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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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19:51

The Bone Harvesting Conspiracy with Michael Vecchione...

Gangland Wire ·

2023/06/28

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. He interviews former Brooklyn prosecutor Michael Vecchione about the case of the disgraced dentist who started a bone harvesting business. If you ever got a dental implant, you know the dentist uses a bone graft to prepare for the implant. This fact creates a market in human bone. Michael Vecchione tells about a case he worked on where he investigated and prosecuted a dentist who

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41:11

Dirty Money: The Prosecutor and the Mafia Cops

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2023/06/26

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. He interviews former Brooklyn prosecutor Michael Vecchione, who helped uncover the Mafia Cops Louis Eppolito and Steve Caracappa. Michael Vecchione tells how he worked with NYPD Det. Tommy Dades to expose these traitors to law enforcement. They learned how Eppolito and Caracoppa worked under the direction of Lucchese's Underboss, Anthony Gaspipe Casso. Michael Vecchione tells how a

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28:11

Remo Franceschini and the New York Mafia

Gangland Wire ·

2023/06/19

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Gary tells how NYPD Intelligence Unit Lt. Remo Franceschini led an investigation into Bonanno boss Phil "Rusty" Rastelli for extorting money from lunch wagon drivers in New York City. Next, he tells how Lt. Franceschini learned about a mob hit and missed putting detectives on the scene before the murder. We also learn about the Bonanno Family funeral fight.This episode was brought

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22:33

Accardo's Red Sports Car

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2023/06/12

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this episode, Gary and Chicago Outfit expert and author Camillus Robinson discuss Mafia Boss Anthony "Big Tuna" Accardo and the most significant criminal charge he ever faced. The IRS charged Anthony Accardo with tax evasion, just like Al Capone. Accardo went to a jury trial where several people testified that he was a beer salesman and always drove his Red Mercedes Benz sports

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42:14

Oscar Goodman: Mafia, Law, and Justice

Gangland Wire ·

2023/06/05

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this episode, Gary and mob lawyer expert Tony Taouk examine the life and career of famous mafia lawyer Oscar Goodman. Based in Las Vegas, Oscar Goodman has been the Midwest and Western Mob's go-to lawyer for his 40-year career. Oscar Goodman remained professional in all his encounters with Mob bosses like Tony Spilotro, Nick Civella, Lefty Rosenthal, and many others. Mr

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33:32

Mafia Dreams End With Death in Kansas City

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2023/05/29

Retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins interviews non-fiction author Frank Hayde about his newest book, Mafia Dreams: A True Crime Saga of Young Men at the End of an Era in Kansas City. Frank tells how an FBI investigation into the insurance crimes of Travis Riley ended with his son, Joe Riley, being shot to death during a drug reverse-sting in an Airport hotel room. The FBI turned their sights on Riley's son, Joe Riley, to put pressure on the Father and learn where he had

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13:49

Bugging the Ravenite

Gangland Wire ·

2023/05/25

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this bonus episode, Gary tells five short stories about the new york City Police Intelligence Unit and their efforts to plant hidden microphones on John Gotti and Neil Dellacroce in and around the Ravenite Social Club. Gary found these first-person accounts in a book titled Cop Talk : True Detective Stories From the NYPD by E. W. Counts.Support the podcastVenmo

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28:15

Unveiling Harlem's Infamous Purple Gang

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2023/05/21

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Gary interviews well-known mob historian and author Scott Dietche about his most recent book, Hitmen: The Mafia, Drugs, and the East Harlem Purple Gang Scott Dietche is a nationally recognized expert on organized crime in the United States. This Tampa-based author has written books like Garden State Gangland: The Rise of the Mob in New Jersey, The Silent Don: The Criminal

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10:44

A Nicky Scarfo Sitdown

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2023/05/17

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this bonus episode, Gary interviews his recent contributor, Paul Hodos, to understand why Nicky Scarfo Sr. Phil Leonetti and Nicky Scarfo Jr. came to Pittsburgh to meet with Pittsburgh's Underboss Chuckie Porter. Paul wrote the only in-depth book on the Pittsburgh Crime Family titled Steel City Mafia.This excerpt is from a private Zoom call Gary does with his supporters. Donate

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53:27

KC Confidential: Inside the Kansas City Mafia

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2023/05/15

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Gary interviews KC Mafia historian Frank Hayde, author of The Mafia and the Machine. They discuss the KC Mob from Prohibition to the Murder of the Two Charlies. Charlie Binnagio became a dual threat when he joined Tom Pendergast and became a political boss and the mob boss of Kansas City. His bodyguard, Charlie Gargotta, remained in the shadowy world of mafia hitmen and enforcers

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38:54

The Day the Wild Bunch murdered Billy Dauber with...

