In this episode of Gangland Wire, retired Kansas City Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins is joined by retired FBI agent Shawn Johnson and retired bank robber Stephen Myers to examine one of the most sophisticated bank robbery investigations in modern American history. The discussion focuses on the notorious career of Scott Scurlock, known as the “Hollywood […]
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In this episode of Gangland Wire, retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit Detective Gary Jenkins welcomes journalist and author Matthew Campbell to discuss one of the largest antiquities trafficking scandals of modern times. Drawing on his book The Man Who Stole the Gods, Campbell explains the rise and fall of Douglas Latchford, a British art
From Temple Raiders to Elite Collectors: The Artifact Smuggling Pipeline Read More »
In this episode of Gangland Wire, retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins sits down with author Kevin E. Meredith to examine a little-known but highly influential force in Chicago’s Prohibition-era crime wars—the Secret Six. Click here for a link to get the book The Secret Six: The Rise and Fall of Chicago’s
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What makes a killer? Is it rage? Revenge? Obsession? Opportunity? Or is there something else—a pattern, a design, a blueprint—that investigators learn to recognize before anyone else? Hey guys, after spending the last 10 years working on Gangland Wire, I am excited to announce the launch of a sister podcast. Don’t worry, I will still
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In this episode of Gangland Wire, retired Kansas City Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins welcomes author Ray Franze to discuss his historical fiction novel The Heights, a story inspired by the real-life mob figures who controlled Chicago Heights and Northwest Indiana for much of the twentieth century. Listen to “Chicago Heights Mob History: Al Capone,
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Retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins welcomes back organized crime historian and author John Binder for an in-depth discussion about his new book, The Chicago Outfit During the 1960s. Click Here to Listen Together, they explore one of the most important yet often overlooked decades in the history of the Chicago mob.
John Binder on Accardo, Giancana, and the Chicago Mob Read More »
Gary Jenkins talks with Mob expert John Binder about Al Capone, the North Side Gang, and the assassination of Dion O’Banion
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Gary Jenkins celebrates the Netherlands, who are in Kansas City for the World Cup. He has a discussion with a Dutch organized crime researcher, David Amoroso, and they trace how the American Mafia expanded its gambling empire after losing Cuba. The episode explores how Meyer Lansky’s vision of luxury casinos evolved into an international operation
From Cuba to the Netherlands: Lansky and Cellini in Amsterdam Casinos and Soccer Read More »
If you want to listen on the website, click the link below. I’m trying something different. Let me know at ganglandwire@gmail.com if this is an inconvenience and you want to listen on the website player. Click here to listen to today’s podcast “Inside the Violent World of Joey Gallo.” In this replay, as a
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Click here to listen. In this episode of Gangland Wire, retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins examines one of the most puzzling events in organized crime history—the 1971 shooting of Joe Colombo. At the height of his influence, Colombo stood before a crowd of nearly 50,000 at Italian Unity Day in New
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