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Chicago Mob Diamond Theft -Segment 2

4 Comments / Gangland Wire Crime Stories / Gary Jenkins

In the second episode, Aaron and I discuss the mystery of what happened to the Marlborough Diamond. The listener will learn about the subsequent investigation and arrest of The Monk and The Brain in another audacious scheme long after the Marlborough Diamond caper. In what may be their last crime outside of prison, the 72 […]

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Chicago Mob Diamond Theft – Segment 1

2 Comments / Gangland Wire Crime Stories / Gary Jenkins

In this new two part series, I tell about Chicago Mob associates Jerome “Jerry” “The Monk” Scalise and Arthur “The Brain” Rachel. These two guys were master criminals of the Chicago Underworld. Some claim that in the Michael Mann film Thief, the James Caan character, known only as Frank, was modeled on Scalise and the

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