The Real Chopper Read: Part 1 - Man or Myth

[@JamesDio-yu5yd]

How did he punk us he said, "Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story "

[@kjp1232]

He actually disposed of a serious ammount of dealers and paedophiles he couldn't exactly admit to it or he would never of got out.

[@carminelupertazzijr3512]

I know a man who was a prison officer during the time chopper was in pentridge. And what i was told made alot sense and was quite interesting. He said that during choppers time in pentridge he was actually very tough and violent and cpuld handle himself, chopper was feared by alot of inmates. He waged war within the prison against rivals/enemies. Choppers gang/ group were out numbered by quite alot, but chopper and his crew implemented various tactics and strategies to attack the enemy. Extremely violent.... You also have to understand the priaon system was alot different back then, it wasnt regulated and as open as it is today. Back in those days things happened and was not documented, the prisom system was closed off to the outside world, so things was alot easier to keep under the rug and kept quiet.

[@paddyc9653]

From Scotland. Chopper, Ned and then whoever. Only Aussie crims most of us know off. Well done mark,, you’re on the list ya mad bstrd yea.

[@rumplestiltzkin5451]

Havin a beer with chopper & a mate - I didn't hardly utter a word. His reputation preceded him. He was really a character with the gift of the gob. I was shittin meself for no reason! Power perceived is power achieved

[@FeralVG]

Heath Franklin packed Bendigo’s Capital Theatre in April 2012 with his Chopper show but Chopper Reid’s show was refused at a Bendigo pub because of the potential backlash. Chopper wasn’t pleased.

[@cameronheidelauf9623]

I am glad that I have met the real mark chopper read himself and I gotten a picture taken with me and himself standing together it was at sexpo in Melbourne

[@paddyc9653]

What was he like proper. Av seen his books and few others, seems a decent guy just lost looking for a pal.

[@geoffhipwell2198]

​@@paddyc9653 In those books he mentions being mates some 'heavy' people. Most were buddies of mine here in Sydney. Chopper was a Melbourne boy. Most of them say that they've never met him!! Make your own conclusion.

[@ParisRiskos]

Heavies..? My ass.. My uncle..(My mum's middle brother).. 2 tours of duty in Vietnam '66..'67.. A true fucking mad man in his day,even approached by Dennis Allen to be one of soldiers.. Gave Fuckwit Flannery a warning he would never forget either..

[@colinl9018]

@@geoffhipwell2198 He was full of shit.

[@dollyG1968]

Chopper was an absolute legend- he was a beauty

[@jase4270]

He was also Australia's biggest nark

[@stoneworx09]

​@@jase4270and big on telling his cell mates stories as his own

[@17_73]

Fake as 3 dollar bill he was a legend in his own mind he missed his calling as childrens fairy stories writer.

[@Nugzz187]

The russian roulette with the reporter was classic TV through

[@michaelwaters69]

He never let the truth get in the way of a good story,….

[@Evileyeboris]

I did some tine with chopper back in pentridge in the 80s..not much but some. Lets just say that he was different, had a few links missing. He only targeted the ones who highlighted themselves..

[@pauljosephcleary]

Did you meet a Bikie from a well known Club.?

[@johngilmore697]

He only targeted the ones who highlighted themselves..please elaborate

[@jamesmoran5192]

Chopper Read is a hero to millions of people.

[@mikeoz4803]

Thats because millions of people are dumb! Read was a psychotic liar & thug! end of story!

[@billyshane3804]

Just shows how stupid people are. He was a nobody criminal who informed on others to police and prison warders.

[@mickeysmiths]

@@billyshane3804 I think he was conflicted. Some of us handle it better, that's all

[@mikespearwood3914]

Not a "hero" per se, but a charismatic larrikin.

[@mickeysmiths]

Chopper.. a jewel amongst gravel 👍

[@willmoore7582]

What a guy. Of all the criminals in the world, I would love to have met and bought this guy a beer (VB probably) 😉

[@Dan_themaestro]

I did meet him and did in fact buy him a VB 😂 Funny guy for sure

[@popcornshiner3937]

Yeah the brain washed

[@Zedsdead83]

VB loooooonnnnnnnggggg neck?

