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David True – ATF Agent

  • March 7, 2022
  • Tagged as: ATF, nick civella, Sal Manzo, the trap
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Venmo me @ganglandwire Click here to “buy me a cup of coffee” To go to the store or make a donation or rent Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup  click here Gary interviews retired ATF Agent…

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An Australian Fan interviews Gary

  • September 21, 2020
  • Tagged as: car deluna, kansas ciyt mafia, nick civella
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Australian Fans Dan Bashford from Southwest Australia and I talk organized crime in both Kansas City and Australia. Dan is a long time podcast supporter and an ardent fan of all things organized crime. I…

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Bonus – The Murder of Sol Landie

  • September 3, 2020
  • Tagged as: Dude Fontenallo, Frank Tousa, kansas city chiefs, nick civella, sports gambling, super bowl
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Sol Landie and Nick Civella In January of 1970, four days before the KC Chiefs met the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV, KC bettors were laying thousands on a Chief’s victory. An FBI agent…

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Apalachin Meeting: Rounding up the Mobsters Part 2

  • November 14, 2019
  • Tagged as: Bartolo Guccia, Edgar Croswell, Gerardo Catena, Joe Barbara, joe filardo, Joseph Ida, la cosa nostra, nick civella, Stefano Magaddino, Vincent Rao, Vincent Vasisko, vito genevose
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In Part 2, Cate Kozal and I discuss what happened during this famous raid. Don’t forget to buy me a shot and a beer on your venmo app at ganglandwire.  Edgar Croswell was a detective…

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Apalachin Meeting Part 1

  • November 11, 2019
  • Tagged as: albert anastasia, carlo gambino, frank costello, joe filardo, joe valachi, lucky luciano, nick civella, tommy lucchese, vito benovese
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Don’t forget to buy me a cup of coffee on your venmo app at ganglandwire. This is the first of a two-part series on the now-famous Apalachin meeting and I got my good friend retired…

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Last Brother Standing

  • August 8, 2019
  • Tagged as: carl civella, Carl Spero, cork civella, Joe spero, kansas city mafia, kansas city police, mike spero, nick civella
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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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Harry Jones Kansas City Mob Reporter

  • August 6, 2018
  • Tagged as: carl civella, civella, Kansas city, kansas city star, nick civella
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For our media on Monday, the Kansas City Mob is the subject of your interview of a retired Kansas City Star reporter who covered the Kansas City Mob extensively in their 1970s heyday. Harry Jones…

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Civella and the Villa Capri microphone

  • June 6, 2018
  • Tagged as: carl civella, Carl Tuffy DeLuna, Casino the movie, nick civella, villa capri

On June 26, 1975, Carl “Cork” Civella, brother to KC Mob boss Nick Civella, and Carl “Tuffy” DeLuna were at thier favorite table inside the Villa Capri bar when they discussed Las Vegas casino problems…

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Nick Civella – A Reporter’s View

  • April 2, 2018
  • Tagged as: kansas city mafia, kansas city star, nick civella

Bill Norton covered the Kansas City mob boss Nick Civella and the crime beat for the Kansas City Star newspaper from his first day as a reporter. In the 1970s, the KC Police Department furnished…

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Gary Jenkins Talks Mafia

  • March 19, 2018
  • Tagged as: Casino the movie, kansas city mafia, kansas city police, nick civella, river quay
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I was invited to do a Facebook Live interview with KC Star reporter, Ian Cummings. This is called the Beer Hour and we met at the craft beer joint called the Kansas City Bier Company. I…

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