Don’t forget to buy me a coffee on Venmo at ganglandwire. This week, Chicago writer and Outfit historian, Camillius “Cam” Robinson and I talk about Butch Petrocelli and the Wild Bunch. As a special bonus…
Jamaican Drug Posses – Part 3
May 23, 2016
Outfit Wild Bunch Murder Decade
- May 13, 2019
- Tagged as: Calabrese, chicago, chicago outfit, family secrets, gerald scarpelli, harry aleman, murder, Scalise, wild b unch
In Chicago, law enforcement documented 31 Outfit-connected murders between 1980 and 1989. Scott Burnstein and his Gangster Report article was the inspiration for this podcast. Outfit terrorists named Jerry Scalise, Jerry Scarpelli, William “Butchie” Petrocelli,…
Bonus episode The Chicago Tribune and the Outfit
- April 27, 2019
- Tagged as: aiuppa, chicago outfit, chicago tribune, Giancana, paul ricca, Sam Giancana, Tony Accardo
In this special bonus episode, I thank our generous contributors with an extra episode in which our most faithful fan, Chicago resident and mob historian Ben Ellickson does a dramatic read of an in-depth article…
After a life devoted to crime in his teens and early 20s, Roy Demeo would eventually become a made man of the Gambino crime family Additionally, he became a proficient killer who will live on…
Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso Part 2
- April 15, 2019
- Tagged as: balagua, caracappa, eppolito, gotti, pete chido, russian mafia
As Anthony Casso progressed in his mob career, he became more suspicious and violent. One of the many interesting stories about Gaspipe is his interactions with the Russian Mafia of Brighton Beach. Casso was a…
Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso part 1
- April 8, 2019
- Tagged as: amuso, carlos gambino, demeo, diccio, funari, gambino, gaspipe, john gotti, la cosa nostra, lucchese, mafia
Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso was born May 21, 1940. Before his career ended with the U. S. Marshal’s office and Witness Security, mob bosses would promote him to the formal position of Underboss of the Lucchese…
I bet the headline got your attention. This is a story of policing and street life in 1908 Kansas City. A juvenile officer roaming the streets observes 5 kids begging money for a crazy looking…
Bob Gross Serial Killer Part 2
- March 25, 2019
- Tagged as: Kansas city, kidnapping, murder, rape
In part 2 of this story of fear and horror on Kansas City streets. Gary and newspaper reporter Ian Cummings examines how Bob Gross once escaped any penalty because a rural deputy sheriff thought he…
Authorities could have predicted that a teenager named Robert “Bob” Gross might end up a suspect in sex crimes. They just did not know how far he would take his obsession. As with many sex…
A few days after D-Day in June of 1944, the Prime Minister of the New York Underworld, Frank Costello took a short cab ride. When he exited the cab, he left behind two envelopes containing…
Boston Organized Crime before Whitey Bulger
November 6, 2018
Nick Civella
June 26, 2014
Frank Schwiehs Hijacker
February 14, 2019
Kansas City Mafia
August 23, 2012
Chris Spina and Chicago Corruption
February 20, 2019
Indiana Organized Crime
August 19, 2019
David Breakspear on Cops
August 12, 2019
Last Brother Standing
August 8, 2019
John “Pudge” Matassa
August 5, 2019
Bonus John “Pudge” Matassa – One Man’s Opinion
August 5, 2019
Bonnie and Clyde Motorcycle Tour
July 3, 2019
James S. “Jimmy” Duardi
October 8, 2013
Kansas City Mafia
August 23, 2012
Nick Civella – A Reporter’s View
April 2, 2018
Jimmy Duardi
October 22, 2013
Carl Spero and Nick Civella
October 25, 2013
Serial Killers Analzyed Part 2
February 6, 2017