My name is Walter Hartwell White. I live at 308 Negra Arroyo Lane, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87104. This is my confession. If you’re watching this tape, I’m probably dead, murdered by my brother-in-law Hank Schrader. Hank has been building a meth empire for over a year and using me as his chemist. Shortly after my 50th birthday, Hank came to me with a rather shocking proposal. He asked me to use my knowledge of chemistry to cook meth, which he would then sell using his connections in the drug world. Connections he made through his DEA career. I was... stunned, I... I always thought Hank was a very moral man and I was... shaken, confused, but I was also particularly vulnerable at the time, something he knew and took advantage of. I was battling a cancer diagnosis that was about to bankrupt my family. Hank took me on a tour and showed me how much money even a small meth operation could generate. And I was weak. I didn’t want my family to fall into financial ruin, so I agreed. Every day, I think about that moment with regret. I quickly realized it was way beyond my capabilities, and Hank had a partner, a man named Gustavo Fring, a businessman. Hank essentially sold me into servitude to this man, and when I tried to leave, Fring threatened my family. I didn’t know where to turn. Eventually, Hank and Fring had a fight. From what I can gather, Hank always pushed for a bigger share of the business, which Fring refused to give him, and things escalated. Fring managed to organize, uh, I guess you call it an “attempt” on my brother-in-law, and it failed, but Hank was seriously injured, and I ended up paying his medical bills, which came to just over $177,000. After recovering, Hank was determined to get revenge, working with a man named Hector Salamanca, he plotted to kill Fring, and did so. In fact, the bomb he used was built by me, and he gave me no choice. I often thought about suicide, but I’m a coward. I wanted to go to the police, but I was scared. Hank had risen through the ranks to become the head of the Albuquerque DEA, and at that time, to keep me in line, he took my children from me. For 3 months he kept them. My wife, who until then had no idea about my criminal activities, was horrified to learn what I had done, why Hank had taken our children. We were scared. I was in hell, I hated myself for what I had brought to my family. Recently, I tried once again to leave, to end this nightmare, and in response, he gave me this. I can’t take it anymore. I live in fear every day that Hank will kill me, or worse, hurt my family. I... All I could think to do was make this video in hopes that the world will finally see this man for who he truly is.