In this category, I will post sections of the film as I work on them. Please feel free to give me feedback on what you like and don’t like along with any suggestions you may have. Also if you care confused in any way, I may have explained what is confusing in another section.
Aaron and I want to include our fans on the show. Either record and email the audio file or call me at 816-931-3535 and I will record you announcing the show on the phone or via skype for our international friends. Below is the suggested announcement. Hello, this is (your name) and I welcome you …
On January 27, 2015 I am going to conduct a Gangland Wire program at the Clark County Nevada Public Library. Back in 2013, when I presented at the first Mob-Con, I was approached by a library representative. She told me she wanted to schedule my program for the library sometime in the future. I had …
Do you have a service club or other organization that invites dinner or meeting speakers? I have developed a power point supported program to entertain and educate your group about Kansas City Mafia activities, the story of the River Quay, Las Vegas skimming, or the Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit. I can tailor this program …
Steve Kraske had me on Up To Date last Friday morning to talk about Gangland Wire. Steve is a great guy. I remember when he was a new KC Star reporter assigned to the police beat. At that time, the Star was given an office on the third floor of Police headquarters. A reporter was …
My friend author Nick Pileggi helped me as much as he could, in spite of his agent, in making this film. He had agreed to sit for an interview, but got called off by his agent and his new TV show, Vegas. He asked to view it. He said about the film, “In Gangland Wire, …
I put a lot of gangster information in Gangland Wire and not as much information abut the art colony started in the River Quay. In my film, I do interview two famous Kansas City artists. Philomene Bennett has work in the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art as well as the National Museum of Women in the …
Here is a link to Tony’s Kansas City blog and his comments about my film being like a feature on the Scorcese film Casino DVD. I start the story with the history of the River Quay and end the story with the conviction of the bosses of the Kansas City La Cosa Nostra family as …
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 …
I was interviewed on the Crime Beat Radio show last night. Co-hosts R0n Chepesiuk and Willie Hyb have the world’s biggest audience in the true crime genre with over 200,000 listeners. Both are true crime authors in the area of organized crime. They both are very excited about the new perspective Gangland Wire brings to the …
Gangland Wire will premiere at the Crown Center Screenland theater on Friday November 15, 2013. I have partnered with CinemaKC to show this film. I believe the film business in Kansas City is important for us as a Midwest cultural center and (click here to Like on facebook) CinemaKC promotes Kansas City films. CinemaKC produces a …
