Best Most Notorious Gangsters In The World Podcasts (2024)

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Iron Horse Road: a Tale from Gold Mountain 47:03

12M ago47:03

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Iron Horse Road: a Tale from Gold Mountain recounts one of the great untold epics of American history: The story of the Chinese laborers–neither truly enslaved nor truly free–who built the most rugged stretches of the Transcontinental Railroad. More than 150 years ago, these Gold Mountain Men tunneled through mountains, dangled over cliffs, and dra…

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S2 Ep17: Former Gangster Who Worked For The Krays Opens Up On His Life 1:13:43

12M ago1:13:43

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In this episode we sat down with Chris Lambrianou, former gangster, who worked with the Kray twins and was involved in the murder of notorious East End gangster Jack "The Hat" McVitie. Chris told us about his childhood, his way into crime, what it was like to deal with the Krays and how the prison has completely transformed his childhood to life. T…

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S2 Ep16: London "Celebrity Gangster" Dave Courtney Tells His Life Story 1:10:04

1y ago1:10:04

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Dave Courtney has many titles - he has been a doorman in London's finest nightclubs, he became known as "celebrity gangster" after carrying out security for the Krays at their funeral and has been involved in some criminal activity. Dave shared with us his incredible life story and where he is now. This is an episode of Extraordinary Lives, where w…

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S2 Ep15: Ex Guantanamo Prisoner: Torture And Abuse Inside The World's Most Notorious Jail 1:06:50

1y ago1:06:50

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Ruhal Ahmed was detained without trial by the US government in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. He told us about the abuse and torture he experienced, and how he was eventually flown back to the UK in 2004 and released the next day without charges. This is an episode of Extraordinary Lives, where we speak to people with a unique life story to tel…

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S2 Ep14: Drug Mule: How I Survived Venezuela's Deadliest Prison 1:42:56

1y ago1:42:56

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Natalie Welsh was caught at Venezuelan airport in 2001 smuggling £300,000 worth of cocaine out of the country - together with her four-year-old daughter. Natalie shares a story of how she got to that point in her life, how she found out she was facing 10 years in one of the deadliest prisons in South America and her incredible escape back to the UK…

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S2 Ep13: Art Forger: I Can Fake Any Famous Painting 49:42

1y ago49:42

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Art Forger Max Brandrett has spent most of his life forging famous paintings. He shared stories about his childhood, explained how he got into forgery and what techniques he used to age paintings, as well how he now creates Banksy replicas. This is an episode of Extraordinary Lives, where we speak to people with a unique life story to tell. From a …

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S2 Ep12: Porn Star On The Secrets And Struggles Of The Adult Industry 1:02:15

1y ago1:02:15

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Danny D, the UK's leading male porn star, told us about finding his way into the adult industry, his first shoots, living with more than average sized penis and what advice he would give to anyone thinking of getting into the industry. This is an episode of Extraordinary Lives, where we speak to people with a unique life story to tell. From a North…

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S2 Ep11: Cult Survivor: Born & Raised In An International Cult 1:18:18

1y ago1:18:18

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Natacha Tormey told us about her life growing up inside 'The Children of God' cult (now known under the name ‘The Family International’). She explains how she was sexually abused, made to live in a compound with strict rules and taught to fear the outside world. Warning: this episode contains content you may find distressing. We speak to people wit…

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S2 Ep10: $10,000 A Day Dominatrix On The Most Popular Kinks 1:13:47

1y ago1:13:47

1:13:47

$10,000 a day dominatrix Eva Oh talks us through her life as a high-end dominatrix. Eva Oh describes her journey - from working in brothels as a masseuse to escort work and finally the world of domination. We’ll hear about the most popular kinks requested by her clients, the situations that have made her feel unsafe and what kind of people can affo…

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S2 Ep9: I Was Innocent But Spent 22 Years On Death Row 1:16:57

1y ago1:16:57

1:16:57

Nick Yarris survived 22 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit. He'll take us through the circumstances that led to him being sentenced, his life inside from meeting Ted Bundy to the terrifying 'Gladiator Matches' and his accidental escape. Hear how Nick eventually became the first prisoner death row prisoner to use DNA to prove his innoce…

