

    Dammm he said that's enough

    • @thewandelaar1776
      @thewandelaar1776  7 лет назад +2

      Hahah, there was a long line of people waiting to get books signed.

  • @rondacandiaespinobarros6797
    @rondacandiaespinobarros6797 7 лет назад +1

    Roland Simcox is my father!!!!

  • @shonapeterson4472
    @shonapeterson4472 8 лет назад

    Are you South African?

    • @thewandelaar1776
      @thewandelaar1776  8 лет назад +1

      +Shona Peterson Yes I am :) from Cape Town

    • @shonapeterson4472
      @shonapeterson4472 8 лет назад +1

      Speak Afrikaans?

    • @thewandelaar1776
      @thewandelaar1776  8 лет назад +1

      Shona Peterson Yes I do

    • @shonapeterson4472
      @shonapeterson4472 8 лет назад

      Awesome. Ek bly in George. It's nice to stumble across a fellow South African. Good video

    • @thewandelaar1776
      @thewandelaar1776  8 лет назад +1

      Baie dankie! Dont forget to like,share and subscribe for many more videos :) lekker aand

  • @harveysmith9046
    @harveysmith9046 4 года назад

    This dude eats lots of junk food.