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    

  [caption id="attachment_4400" align="aligncenter" width="728"] Support Gangland Wire[/caption]   This week we talk with our friend and regular contributor, retired F.B.I. agent William Ouseley. The topic is the formation of two law enforcement programs. The F.B.I. Top Hoodlum program and the local and state police organization known as the Law Enforcement Intelligence Units (LEIU). The listener learns that Bill was one of the first agents assigned to work targets assigned to the Top Hoodlum program. The well known and controversial Chicago agent Bill Rohmer was instrumental in getting the program started in Chicago. On Nov. 14, 1957, 56 years ago tomorrow, New York state troopers noticed a suspicious number of expensive cars with out-of-state license plates converging on the small town of Apalachin. The cars, it turned out, belonged to Mafia leaders from across America, who had come to Apalachin for a national summit meeting. The aftermath of the Apalachin Meeting would shed new light on a criminal organization that greatly valued its secrecy. It also forced the FBI to admit once and for all that the Mafia operated on a nationwide scale. Kansas City mob bosses Nick Civella and Joe Filardo were stopped as they tried to board a train in a nearby town. This uncovering of a top mob meeting forced J. Edgar Hoover to create the Bureau's Top Hoodlum Program shortly after the headlines appeared. In 1957, Chicago F.B.I. agent Bill Roemer was personally selected for the task. The program consisted of surveillance of organized crime figures. Roemer also developed or tried to develop and "flip" several mob informants. Richard Cain, a disgraced former cop turned mafioso, was one of those. With his efforts, he helped the Feds put away Outfit bosses like Sam "Teets" Bataglia and Felix "Milwaukee Phil" Alderisio within a year of their rise to leadership. Roemer also tried over a period of time to "flip" Outfit "hitman" Charles...

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.