This is a possible title for my upcoming documentary about the Kansas City mob war of the 1970s. This is the story of the ruling Civella brothers, Nick and Cork Civella and the upstart young…
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Episode 5 Take-down
- April 3, 2015
- Tagged as: Carl Spero, Joe spero, Kansas city, kansas city police, nick civella, organized crime
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.
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…
Episode 3 Informants
- April 3, 2015
- Tagged as: Carl DeLuna, Carl Spero, Joe spero, nick civella
In this episode I tell about the development of some informants. For example, one guy had worked for a mob owned used car lot and auto repair garage. He had been able to listen through…
As KCPD Intelligence and the FBI monitor Civella family soldiers and the Spero brothers, the war heats up. I will tell how law enforcement almost stumbled into the middle of a mob hit going down at…
Episode 1 Civella versus Spero
- April 3, 2015
- Tagged as: cammisano, Carl DeLuna, Carl Spero, civella, Joe spero, kansas city police
In this exciting podcast, I will describe how the origins of the Civella/Spero war began. The murder of Nick Spero followed by revenge from his brothers.
Kansas City Mob Tour
- February 23, 2015
- Tagged as: Carl DeLuna, Carl Spero, Casino the movie, chicago outfit, civella, dorfman, f.b.i., glick, james hoffa, Joe spero, joey doves, Kansas city, kansas city mafia, kansas city police, la cosa nostra, las vegas, lefty rosenthal, listening device, morris shenker, strawman, teamster's union, title 3, wiretap
As this is my first experience with an app, I am learning all the time. I started looking into push notifications and location services. Push notifications appear on your smartphone’s screen without warning. The user…
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