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
Melvin Purvis and the Battle of Little Bohemia
The famous and controversial F.B.I. agent Melvin Purvis was most famous for his fanatical pursuit of the Midwest bank robbing gangs led by John Dillinger and George “Baby Face” Nelson. We like to fin…
Mon 19 Feb 2018
William Hanhardt – Cop on the Chicago Outfit payroll
In the 1950s, most large Police Departments had a few corrupt officers. We were not different here in Kansas City. We got a break in 1960 the city hired a square jawed and square in every other way, …
Mon 12 Feb 2018
David Schratwieser – Mob Reporter
As we continue with our Media and the Mob series on the first Monday of each month, this week Aaron and I interview veteran Philadelphia television reporter Dave Schratwieser who has been an invest…
Sun 04 Feb 2018
Frank Calabrese Jr. Part 2
In part 2, Frank goes into how his father groomed him as a teenager for the Outfit life and his adult life as a soldier in the Calabrese crew ran by his uncle, Nick Calabrese. He describes how the C…
Mon 29 Jan 2018
Frank Calabrese Jr. Part 1
Aaron and I interview Frank Calabrese Jr. and learn the inside story of what it is like to grow up in an Outfit family and then go into the family business. Frank Calabrese Sr. separated his work lif…
Mon 22 Jan 2018
Chicago Outfit Hit Car
On May 2, 1962, Chicago cops responded to a suspicious party radio call at 1750 SupeStor st. in Chicago. They encountered Chicago Outfit members Philip (Milwaukee Phil) Alderisio, an Outfit trigger-m…
Mon 06 Nov 2017
Anthony DeStefano on the Lufthansa heist
Anthony DeStefano is a veteran reporter who covered the Five Families in New York City for over three decades. He recently sat through the trial of New York mob boss Vincent Asaros who was charged wi…
Mon 30 Oct 2017
Narcos with Ron Chepesiuk
This is a repeat of last week, I forgot to attach the audio and then was out of town all week. Sorry for the delay of the audio podcast. The subject of this episode is Narcos, the story of the Cali C…
Mon 09 Oct 2017
John Dillinger Escape – Episode 2
In episode 2, we discuss the frantic flight of John Dillinger and Herbert Youngblood. Lillian Holley and every law enforcement officer in the Midwest was on the lookout for Dillinger. He was wearing…
Mon 25 Sep 2017
John Dillinger Escape – Episode 1
In this first episode of the exciting story of John Dillinger and his jailbreak the listener learns how John Dillinger was wanted for killing a police officer during a bank robbery when he was captur…
Mon 18 Sep 2017
Owney Madden and Primo Carnera
We talked in our first episode on the Irish mob about Owney Madden getting into promoting and managing and gambling on professional boxing. Like professional criminal activities, for young Irish and …
Mon 11 Sep 2017
Westies Part 2 Jimmy Coonan goes down
Jimmy Coonan brought the Westies into the 20th Century and presided over the most bloody and violent gang in New York City history
James Coonan was a baby boomer born December 21, 1946. He became kno…
James Coonan was a baby boomer born December 21, 1946. He became kno…
Mon 04 Sep 2017
Westies Part 1 from Owney Madden to Mickey Spillane
The Irish Mob, thanks to Dean from Ireland in the next two episodes we will examine the Irish Mob or the Westies.
The Hell’s Kitchen area of NYC is from about Central Park on the west side of Midtown…
The Hell’s Kitchen area of NYC is from about Central Park on the west side of Midtown…
Mon 28 Aug 2017
Harry Reid is Clean Face part 3
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 when th…
Mon 31 Jul 2017
Harry Reid is Clean Face Part 2
In this second part of the Bill Ouseley interview, we learn more about the inner workings of Las Vegas casinos and Las Vegas politicians and why they were suspicious of Clean Face Harry Reid.
Don’t f…
Don’t f…
Mon 24 Jul 2017
Harry Reid is Clean Face Part 1
In the first of a three part interview with retired F.B.I. agent William Ouseley, we discuss the lessons learned from the Las Vegas wiretaps that exposed the Kansas City, Chicago, Milwaukee and Cleve…
Mon 17 Jul 2017
The Mob in the Netherlands and Europe Part 2
In this second part, Mafia blogger and expert David Amorouso from Gangsters Inc. tells us more about the influence of the American mob on illegal European casinos. Most European countries have state …
Mon 10 Jul 2017
The Mob in Europe Part 1
Interview with Mob expert David Amoruso. he maintains and writes for the mob blog site gangster.inc. We discuss the influence of the American La Cosa Nostra mob in Europe.
Don’t forget to listen to A…
Don’t forget to listen to A…
Mon 03 Jul 2017
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 mill…
Mon 26 Jun 2017
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…
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…
Mon 19 Jun 2017
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