Videos
Stories in Hank's own words.
Short films and conversations from the world of Smuggling With Jesus — the people, places, and near-misses that shaped the memoir.
I Met David Bowie at The Ritz Carlton Boston | Crazy True Story
Hank walks the harbor behind his house and tells the true story of meeting David Bowie in a Ritz Carlton penthouse in Boston — a wild adventure that started with a flight through a massive thunderstorm.
Watch on YouTube →Smuggling With Bernie: The Story Nobody Should Live
Hank sits down to tell the story of Bernie — a smuggling run that should have never happened, and the kind of night that reminds you why some stories are better left as warnings.
Watch on YouTube →Woke Up 4am With a Gun to My Head...and Heroin on the Nightstand
Hank recounts a terrifying 4 a.m. wake-up call — a gun pressed to his head and heroin on the nightstand — and the split-second choices that kept him alive.
Watch on YouTube →The Bowie Story Nobody Knows
Hank shares the deeper, lesser-known side of his time with David Bowie — the moments that never made the headlines and the friendship that stayed with him.
Watch on YouTube →The Military Coup That Almost Destroyed Me | True Crime
Hank tells the harrowing story of getting caught in a military coup overseas — the chaos, the danger, and how close it came to ending everything.
Watch on YouTube →What happened in Scotland’s HM Prison Barlinnie | True Story Revised
Hank revisits the true story of his time inside Scotland’s infamous HM Prison Barlinnie — the violence, the characters, and the moments that changed him.
Watch on YouTube →The Unlikely Adventures of Hank Cooper: From Soup to Smuggling
Hank traces the unlikely path that took him from humble beginnings to a life of smuggling across continents — the twists, turns, and choices that shaped his story.
Watch on YouTube →DICK GREGORY EXPOSES THE MH370 COVER-UP
Hank revisits Dick Gregory’s explosive take on the disappearance of MH370 — the questions that were never answered and the cover-up that still echoes today.
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