Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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patreon.com/TheCriminalHistorian Immigrants, Opportunity and Betrayal, tonight we examine the tumultuous life of a European smuggler turned hitman who came to America seeking revenge and closure and in the process left his mark on the land of opportunity.
We will follow the life of a man who may not have been born in America but nevertheless represents the blackened heart of the American dream. A man who climbed the ladder of organized crime in Liberty City and went toe to toe with some of the most dangerous people in the city’s history and came out unscathed, or so some say; Niko Bellic.

Grand Theft Auto Biographies is a GTA Lore show which aims to explore all noteworthy characters from the GTA universe in a detailed and in-universe format. New episodes every other week.

Chapters:

Intro 00:00
Early Life 02:31
Land of Opportunity 06:42
The Russians 10:26
On The Run 15:49
Reluctant Hitman 19:46
The McRearys 22:36
The Italians 28:58
That Special Someone 33:04
Revenge & Fallout 39:57
Later Years 46:54
Personality 48:23
Appearance 52:12
Known Crimes 52:34
Outro 59:08

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Written, Produced, Edited
Scored and Narrated by: Guiness Walker



Soviet Connection (GTA IV Theme)

All Footage recorded in game by Guiness Walker

To Circuit.tron for his artwork of me:
https://linktr.ee/halleyjevelandart


To Zolika1351 for their Zmenu mod

To IIZACHARIAHII for their Arctic Wonderland map

To steel89ita for their Clockwork Mountain map

To gtamchaos for their Ultimate Camera Control mod



To GameTrailers and Brandon Jones for their Retrospective series back in the day
youtube.com/watch?v=jA_9P5KqsYk

To the GTA Wiki for help scripting this video
gta.fandom.com/wiki/Claude

To Vadim M, Badger Godger, Sonny Evans, SWEGTA, DarkViperAU, GoldVision and many more for inspiration

To KeeKnee for Thumbnail consultation
To Rani for the intro Spray Can


Vadim M
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Badger Godger
youtube.com/channel/UCVu0MlrvD-2siRakaJ6JeoA
Gold Vision
youtube.com/channel/UCvBv3PCvD9v-IKKTkd94XPg
Sonny Evans
youtube.com/channel/UCn4JrFLNPAXRd9Tpk7DcsLA
SWEGTA
youtube.com/user/SWEGTA
DarkViperAU
youtube.com/user/DarkviperGameChannel

To my bandmates in Chronicle Millenia for musical feedback

To Lovice for giving me the gumption to start making youtube videos

To Rockstar Games, Dan and Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies and all the people whose hearts, minds and time were put into the creation of some of my favourite video games of all time.

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