FROM THE VAULT: The True Story Behind Alpha Dog
Originally released on our Patreon in January of 2022.
In the summer of 2000, a drug debt set off a chain of events that no one could take back.
Ben Markowitz owed money to a local dealer named Jesse James Hollywood. Jesse believed Ben was blowing him off, and what started as frustration quickly turned into something more volatile. Jesse wanted control. He wanted leverage.
Then he saw it.
While driving around with friends, Jesse spotted Ben’s 15 year old brother Nick walking alone. Jesse told the driver to pull over and they grabbed Nick, forced into the van, and drove away.
Instead of being…
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