Richard Cain wore a badge, worked for the Chicago Outfit, and developed secrets that made him dangerous to both sides. Retired Kansas City Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins welcomes Michael Cain, Richard’s half-brother and author of The Tangled Web: The Life and Death of Richard Cain, Chicago Cop and Mafia Hit Man. Drawing on family
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How did Las Vegas change from a mob-influenced gambling town into a casino empire dominated by corporations? Retired Kansas City Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins welcomes Nelson Conway Jr., author of *Vegas Incorporated*, to explore that transformation through casino history and his family’s experiences. Conway’s father was a Las Vegas CPA whose firm worked with legendary
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Retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins sits down with actor, writer, director, and Gravesend creator William DeMeo to discuss bringing 1980s Brooklyn mob culture to the screen. DeMeo discusses growing up around Gravesend, Bensonhurst, Mill Basin, and Dyker Heights—Brooklyn neighborhoods where organized crime figures were part of the landscape. Those memories helped
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A body hidden in a barrel beneath Lake Mead sparked years of speculation about a Las Vegas mob hit. The victim now has a name: Edward “Buddy” Jackson. But identifying him leaves the biggest questions unanswered: Who killed him, and why? In this bonus episode of Gangland Wire, retired Kansas City police intelligence detective Gary
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Retired Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins discussed Henry Hill, Jimmy the Gent Burke, Paul Vario, and the Lucchese Family with former Federal prosecutor Ed McDonald. What happened to the $6 million stolen in the Lufthansa heist? Gary Jenkins talks with former federal prosecutor Ed McDonald, who investigated the robbery and worked with Henry Hill after
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Meyer Lansky, Jewish gangsters, battles with American Nazis, and secret arms shipments to Israel—Myron Sugarman reveals a forgotten chapter of organized-crime history. Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins sits down with Myron Sugarman, author of The Chronicles of the Last Jewish Gangster: From Meyer to Myron, for a revealing conversation about the Jewish underworld and its
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Retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins sits down with author Don Billy to uncover one of the lesser-known but potentially important gatherings in American Mafia history—the 1928 Cleveland Mafia Summit. On December 5, 1928, during the height of Prohibition, mob figures from around the country gathered at Cleveland’s Hotel Statler. A Cleveland
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Gary Jenkins sits down with author Scott Weller to discuss his book Stripping for the Mob and the dark history of organized crime’s involvement in the Las Vegas strip-club business. As federal investigations and increased regulation began squeezing the Mafia out of traditional casino operations, adult entertainment offered something mobsters understood well: a cash-heavy business
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In this episode of Gangland Wire, retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit Detective Gary Jenkins welcomes former Cook County prosecutor Greg Owen, author of Convergence, for an insider’s look at one of the most corrupt periods in Chicago’s criminal justice history. Times when gangsters like Harry Aleman or Tony Spilotro evaded justice and even beat
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Gary Jenkins, a retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective, sits down with author David Kinney to uncover a little-known chapter of Mafia history: a mob war between Stefano Magaddino and local bookies from Batavia, New York. Batavia is a small city located between Buffalo and Rochester that was strategically important to organized crime. Kinney
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