The most dangerous prisoner in the world lives, oddly enough, not in Russia. Michael Gordon Petersen has changed about a hundred prisons in his career, took about 30 people hostage (including his lawyer, an art teacher, and a couple of terrorists straight from Iraq) and slashed the noses of so many guards that they would have been enough for an entire company. So how did such an ordinary British boy from a good family come to life?
Call me Charles
As a teenager, Michael decided not to be Michael anymore and took the sonorous pseudonym Charles Bronson, in honor of the Hollywood actor. It was simply a sin to sit at home with such a name, and therefore the newly-born Charles plunged headlong into street life. Work in escort services, fights without rules, circus - until the age of 26, the boy led a wild, but interesting life.
Road to hard labor
In 1974, Bronson finally strays from the path of the righteous and commits the most reckless act in his life: robbing the post office worth twenty-six pounds and eighteen pence. For a crime against the Crown, the court gives the guy seven whole years.
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Artist and poet
The boredom in the cell drove Charles crazy and he decided to get creative. His drawings were replicated by the British press, the prisoner was even introduced to a personal teacher - however, the lessons with him did not last long. Once, Phil Danielson severely criticized one of Bronson's works, for which he severely criticized the teacher himself. Phil spent forty-five hours in natural hell, until the criminal just got tired of doing it.
Single cow hit
Sport remained for Charles almost the only outlet. The prisoner really had a large physique and devoted all his time to training. In 2007, his book "Fitness Alone" was published, which described in detail how to achieve a cool body without any nonsense, like exercise machines. The advice in the book was dubious: Bronson himself easily did push-ups two or three hundred times, and with one blow he could knock down the bull - in the book, this method, called "A single blow of a cow" is described as "Hit the bull in the forehead and wait for it to fall" …
Terrorists in terror
In prison, Bronson behaved like a completely detached from the realities of life. He constantly took anyone hostage, just for fun. One day a group of Iraqi terrorists fell under the arm of a hefty criminal - one of them inadvertently pushed Bronson in the shower. 72 hours in captivity seemed like an eternity to the Iraqis: the merry fellow Charles made him wash his feet, called himself a general and constantly beat them. When Bronson got tired of such entertainment, he simply gave up. After captivity, terrorists were much more willing to talk to the authorities.
Fearless man
About himself Bronson once said: "I'm not afraid of anyone, and violence only makes me stronger." There is not a grain of cheap bravado here: Charles realized at an early age that fear can and should be overcome. Who knows what heights this person could achieve if he fell into the hands of the right teacher.
All life behind bars
Bronson spent two-thirds of his life in prison. Now, at 64, he is writing a petition for clemency - they say, he does not want to rot behind bars anymore. Despite his venerable age, no one is going to release it: this person, even at a hundred years old, will be able to open his head to a random passer-by just to see what is hidden inside.
