I put a lot of gangster information in Gangland Wire and not as much information abut the art colony started in the River Quay. In my film, I do interview two famous Kansas City artists. Philomene Bennett has work in the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art as well as the National Museum of Women in the […]
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I have not said much about the River Quay development. The first 1/2 of Gangland Wire tells the story of how this entertainment district developed. A man named Marion Trozzolo (click on his name to see the book he wrote) had a business in the City Market area. He saw all these great substantial unused brick
Here is a link to Tony’s Kansas City blog and his comments about my film being like a feature on the Scorcese film Casino DVD. I start the story with the history of the River Quay and end the story with the conviction of the bosses of the Kansas City La Cosa Nostra family as
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At age 32, a real estate developer named Allen Glick was getting into the casino and hotel business in Las Vegas. He found that making a deal with the Midwest Mafia families got him a 62 million dollar Teamster’s loan. He bought the Stardust hotel and casino. Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal was installed by the Chicago
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I was interviewed on the Crime Beat Radio show last night. Co-hosts R0n Chepesiuk and Willie Hyb have the world’s biggest audience in the true crime genre with over 200,000 listeners. Both are true crime authors in the area of organized crime. They both are very excited about the new perspective Gangland Wire brings to the
In the late 1970s, the Nevada Attorney General Bob List has filed an action to ban Lefty from working at the Stadust. Mr. List is running for governor and Lefty Rosenthal has come up with a blackmail plan to get him to stop his action against Lefty. Joe Agosto has advised Carl “Tuffy” DeLuna of
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Bob Arnold and I had a source who ran a body shop and owned a tow truck. Carl Spero had stolen a D-9 Caterpillar from a construction site. He had a spot to sell it down in the south central part of the state. He was taking it down on a low boy and the
Gangland Wire will premiere at the Crown Center Screenland theater on Friday November 15, 2013. I have partnered with CinemaKC to show this film. I believe the film business in Kansas City is important for us as a Midwest cultural center and (click here to Like on facebook) CinemaKC promotes Kansas City films. CinemaKC produces a
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The B & C Meat Co. was owned by Al Brandmeyer and the Civella family. I remember it was located just east of Paseo about 8th or 9th St. They sold a lot of meat to restaurants. The Outfit has always owned companies that supplied bars and restaurants. Cigarette machine and other vending machines were
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After Duardi was released from the Grove Oklahoma sentence, he started holding court at a small used car dealership at Gregory and Troost. A loan shark named Frankie Robertson and a small time mob associate named Joe Sivliango were using this as a front. Joe was involved in cheating lending institutions using wrecked cars to get
