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
- 547
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Wearing a Wire on Steve St. John Bonus episode
Our Venmo subscribers are responsible for this special bonus episode that I call “Wearing a Wire on Steve St. John.” If you don’t who Steve is, I once helped a new FBI agent on a drug case by doing s…
Wed 11 Mar 2020
Undercover State Trooper and the KC Mob
In this episode, the host, Gary Jenkins, interviews retired Missouri State Trooper Tom Gray about his months-long undercover investigation of Kansas City Mafia figures who were buying stolen property…
Mon 09 Mar 2020
John “Sonny” Franzese died at 103
Sonny Franzese came up the usual path to the life of a career criminal and Cosa Nostra boss. He started as a Brooklyn member of a juvenile gang and slowly graduated through Prohibition to become a me…
Thu 27 Feb 2020
Montreal Mafia Part 2
In this second episode Gary and Cam go into the reason why Vito Rizzuto was charged in the famous murder of the three Capos in New York City. This story is a great example of how no good deed goes un…
Mon 24 Feb 2020
Montreal Mafia Part 1
After watching the Netflix series Bad Blood, Gary and Camulius Robinson take on the Rizzuto crime family and the Montreal Mafia. We believe because of the lack of prohibition, the Canadian mafia was …
Mon 17 Feb 2020
Frank Costello with Casey McBride
Host Gary Jenkins interviews fellow mob historian and expert on the life of Frank Costello, the Prime Minister of the Underworld. Casey is also a musician and he had created several original music co…
Mon 10 Feb 2020
Lucky Luciano and the Dannemora Priest
In this first of 2 episodes about Lucky Luciano, Gary tells a story about Lucky Luciano and the Dannemora priest. In 1936, the politically ambitious mob busting special prosecutor Thomas Dewey obtain…
Mon 27 Jan 2020
The Leavenworth 7
After a few shows about John Gotti, this week, Gangland Wire will go to a 1930s story about a Leavenworth prison break that went wrong for both the prisoners and the town of Leavenworth. I interviewe…
Mon 20 Jan 2020
Kill the Irishman
Gary and his social media marketer, Basel Tarabishi, discuss the mob film Kill the Irishman. We both loved this modestly budgeted film because the screenwriter constructed a tight script with colorfu…
Fri 17 Jan 2020
The Future of the Gambino/Gotti Family
Happy New Year Wiretappers! In anticipation of a special Newsmax television special on John Gotti, Gangland Wire researched the most recent information on who might be the new leadership group of the…
Mon 13 Jan 2020
John Gotti and the Informant part 2
Merry Christmas Wiretappers! In part 2, I interview Steve St. John, a former prison inmate who served time with retired New York Police Detective William Priest who was an informant for John Gotti. I…
Mon 30 Dec 2019
John Gotti and the Informant Part 1
This case starts with the FBI taping members of Gambino Capo John Gottis’s Bergen Hunt and Fish Club crew. This included his brother Gene Gotti and his good friend Angelo Ruggerio along with John Ca…
Wed 25 Dec 2019
Merry Christmas Wiretappers
Myself, Cam Robinson, Larry Henry, Bill Ouseley, Casey McBride, Synova Cantrell, and all the staff here at Gangland Wire Crime Stories wish all our friends a very happy Holiday season. I am off for T…
Tue 24 Dec 2019
Mob Town with Larry Henry
Retired police Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins interviews Mob Museum blogger Larry Henry about his special pre-screening of the newest mob film, Mob Town. Larry reports this film has many co…
Mon 23 Dec 2019
Gangland Wire Reviews The Irishman
In this episode, Cam Robinson and I give our thoughts on the recent Scorsese movie about the murder of James Riddle Hoffa, The Irishman. Neither of us believes Frank Sheerhan. We would like to think …
Mon 16 Dec 2019
Brothers against Brothers: The Civella-Spero War
Hey all you Wiretappers, As you may know, I recently finished my second documentary film Brothers against Brothers on the Kansas City crime family. In this film, Brothers against Brothers, I examine …
Wed 04 Dec 2019
Unfound Missing Mobsters
Don’t forget to hit me up on Venmo. Recently, I was a guest on the podcast Unfound. The host of this show researches stories about people who went missing and have never been found. He contacted me t…
Mon 02 Dec 2019
The LaStella Restaurant Incident
Welcome Wiretappers, don’t forget to hit me up on the venmo app and buy me a cup of coffee. First, I must warn you I had some sound problems, and Cam’s voice sounds like he is on the phone. In the la…
Wed 27 Nov 2019
Apalachin Meeting: Rounding up the Mobsters Part 2
In Part 2, I discuss what happened during and after 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 sergeant in the New Y…
Thu 14 Nov 2019
Apalachin Meeting Part 1
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 K-9 Sergeant Cat…
Mon 11 Nov 2019
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