Kansas City Police
Library week film sale. If you order a copy of the film this week you will also receive a free KCPD coffee cup. I bought a bunch of these to support the KCPD Spouse’s Association.
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Gangland Wire Blog
Carl “Tuffy” DeLuna
Tuffy DeLuna was raised in Kansas City. At some point in time, he became friends with the Civella family. Anthony “Tony Ripe” Civella married his sister, Molly Deluna. By the 1950s Tuffy is known as an enforcer for Nick Civella. In 1960, Felix Ferina and Tiger Cardarella (known for Tiger’s records) were up-and-coming young mob
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Kansas City Mafia
You may notice that I disconnected my comments function. I started receiving hundreds of spam comments and for some reason my plug-in was not catching them. I will reconnect that function after the first of the year when I have time to mess with it. In the meantime, another story from the old files. I
Carl “Tuffy” DeLuna and Silencers
While searching Tuffy’s home we found some very scary stuff besides his extensive notes about trips to Chicago and Las Vegas for mob business. These images are part of some publications we found. I think they speak for themselves.
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Hidden Microphones at the Villa Capri
How do you install a hidden microphone? Today with the modern technology, you never have to enter the house, office or other location. they have a laser gun that is aimed at a window from a far off location and the window becomes the microphone by picking up the voice vibrations. I am guessing there
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Bill Kalahurka
Bill Kalahurka provided the voice with enough gravitas or authority to help the audience understand a very complicated piece of Kansas City history. You may remember Bill from his award winning series of three and a half minute vignettes on Kansas City history, Kansas City Crossroads. KC Crossroads aired on NBC Channel 41 from 1997
Carl Spero
When Harold Nichols, Bob Arnold and I were assigned to help the F.B.I. work on uncovering the theft of casino money from Las Vegas, we had an unconnected assignment for a while. Because the original microphone was placed because of a valid threat to Carl Spero’s life, we were part of a team that was
River Quay
I have not said much about the River Quay development. The first 1/2 of Gangland Wire tells the story of how this entertainment district developed. A man named Marion Trozzolo (click on his name to see the book he wrote) had a business in the City Market area. He saw all these great substantial unused brick
Allen Glick and Frank Lefty Rosenthal
At age 32, a real estate developer named Allen Glick was getting into the casino and hotel business in Las Vegas. He found that making a deal with the Midwest Mafia families got him a 62 million dollar Teamster’s loan. He bought the Stardust hotel and casino. Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal was installed by the Chicago
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