The Shawn Ryan Show

#304 Chris Bayless - 30 Years Undercover Inside America's Most Violent Gangs

May 14, 2026·4h 0m·7-min readinterviewtrue crime
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Chris Bayless, a 30-year ATF veteran and master of deep-cover infiltration, recounts his harrowing career infiltrating outlaw motorcycle gangs like the Hell's Henchmen and Hell's Angels, surviving assassination plots, and evolving from a hardened agent to a man of faith and redemption.


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Chris Bayless

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Chris BaylessShawn RyanMel ChanseyJay Dobbins

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Touching the Dragonby Dan Crenshaw

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ATF

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Criminal JusticeMental HealthTrue Crime

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