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Dirty Rats is the true story of two of Boston's most powerful brothers - one a gangster, the other a politician - as they rose from poverty in a public-housing project to the pinnacles of power in their respective trades. Howie Carr, author of two New York Times bestsellers about Boston organized crime and their victims, unravels the brothers' sordid web of corruption and homicide that still haunts Boston to this day.
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We talk history, sports, pop culture, and true crime. We talk about historical figures like JFK, RFK, and MLK. We talk about organized crime like the Italian Mafia, the Irish mob, and Jewish gangsters. We talk about TV series like The Sopranos and Marvel and DC superhero movies. We talk about "the troubles in Northern Ireland and Colonialism in Africa and the Middle East. We talk about the CIA, the FBI, intelligence operations, and declassified government documents. We talk about Historical ...
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The Cloak and Dagger Podcast

Will Davis-Coleman and Patrick Courtney

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Will and Patrick explore strange and rarely told tales of history - from ancient Indian assassins and Baghdad scientists to Irish rebels and New York mob queens, and everything in between… And if you want to see even more for each episode, including sneak peeks, accompanying images and bonus facts, check out our instagram @cloakanddaggerpodcast
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Underworld exposes the secret world of transnational criminal networks that have flourished since there were banks to bust, drugs to smuggle, and scams to run. Journalists Danny Gold and Sean Williams bring their experience reporting on dangerous people and organizations to take listeners on a global tour of mobsters, warlords and crooks - from Brooklyn to Beijing, from the streets to the boardrooms - and everywhere in between. Underworld is a show about heroes, villains, and the barely visi ...
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The Public Morals After Show recaps, reviews and discusses episodes of TNT's Public Morals. Show Summary: In 1960s New York laws prohibit all kinds of immoral behavior, yet corruption reigns, and gambling and prostitution are as old as the city itself. Indeed, even cops in the Public Morals Division often look the other way when investigating vice crimes, themselves tempted by similar sins. Not Officer Terry Muldoon, who is determined to protect his own Hell's Kitchen neighborhood that's bei ...
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Dr. Bridie O’Malley, 38, DVM is on the verge of a career breakthrough with a thoroughbred hopeful going to the Kentucky Derby. Days before the big race, her estranged family of Irish mobsters demand payment on a family debt, long overdue. When her nonverbal brother with a special gift is kidnapped, she discovers the dark truth of her family’s secrets while trying to keep her own under wraps. With the help of her lifelong friends, messages from the other side and her own awakening, she embark ...
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#JFK #History #CNN #oliverStone #FoxNews #ChrisWallace #Countdown1960 Jim DiEugenio is one of the most respected researchers and writers on the political assassinations of the 1960s, he is the author of two books, Destiny Betrayed (1992/2012) and The JFK Assassination: The Evidence Today (2018), co-author of The Assassinations, and co-edited Probe …
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As an old Irish proverb says “What whisky will not cure, there is no cure for”. And while I’m no doctor, I am Irish so I do believe there is something in that. Even in a land so divided it’s close to breaking, where a man may be countered as only three fifths of a person, this elixir could form the most unbreakable bonds that would last through gen…
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When Bougainville fought an incredible civil war over a colossal mine, and won, its military leader emerged a hero. But he would soon fall under the spell of a conman and cult leader who wanted the Pacific island—and believed himself to be its king. The unlikely pair soon carved an empire out of a coconut palm jungle—and a wild, picaresque myth abo…
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#prowrestling #poland #iran #TulsaKing #SlyStallone #irish #podcast #JFK #history Our Listeners never disappoint with challenging questions and multi-layered comments! We got questions and comments on College football and Nathan's great preview article, comments from Slovakia and Poland on Polish Power Ivan Putski and pro wrestling, Johnny Rosselli…
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When a bizarre group of international gangsters shook on a massive meth deal with a DEA agent in Bangkok, Thailand eight years ago, it kicked off a manhunt ensnaring Hong Kong Triads, Outlaws bikers and an ex-US Army sniper’s band of contract killers. But the bust also shone a light on the shady drug network of North Korea, part of a crime machine …
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#JFK #history #mexicocity #podcasting #cia #blackops This is one of our most anticipated EXPLOSIVE episodes yet with the great Researcher David Josephs. David Josephs is the premiere expert on Oswald/Mexico City. He has been researching and writing about the JFK assassination, the consequences of sovereignty, bankers and lawyers, and the history of…
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Danny and Richard Wolfe were barely even teenagers when they formed the Indian Posse in their mother's basement with a handful of friends, but they had already been living the street life since they were in grade school, robbing, stealing and fighting. Never did they expect that within a few short years, the gang would balloon to hundreds and then …