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2023/05/08

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this episode, Gary interviews the famous Chicago newsman Bulldog John Drummond. Listeners hear his stories about covering the Chicago Outfit up close and personal. Bulldog tells a story where it got almost too personal for Bulldog and his camera crew. Bulldog tells about filming Chicago Outfit associate and enforcer William Dauber and his wife Charlotte as they left the Will

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32:28

The Trial of Bobby Salerno

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2023/05/01

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins interviews Chicago Outfit Historian James Cosenza about the second trial of Outfit gambler, fixer, and killer Robert Salerno. We learn Salerno worked with a Cicero shakedown and hit team that went too far when they murdered bookmaker Hal Smith. An Outfit associate named B. J. Jahoda turned witness after the Hal Smith murder because they used him to set up Smith without his cooperation and foreknowledge. Salerno was represented by his son, defense attorney

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46:42

Scarpa assaults Vic Amuso

Gangland Wire ·

2023/04/24

Retired intelligence detective Gary Jenkins interviews Robert McNeese, a man who served many years in two different federal prisons and was the cellmate of Lucchese Boss Vic Amuso. He was nearby when Colombo mobster Greg Scarpa Jr. attacked and injured Vic Amuso. Robert tells precisely how this fight started and what resulted. Robert McNeese tells how Danny Marino introduced him to the federal prison Mafia society. Marino suggested that Vic Amuso take him in as a cellie. Robert McNeese became good

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6:54

Ray Liotta Mafia Actor

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2023/04/21

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Gary found a clip of Ray Liotta telling about working on the set of GoodFellas and how one of the Mafa Cops, Lou Eppolito, stole his wallet. He also adds a story about how Gaspipe Casso refused to hire the Mob cops because they wanted too much money. Gaspipe paid some other mob guy to do a hit, and the guy murdered the wrong man.

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23:52

Steel City Mafia

Gangland Wire ·

2023/04/17

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Gary interviews the author of Steel City Mafia: Blood Betrayal and Pittsburgh's Last Don. Starting with the bombing of mob associate Paul Hankish, this is a story of Mafia life in Steel City with all its blood and betrayal. Plus, we learn about the last Don and how a 1/2 Sicilian named Chuckie Porter became Underboss and took down the family. Support the PodcastVenmo

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9:39

Tommy Karate -The Early Days

Gangland Wire ·

2023/04/13

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this episode, Gary tells short stories about the feared Bonnano killer, Tommy "Tommy Katatre" Pitera. We learn about his first mentor, Bruno "Whack Whack Indelicato, and those early days as a young Bonanno Family enforcer. Tommy Karate survived the murder of the three Capos even though his mentor's father was a victim and had to go on the run. This will be the first of short

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17:16

The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover

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2023/04/10

Retired Intelligence detective Gary Jenkins interviews Nathan master about his new book Crooked: The Roaring '20s Tale of a Corrupt Attorney General, a Crusading Senator, and the Birth of the American Political Scandal. We learn about a corrupt U.S. Attorney General named Harry Daugherty, the puppet master behind President Warren G. Harding’s unlikely rise to power. Daugherty was well-known to maintain cozy relations with bootleggers and gamblers like Arnold Rothstein and other scofflaws. When his

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19:36

Did Al Capone really do that?

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2023/04/03

Retired intelligence detective Gary Jenkins researched many myths about Al Capone. In this episode, Gary explains the Capone baseball bat tale. For example, did Capopne murder underlings by beating them to death at a banquet in front of his entire upper echelon? True or false, listen to find out. Check out other Myths about Al Capone at My Al Capone Museum.Support the PodcastVenmo me @ganglandwireClick on my website for more Gangland Wire.

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7:27

Did Tony Accardo Spoil His Daughter?

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2023/03/29

Retired intelligence detective tells about the time that the daughter of Tony Accardo took off with her friend on an unapproved trip out west. "The Boys" had given her a Triumph Sports car as a gift, probably for graduation. She convinced her best girl friend to take off, without permission, on a driving trip out west. Gary received an anonymous email from this friend's sister, who told the story. Support the PodcastVenmo @ganglandwireDonate Click on Gangland Wire

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28:08

The KC Mob and Narcotics

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2023/03/27

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this video, Gary interviews retired Assistant US Attorney Chuck Ambrose. He tells us the story of two brothers who were mob associates. Steven Vest was married to the granddaughter of Joe Filardo. Filardo took Nick Civella to the famous Mob Meeting in upstate New York when New York State Troopers arrested them. Steven Vest was a vicious and greedy cocaine dealer. Chuck tells how

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