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…
Joe the Shark Lopez – Chicago mob Lawyer
June 1, 2020
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…
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…
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…
Harry Jones Kansas City Mob Reporter
- August 6, 2018
- Tagged as: carl civella, civella, Kansas city, kansas city star, nick civella
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…
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…
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…
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…
Jimmy Hoffa and Morris Shenker
- September 4, 2017
- Tagged as: allen dorfman, audio intercept, blackhand, central states pension fund, chicago outfit, dunes casino, f.b.i., hoffa, james hoffa, joseph aiuppa, Joseph Lombardo, la cosa nostra, las vegas, morris shenker, nick civella, organized crime, outfit, teamster's union, teamsters, title 3, title lll, wiretap
Morris A. Shenker was a St. Louis lawyer who represented Midwest mob figures in the 1950s and became a lawyer for Jimmy Hoffa and the $700 million Central States Teamster’s pension fund. He encouraged the…
Harry Reid is Clean Face part 3
- July 31, 2017
- Tagged as: audio intercept, blackhand, Carl DeLuna, Casino the movie, chicago outfit, glick, Kansas city, kansas city mafia, kansas city police, la cosa nostra, las vegas, lefty rosenthal, listening device, mafia, nick civella, organized crime, Oscar Goodman, outfit, rosenthal, strawman, teamster's union, title lll, wiretap
In this third and final interview, we learn that the mob did not give nicknames to anyone except the people they believed were helping them in their skimming efforts so it is a bit suspicious…
Mobbedup.com
September 3, 2013
Bob Berdella Serial Killer Part 4
January 23, 2017
Undercover State Trooper and the KC Mob
March 9, 2020
Kansas City Mob Tour App
February 2, 2015
Richard Grissom Jr.: Apartments Painted and Girls Murdered – Part Two
September 26, 2016
Saratoga Springs, Arnold Rothstein and the Mob
September 14, 2020
Niko Vorobyov and Dopeworld
September 7, 2020
Bonus – The Murder of Sol Landie
September 3, 2020
The Mob and the Teamsters Part 3 -Roy Lee Williams
August 31, 2020
The Mob and the Teamsters Part 2 Frank Fitzsimmons
August 24, 2020
The Mob and the Teamsters Part 1 Jimmy Hoffa
August 17, 2020
James S. “Jimmy” Duardi
October 8, 2013
Carl Spero and Nick Civella
October 25, 2013
Kansas City Mafia
August 23, 2012
Nick Civella – A Reporter’s View
April 2, 2018
Jimmy Duardi
October 22, 2013
Martin J. McNally – Part 1
July 14, 2016