Original Gangster: The Real Life Story of One of America’s Most Notorious Drug Lords: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Original Gangster: The Real Life Story of One of America’s Most Notorious Drug Lords audiobook runs 8.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Cary Hite (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.1 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Cary Hite
Cary Hite narrates 245 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,126 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
2,365 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Original Gangster: The Real Life Story of One of America’s Most Notorious Drug Lords is an audiobook by Frank Lucas: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Cary Hite, released June 8, 2010, on the Memoirs and True Crime shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Cary Hite
- Released
- June 8, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, True Crime, Law & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781481556576
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Original Gangster: The Real Life Story of One of America’s Most Notorious Drug Lords audiobook?
Original Gangster: The Real Life Story of One of America’s Most Notorious Drug Lords runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is the Original Gangster: The Real Life Story of One of America’s Most Notorious Drug Lords audiobook free?
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Who narrates Original Gangster: The Real Life Story of One of America’s Most Notorious Drug Lords?
Original Gangster: The Real Life Story of One of America’s Most Notorious Drug Lords is narrated by Cary Hite.