Joby Walters, Laughlin 2002 and a Hells Angels exit on The Connect

The former enforcer's two-hour interview runs from meeting Sonny Barger to years hiding in Mexico, one of nine uploads that also included a Cuban cigar smuggler.

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Hells Angels Enforcer Reveals Life At War With The Mongols

Nine uploads, two long talks. Johnny Mitchell's channel, which bills itself as interviews from the underworld, spent the week with men who ran from the law and lived to describe it.

The first was Joby Walters, a former Hells Angel who, by the description's account, joined the club at nearly 50. Over two hours he tells of meeting Sonny Barger, earning his patch in Arizona, and the 2002 brawl with the Mongols at Harrah's in Laughlin, Nevada, where he lost one of his closest friends. The chapters also reach the ATF's undercover operation led by agent Jay Dobyns, a staged murder meant to win the club's trust, and Walters' years in Mexico under another name before he walked away and found faith.

Scott Anthony followed, a Chicago trafficker who spent a decade as a fugitive in Mexico and then, the description says, turned to smuggling Cuban cigars, with Michael Jordan among his customers.

The short cuts did the bigger numbers. "POV: You Sold to an Undercover Cop" passed 300,000 views, and its comment section became a swap meet of viewers' own stories about sheltering someone running from the police. Older material is carrying the channel, though: "All Prisoners MUST Shave Their Head," ten days old, is close to two and a half million, and a day-old short about Diddy paying a songwriter $10,000 is moving almost as fast.

Overall it was a softer stretch, with daily views running at roughly half the channel's usual level. Among podcast and interview channels of its size, Stiff Socks, Dwarkesh Patel and ALL THE SMOKE are all having lively weeks.

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The videos drawing views on The Connect: With Johnny Mitchell right now

POV: You Sold to an Undercover Cop303,529 views · 2026-09-28 He Made $800,000+ From Toys-R-Us Scam 😳77,966 views · 2026-10-01 Texas’s CRAZIEST Cheating Law….68,138 views · 2026-09-29 How A Cocaine Trafficker Survived 10 Years As A Fugitive In Mexico67,676 views · 2026-09-30 Why Banks Allow Robbers To Steal61,483 views · 2026-09-30 All Prisoners MUST Shave Their Head2,460,923 views Diddy Paid Him $10,000 to Write Songs 🤯37,407 views

The numbers

Here is how The Connect's week looks in figures.

subscribers

1,480,000

total views

823,956,495

views per day

484,139

typical day: 1,033,721

this week's videos (first-day views)

He Made $800,000+ From Toys-R-Us Scam 😳

65,076

Texas’s CRAZIEST Cheating Law….

46,357

How A Cocaine Trafficker Survived 10 Ye…

39,006

Why Banks Allow Robbers To Steal

55,577

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Tim Ferriss

1,790,000

Colin and Samir

1,630,000

Rich Roll

1,600,000

The Connect: With Johnny …

1,480,000

Theo Von Clips

1,460,000

Dwarkesh Patel

1,430,000

ALL THE SMOKE

1,350,000

Stiff Socks Podcast

1,160,000

All-In Podcast

1,150,000

As of October 3, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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