Escaping Bangkok the Podcast

01/02/2023

Thank you for sharing these amazing records of life in a Thai prison, Adrian.

19/01/2023

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17/01/2023

Awesome interview today about the podcast on the Kyle and Jackie O show with David McMillan. Podspot

David McMillian joined the show to tell the story of the time he was a drug smuggler who escaped prison not once but twice! Listen to the pod for the full story!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

16/01/2023

David McMillan is on Kyle and Jackie O today at 9:15am Sydney time. His tale of an incredible escape from Klong Prem Prison.

15/01/2023

Exciting news, our Thai prison escapee David McMillan is on Kyle and Jackie O tomorrow morning, Australian time. Meanwhile, listen to part of his anazing escape on Escaping Bangkok. https://youtu.be/MGf0DvPPI10 Podspot

In 1996, the serial smuggler, David McMillan, made an unlikely escape from a Thai prison known as Klong Prem.This was an audacious feat no westerner had ever...

15/12/2022

Newcastle Herald: Newcastle-based true crime podcaster Lisa Tait gets into some spicy topics - like "deadcatting" - in her podcast about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and their infamous link to a disgraced British royal.

Lisa and her friend Jen Tarran - both former Newcastle Herald journalists - co-created The Prince and the Pervert, which now has about 3 million downloads.

The podcast delves into the shocking world of Epstein and Maxwell and allegations that they s*x trafficked hundreds of girls, including Virginia Roberts Giuffre to Prince Andrew when she was 17.

In the latest episode, Lisa and Jen discuss media manipulation and the concept of "deadcatting".

This is essentially a political strategy to divert attention away from scandals.

Have the British royals somehow been involved in deadcatting over scandals around Prince Andrew and Prince William? Was Meghan Markle used as some kind of "human shield" for these scandals?

We have no idea, but the episode on the matter is worth a listen.

"In my opinion, the royals are gangsters with posh accents," Lisa quips in the episode, which asks the audience if they're up for "a little spice, rumour and media manipulation" while discussing the "royal's media machine".

Lisa believes more big news will emerge over civil cases in the Epstein scandal.

"Banks are being sued for enabling Epstein's s*x trafficking business," she said.

About 85 per cent of the podcast audience is from the US, which is "very unusual for an Australian podcast".

The Americans, though, had a bit of trouble understanding Lisa. They complained.

"It's my Lithgow accent," she said, adding she underwent a bit of voice training to better communicate with the Yanks.

Australian voices tend to "go up at the end of sentences".

"I had to train myself not to do that. I had to go down a few octaves," she said.

Escaping Bangkok Lisa Tait's new podcast, Escaping Bangkok, documents stories of Australians jailed in Thailand.

"As a kid, I was always obsessed with escape stories," she said.

She spoke with Australian drug smuggler David McMillan, aka McVillain, who escaped from a Thai prison.

"It took him five hours and he did it in pitch black in the middle of the night. He had to climb over 11 walls. Then he saved the day by having a tiny umbrella. So when he walked by the guards at the front of the prison, no one took any notice of him."

She also tells the story of Lisa Marie Smith, a Melbourne-born woman who spent "five months in the prison hellhole known as the Bangkok Hilton" before fleeing the country on bail in 1996 at age 21.

She faced the death sentence, after being allegedly caught with 4 kilograms of hash and more than 500 amphetamine tablets.

Her father Terry Smith paid the authorities $74,000 for his daughter's bail. She fled to Europe, using her British passport.

"I've been obsessed with the Lisa Marie escape story. The first time I read it was when I was working at the Newcastle Herald. I've been following it periodically and no one else has told her story about being on the run for 18 years from Interpol. I thought it was about time I did," Lisa said.

The Irish Sun newspaper reported in 2014 that Smith was running a cafe in Dublin.

"Thailand has the death penalty and the Irish wouldn't hand her over for that," Lisa said. Podspot Newcastle Herald

14/12/2022

Dad Was In A Thai Prison. Warren Fellows disappeared from his son’s life when the youngster was two.

14/12/2022

Here is our Weekend Sunrise interview on
7Plus. Stats at 1hr19. https://7plus.com.au/weekend-sunrise

Wake up to a better breakfast with the Weekend Sunrise team for all the latest entertainment, news, sport and weather.

10/12/2022

The truth is surprising and very bleak.

10/12/2022

Here I am today at Sunrise.
Celebrating the launch of Escaping Bangkok the Podcast. Thank you so much Sunrise. I’m very excited and grateful. Podspot

08/12/2022

Update: it’s now 8:40am Sunday. I will be on Weekend Sunrise on Seven at 8:20am tomorrow. I will be talking about women and true crime, in particular the podcast The Teacher’s Pet.

Find Out More: https://www.escapingbangkok.com/blog/how-true-crime-affects-society/

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04/12/2022

The man who escaped from death-row prisons in Thailand and Pakistan. David McMillan is today on Escaping Bangkok the Podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/escaping-bangkok/id1649096580?i=1000588707205

‎Show Escaping Bangkok, Ep 4. How to Escape a Thai Prison - 4 Dec 2022

04/12/2022

04/12/2022

The A-Z of prison escape. on Escaping Bangkok the podcast. Learn all about it here https://davidmcmillan.net.

04/12/2022

The A to Z of Prison Escape by the smuggler who has been there and, incredibly, made it out alive. David McMillian, the only westerner to Escape Klong Prem Prison, is this week on Escaping Bangkok the Podcast. Read about it here: https://www.escapingbangkok.com/blog/How-to-Escape-Prison-in-Bitlife/

How to Escape Prison in Bitlife Or Real Life | Serial smuggler David McMillan made an audacious escape from a Thai prison, a feat no-one had done | Escap…

28/11/2022

What do you think? Do some women follow true crime because they feel at risk? https://www.escapingbangkok.com/blog/how-true-crime-affects-society/

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