The Domino Effect: A True Story of survival, secrets and second chances
Most stories begin with a single moment…
Mine began with a fall.
A fall from innocence…
A fall into addiction…
A fall into a world run by ghosts, secrets, and men who never say what they truly mean.
But when a domino falls…
It doesn’t stop.
It tumbles through orphanages, crack epidemics, CIA backchannels, surf camps, corrupt governments, betrayals, miracles, machetes, jail cells…
and sometimes…
it tumbles straight into destiny.
Because at the end of it all —
after the violence, the lies, the geopolitics, the unbelievable coincidences —
my story became something no one expected.
Not a crime saga.
Not a political exposé.
Not even a survival memoir.
It became a love story.
I survived childhood abuse, addiction, trafficking worlds I never meant to enter, betrayals that almost killed me…
But nothing — nothing — has changed me more than the woman who was sent to follow me the day I landed in Nicaragua.
A woman trained since childhood to survive horrors I can’t imagine.
A woman who found me…
and later saved me.
She taught me something the CIA never could.
Something the streets never did.
Something the world seems to have forgotten:
Forgiveness is the final revolution.
And love is the last domino.
This is the true story of how an orphaned Florida kid…
surf addict…
failed husband…
burned-out appraiser…
and unintentional accomplice to some very dangerous men…
found redemption not in America,
not in power,
not in money…
but in the heart of a woman who had every reason to never trust anyone again.
But don’t get it twisted.
Before the love came the storm.
And I’ll show you everything:
the impossible coincidences,
the dangerous alliances,
the Times-Union front-page surf camp that wasn’t what it seemed,
the traffickers, the informants,
the near-death nights,
the political shadows that still terrify me,
and the truths nobody wants to touch.
This is THE DOMINO EFFECT.
A true story of survival…
secrets…
politics…
forgiveness…
and the most unlikely, marvelously hilarious f#$$__ love story you’ll ever hear.
Every secret has impact.
Every impact has cost.
But every
once in a while…
one falling domino leads you exactly where you were meant to be.
Listen on:
Episodes
Sunday Dec 07, 2025
Sunday Dec 07, 2025
Episode 6 dives into the chaos that followed Jonathan’s firing — the birth of the “solid copy-paste dump,” the alleged robbery that set off a smear war, and the unraveling of everything I’d built. At the same time, my wife was fighting for her life, her daughter’s freedom, and her survival in a corrupt system. Two battles waged in parallel — one on the coast of Nicaragua, one in the shadows of Central America — both about to collide in a way neither of us could’ve predicted
Monday Dec 01, 2025
Monday Dec 01, 2025
GreenSurf explodes with bookings, my addiction deepens, Jonathan plots, and my wife survives a nightmare I never knew about. Episode 5 tracks the unraveling — right up to the moment I finally fire Jonathan… and trigger the alleged robbery that ignites the coming turf war.
Saturday Nov 29, 2025
Saturday Nov 29, 2025
Episode 4 dives into the wild rise of GreenSurf Nicaragua—success, chaos, cocaine, and the night a minister’s Toyota Hilux vanished into an estuary with a truckload of tourists.
It’s the beginning of addiction’s return, Jonathan’s unraveling, and the first major fracture in a dream that was supposed to save me
Friday Nov 28, 2025
Friday Nov 28, 2025
I move into the beach house of Nicaragua’s Minister of Tourism, get to know all kinds of folks, high and low, rebuild my life from scratch, and prepare for my first surf-camp guests—while living inside the shadow of one of America’s most notorious informants.
Sunday Nov 23, 2025
Sunday Nov 23, 2025
On 9/9/09, my life reset. I landed in Managua with two surfboards, one pair of jeans, a handful of dreams, and my Jack Russell terrier, Roxy — unaware I was stepping into a world of secrets, storms, informants, and fate.
Saturday Nov 22, 2025
Saturday Nov 22, 2025
A broken childhood, a shark attack, global travels, addiction, and one mysterious man who changes everything. Episode 1 of The Domino Effect drops you into the true story the CIA never wanted told — and the love story fate refused to let die
Saturday Nov 22, 2025
Saturday Nov 22, 2025
A broken childhood, a shark attack, global travels, addiction, and one mysterious man who changes everything. Episode 1 of The Domino Effect drops you into the true story the CIA never wanted told — and the love story fate refused to let die
Thursday Nov 20, 2025
Thursday Nov 20, 2025
THE DOMINO EFFECT — Trailer
A True Crime Odyssey. A Political Earthquake. And One of the Greatest Real-Life Love Stories Ever Told.
What if everything you were taught about “right and wrong,” “good guys and bad guys,” and “America vs. the enemy”…
was a lie?
What if the CIA’s most explosive secret of the 1980s accidentally landed you — a broken, orphaned kid turned Florida surfer — inside the living room of one of the main protagonists portrayed in Kill the Messenger?
And what if, in the middle of cartels, corruption, surf camps, political betrayal, and an international domino chain of danger…
you discovered the one thing that saved your life:
Love. Real love. World-shifting, destiny-altering love.
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**This is not fiction.
This is not an exaggeration.
This is the true story of how one man went from:**
➡️ A brutal childhood and orphan trauma
➡️ A shark attack survivor at age 17
➡️ A brilliant but broken surfer who spiraled into addiction
➡️ A chance meeting with Frank Amador — a man connected to a dark geopolitical past
➡️ An invitation to Nicaragua that becomes a life-or-death turning point
➡️ Living under the roof of the man tied to the most infamous cocaine pipeline in U.S. history
➡️ And ultimately… discovering a woman whose love literally saved his life.
A woman once forced into war as a child.
A woman who forgave the unforgivable.
A woman who taught him what survival really means.
A woman who brought him back from addiction, chaos, and death —
and made him clean for 10 straight years.
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You’re about to hear:
🔥 A government secret that destroyed American neighborhoods
🔥 A surf camp built under the shadow of CIA informants
🔥 Wild, dark comedy in moments where comedy shouldn’t exist
🔥 A geopolitical maze that no journalist dared to touch
🔥 A love story strong enough to break generational trauma
Every secret has impact.
Every impact has cost.
But sometimes — miraculously — those falling dominos lead you to love, purpose, and redemption.
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If you love:
✅ True Crime
✅ CIA / Conspiracy / Espionage history
✅ Geopolitics
✅ Dark humor
✅ Survival stories
✅ Romance that feels impossible but true
Then this is your next obsession.
Hit play.
You won’t
believe where this story goes.
And you won’t forget how it ends.