[@gerardsmith8467]

Melbourne bitter

[@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674]

Omg I Miss Him...😢😢😢

[@garyrigby21]

i'm from Liverpool UK so i'm hardly gonna be impressed by Chopper when i grew up knowing blokes like this

[@Trailhiker1]

Yep. You's have Purple Aki instead

[@bazglsgw1208]

Yeah being from Glasgow with lots of family where u are I've met met lots of manics

[@kevgorry1850]

Am from Liverpool who ?

[@garyrigby21]

@@kevgorry1850 ?

[@CharleneRees-g8j]

Clown arnt you gary 😂😂😂 big lie like old chop chop

[@17_73]

Mark Read was 1% reality and 99% make believe.

[@user-vg5rv5xf4u]

Do one on Dennis Allen mate!

[@ianmckinnon8461]

great film , funny criminal ...true blue aussie nut case

[@Georgelooney87]

I said 10 years ago he was on the gear. That's why he always wore sunglasses.

[@steviejhall8721]

Legend

[@mickhegartyhegarty]

He was only any good inn the nick😂😂

[@Nugzz187]

Never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn 😂😂😂

[@gregsmith2262]

I knew he was a shit talker when he put shit on Raymond "Chuck" Bennett. Bennett would have turned him inside out. Easy to put shit on a dead man, real tough guy!

[@DaveGreeneramblingcarpenter]

I'd much prefer him to the real criminals, who are in government and big corporations

[@thekingisjesuschrist]

For real

[@jasonstewart6192]

He's no where near as big as Ned Kelly, about a %

[@Phillip-tw8qe]

Chopper," bigger than Ned Kelly"? Seriously??

[@willmachado1]

Ned was only 71kgs, Chopper was 100kg +

[@Winxodds]

@@willmachado1He means reputation and place in Australian history

[@campcreekhill8933]

😂​@@willmachado1

[@taysmith4813]

😂😂​@@willmachado1

[@justinparkerthewildwolf6394]

He says more well known, not bigger

[@shawn93564]

He Survived and had a giggle of a shit life and made the best of it , as you do if you want to live 😂😂👍🇦🇺🤘🏼🤘🏼🍺🍺🍺💯

[@vinrin9735]

Yes Wright ON

[@cjod33]

Chopper never persuaded the nation that he was a criminal genius, he was always straight up about his history. "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story " M B Reid. Fact is , some of it was true, some not, some exaggerated. He was a character with knack for spining a yarn. Do you honestly believe that all underbelly series are 100% accurate? Hope not.

[@mikespearwood3914]

*Read

[@leedsutd-pq6kh]

His dogs call Ron and Reg.

[@The_DropBear]

bit of a let down to find out he was a junkie, while saying he used to bash junkies for their drugs and money, now we know where the drugs went...

[@undefinedfirstnameundefine7820]

Loved shand's book!

[@LiSTNRCrime]

So did we!

[@undefinedfirstnameundefine7820]

@@LiSTNRCrime He kinda ruined the Chopper myth for me which was a bit sad but I still loved it! lol

[@travismanning7413]

Only ones who grew up in that time period. Can talk about one's who grew up in that time period.. Always remember that.

[@anthonysinclair154]

Funny how nobody talked smack about him when he was still alive hey. And the so called gangsters he talked smack about just smiled and hid under their rocks until they got put under granite headstones. The Chopper I met on a few occasions was a great bloke and a gentleman to my mother. God bless him I say.

[@baabaabaa-El]

That's not 100% true mate, there's a few gd reasons why he got outa Dodge (Melb) and went to Tassie... They just didn't write it down and whack it in a book.

[@s.morrison2126]

Reid was given evening therapy on a daily basis...kick ups, doors banging, screaming. Along with Mr Stinky, Paul Haigh and Peter Allan Reid, Mark Reid got revved up more often than not. He sided with the enemy and was called out for it. Oh and hid in the laundry!

[@BillBlazejowski]

​@@baabaabaa-ElIs Tassie too far for those clowns to reach?

[@baabaabaa-El]

@@BillBlazejowski Who knows mate? I did hear he'd upset a few high ups in a certain union.. How true?

[@fbwqmyxd6j]

Generally full of shit....and a legend in his own lunchtime 😅.

[@billyshane3804]

Copper Read

[@MediaMAC871]

Always the story teller . . . Maybe that’s better ?

