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Gangland Wire

Retired Kansas City Mafia Detective Gary Jenkins brings his unique perspective when he examines the American Mafia. He offers listeners interviews with law enforcement, mafia members, and academics in his shows. He always adds his experience to enhance those stories. In this episode, I share a riveting story of a raid conducted by the Chicago Police Department"s Intelligence Unit on a high-stakes gambling operation. The operation, ordered by Captain Duffy, involved meticulous surveillance of key

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31:45

The Life and Crimes of Jimmy Chagra Part 6

Gangland Wire ·

2023/09/18

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this sixth and final episode of the six-part series documenting the life and crimes of the marijuana smuggler kingpin Jimmy Chagra, Gary tells about the trial, imprisonment, and death of Jimmy Chagra.

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18:58

Remo catches Frank Sinatra at Social Club

Gangland Wire ·

2023/09/13

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Remo Franceschini was a famous mafia-busting NYPD Intelligence officer. This is another story of his vaunted career. Gary tells about how he worked on a Lucchese Capo named Big Sam Cavalieri. He installed a hidden microphone inside his social club on Second Avenue between 111th and 112th. Among other tidbits of information, he heard the Lucchese acting boss, Carmine Tramunti, Mr

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37:32

The Life and Crimes of Jimmy Chagra Part 5

Gangland Wire ·

2023/09/11

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this fifth episode of the six-part series documenting the life and crimes of the marijuana smuggler kingpin Jimmy Chagra, Gary interviews <a href="https://www.jason-cavanagh.com/">Jason Cavanagh</a>, an expert on Charles Harrelson, and they examine whether or not Jimmy Chagra paid Charles Harrelson to assassinate Federal Judge John H, Wood aka Maximum John. Cavanagh

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26:44

Angelo LaPietra Extorts Two Million

Gangland Wire ·

2023/09/06

Victor Cacciatore was a prominent Chicago businessman, lawyer, and banker who died in 2014. He was also a victim of extortion by the Chicago Outfit, a notorious organized crime syndicate that dominated the city for decades. Cacciatore testified against several mobsters in the “Family Secrets” trial. He told how he kept getting threats from two men asking for money, and later, he found dead rats in his car and other similar threatening behavior. Cacchitore visited the boss of the Chiocatown crew and

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20:06

The Life and Crimes of Jimmy Chagra Part 4

Gangland Wire ·

2023/09/04

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this second episode of the six-part series documenting the life and crimes of the marijuana smuggler kingpin Jimmy Chagra, Gary tells about the life and death of Lee Chagra, Jimmy Chagra's brother and lawyer. But first, we learn about the attempted murder of the Chagras' nemesis, Assistant U.S. Attorney James Kerr, and shortly after, someone murders Lee Chagra.

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48:55

Carlos Lehder Cartel Kingpin

Gangland Wire ·

2023/08/30

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Gary interviews true crime author Ron Chepesiuk about an upcoming series on VIX TV he helped write. Ron is a well-known and prolific author and expert on the South American cocaine cartels. In this episode, we discuss Carlos Lehder.We learn that Lehder began his criminal career stealing cars and making small sales of marijuana. He met the famous cocaine smuggler (see Blow with

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40:21

The Life and Crimes of Jimmy Chagra Part 3

Gangland Wire ·

2023/08/28

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. We last heard the inside story of the enormous Folly Cove marijuana smuggling operation. Gary continues this six-part series in Part 3 where he tells several harrowing stories of Chagra's bold marijuana smuggling capers.In the Fall of 1976, we can see the beginning of the end for Jimmy Chagra. At that time, Jimmy made friends with two Las Vegas-based private pilots that often flew

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13:43

Working with the DEA

Gangland Wire ·

2023/08/22

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this short bonus episode, Gary tells about his experiences working with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents. Listen to the end and hear a short trailer from a new podcast series titled Betrayal on the Bayou. Gary encourages you to check this new series out and listen by clicking here in BETRAYAL ON THE BAYOU. Support the PodcastVenmo @ganglandwireDonate at Gangland

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39:54

The Life and Crimes of Jimmy Chagra Part 2

Gangland Wire ·

2023/08/21

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this second episode of the six-part series documenting the life and crimes of the marijuana smuggler kingpin Jimmy Chagra, Gary interviews one of Chagra's low-level smugglers. Kermit Schweidel tells about the famous Folly Cove operation. In this renowned operation, Jimmy Chagra partners with two other El Paso smugglers, and they orchestrate an entire sea-gong freighter load of

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9:08

The Dallas Mafia Family

Gangland Wire ·

2023/08/16

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Gary gives an overview of the La Cosa Nostra in Dallas, Texas. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp.Remember to click on Better Help to get the Gangland Wire discount. Subscribe to the Podcast for a new gangster story every week.Support the Podcast.Hit me up on Venmo for a cup of coffee or a shot and a beer @ganglandwireClick here to buy me a cup of coffee.

