
Retired Kansas City Mafia Detective Gary Jenkins brings his unique perspective to his examination of the American Mafia. He offers listeners interviews with law enforcement, mafia members, and academics in his shows. He always adds his experience to enhance those stories.Become a supporter of this podcast: www.spreaker.com/podcast/gangland-wire--5504357/support.
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 850 | Founded | 12 years ago |
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Meyer Lansky, Jewish gangsters, battles with American Nazis, and secret arms shipments to Israel—Myron Sugarman reveals a forgotten chapter of organized-crime history.
Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins sits down with Myron Sugarman, autho... more
Retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins sits down with author Don Billy to uncover one of the lesser-known but potentially important gatherings in American Mafia history—the 1928 Cleveland Mafia Summit. Get the book Clevel... more
Gary Jenkins sits down with author Scott Weller to discuss his book Stripping for the Mob and the dark history of organized crime’s involvement in the Las Vegas strip-club business. As federal investigations and increased regulation began squeezing t... more
In this episode of Gangland Wire, retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit Detective Gary Jenkins welcomes former Cook County prosecutor Greg Owen, author of Convergence, for an insider's look at one of the most corrupt periods in Chicago's crimi... more
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Show is amazing, but sometimes I have a hard time listening in my car to interviews who are using something that sounds awful compared to your mic… maybe you should buy a few mics and mail them to your interview and then when they’re done, they can mail them back. I listen to all the commercials so I hope they’re paying you on that
Listen daily at work! Great stories! But why can’t I listen from the beginning? I could only go back 2024
Love learning about the past, books I have never heard of . So interesting and well done LOVE THIS!! Thank you !!!
Well done.
Carriage Hill Gladstone MO
Gary Jenkins is a great storyteller and a prince of a guy.
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A deeply researched true-crime/history show centered on American organized crime, with a retired detective host guiding conversations with law enforcement professionals, mob insiders, and historians. Episodes explore how criminal networks operated—from bookmaking and street-level fences to Prohibition-era mobs and transnational artifact looting—alongside personal transformations and ethical reflections from guests. The host's first-hand policing experience adds a distinctive, practical lens to a broad roster of guests, making the series a strong fit for listeners who crave historical context, investigative insights, and humanizing stories from the underworld. Noteworthy is the mix of archival history, firsthand testimony, and tours into the... more
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