I am a new fan of your podcast. I love listening to true crime and your show is miles ahead of any other especially considering you specialize in organized crime.     Dean

I am from Chicago and I love the podcast and never knew the story about the jury in his trial.   Noah Seidenberg    

Aaron and I interview Mike Byrne, Administrator of the well known and popular Facebook page, Chicago Outfit, Old and Current News and Articles. Sam Giancana joined the 42 Gang, a juvenile street crew.  He also worked in politics for outfit boss "Diamond Joe" Joseph Esposito. An interesting fact we learned is that the 42 Gang name came from Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves. They wanted to have 1 more thief than Ali Baba's gang. The outfit soon learned that Sam Giancana was an excellent getaway driver, a high earner, and a vicious killer. The Outfit was very wary of the 42 gang and thought they were too wild and undisciplined. Outfit heavyweights like Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti, Paul "The Waiter" Ricca and Anthony "Big Tuna" Accardo noticed the cool demeanor and fearlessness of Sam Giancana and he was soon taken in the Outfit. By the age of 20, he was a suspect in three murder investigations. During the period from WW II to the early 1950s, Sam would rise rapidly in the Outift and took control most of Chicago's illegal gambling and illegal liquor distribution Sam Giancana married Angelina DeTolve, the daughter of Italian immigrants on September 23, 1933. Before she died in 1954, she gave Sam three daughters, Antoinette, Bonnie, and Francine. He would never remarry and was known as a good family man. At least one daughter, Antoinette, had taken the "Giancana" name again and written a book about her life as a Mafia Princess. Sam served a sentence at the Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute, Indiana and shortly after his release he convinced Tony Accardo, to allow him to take over Chicago's African-American "policy" (lottery) pay-out system for The Outfit. He is believed to have made Giancana's Chicago Policy kingpin Eddie Jones to leave the country allowing Sam to taek...

From Ireland, we love listening to true crime and your show is miles ahead of any other especially considering you specialize in organised crime.   Dean

These tapes of crimes, criminals, gangs, mobs and mob members are so (much fun) intriguing.  Your discussions are so real that it put a person right alongside what has been investigated.  I love the mob stories, and really got into the Berdella story with Troy Cole.  Thanks Gangland Wire, look forward to your work, great job Phil Cochran

  Gangland Wire, the number one podcast on The Outfit, Jonas Appert

I love your podcasts Gary. And thank you very much for the calendar. I'll check it daily to see what, if anything, happened on that day. Truly a great idea U got a new fan/listener for as long as you continue to do the show! Donnie Welshimer

I just discovered your podcast today, I probably listened to about 4 episodes while at work. Can't wait for work tomorrow so I can listen to more. Thank you for sharing your info and doing the research you do. I read a book called when the mob ran Vegas and man I was hooked. I bought the book while in Vegas, so when I went back a couple years later I was pretty excited to check all the spots out. Now after listening to your podcast I'm pretty sure my next trip is going to be Kansas City you definitely have peeked my interest. Looking forward to listening to more. Thank you again Taylor in Canada

Thanks Gary and Aaron for the best true crime reporting on the internet.