{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/650332104809430011021e63/6986f61be4c954d6d94f68d8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Scott Anthony | CONFESSIONS OF A CUBAN CIGAR SMUGGLER (WORLD EXCLUSIVE)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/650332104809430011021e63/1770451993504-9601be15-d71a-4832-ad89-c79a05a19561.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this world-exclusive episode of The Terry Stone Connection, we sit down with Scott Anthony, a man who didn’t just write about organised crime… He lived it.</p><p><br></p><p>Check out Scott's book (OUT NOW) here on his website: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbG1zMWdUVjZYMzVXQjZZdEY0VWJidkRNVE1jUXxBQ3Jtc0ttQVB0MThRN1pyN3puYXhxWG1ZVGZTdGNpa2cwbXJnUWlGRU5ubXA2MmVpT0ZIb2NFVlJlcUl6cHU0TlJheEZiLUxCNXQ0UDBYUmpxS1lQTVFMN3lsQjhUTXU4S2hxQWswVUxnbUptZjlDem1GNDRJWQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scottanthonyog.com%2F&amp;v=lDBEKfoce-c\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.scottanthonyog.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Born and raised on the streets of Chicago, Scott came up fast and hard. From drug dealing and violent robberies in the 1980s to high-level Cuban cigar smuggling in the 1990s, his life reads like a Hollywood script, except every word is real.</p><p><br></p><p>After fleeing the country to avoid arrest, Scott spent five years on the run, surviving under fake names, forged papers, and pure street intelligence. Eventually rebuilding his life, he’s now a husband, father of eight, reformed outlaw, and successful businessman.</p><p><br></p><p>Today, Scott uses his past to write the kind of raw, unfiltered true crime stories mainstream publishers are too scared to touch.</p><p><br></p><p>This is a no holds barred conversation about crime, survival, reinvention, and the cost of the life told by someone who paid it in full.</p><p><br></p><p>Let us know your thoughts on Scott's journey in the comments and we will see you on the other side.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Terry Stone Connection"}