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S2 Ep8: Grooming Gang Survivor: I Was Sexually Assaulted By 70 Men 1:41:51

1y ago1:41:51

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Warning: this episode contains content you may find distressing. Kate Elysia is a survivor of gang grooming. Kate was just 18 and at college in Telford when the sexual abuse started - and changed her life forever. In this episode she shares what followed after the first horrific attack, her attempts to report the abusers, developing PTSD, and final…

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S2 Ep7: London Gangster: Being Shot In The Face And Most Violent Crimes 53:04

1y ago53:04

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Former gangster Marvin Herbert talks us through his journey to becoming one of London's most notorious criminals. Marvin describes how he started his career in crime, how he was shot in the face twice by another member of the criminal underworld and what motivated him to turn his life around. Warning: this episode contains content you may find dist…

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S2 Ep6: I Was Forced To Marry My Cousin & Suffered Female Genital Mutilation Aged 6 1:26:29

1y ago1:26:29

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Shamsa Sharawe was born in Somalia, where she was subjected to female genital mutilation aged 6. Scared by this experience, Shamsa was then brought to the UK and navigated her life there, slowly realising what happened to her. Trying to come to terms with it all, Shamsa went back to Somalia aged 17, but was forced into a marriage, which resulted in…

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S2 Ep5: Corrupt Royal Guard: Exposing Prince Andrew 1:33:07

1+ y ago1:33:07

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Paul Page is a former royal protection officer, who provided security to members of the Royal Family. He explains what the Royals were like and why Prince Andrew was the most difficult and unpleasant to deal with. As well as this, Paul tells us how he became a corrupt cop during his years of service. This culminated in him being jailed for 6 years …

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S2 Ep4: How I Escaped North Korea Twice: Surviving Sex Slavery, Prison & Starvation 1:18:17

1+ y ago1:18:17

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We meet Jihyun Park, an incredibly brave woman who escaped North Korea twice. Jihyun takes us through what life was really like in North Korea, how she manages to escape twice, how she ended up being sold into sex slavery in China and eventually found sanctuary in the UK. Warning: this episode contains content you may find distressing. We speak to …

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S2 Ep3: I Drank Turtle Blood & Ate Sharks To Survive: My Life Shipwrecked At Sea 1:08:38

1+ y ago1:08:38

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Douglas Robertson and his family were shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean after their boat was attacked by a school of killer whales. They survived for 38 days in a dinghy with barely any food or drinking water - this is his incredible story. We speak to people with a unique life story to tell. From a North Korea escapee to an undercover cop, a Cold W…

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S2 Ep2: Undercover Football Hooligan: Inside England's Most Dangerous Club 56:33

1+ y ago56:33

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Former police officer James Bannon sat down this us to share his story of infiltrating a British football hooligan firm. James spent two and a half years undercover with the infamous hooligans of London-based football team Millwall, known as the Bushwackers, during the height of football violence in England in the late 1980s. James' story was adapt…

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S2 Ep1: SAS Soldier: What It Takes 1:25:35

1+ y ago1:25:35

1:25:35

Billy Billingham is a decorated military leader who served in the SAS for over 20 years. The SAS is famous for its gruelling selection process and are rightfully considered one of the best special forces in the world. After his military career, Billy became a bodyguard and looked after A-list celebrities such as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. He is …

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S2: Series 2 Coming Soon 0:56

1+ y ago0:56

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Extraordinary Lives returns with more incredible stories from around the world.By LADbible Group

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S1 Ep15: I Killed A Stranger On A Night Out 1:00:28

1+ y ago1:00:28

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In 2011, Jacob Dunne killed someone he’d never met before with a single punch. It was a normal night out that quickly got out of hand and cost a man his life. Jacob tells us what happened that night and how meeting the victim’s parents, after his release from prison, sparked an unlikely friendship that turned his life around. Extraordinary Lives is…

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S1 Ep14: I Hacked The US Government Aged 16 39:58

