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MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
The Strange, Dark and Mysterious delivered in podcast format.
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Fortnightly narratives on the unsolved and the unexplained, mysteries, historical true crime, touches of the paranormal and cultural peculiarities.
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An anthology of true paranormal stories told by the witnesses themselves. Monsters Among Us is a collection of first-hand audio recordings made directly from experiencers of the paranormal. Enter host Derek Hayes' atmosphere and nostalgia rich world, as he curates these terrifying tales, offering deep dives into supernatural subjects ranging from ghosts, UFOs, and alien abductions, to bigfoot, sasquatch and other cryptid creatures. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are ...
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A Crimes Stories Podcast
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This is the newest Monday episode of the MrBallen Podcast. You can listen to all episodes of the MrBallen Podcast, available exclusively on Amazon Music with your Prime membership. If you're not a Prime member, you can still listen to the MrBallen Podcast by subscribing to Amazon Music Unlimited in the Amazon Music app. See Privacy Policy at https:…
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Sn. 15 Ep. 10 - Imaginary Friends, native spirits and bigfoot's shadow.
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Season 15 Episode 10 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Tonight's Sponsor - Microdose by Lumi Labs - Visit Microdose.com & use code MONSTERSAMONGUS for 30% off your first order & free shipping. For ad-free, extended & bonus episodes, support MAU on …
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Dark Histories
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Sarah Hart: Murder on the Telegraph Cables
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When a young woman was found lying on her hearth rug, foaming at the mouth on New Years Day of 1845, few would have guessed that the winding path leading up to her death would result in a mystery that would become entwined with one of the key moments in the history of communication as well as one of the earliest cases of murder by Prussic Acid. In …
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Retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins interviews non-fiction author Frank Hayde about his newest book, Mafia Dreams: A True Crime Saga of Young Men at the End of an Era in Kansas City. Frank tells how an FBI investigation into the insurance crimes of Travis Riley ended with his son, Joe Riley, being shot to death during a d…
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Sn. 15 Ep. 9 - Screaming woods, fluttering fairies and rock tossin' apes.
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Season 15 Episode 9 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Tonight's Sponsor - BetterHelp - Visit BetterHelp.com/monstersamongus for 10% off your first month of professional online therapy. Coupon code: MONSTERSAMONGUS Tonight's Sponsor - Green Chef - F…
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Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this bonus episode, Gary tells five short stories about the New York City Police Intelligence Unit and their efforts to plant hidden microphones on John Gotti and Neil Dellacroce in and around the Ravenite Social Club. Gary fou…
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Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Gary interviews well-known mob historian and author Scott Dietche about his most recent book, Hitmen: The Mafia, Drugs, and the East Harlem Purple Gang. Scott Dietche is a nationally recognized expert on organized crime in the Uni…
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Sneak Peek - Episode 134 -- "Talking to the Dead"
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This is the newest Monday episode of the MrBallen Podcast. You can listen to all episodes of the MrBallen Podcast, available exclusively on Amazon Music with your Prime membership. If you're not a Prime member, you can still listen to the MrBallen Podcast by subscribing to Amazon Music Unlimited in the Amazon Music app. See Privacy Policy at https:…
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Sn. 15 Ep. 8 - Illinois bigfoot, shadowman, doppelgangers, and a man on the run.
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Season 15 Episode 8 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Tonight's Sponsor - BetterHelp - Visit BetterHelp.com/monstersamongus for 10% off your first month of professional online therapy. Coupon code: MONSTERSAMONGUS Tonight's Sponsor - Firstleaf - Fo…
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Dark Histories
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Russel Colvin’s Return from the Dead
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In 1812, in the Manchester settlement of Vermont, a local man named Russell Colvin mysteriously vanished, and despite extensive searches, no trace of him was found. Years later, rumours began to circulate that Russell had been murdered and buried in a cellar on a piece of local farmland. Ghosts were seen, arrests were made, confessions witnessed an…
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Gangland Wire
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KC Confidential: Inside the Kansas City Mafia
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Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Gary interviews KC Mafia historian Frank Hayde, author of The Mafia and the Machine. They discuss the KC Mob from Prohibition to the Murder of the Two Charlies. Charlie Binnagio became a dual threat when he joined Tom Pendergast a…
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Sneak Peek - Episode 132 -- "Bosom Black as Death"
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This is the newest Monday episode of the MrBallen Podcast. You can listen to all episodes of the MrBallen Podcast, available exclusively on Amazon Music with your Prime membership. If you're not a Prime member, you can still listen to the MrBallen Podcast by subscribing to Amazon Music Unlimited in the Amazon Music app. See Privacy Policy at https:…
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Sn. 15 Ep. 7 - Enigmatic Entities: The Mirrored Men Special Part II.