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#project2025 #trump #harris2024 #RFkjr #politics #assassinations #facebook #twitter #sponsorship This is another All-Star Episode with the Dynamic Duo of returning guest Authors Rick Otto and Bruce de Torres! This was a spirited debate and discussion that people need to hear! You can get RIck and Bruce's Books right here: https://bookshop.org/shop/…
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Jon Lee Anderson is an author and staff writer at The New Yorker. Anderson recently profiled Ecuador’s young president Daniel Noboa for a piece entitled “Ecuador’s Risky War on Narcos”. Jon Lee spoke about his weeks long visit to the embattled nation, its place in the wider drug world, and how political movements across Latin America have metastasi…
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#MAFIA #Italy #sicily #mobsters #Commission #organizedcrime #History #italian #podcast This is a Stand-alone Episode on the Mafia Commission and the 5 New York Crime Families! We discuss how the commission was set up by Lucky Luciano and how they operate like a board of directors that govern the 26 mafia families nationwide. We go through the Histo…
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As Colombia's cocaine industry exploded in the 1980's, Pablo Escobar's Medellin cartel became the dominant player, capturing headlines across the world. But there was a second cartel rising up, one that operated more in the shadows and would soon grow more powerful - and more profitable - than even Medellin. The Gentlemen of Cali were slick, sophis…
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#JFK #History #NewOrleans #Law #CIA #FBI #podcast We are BACK with an amazing NEW episode in our SEASON 3 Premiere with returning guests Matt Crumpton and Mark Adamczyk as we do a deep dive on New Orleans specifically Guy Bannister and David Ferrie. Matt Crumpton is an entrepreneur, attorney, and podcaster. In 2022, Matt launched the podcast Solvin…
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Well this has gotten out of hand. The new and improved England seemed to be going so well, but a sunken ship, a flurry of royal bastard, and few too many sexist principles and now the whole kingdom’s falling apart. I’m sure it’ll all work itself out… Welcome back to Part 2 of out tale of the Anarchy! For this episode of the podcast we are very exci…
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Ever have a family spat go a bit too far? Well 12th Century two cousins did just that, and their little argument over who got to sit in their grandfathers chair, tore the entire English Kingdom in half. And only 72 years after Aegon William the Conqueror had taken the throne. For this episode of the podcast we are very excited to have our friend Je…
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When gunmen ambushed a Mexican-Chinese businessman outside his Guatemala City casino in 2016, few outside the DEA paid much attention. But the shootout presaged the downfall of a man who, feds would later say, hadn’t just made a tidy living out of money laundering, but pioneered it. But Xizhi Li, who grew up in the border town of Mexicali, was just…
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Something about Bum Farto, Key West’s fire chief, stunk. And it wasn’t just his red suits, bling and lime green company car. By the early 70s Florida’s farthest-flung outpost was a lawless drug enclave. And Bum was smack bang in its center. ((NOTE: This isn't just our best episode, it might be the podcast episode ever, in the history of podcasts.))…
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#MuhammadAli #boxing #sports #history #malcolmX This was a fascinating episode. Jonathan is our resident Boxing Expert and he talks about Ali's unbelievable Career including some of his most historic fights with Liston, Frazier, Foreman, Etc. We talk about Ali's relationship with Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam. We talk about the FBI and Operatio…
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The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia fought a guerrilla war against Colombia’s government - as well as against right wing militias and drug cartels - for over four decades before signing a peace treaty in 2016 and then dissolving in 2017, though splinter faction known as The Dissidents still prowls the jungles. As the FARC were coming up, ano…
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#fascism #HarrisWalz2024 #Trump #MAGA #politics #JFK #History This is an All-Star Episode with the Dynamic Duo of returning guest Authors Rick Otto and Bruce de Torres! This was EPIC! It was an absolutely amazing episode. When I set up this panel, I expected it to be great but it exceeded my expectations! It is our most controversial and powerful e…
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The Tren de Aragua grew out of disastrous regime policies to give gang leaders more power in prisons. Its mysterious leader, Niño Guerrero, soon controlled an entire facility, and installed a prison bar, a nightclub—and even a zoo. More state bungling allowed the Tren to take over entire city neighbourhoods unchallenged. So when Venezuela’s economy…
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#ufo #bigfoot #lochnessmonster #Danawhite #DBCooper #mexico Sean and Bill answer some great listener questions! This week we have questions about UFO's, the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot. Plus some more feedback on the Mexico City episode, a hockey question, an X-Files question and a DB Cooper question. Check out our website : https://thatsenoughou…
