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
Carlo Morelli and Mad Sam DeStefano
Carlo Morelli was born in the Italian section of Chicago known as the Patch. While we often tell negative stories about young men who came out of the Patch, this episode and the next episode will tel…
Fri 07 Dec 2018
Freddy Geas killed Whitey Bulger
In this podcast, Aaron and I interview our friend who is a former prison guard at the maximum security federal prison at Marion, Illinois. He will talk about the procedures in handling high profile p…
Fri 02 Nov 2018
The Real French Connection
Aaron and Gary go into the real story behind the French Connection, a popular film staring Gene Hackman. The French Connection film followed Robin Moore’s true crime book that documented the exploits…
Mon 22 Oct 2018
Heroin and the Kansas City Mafia Part 1
Retired FBI agent Bill Ouseley discusses the history of heroin use and trafficking in the Untied States. During the mid-1800s, Chinese immigrants arriving in California introduced opium smoking to A…
Mon 08 Oct 2018
Sam Giancana Part 2
In Part 2, David, Aaron and Gary discuss Sam Momo Giacana and his rise in the ranks and how that leads to his downfall. Momo Giancana would rise to the top of the Chicago Outfit duing the 1960s and 1…
Mon 24 Sep 2018
Kenji Gallo
Kenny “Kenji” Gallo was born to a well to do Japanese-American family in ritzy suburban Orange County, California. Kenji started his criminal career as a quiet but hyperactive kid who entered into th…
Mon 10 Sep 2018
Ron Fino – Mr. Undercover
When Aaron and I were at the MobWorld Summit 2018, we had the opportunity to interview Ron Fino. I met him at the previous Las Vegas Mob Con when we were co-presenters in 2104. Ron Fino was born into…
Mon 20 Aug 2018
Harry Jones Kansas City Mob Reporter
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 dev…
Mon 06 Aug 2018
Rob the Mob Part 2 Tommy Uva goes down
Tommy Uva thought he was smart
In the movie, Tommy Uva made the mob guys strip to their underwear and lay on top of each other and act like they were humping the bottom guy. I found nothing to s…
Mon 23 Jul 2018
Rob the Mob Part 1
Rob the Mob Movie
In this first of a 2-part series, Gary and Aaron reveal that John Gotti inspired the Bonnie and Clyde couple made famous for robbing New York City mafia social clubs. The story was …
In this first of a 2-part series, Gary and Aaron reveal that John Gotti inspired the Bonnie and Clyde couple made famous for robbing New York City mafia social clubs. The story was …
Mon 16 Jul 2018
Ed Scarpo on Michael DiLeonardo
Peter Gotti and Michael DiLeonardo
New York Mafia expert Ed Scarpo tells about his relationship with Michael DiLeonardo, aka Mikey Scars, since he went into the witness protection program. DiLeonardo…
New York Mafia expert Ed Scarpo tells about his relationship with Michael DiLeonardo, aka Mikey Scars, since he went into the witness protection program. DiLeonardo…
Tue 03 Jul 2018
Ned Day and the Mob Part 2
In this second of a two part interview with former Las Vegas newsman and current Mob Museum blogger Larry Henry we talk Vegas and the mob and about the famous muckraking reporter Ned Day. Larry was t…
Mon 11 Jun 2018
Ned Day and the Mob Part 1
In this first of a two part interview with former Las Vegas newsman and current Mob Museum blogger Larry Henry we talk Vegas and the mob and about the famous muckraking reporter Ned Day.
Since we cou…
Since we cou…
Mon 04 Jun 2018
Gotti and Prison
Our friend from the federal prison at Marion, former guard David, continues in this episode telling about his experiences with New York City crime boss, John Gotti. We learn that when Gotti arrived a…
Mon 07 May 2018
Martin J. McNally, Prison Stories
If you have not listened to the 7 part interview with the parachuting skyjacker Martin J. McNally, please stop and go back to listen to those episodes. In this episode, David, a retired Marion prison…
Mon 30 Apr 2018
Scott Deitche on Garden State Gangland
We interview noted mob historian and author Scott Deitche about his latest book, Garden State Gangland and the listener learns about the New Jersey crime families. As a bonus, Scott also tells the Wi…
Mon 23 Apr 2018
Jose Miguel Battle – A Cuban American Mob Story Part 2
David Shanks spent most of his law enforcement career working on Jose Miguel Battle and his mafia organization known as The Corporation. Jose Miguel Battle started his life as a corrupt police sergea…
Mon 16 Apr 2018
Jose Miguel Battle – A Cuban American Mob Story Part 1
David Shanks spent most of his law enforcement career working on Jose Miguel Battle and his mafia organization known as The Corporation. Jose Miguel Battle started his life as a corrupt police sergea…
Mon 09 Apr 2018
Nick Civella – A Reporter’s View
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 a ba…
Mon 02 Apr 2018
Scott Burnstein and the Detroit Mob
Scott Bernstein was one of my first contacts in the true crime mob world. I found his website and blog Gangster Report and realized this guy was a serious student of organized crime. another thing I …
Mon 05 Mar 2018
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