When you hear the name “Walter White” combined with the word “meth” in the same sentence, the first thing that comes to mind is the main character from the series Breaking Bad. Surprisingly, there appears to be at least one exception to that rule. The Vice show Fringes found the real Walter White, a former meth kingpin from Alabama. Walter starts his interview with reporter Gianna Toboni rather ominously.
My name is Walter White and I’m a meth cook and for 10 years I had the best meth in Alabama. And if you wanted the best meth, you had to come this way, you had to come to me.
Walter goes on to talk about how he gave up his family and his construction job for the easy money of drugs, took on a partner, and eventually quit the business after his lawyer warned him that he was being investigated. But not before being arrested in another county. Eventually, Walter’s partner turned on him, and Walter found himself at the Foundry Rescue Mission & Recovery in Bessemer, Alabama, where he has since graduated. Now faced with a trial in April 2014, Walter seems to be at peace with whatever the outcome.
If I have to go to prison, I won’t be hurting anybody but myself this time. It’s just me answering up to the things I’ve done. My family, they’ve got jobs and lives. I won’t be hurting them this time.
A real-life Walter White shares a name and drug related track record with the fictional chemistry teacher turned meth dealer on Breaking Bad. According to the Crime Beat section of TuscaloosaNews.com, Walter White was placed on the Tuscaloosa County "Most Wanted" list. White, 55, was on probation for a 2008…
In the latest episode of Vanity Fair's Psych of a Psycho, former FBI profiler Candice DeLong, who is a regular commentator on the Investigation Discovery (ID) channel, uses her skills to analyze and profile the Breaking Bad character Walter White. DeLong looks at what motivated him to go from a…
French "cinema addict" Alexandre Gasulla has created a beautiful video that pays tribute to AMC's immensely popular television series Breaking Bad. Alexandre placed an artistically tells the wild and violent stories of Walter White's transformation from good family man to crazed meth kingpin. via The Awesomer
"Walter Orange!" Winnipeg, Canada-based artist Tripperfunster has carved a Halloween pumpkin and made it look like teacher-turned-meth-cook Walter White from AMC's Breaking Bad.
"We wish you a Meth-y Xmas and a Heisen-New Year" - Matty Todd New York artist John Aslarona has turned the fictional meth-cooking character Heisenberg from Breaking Bad into Santa Claus in his new illustration "Walter White Christmas." image via John Aslarona via The Orange Co.
Flash-Gitz Animation has created "Godzilla vs. Walter White", a cartoon mashup of Breaking Bad and the 2014 Godzilla film. The world is in danger and the only hope is Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, the famous meth-making team from New Mexico. The fantastic voice work was done by Alex Walker…
Lori Dorn
Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.
