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How to Turn an Informant!

  • May 26, 2022
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In this bonus episode, Gary tells about when he developed his first long-term organized crime informant. Turning a mob associate into an informant is a nuanced and delicate process. Gary began by merely revisiting the…

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Chuckie “I love to use a blow torch” Russell

  • May 23, 2022
  • Tagged as: albert vena, albie vena, Checkie the electrician, chicago outfit, Joe Lomabrdo
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Charles Chuckie Russell was a vicious and brutal Chicago Outfit thief. He was a member of the Grand Avenue crew after Joey the Clown Lombardo went away in the Family Secrets trial. He was married…

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The Murder of Roger Wheeler

  • May 19, 2022
  • Tagged as: john conneley, paul rico, whitey bulger
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In 1981, Boston hitman Johnny Martorano murdered businessman and owner of World Jai Lai Roger Wheeler in the parking lot of the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Johnny Martorano was hired by the…

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Porn and the Mafia

  • May 16, 2022
  • Tagged as: colombo, deep throat, linda lovelace, mafia, pamela anderson, Profaci, tommy lee
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Gary and Cam Robinson discuss organized crime’s infiltration of the pornographic film business. Specifically, Colombo Family member Tony Peraino. He was this crime family’s biggest earners because Tony Peraino developed pornography into one of organized…

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Bonus Forced Sex Trafficking: What It Is and How You Can End It

  • May 12, 2022

Chris Armitage wrote a book on Sex Trafficking in the United States. This is a short interview to alert listeners to this problem and help Chris get his message out to a greater audience. As…

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Chicago Woman found Butchered

  • May 12, 2022
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Gary tells the story of a party girl named Estelle Carey, who was found beaten, tortured, and burned in her Chicago apartment. Estelle was a B-girl and chip hustler in the Rush Street Colony Club…

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Lou Romano on Gene Borrello and John Alite

  • May 9, 2022
  • Tagged as: gotti, gotti Jr., john gotti, john gotti jr., mafia, vic asaro
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Lou Romano is a guy that grew up in a New York Mafia neighborhood where young men either became cops, firemen, or joined the mob. As an adult and as a true-crime author, he became…

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Mobsters in Leavenworth

  • May 2, 2022
  • Tagged as: Carl DeLuna, john stanfa, junior bradley, russell bufalino
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Venmo me @ganglandwire Click here to “buy me a cup of coffee” To go to the store or make a donation or rent Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup  click here Gary interviews retired Leavenworth Correctional…

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Bombs, Bullets, & Bribes: Cleveland’s Shonder Birns

  • April 25, 2022
  • Tagged as: don king, gamgling, john scalish, mafia, policy racket, porrello
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Venmo me @ganglandwire  Click here to “buy me a cup of coffee” Rick Porrello discusses Cleveland’s infamous Jewish mobster, Shonder Birns. Besides Bombs, Bullets, & Bribes: The True Story of Shonder Birns, Rick Porrello wrote…

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Did the Mob Really Make Steven Seagal Cry?

  • April 20, 2022
  • Tagged as: salvatore gravano, sammy gravano, sammy the bull, seagal
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Sammy Gravano tells a story he heard from some FBI agents about how Steven Seagal cried like a baby and wanted to be hugged after he testified. Here is the whole story about why Seagal…

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How to Turn an Informant!

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The Murder of Roger Wheeler

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Porn and the Mafia

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Bonus Forced Sex Trafficking: What It Is and How You Can End It

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Chicago Woman found Butchered

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Jimmy Duardi

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