Gangland Wire
Gangland Wire Crime Stories is a unique true crime podcast. The host, Gary Jenkins, is a former Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit Detective. Gary uses his experience to give insigtful twists on famous organized characters across the United States. He tells crime stories from his own career and invites former FBI agents, police officers and criminals to educate and entertain listeners.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 548
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Mass shoootings and what can be done -Bonus Episode
A bonus episode! Retired Detective Gary Jenkins and retired ATF Agent Igancio Esteban discuss the recent spike in school shootings and other mass murders. Agent Esteban recently wrote a book titled “…
Thu 21 Jul 2022
Lou Valose ATF Undercover in the Outfit Part 1
Retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit Detective Gary jenkins interviews retired ATF Agent Lou Valose about his undercover work on the Chicago Outfit and how he infiltrated a crew led by Outfit…
Mon 18 Jul 2022
ATF Goes Undercover into the Hells Angels
Retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit Detective Gary Jenkins interviews retired ATF Agent Jay Dobyns about his undercover investigation of the Mesa Arizona Hells Angels. ATF assigned Jay Dobyn…
Mon 11 Jul 2022
The Life of Bill Bonnano
Retired KCPD Intelligence Unit Detective Gary Jenkins and mob historian Camillius “Cam” Robinson discuss the life and times of New York Mob boss, Bill Bonanno.
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Mon 04 Jul 2022
The Plot to Kill Sammy the Bull
Retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins examines the Gotti plot to kill Sammy the Bull Gravano. After Gravano served his time from his plea arrangement, 5 years for a lifetime …
Mon 27 Jun 2022
Richard Stout and Jack Garcia – The FBI Fight Dirty Cops
Retired KCPD Intelligence Unit Detective Gary Jenkins interviews retired FBI agents Richard Stout and Jack “Jack Falcone” Garica. Richard Stout worked on public corruption in South Florida during the…
Mon 20 Jun 2022
Family Secrets Trial Part 2
Chicago Outfit historian James Imlach tells listeners about watching Frank Calabrese Sr. testify on his own behalf and how he could not hold his anger back. He also describes how funny and engaging J…
Mon 13 Jun 2022
The Family Secrets Trial Part 1
In Part one of a two-part series, Chicago Outfit historian James Imlach tells how he attended the entire Family Secrets trial in 2007. The Family Secrets investigation started on July 27, 1998. Outfi…
Mon 06 Jun 2022
Frank Balistreri and the Milwaukee Mob
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Gary talks to Milwaukee author and mob …
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Mon 30 May 2022
How to Turn an Informant!
In this bonus episode, Gary tells about when he developed his first long-term organized crime informant. Turning a mob associate into an informant is a nuanced and delicate process. Gary began by mer…
Thu 26 May 2022
Chuckie “I love to use a blow torch” Russell
Charles Chuckie Russell was a vicious and brutal Chicago Outfit thief. He was a member of the Grand Avenue crew after Joey the Clown Lombardo went away in the Family Secrets trial. He was married to …
Mon 23 May 2022
The Murder of Roger Wheeler
In 1981, Boston hitman Johnny Martorano murdered businessman and owner of World Jai Lai Roger Wheeler in the parking lot of the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Johnny Martorano was hi…
Thu 19 May 2022
Porn and the Mafia
Gary and Cam Robinson discuss organized crime’s infiltration of the pornographic film business. Specifically, Colombo Family member Tony Peraino. He was this crime family’s biggest earners because To…
Mon 16 May 2022
Bonus Forced Sex Trafficking: What It Is and How You Can End It
Chris Armitage wrote a book on Sex Trafficking in the United States. This is a short interview to alert listeners to this problem and help Chris get his message out to a greater audience. As I suspec…
Thu 12 May 2022
Chicago Woman found Butchered
Gary tells the story of a party girl named Estelle Carey, who was found beaten, tortured, and burned in her Chicago apartment. Estelle was a B-girl and chip hustler in the Rush Street Colony Club own…
Thu 12 May 2022
Lou Romano on Gene Borrello and John Alite
Lou Romano is a guy that grew up in a New York Mafia neighborhood where young men either became cops, firemen, or joined the mob. As an adult and as a true-crime author, he became friends with mob gu…
Mon 09 May 2022
Mobsters in Leavenworth
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Gary interviews retired Leavenworth …
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Mon 02 May 2022
Why did the Rat Pack open Giancana’s Villa Venice?
Gary tells about Giancana's Villa Venice. In the Chicago suburb of Northbrook, Sam Giancana opened a fancy supper club called the Villa Venice. This club opened to great reviews at Christmas time, 1…
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Tue 26 Apr 2022
Bombs, Bullets, & Bribes: Cleveland’s Shonder Birns
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Rick Porrello discusses Cleveland’s infamous Jewish mobster, Shonder Birns. Besides Bombs, Bullets, & Bribes: The True Story of Shonder …
Rick Porrello discusses Cleveland’s infamous Jewish mobster, Shonder Birns. Besides Bombs, Bullets, & Bribes: The True Story of Shonder …
Mon 25 Apr 2022
Did the Mob Really Make Steven Seagal Cry?
Sammy Gravano tells a story he heard from some FBI agents about how Steven Seagal cried like a baby and wanted to be hugged after he testified. Here is the whole story about why Seagal ever testified…
Wed 20 Apr 2022
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