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Do you have a service club or other organization that invites dinner or meeting speakers? I have developed a power point supported program to entertain and educate your group about Kansas City Mafia activities, the story of the River Quay, Las Vegas skimming, or the Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit. I can tailor this program
While searching Tuffy’s home we found some very scary stuff besides his extensive notes about trips to Chicago and Las Vegas for mob business. These images are part of some publications we found. I think they speak for themselves.
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How do you install a hidden microphone? Today with the modern technology, you never have to enter the house, office or other location. they have a laser gun that is aimed at a window from a far off location and the window becomes the microphone by picking up the voice vibrations. I am guessing there
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Bill Kalahurka provided the voice with enough gravitas or authority to help the audience understand a very complicated piece of Kansas City history. You may remember Bill from his award winning series of three and a half minute vignettes on Kansas City history, Kansas City Crossroads. KC Crossroads aired on NBC Channel 41 from 1997
How did Joey Doves get his nickname Joey Doves was the Chicago Outfit Under Boss during this investigation. He was responsible for Tony Spilotro’s actions in Las Vegas. Joe Aiuppa got the nickname Joey Doves from a time when he returning from a dove hunting trip in Frontenac, Kansas. This was an area settled by
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Steve Kraske had me on Up To Date last Friday morning to talk about Gangland Wire. Steve is a great guy. I remember when he was a new KC Star reporter assigned to the police beat. At that time, the Star was given an office on the third floor of Police headquarters. A reporter was
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When Harold Nichols, Bob Arnold and I were assigned to help the F.B.I. work on uncovering the theft of casino money from Las Vegas, we had an unconnected assignment for a while. Because the original microphone was placed because of a valid threat to Carl Spero’s life, we were part of a team that was
My friend author Nick Pileggi helped me as much as he could, in spite of his agent, in making this film. He had agreed to sit for an interview, but got called off by his agent and his new TV show, Vegas. He asked to view it. He said about the film, “In Gangland Wire,
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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