“Satan’s Slaves!” - Hells Angels Boss on ATF Coverup, his Top Secret DoD Job & FEAR | Christie • 378
Julian Dorey · 30 Jan 2026 · 3h 35m
Guest: George Christie · Host: Joey Def, Julian Dorey
George Christie, longtime West Coast leader of the Hells Angels, talks through his decades inside and eventually outside the club. He describes his childhood in a poor Greek immigrant family in Ventura, California, an early formative encounter with a passing biker that shaped his self-image, and a winding path through the Marine Corps into a top-secret Department of Defense job maintaining Cold War submarine surveillance phone lines — a clearance he lost once superiors learned he was a Hells Angel. He walks through multiple federal and state prosecutions, including a 1986 murder-for-hire indictment he says was built on faulty FBI recordings, and a 2011 racketeering case that ended with a plea deal and a short federal sentence. Much of the conversation covers club politics: informants like Anthony 'Tony Tate,' entrapment schemes, a self-described decade-long personal campaign to broker peace with rival clubs like the Outlaws and Bandidos, and the eventual souring of his standing that led to his 2011 departure and alleged threats against his life from within the club. He also recounts run-ins with 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace, carrying the Olympic torch as a Hells Angel representative, a clubhouse bombing he attributes to ATF provocateurs, and lighter personal anecdotes about family, friendships with musicians and actors, and his current life after the club. Throughout, Christie draws a sharp distinction between what he calls being an 'outlaw' versus a 'criminal.'
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- Setup of a drug-dealer punishment story
- Prison stint and letters from X's Exene Cervenka
- 1986 FBI murder-for-hire indictment
- Childhood in Ventura and Greek immigrant family
- Mother's courtroom testimony and bail funds
- Top-secret DoD submarine surveillance job
- Losing security clearance over Hells Angels membership
- Jay Dobbins/ATF infiltration and staged murder photo
- Leaving the Hells Angels in 2011 and being ostracized
- 1984 Olympic torch relay controversy
- ATF clubhouse bombing and Greensboro connection
- Later life, remarriage, and celebrity friendships
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“Would I do it again? In a minute. In 1978, I was leader of the Los Angeles Angels. I was 100% committed. I was ready to give my life more than once.”
“And you, Mr. Christie, God only knows what you've gotten away with.”
“I'm an outlaw. I can interpret it any way I want.”
“I went to jail three times for things I didn't do. But what happened was I got put in the situation by people that were trying to extract themselves from the problems they created for themselves.”