Hole in the Wall Gang Part 3
In the third and final episode, Agent Michaels and LVPD Commander Clifford plan a surprise for Frank Cullotta and the Hole in the Wall Gang.
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Hole in the Wall Gang Part 2
I am adding a new method of supporting the podcast. If you have the venmo app, how about donating an average of fifty cents an episode or just hit me up for a buck every time you think of it. In this second installment, I will talk about the activities of the Hole in the …
Hole in the Wall Gang Part 1
The making of the Hole in the Wall Series I am adding a new method of supporting the podcast. If you have the venmo app, how about donating an average of fifty cents an episode or just hit me up for a buck every time you think of it. Now on with the show. This …
Hole in the Wall Gang Burglary Gang
Frank Cullotta Frank Cullotta committed many crimes and had long been part of a burglary gang in Chicago. Gangland Wire is releasing a 3 part series on Tony Spilotro and his Hole in the Wall Gang burglary gang Our main source of interviews comes from Frank Cullotta, a former gang leader. Frank emerged from the Witness Protection …
Frank Cullotta and Tony Spilotro Part 2
In Part 2, Frank goes into more depth about his work with the Hole in the Wall Gang. Spilotro obtained inside information that the owners of Bertha’s jewelry story in Las Vegas kept as much as a million dollars in jewelry and cash inside the safe. They planned to commit this burglary on the long …
Frank Cullotta and Tony Spilotro Part 1
How Frank Cullotta met Tony Spilotro In this first of a 2 part interview of Frank Cullotta, we talk to a guy who was a career criminal from his teenage years and rose through the ranks of the Chicago Outfit from being an associate who made money as a burglar to becoming a “Mustache” or …
Commander Kent Clifford
Las Vegas Interviews In this episode, I tell about my Las Vegas speaking engagement. I did a PowerPoint based on my recently completed book. Leaving Vegas: The True Story of How the F.B.I. Wiretaps Ended Mob Domination of Las Vegas Casinos. Additionally, I tell a good true crime story. In 2012, I was in Las Vegas …
Murder in McHenry – Paul Scharff – Part 2
In Part 2, our special guest, Paul Scharff tells about his first contact with the McHenry County Sheriff’s Investigator. Paul learns they have never looked at Larry “Lurch” Neumann. When Paul first contacts the Sheriff’s investigator, they try to discourage him by intimating he may learn information about his father that he does not want to …
Murder in McHenry – Paul Scharff – Part 1
In 1981, 10 year old Paul Scharff was awakened and told the news that his father, Ron Scharff, was killed by unknown persons at his McHenry County neighborhood tavern. Twenty-eight years later, Paul receives a call telling him who killed his father. In this story, we learn that sometimes the bad guys are the good …
Casino
I have not addressed the “elephant in the room” much, if at all. As most of you know, in the film, Casino, Producer Martin Scorsese and writer Nick Pileggi tell about the Las Vegas casino skim. They show a clip indicating the FBI hidden microphone was inside a vent in the back of a store. …