I Catch Killers: Andrew Hamilton Part 1 - A mushroom kingpin goes to jail

Andrew Hamilton was a PR young-gun with a bright future, he also owned a high-profile pizza shop in Potts Point. From the outside everything looked great. But underneath it all Andrew had a secret life as one of Sydney's biggest magic mushroom dealers, and his gambling and drug addictions were running rampant.

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00:00 - Opener
00:30 - Introduction
03:50 - Selling magic mushrooms
11:52 - Feelings about going to and being in prison
16:57 - Thoughts on gambling
19:57 - Wasting money
21:31 - Society’s views on drugs
24:32 - Whether or not he faced violence
26:51 - Selling other drugs
29:56 - His own cocaine usage
31:37 - Andrew’s pizza resturant and its dog menu
35:15 - Getting arrested
44:42 - What led to the arrest and what happened after