When researching organized crime murders, sometimes there are clues that tip us off to what may have really happened. We recently discussed the Wild Bunch, a crew of Chicago Outfit hitmen in the 1970s, and…
Nick Pileggi
November 11, 2013
Bonus Episode Murder in Park Ridge
- March 1, 2019
- Tagged as: Chicago mafia, chicago outfit, frank cullotta, paul shiro, tony spilotro
Remember to support the podcast with your venmo app at jenkslaw or go to the website and donate at www.ganglandwire.com. Dean from Ireland just emailed and told me some great personal stories about his relative…
Paul Ricca started his mob career in Italy with a murder. By 1920, he arrived in Cuba where he met a member of the Camorra mafia named Giuseppe Esposito. Diamond Joe Esposito was a well-known mob…
Jimmy the Weasel Fratianno
- February 18, 2019
- Tagged as: chicago outfit, Jimmy the Weasel, la cosa nostra, organized crime, outfit, podcast, title 3, two tonys, wiretap
In this episode, we taped an interview with Jimmy Fratianno expert George Custer at the MobWorld Summit in our Las Vegas hotel room. We learn that Jimmy the Weasel started as a Cleveland mobster, then…
Frank Schwiehs Hijacker
- February 14, 2019
- Tagged as: Chicago mafia, chicago outfit, podcast, wiretap
In 1954, the Chicago Outfit found it lucrative to hijack trucks filled with cartons of cigarettes. They had dozens of corner stores who did not question the history of a case of Lucky Strikes if the…
Hole in the Wall Gang Part 3
- January 28, 2019
- Tagged as: allen dorfman, chicago outfit, cullotta, dave groover, ernie davino, Frank Balistrieri, frankie blue, frankie blustein, gene smith, joe lombardo, Joey aiuppa, Joey the Clown, kent clifford, larry newma, las vegas metro intelligence unit, lefty rosenthal, spilotro, stardust, Tropicana, wayne mateki
In the third and final episode, Agent Michaels and LVPD Commander Clifford plan a surprise for Frank Cullotta and the Hole in the Wall Gang.
Hole in the Wall Gang Part 2
- January 21, 2019
- Tagged as: aiuppa, allen dorfman, chicago outfit, cullotta, dave groover, davino, Frank Balistrieri, frankie blue, frankie blustein, gene smith, joe lombardo, Joey the Clown, kent clifford, larry newman, las vegas metro intelligence unit, lefty rosenthal, spilotro, stardust, Tropicana, wayne mateki
I am adding a new method of supporting the podcast. If you have the venmo app, how about donating an average of fifty cents an episode or just hit me up for a buck every…
I am adding a new method of supporting the podcast. If you have the venmo app, how about donating an average of fifty cents an episode or just hit me up for a buck every…
In this 4th and final episode chronicling the life and times of feared Chicago outfit enforcer Harry “The Hook” Aleman, Gary and David Byrne of the Facebook page The Chicago Outfit Old and Current news…
Harry “The Hook” Aleman Part 3
- December 17, 2018
- Tagged as: Billy logan, Chicago mafia, chicago outfit, cook county, hitman, murder
This is the third of a four part series on one of the most feared enforcers in the history if the Chicago Outfit. In this episode the Gary discusses the Billy Logan hit with Chicago…
James S. Duardi
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River Quay Murder
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Murder Prosecutor Part 2
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Pete Rose and the Mob
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Carl Spero
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Links to Mafia information on Bublup Rolls
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Anatomy of an Outfit Murder
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Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso Part 2
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Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso part 1
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Bob Gross Serial Killer Part 2
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James S. “Jimmy” Duardi
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Nick Civella – A Reporter’s View
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Carl Spero and Nick Civella
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Jimmy Duardi
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Kansas City Mafia
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Serial Killers Analzyed Part 2
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