Frank Cullotta and Tony Spilotro Part 2

In Part 2, Frank goes into more depth about his work with the Hole in the Wall Gang. Spilotro obtained inside information that the owners of Bertha’s jewelry story in Las Vegas kept as much…

Frank Cullotta and Tony Spilotro Part 1

In this first of a 2 part interview of Frank Cullotta, we talk to a guy who was a career criminal from his teenage years and rose though the ranks of the Chicago Outfit from…

Van Gogh and the Camorra

Octave “Okkie” Durham, the thief behind one of the biggest art heists in history went on various Dutch talk shows to discuss how he stole two Van Gogh paintings worth millions from the Van Van Gogh…

Joe Raimo and the Black Hand Part 2

In the second and final episode Gary and Aaron reveal the subsequent investigation by the Kansas City Police Department. Officer Joseph Raimo was assassinated at 11:15 PM on March 28, 1911 at 5th and Holmes….

Joe Raimo and the Black Hand Part 1

Kansas Police Officer Joe Raimo was born September 23, 1879 in Naples Italy. He came to the United States, in 1892, when he was 13 years old.  The Raimo family lived in Chicago until 1897. Joe and…

Lupo The Wolf – A Story of the Black Hand

Ignazio “the Wolf” SaiettaIgnazio Lupo, AKA Lupo the Wolf, was a Sicilian-American Black Hand leader in New York City during the early 1900s. His business was centered in Little Italy, Manhattan, where he ran large…

Joe Petrosino and The Black Hand

Joe Petrosino was the first cop to investigate the Mob in the United States. Steven Taltry has written a thrilling account of Petrosino and his investigation into the Black Hand, an organization that will morph…

D. B. Cooper Copycat – Follow-up

Martin J. McNalley told us about his attempted prison break with Garrett Brock Trapnell. In this episode, we learn how the daughter of the woman, Barbara Ann Oswald, who tired to break Mac and Trapnell…

Alan Gunnar Lindbloom and the Detroit Mob Part 2

In this second episode, Alan tells more about his book To Be a King and the problems of writing inside a prison. We learn a lot about how to rob a drug dealer. You just…

Gunnar Alan Lindbloom and the Detroit Mob Part 1

Gunnar Alan Lindbloom visits Gangland Wire in this first of a two part series on his life in the Detroit underworld. Gunnar was the 1/2 Sicilian which kept him out the the Brogata or La…