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Can a great mind cut deeper than a sword? If the history of humanity’s endless wars with itself is anything to go on, the answer is undoubtably yes. Again and again, great scientists, engineers, and mathematicians have been pulled from their pursuit of unravelling the mysteries of our world and put to work creating terrible machines of war. And at …
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In the chaos of 1970’s New York, it took a lot to shock the city. But the Westies managed to leave quite the impression. Dubbed the last of the Irish mob despite being more like an anarchic gang, they terrorized the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, garnering headlines due to their penchant for daytime hits and chopping up their victims bod…
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#Jewish #organizedcrimegroups #history #isreal #podcasting This week we explain the Jewish gangster partnership with the Irish and Italian gangsters. We discuss such infamous criminals as Meyer Lansky, Arnold Rothstein, Mickey Cohen, Bugsy Siegal, and Lepke Buchalter! We go into detail on the Black Sox Scandal of the 1919 World Series. We discuss t…
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This year, the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert has been rocked by the death of 16-year-old Preston Lord, at the hands of a group calling themselves the ‘Gilbert Goons,’ jocks and hicks combining forces to unleash violence on the city’s streets. The craziest thing? This happened before. And back then, the group’s godfather was none other than Sammy the Bu…
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#sonsofanarchy #irish #ireland #SinnFein #JFK #history #pennstate Dr. Mark Brennan is the UNESCO Chair on Global Citizenship Education for Sustainable Peace through Youth and Community Engagement and a Professor of Leadership and Community Development at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Brennan’s teaching, research, writing, and program devel…
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In recent years, Sebastian Marset has emerged as the first narco kingpin out of Uruguay. He rose from a mid-level weed dealer to an international cartel boss in less than 10 years, even with half that time being spent in prison, pioneering Latin America's southern route; trafficking blow from Bolivia to Paraguay and Uruguay, and then Europe, where …
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##JFK #History #podcasting #JoeMcBride #hollywood #dallas Joseph McBride is an internationally recognized film historian who has published seventeen books, including acclaimed biographies of Frank Capra, Steven Spielberg, and John Ford, as well as three books on Orson Welles. McBride is a professor in the Cinema Department at San Francisco State Un…
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When Mohammed Alaa Allawi, a former US military interpreter, moved to Texas in 2012, selling weed was a side hustle. But when a company asked him to design a website, the young Iraqi soon realised his American dream was better forged online. Soon Allawi was making millions on the dark web, selling counterfeit pills with precursors from China—includ…
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#history #NotreDame #irish #football #Collegefootball #sports This week's SpeakEasy episode is Sean's Notre Dame Preview. We look ahead to the upcoming CFB season and examine Notre Dame's roster, schedule and Seam makes his prediction on how they will do this year. SpeakEasy is our Patreon exclusive paid member weekly program. We are making this we…
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#JFK #Irish #italian #mexico #history #podcasting This was a 2 topic episode! The first part is one of our MOST important topics to date! The First topic is Sean explaining Oswald's Mexico City adventure which is the key to the assassination. We got a ton of feedback from our listeners that this issue was very confusing so Sean does his best to exp…
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1930s New York was a city of opportunity. Where any man with enough grit and determination could make his fortune... inside or outside the law. But this was a world built by and for men. So who knows how much grit and determination it would take for a woman to make something of herself. Well, Anna Genovese knew exactly what it would take... In this…
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Bombshell out of Mexico, El Mayo (!!!!!) is in US federal custody after arriving on a small private plan alongside El Chapo's son, Joaquin Guzman Lopez. What. The Hell. Is going on. How does the most elusive, powerful narco kingpin in Mexico's history, whose avoided arrest for decades and operated like a ghost in the shadows, end up being gift-wrap…
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#JFKassassination #JFK #history #bookshop #AuthorsCommunity #podcasting #jfkassassination #JFK #neworleans #dallas #Cuba In this Episode we talk with Professor Paul Bleau and Journalist Jeff Meek. Look for this to be Published in the next few weeks. Jeff Meek is a career Illinois educator and JFK assassination researcher since 1975 when he first sa…
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When Nelson Mandela and the ANC delivered South Africa from Apartheid in the 90s, hopes were high that the country could become a beacon of freedom and fairness. A generation later, those dreams lie in tatters. Elites have plundered state coffers to the tune of billions, mines have been taken over by illegal “chancers,” and the ghettoes of South Af…
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