• Dead Man Running

  • An Insider's Story on One of the World's Most Feared Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs ... The Bandidos
  • By: Ross Coulthart, Duncan McNab
  • Narrated by: Michael Carman
  • Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
  • 3.6 out of 5 stars (195 ratings)

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Dead Man Running

By: Ross Coulthart,Duncan McNab
Narrated by: Michael Carman
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Publisher's summary

"We are the people our parents warned us about" is the motto of the Bandidos, one of the world's most feared outlaw motorcycle gangs. For ten years, Steve Utah was a Bandidos insider. He arranged the security of their clubhouses. He 'cooked' ecstasy and ice for them. He was at meetings where interstate and overseas drug and weapons smuggling was planned. He saw stolen military weapons being sold. He witnessed vicious beatings, helped dump corpses. He saw men executed in front of him. It all became too much and, in an attempt to regain control of his life, Utah resorted to the unthinkable: he rolled over to the Federal Police and told them all he knew about the Bandidos.

This shocking, unflinching, tragic story is Steve Utah's confession. He knows he is a dead man running - that inevitably the Bandido code will be honoured and he will be silenced. But not before Utah gets his chance to wake Australians to the looming threat in their midst - the relentless rise of sophisticated organised crime networks inside outlaw motorcycle gangs and the apparent inability of the Police and legal system to deal with it.

©2008 Ross Coulthart, Duncan McNab (P)2011 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

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Reads like a bad textbook. Don't waste your time.

What disappointed you about Dead Man Running?

This book was extremely boring and in my opinion very poorly written. There were a few ok points but for the most part, it was a total waste of time. It seemed to keep switching from an AUTO-biography to a text book about random crime facts and statistics that had little to do with the book, to a biography. This book seemed to be all over the place with the writing and very hard to follow. The only thing good about the audiobook was the narrator, who did a good job of reading the text and being very articulate. The narrator was the only thing about the book that was worth anything. Don't waste you time or money. Skip this one, you'll be much better off for it.

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Boring at best

Takes place in Australia and make no sense what so ever. Boring at best

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skip it.

The story was boring and other than it being set in Australia, it's the same old worn out tell of an informant turning narc. skip it. it's played out.

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Scary, dark, true crime = must listen

What made the experience of listening to Dead Man Running the most enjoyable?

The readers voice.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Not really but i don't think this book was meant to like that. But the subject keeps you on the edge of your seat all by itself

Have you listened to any of Michael Carman’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No not yet but i will be in the future thats for sure. Michael has one of those voices that would suit many styles of books.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes for sure. Luckily i was able to do that.

Any additional comments?

Just a great book with a very clear in look at the bikie world not only here in Australia but the world over. Even if your not into bikie books it is still a eye opener which will make you see things in a different light.

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Snooozzzzzzzzzz

Ive listened to about 3hrs and it has been about just wildlife trafficking. Most slow and boring book ever and its being told by someone else like a law enforcement agent not Mr Utah, their telling what they believe is his story.

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Not very good.

It's all over the place. It was not put together very well and was a bit boring.

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….

Terrible. Return it and get your credit back if you buy it. Not worth the listen.

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More textbook than interesting book

Not a great read/listen. It goes way off topic for long periods going in depth into speculation on things not related to what the story is.

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Waste of time

Garbage title. Horrible narrative voice and a garbage story. No originality or anything that would standout.

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Clear picture of reality

Unfortunately, this story shows a clear picture of how unscrupulous police are when it comes to MC’s.

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