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In the third and final episode I tell about the Mob influence over the Teamster’s local in Cleveland, Ohio and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, In Cleveland a man named Jackie Presser would double deal his way to the top job as president of the Teamsters. His father, Bill Presser, was a guy with connections to both Jimmy […]

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In the second episode, you will learn about a WW II veteran named Allen Dorfman who returned from combat. Like Roy Williams, Dorfman was a hero and had been awarded the Silver Star.  Dorfman’s step-father Paul “Red” Dorfman was a long time Teamster’s official with ties to the Chicago Outfit.  In 1949, Red Dorfman was one of only

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This is the first episode of a three part episode discussing how the Midwest Mob families obtained influence over the Central States Teamsters Pension Fund. I am a member of the Board for the Kansas City Police Pension Fund. We have 800 Million dollars invested. If  5 Board members were to agree to make a

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These three episodes became very topical just as I recorded them. In a free society, we have to protect the worst of us under the law. Democracy is not neat and clean and sometimes not pretty. Do you want the rule of the mob or the rule of law?

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The conundrum in a free society, where does free speech pass from protected to censored? In the recent killings by white power advocate, Dylann Roof,  folks are stirred to anger by the image of Roof with a Confederate battle flag. I believe that the majority of popular opinion right now is for banning of this

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Starting with Episode 8, I am inserting a photo we took of the Klan members we targeted and arrested in this Intelligence Unit investigation. Episode 8 was Dennis Mahon, the Imperial Dragon of all the White Knights of the KKK. This Episode is Daniel Mahon, the Keagle of the Oklahoma White Knights. In Episode #9,

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We have new opening and closing segments with local music from Odd-O-Matic, a new independent group with an electro-punk beat with hip-hop undertones. Search for them on Facebook and like their page. To purchase their music go to Itunes. Episode 7 – The Bowery finds me investigating a River Quay area bar. Can you believe, I

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I am researching the next exciting story right now.  In 1990, the Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit conducted an investigation into Kansas City Klu Klux Klan activities. Now, listen below to a short wrap up of the Civella/Spero mob war. If you have enjoyed my true crime stories, please support this work and go to the

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This is the exciting conclusion where the informant, Lyle Neal, finally is shown the actual bomb and gets to watch Joe Spero test the bomb remote control detonator.

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In this episode, I tell about the Civellas working on their Las Vegas skim while Joe Spero makes his first attempt to kill Tuffy DeLuna. This may have been better titled as the gang that could not detonate a bomb. Listeners will get an inside look at the difficulty in knowing a murder was about