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Season 15 Episode 7 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Tonight's Sponsor - Microdose by Lumi Labs - Visit Microdose.com & use code MONSTERSAMONGUS for 30% off your first order & free shipping. Tonight's Sponsor - Sundown 96.6 - A new 24/7 spooky rad…
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Gangland Wire
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John Drummond aka “Bulldog” Covers the Outfit
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Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this episode, Gary interviews Bulldog John Drummond. The listener learns about filming the Chicago Outfit up close and personal. Bulldog Drummond tells about a situation where it got almost too personal for Bulldog and his came…
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Dark Histories
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Rhynwick Williams & The London Monster
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19th century London saw two of the most sensational public scares in its long history when the enigmatic Spring Heeled Jack stalked the alleyways of the capital city and in 1888, when Jack the Ripper enacted his reign of the streets, bringing about an autumn of terror that has since become infamous. One hundred years earlier, however, the streets w…
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Sn. 15 Ep. 6 - Dark entities, faceless figures and ghostly parties.
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Season 15 Episode 6 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Tonight's Sponsor - BetterHelp - Visit BetterHelp.com/monstersamongus for 10% off your first month of professional online therapy. Coupon code: MONSTERSAMONGUS Tonight's Sponsor - Firstleaf - Fo…
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Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins interviews Chicago Outfit Historian James Cosenza about the second trial of Outfit gambler, fixer, and killer Bobby Salerno. We learn Salerno worked with a Cicero shakedown and hit team …
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Sn. 15 Ep. 5 - Odd clouds, gray aliens and a 3 legged creature.
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Season 15 Episode 5 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Tonight's Sponsor - BetterHelp - Visit BetterHelp.com/monstersamongus for 10% off your first month of professional online therapy. Coupon code: MONSTERSAMONGUS Listen to Creeps & Crimes Podcast …
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Retired intelligence detective Gary Jenkins interviews Robert McNeese, a man who served many years in two different federal prisons and was the cellmate of Lucchese Boss Vic Amuso. He was nearby when Colombo mobster Greg Scarpa Jr. attacked and injured Vic Amuso. Robert tells precisely how this fight started and what resulted. Robert McNeese tells …
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By Gary Jenkins: Mafia Detective
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Sn. 15 Ep. 4 - Cheyenne Ghosts, Casper UFOs and a Minnesota Glimmerman.
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Season 15 Episode 4 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Tonight's Sponsor - BetterHelp - Visit BetterHelp.com/monstersamongus for 10% off your first month of professional online therapy. Coupon code: MONSTERSAMONGUS Listen to National Park After Dark…
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Dark Histories
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Escape From Yozgat: The Spooks of Jones & Hill
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During the First World War, the Ottoman Empire established a wide network of camps to house prisoners of war from the allied powers. Like most, the conditions were often poor, the treatment often harsh and the complexes often established in some of the most remote, rural and desolate landscapes. Yozgat was one such camp, comprising a small collecti…
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Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Gary interviews the author of Steel City Mafia: Blood Betrayal and Pittsburgh’s Last Don. Starting with the bombing of mob associate Paul Hankish, this is a story of Mafia life in Steel City with all its blood and betrayal. Paul H…
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Sn. 15 Ep. 3 - East Coast sasquatch, a Midwest hatman and a haunted ship in the west.
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Season 15 Episode 3 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Tonight's Sponsor - Microdose by Lumi Labs - Visit Microdose.com & use code MONSTERSAMONGUS for 30% off your first order & free shipping. Tonight's Sponsor - BetterHelp - Visit BetterHelp.com/mo…
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Retired Intelligence detective Gary Jenkins interviews Nathan Masters about his new book Crooked: The Roaring ’20s Tale of a Corrupt Attorney General, a Crusading Senator, and the Birth of the American Political Scandal. We learn about a corrupt U.S. Attorney General named Harry Daugherty, the puppet master behind President Warren G. Harding’s unli…
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Sn. 15 Ep. 2 - Haunted closets, a mummy, mystery rocks and BEKs.