1+ y ago39:58

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Mustafa Al-Assam was once part of the notorious Anonymous organisation, hacking into the world’s biggest websites and databases. He then started his own hacker group, taking down the entire PlayStation network for three weeks and leaking the details of 73,000 X Factor contestants… all whilst still a teenager in school. Mustafa explains how he got a…

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S1 Ep13: I Get Paid To Break Into Banks 1:00:10

1+ y ago1:00:10

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Jenny Radcliffe is a professional con artist - a burglar for hire, who’s paid to break into homes and business and put security measures to the test. We hear how she manipulates people to sneak into buildings and the one mistake that nearly cost Jenny her life. Get your exclusive NordVPN Deal at nordvpn.com/minutes. Try it risk-free with a 30-day m…

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S1 Ep12: How I Escaped Max Security Thai Prison 1:09:39

1+ y ago1:09:39

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David McMillan is a former international drug smuggler who was once on Interpol’s top 10 most wanted list. In his second stint in jail, in Thailand, David was given the death penalty. So he launched an audacious escape from Bangkok’s maximum security prison. David talks us through how he broke out and went on the run from the Thai police. Warning: …

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S1 Ep11: I Thought I Was In The Truman Show 1:02:11

1+ y ago1:02:11

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Since Jonny Benjamin was a child, something wasn’t quite right. Growing up, he could hear the devil in his head and started thinking he was in The Truman Show. When Jonny reached university, and started exploring his sexuality, things got worse and he was driven to the very brink. Jonny opens up about how he was finally diagnosed with schizophrenia…

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S1 Ep10: Cold War Spy: Life In The Soviet Union 50:52

1+ y ago50:52

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In the Cold War, David Butler was one of a few people allowed to freely roam between East and West Germany. On paper, his role was to facilitate messages between the two. In reality, David was a spy. He tells us about years of missions, gathering intelligence on the Soviets for the British security services, whilst avoiding being caught by the Stas…

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S1 Ep9: Private Investigator On Madeleine McCann, Jimmy Savile And Uncaught Killers 59:15

1+ y ago59:15

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Jimmy Saville was one of Britain’s best-loved presenters till soon after his death when decades of sexual abuse were revealed. Mark Williams-Thomas is the private investigator who revealed Saville to be a paedophile. Ten years since his exposé, Mark blows the lid on the cover-ups that enabled one of the country’s most prolific sex offenders to get …

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S1 Ep8: Paedophile Hunter: Why I Had To Stop 57:23

1+ y ago57:23

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Mike is a paedophile hunter. When we first met Mike in 2020, he would pose as 12-year-old children to try and entrap men online. Mike’s vigilante work saw him catch and confront offenders across the country. This time, Mike opens up about his own trauma that first led him to paedophile hunting and why he’s now quit the work for good. Warning: this …

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S1 Ep7: My Parents Abandoned Me Because Of My Face: My Life With Treacher Collins Syndrome 1:01:16

1+ y ago1:01:16

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Jono Lancaster was born with Treacher Collins Syndrome. It’s a rare condition that means his face looks a little different to others. The condition caused Jono’s parents to abandon him at birth and for Jono to face bullying and torment growing up. We hear what happened when Jono reached out to his birth parents years later and how he eventually fou…

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S1 Ep6: Kidnapped By The Taliban: Working In The Most Dangerous Places On Earth And Surviving Three Months In Captivity 1:23:56

1+ y ago1:23:56

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In 2008, Sean Langan was captured by the Taliban whilst making a television documentary. He spent 12 weeks being held hostage in one of the most dangerous places on the planet. We hear how close Sean came to being killed and the difficult decisions he had to make along the way. Extraordinary Lives is a podcast from the team behind LADbible’s Minute…

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S1 Ep5: Former Drug Officer: Working Undercover, Corruption In Police Forces and Why We Need To Legalise All Drugs 56:58

