This episode of Stuff You Should Know recounts the astonishing true story of Richard Wershe Jr., a.k.a. 'White Boy Rick,' a Detroit teenager who became a secret FBI informant at age 14 during the 1980s crack epidemic, only to later become a major cocaine dealer and be sentenced to life
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