[@robertbenz2581]

Maybe he knew Wolfe Blass… or something 😮

[@Nick-jx8in]

There hasn’t been a crim like him that’s for sure

[@UnleashedTraining101]

He was the real deal. He made up many stories and even admitted that. But don’t be fooled into thinking he’s in any way fake. He made up and changed many stories for a good reason, so that no one knew what happened and what didn’t.

[@vinrin9735]

If your looking for chopper only tape of him talking it all been said before from the loneRanger bang bang

[@luanzeka9846]

I knew Mark he was 1 of many guys in the old Nik in Coburg I nor liked, or disliked, I treat ppl how they treat me the guy if you knew Prison Culture in the 90s or earlier he was just another bloke indeed. I met alot ego Binse, Maladanich, even phat Carl Williams, Mark was no different, infact took the idea of the English Crooks have been writing Biography for decades & Mark took Aussie Based approach, before his book I didn't no who he was. Someone had his book in Torana YTC that's it.

[@Nick-jx8in]

I personally think he’s at least on par with old Ned Kelly

[@Aussie-des420]

True 😂

[@roycooper8735]

Of course he was a fake

[@Sloppyjoe7390]

Pfft get real buddy about as fake as you

[@Moneymagi]

lol it’s like Jake Paul trying to be bigger than Mike Tyson and ‘the face of boxing’ hhahaha

[@popcornshiner3937]

He is nothing more than a showman, He just thought he would make a persosona of a crazy guy, He was just full of himself and that is all that mattered to him, he never killed anyone and is all a show. but He did make me laugh

[@Inverted.surfer]

'ear taday, the uva one hone tomorrow

[@Deceasedaccount73]

Man or myth 🤣😂 more like, Muppet or Puppet 🤣😂

[@Ianhaddon]

A wimp without a gun in his hand.

[@user-my8zo8uh3n]

Bullshit he could hold his own

[@Ianhaddon]

@user-my8zo8uh3n do you know someone who was locked up with him I do

[@joelsmith3975]

His story is sooo hectic but sooo sad. Backed into many corners, Some he did himself. Either way dead if he wasn’t skittszz But found family late in life and if he’d seen it earlier his life be Dif. Was one of craziest man in oz and even he wanted out in end after kids. His own words general public doesn’t new to fear me. The cops hater heroin and he had a free pass. I could be well wrong but I hope not cos that made it after then today!

[@pkune5158]

Chopper was a absolute clown, Nothing more then that.

[@FlammableHector]

Then what?

[@Deceasedaccount73]

I've knocked more than 40 why ain't I famous 🤔

[@Auty1973]

Wot about Neville Facking Bartoss

[@mikespearwood3914]

"He couldn't even knock the fluff off a cappuccino!"😆

[@davechristian7543]

R u sure about that 'that hes more famous than Ned kelly n just so u no he didnt even write the book lol but he did tell on ppl we all no that one my friend #pmsl. ( him or wat he portrays in his book isnt anything like a modern day ned kelly, u might think so but no one els does lol

[@chrisclark010266]

You milked Uncle Chop Chop and drank waine

[@mikegleed5842]

😂

[@TheSilmarillian]

He was and always will be a coward and a snitch , enough said.

[@Sloppyjoe7390]

How fucking dare you talk down on uncle chop chop!

[@chociskychocolateforwhisky3007]

Even if he did the winner writes history. Maybe your phunking us !

[@jackstrop7520]

who really cares! just like dave courtney take it with a pinch of salt and anyway we got a great film out of it!!!!!

[@Take_NotesSuperHooverweight]

Of course he wasn't a fake!!!! Who's speaking this rubbish??

[@dds94]

He was

[@geoffhipwell2198]

He was 'full of it'.

[@AlexHarbuz]

And an extra shovel full beyond that....

[@jedjen7473]

Full of shit right up to his missing ears

[@Inverted.surfer]

.

[@666dualsport]

how boring

[@grahamchilds821]

A fake

[@deanrobba6112]

Don't care what anyone says, love the Man.

[@JamesCampbell-b1w]

Come From Possilpark Glasgow, If CHOPPER Went There, He, Would Be A Minnow, Amongst Sharks, They Pushed People Like CHOPPER Out Of The Way, To Get Into The Fight.❤😂

[@SHEEPFETTISH]

www.youtube.com/@JamesDio-yu5yd Was that Mark Twain?