1+ y ago56:58

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Neil Woods spent fourteen years undercover infiltrating the UK’s biggest drugs gangs. He penetrated dangerous organisations across the country, living alongside the most notorious gang members. Neil talks us through the split-second decisions that stopped his cover being blown, plus why he thinks drugs decriminalisation is how we solve climate chan…

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S1 Ep4: Streamer With Tourette's: Stalkers, Online Fame and How Gaming Helped Her Deal With Tics 1:13:17

2y ago1:13:17

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Sweet Anita is one of the UK’s biggest Twitch streamers with 1.9m followers. Anita has Tourette’s syndrome but wasn’t diagnosed until she was 27 years old, after repeatedly being ignored by doctors and family. Anita describes the impact that Tourette’s has had on her life and tells us about the darker side of her online fame. Extraordinary Lives is…

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S1 Ep3: Terrorist Turned Spy: How I Went From Al-Qaeda Bomb Maker To British Spy 1:21:56

2y ago1:21:56

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In this episode, we sit down with Aimen Dean - a former terrorist turned British spy. Aimen joined Al-Qaeda in the late 90s but soon had a change of heart. We hear how he was recruited by the British intelligence services and sent back to Afghanistan to spy on the world's most dangerous terrorist organisation, through 9/11 and the London bombings, …

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S1 Ep2: Drug Smuggler: Trade Secrets And Time At Europe's Most Dangerous Prison 57:43

2y ago57:43

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This is Extraordinary Lives: The Minutes With Podcast. In this episode, we talked to former international drug smuggler, Chet Sandhu. Chet smuggled hundreds of thousands of pills across Europe in the 90s, paying off airport security with porn magazines. But he was eventually caught and did time in Europe’s most dangerous prison. You can find out mo…

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S1 Ep1: British Sniper: Breaking The World Record For Longest Kill And Battling PTSD 1:03:57

2y ago1:03:57

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Craig Harrison was a highly-trained British Army sniper, who’s best-known for once holding the world record for the longest kill. Craig was used to taking out Taliban machine gunners but his exceptional career took its toll, pushing him to the very brink. Warning: this episode contains some graphic descriptions and discussion of suicidal feelings. …

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S1: Extraordinary Lives: The MINUTES WITH Podcast trailer 0:50

2y ago0:50

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Extraordinary Lives is a new podcast from the team behind LADbible’s Minutes With. In this series, we’ll be speaking to remarkable people - who each have a unique story to tell. Spies, terrorists, hackers, gangsters, killers, people with particular conditions, and those who’ve lived unreal experiences. These are the stories that resonated the most …

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Jianchi/ Perseverance 29:21

2y ago29:21

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Act One of the play Jianchi/Perseverance is based on the outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900 in San Francisco Chinatown, which led to suspicion and demonization of Chinese who were identified with the “China plague,” a term used to describe the bubonic plague. The history of Chinese in San Francisco is a fraught affair. Drawn at first by mid-ninetee…

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Blood on Gold Mountain 1:07:47

3y ago1:07:47

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By some lights, this episode is what Blood on Gold Mountain is all about. The Massacre. This episode has been very difficult in every way. How do you make something good or beautiful out of a mass murder? How do you take the experience of being a perpetual foreigner, persecuted and exploited, mocked and belittled, and turn it into something redempt…

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Heathens 51:16

3y ago51:16

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In this episode, we are introduced to Christianity through the eyes of Yut-Ho’s Gwailo marriage to Lee Yong in a Christian church. Can you imagine being married in the holy place of a foreign religion without having any context for the iconography all around you? Understandably, Yut Ho is horrified by the sight of Jesus nailed to the cross, “his he…

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The Underworld 40:33

3y ago40:33

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If there’s one person who could be said to truly be at the center of the 1871 LA Chinatown drama, it might be Yo Hing. While Yut Ho’s love intrigue was nominally the reason for the conflagration of Chinatown’s ongoing gang conflict, it would never have happened if it hadn’t aligned with Yo Hing’s plans. Yo Hing represents a side of Chinese America …