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25:33

The Life and Crimes of Jimmy Chagra Part 1

Gangland Wire ·

2023/08/14

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Gary Starts a six-part series documenting the life and crimes of the marijuana smuggler kingpin Jimmy Chagra. In this first episode, Gary starts a story that will eventually end with the 1979 murder of Texas Western District Court of Texas Judge John Wood, aka Maximum John. This investigation became the FBI's most expensive operation since the JFK assassination. The Bureau

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7:35

Accardo Impersonates a Lawyer!

Gangland Wire ·

2023/08/09

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. During the 1940s, an Outfit turncoat named Willie Bioff implicated all the OUtfit's higher echelon in an extortion scheme. They had infiltrated labor unions connected to the film business and started extorting money from Major Motion Picture Studios. After they went to prison, Anthony Accardo was left. Paul Ricca had a plan to run the Outfit through Accardo. Listen to hear that

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27:38

Diary of a Chicago Mob Wife

Gangland Wire ·

2023/08/07

Retired intelligence detective Gary Jenkins interviews Lisa Calabrese Swan about her life with Frank Calabrese Jr. and the Calabrese family. Lisa takes the listener from her first days meeting a young, exciting, handsome man named Frankie Calabrese. She did not know or even understand what his family was all about. She describes the gradual realizations she experienced as she saw Frank Calabrese Jr. becoming more involved in the Outfit life as he descended into an addiction to cocaine. She stuck by

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17:11

David Berman - From Capone to Bugsy Seigel

Gangland Wire ·

2023/07/31

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. David Berman was a Jewish-American organized crime figure active in Sioux City, Iowa, the Twin Cities, and the Las Vegas Strip. He was a casino gambling pioneer in Las Vegas, a partner with mobster Bugsy Siegel at the Flamingo Hotel. Berman died in 1957 during surgery. Berman began his criminal career at 13 by running a crew of teenage thugs committing petty extortions and

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28:53

Bad Henry with Ron Chepesiuk

Gangland Wire ·

2023/07/26

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you a little different show today. He interviews well-known true-crime author Ron Chepesiuk about his latest book. In Bad Henry, Ron strays from his usual topic of organized crime, drug cartels, and cocaine smuggling to the work of serial killers.To get a copy of Bad Henry click here.This episode is brought to you by BetterHelpSupport the Podcast Venmo @ganglandwireDonate at Gangland Wire

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21:47

Frank Costello - The Underworld's Prime Minister

Gangland Wire ·

2023/07/24

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Gary interviews author Ronald Fried about his book on Frank Costello. Mr. Fried researched Costello and crafted a novel using actual situations and Costello's exact language taken from newspapers, court proceedings, and transcripts from the famous Kefauver hearings. He tells how Frank Costello helped the Mafia transition from bootlegging during Prohibition into the 1930s and showed

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41:43

NYPD Blue with Vic Ferrari

Gangland Wire ·

2023/07/17

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Gary interviewed author and retired NYPD Detective Vic Ferrari. Gary and Vic exchange several stories from the streets. Vic starts with a brush with a police Internal Affairs investigation that connects directly to the new podcast, The Set: The Story of the Dirty 30. Vic describes how his father worked as a butcher in a Mob-owned meat locker. Vic tells about other confrontations

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36:30

From Luciano to Scarpa

Gangland Wire ·

2023/07/10

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Gary interviews fellow podcaster Adrien Martinez from Invest in Yourself and A Lifetime of Mafia Stories. Go to @investinyourself6878 to see his show. We show and discuss clips from his new Mafia history documentary. We discuss Lucky Luciano, Joe Bonanno, Vic Amuso and Greg Scarpa.BetterHelp sponsors this episode. If you want to get 10% off your first month, go to

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14:13

The Crack Cocaine Wars

Gangland Wire ·

2023/07/05

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this episode, Gary tells a few stories from his days as a soldier in Ronnie Reagen's War on Crack Cocaine. He also plays a trailer from a new podcast titled The Set. The parent company of this new podcast helped Gangland Wire out by broadcasting free promos. In exchange, Gangland Wire is doing free promos for this new exciting documentary-style podcast titled The Set. This is

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28:23

The Black Mafia

Gangland Wire ·

2023/07/03

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Gary tells stories about the Black Mafia in Kansas City, from their early days when they dominated the Heroin market to the murder of a prominent Black politician, Leon Jordon, to the epic war between Sam Haley and Aaron Gant. Finally, he ends with a disturbing story about a drug house robbery. The primary connection between the La Cosa Nostra Mafia and the Black Mafia appeared

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