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Beasts of Prey 27:52

3y ago27:52

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Sam Yuen Sam Yuen is one of the larger-than-life characters that drive the historical narrative of the LA Chinatown massacre. Historical sources paint a picture of a laconic, stoic-minded business leader whose traditional methods and lack of adaptability made him and his company vulnerable to disruption. Sam Yuen was the leader of a conservative fa…

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Empire of Orphans 32:38

3y ago32:38

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No one knows just how the historical Yut Ho and Lee Yong met. Perhaps, as in our story, it was in the course of their daily routines. Yut Ho would almost certainly have lived a secluded life with her new husband. In Chinese immigrant society, most women worked alongside their menfolk. As a wealthy married woman Yut Ho had the uncommon luxury of sta…

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Bride Price 38:47

3y ago38:47

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Life in California’s early Chinese communities was challenging and dangerous, particularly for women. Discriminatory laws made it harder for women to emigrate, leading to a severe gender imbalance in California’s Chinatowns. Eve of Exclusion Initially, the gender gap was a result of American employers’ perception that men were a more desirable form…

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The Widow 33:55

3y ago33:55

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This episode addresses one of the most important and neglected aspects of early Chinese immigrants’ experience in California. Relations between Chinese immigrants and their Anglo counterparts were not always hostile. Despite the fact that there were few women in California when Chinese men started arriving, sometimes relationships would form. The o…

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Rebels 20:41

3+ y ago20:41

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In some ways, one might think of this episode as containing our version of a land acknowledgement. Immigrants are always trying to listen to natives and learn from them, and I thought Yut Ho and Ah Choy deserved a chance to do so. Indian Camp is a fictional waypost in the foothills of the coastal range near Big Sur. The Elder who dwells there is ca…

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Outlaws 27:07

3+ y ago27:07

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This episode introduces some key players in the story of the Chinatown Massacre, and gives some background about the social and political conditions for Chinese Immigrants in Wild-West California. Yut Ho and Ah Choy are based on historical figures. For more information about them, a great resource to check out is “The Chinatown War,” by Scott Zesch…

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Now Releasing: Blood on Gold Mountain 1:10

3+ y ago1:10

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Los Angeles, 1871, was the murder capital of the Wild West, and nowhere was wilder or more dangerous than Chinatown. Blood on Gold Mountain is an original storytelling podcast, which follows the journey of Yut-Ho, a young woman who arrives in LA as a refugee, only to become embroiled in a love intrigue, a gang war, and one of the deadliest race rio…

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Top 10 Mob Hits 19:50

3+ y ago19:50

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This episode we go into the top 10 Mob Hits from breaking the Omertà to being a informant these were some of the most disrespectful brutal hits of all time. Tshirts avalible here http://ebay.us/ykVwnz?cmpnId=5338273189--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/most-notorious-gangsters6/support…

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Pt2 Paul Castellano vs John Gotti The Rise And Fall Of The Gambinos The Real Story Ep 7 16:45

3+ y ago16:45

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Paul Castellano, also known as "The Howard Hughes of the Mob" and "Big Paulie", was an American crime boss who succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime family. Castellano was killed in an unsanctioned assassination on December 16, 1985, ordered by John Gotti, who subsequently became boss. Tshirts avalible here http://ebay.us/ykVwnz?cmpn…

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Pt.1 Carlo Gambino & Paul Castellano Rise And Fall Of The Gambinos The Real Story Ep6 15:29

3+ y ago15:29

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Carlo Gambino was an Italian-American crime boss of the Gambino crime family. After the Apalachin Meeting in 1957, and the imprisonment of Vito Genovese in 1959, Gambino took over the Commission of the American Mafia until his death. Tshirts avalible here http://ebay.us/ykVwnz?cmpnId=5338273189--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.co…

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Don Vito Genovese The Commission and Frank Castello The Real Story Ep 5 19:40

3+ y ago19:40

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was an Italian-born American mobster who mainly operated in the United States. Genovese rose to power during Prohibition as an enforcer in the American Mafia. A long-time associate and childhood friend of Lucky Luciano, Genovese took part in the Castellammarese War and helped shape the rise of the Mafia and organized crime in the United States. He …

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