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Season 15 Episode 2 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Tonight's Sponsor - Microdose by Lumi Labs - Visit Microdose.com & use code MONSTERSAMONGUS for 30% off your first order & free shipping. Tonight's Sponsor - Firstleaf - For wine you'll love, de…
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Almost thirty years before the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun and the fabled “curse of the pharaohs” was unleashed upon an excitable population, rumours and stories of another curse, attached to an ancient object, had been weaving its way into myth and legend as a complicated tangle of truth and fabrication. The “Anger of the Priestess of Amen-…
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Retired intelligence detective Gary Jenkins researched many well-known myths about Al Capone. In this episode, Gary explains the myths and the real story behind each myth. If you want to learn my about these myths, go to My Al Capone Museum website. Subscribe to the Podcast for a new gangster story every week. Support the Podcast. Hit me up on Venm…
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Sn. 15 Ep. 1 - The Paranormal Investigator Special
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Season 15 Episode 1 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Tonight's Sponsor - Microdose Gummies - Visit Microdose.com & use code MONSTERSAMONGUS for 30% off your first order & free shipping. Tonight's Sponsor - ButcherBox - Visit ButcherBox.com/MONSTER…
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Retired intelligence detective tells about the time that the daughter of Tony Accardo took off with her friend on an unapproved trip out west. “The Boys” had given her a Triumph Sports car as a gift, probably for graduation. Without permission, she convinced her best girlfriend to accompany her on a driving trip out west. She neglected to tell her …
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Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this video, Gary interviews retired Assistant US Attorney Chuck Ambrose. He tells us the story of two brothers who were mob associates. Steven Vest was married to the granddaughter of Joe Filardo. Filardo took Nick Civella to t…
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Sn. 14 Ep. 22 - Hometown Legends #14 Part II
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Season 14 Episode 22 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Tonight's Sponsor - Microdose by Lumi Labs - Visit Microdose.com & use code MONSTERSAMONGUS for 30% off your first order & free shipping. Tonight's Sponsor - BetterHelp - Visit BetterHelp.com/m…
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Dark Histories
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The Mount Stewart Farm Murder Mystery
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In 1866 a gruesome murder on a rural farm in the centre of Scotland shocked the local community. With little clues to go on outside of a bloody axe, a boiled egg and a missing door key, the police would eventually be left having to rely heavily on a string of unreliable testimony to do their job, a factor that would go some way in creating what wou…
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Gangland Wire
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Scarpo versus Trafficante: A Florida Story
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Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins interviews Tony Scarpo about his family and how they fought to establish themselves independently of the Trafficante Mafia Family. Tony’s grandfather migrated from Bari, Italy, to the Pennsylvania coalfields and moved to Tampa, Florida, for an opportunity. His grandfather, Antonio, fought off gangsters in…
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Retired intelligence detective Gary Jenkins explains the Purple Gang of East Harlem in this bonus episode. Subscribe to the Podcast for a new gangster story every week. Support the Podcast. Hit me up on Venmo for a cup of coffee or a shot and a beer @ganglandwire Click here to “buy me a cup of coffee” To go to the store or make a donation or rent B…
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Cover Up is a series of investigative stories that take us on a journey into a world of subterfuge and secrecy - a world where the truth is concealed under a blanket of lies. From corrupt individuals to clandestine institutions, Cover Up exposes deceit, deception and the abuse of power. Season one uncovers the story of The Ministry of Secrets, one …
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Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins interviews an expert on Mob lawyers, Australian lawyer Tony Taouk, about Roy Cohn. We learn that Mr. Cohn was a flamboyant fixture in New York City and “made his bones” as the advisory lawyer to Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Committee on Un-American activities during the 1950s. One of Roy Cohn’s m…
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Retired Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins interviews Andrew DiDonato, a former mafia associate of the Gambino crew that Nicky Corazzo skippered. Andrew tells how Corazzo took him in and groomed him to be a part of his crew and how he made money for the Gambino family. He learned the hard way that there is no real honor in the mafia, only gre…
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Hugh & Mary Parsons & The Springfield Witch Trials
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Forty years before the infamous witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, Hugh Parsons stepped out of his dirty, disease ridden prison cell in Boston and was carted off towards the courthouse in order to stand trial as a witch. He’d come from a small settlement named Springfield over a hundred miles away and spent the last year cooped up in a concrete …
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Retired Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins talks with former Gambino Crime Family associate Anthony Ruggiano about his life as the son of Gambino member Fat Andy Ruggiano. Anthony Ruggiano was born into Mob life and never had a chance. It was a typical day for him as a young man to meet others at his Father’s Social Club and plan scores like …
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Retired Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins interviewed retired NYPD auto theft detective Vic Ferrari about his experiences with the mob and the horrible auto theft problem in New York City. Vic Ferrari has written extensively about the NYPD culture, the mob, and his time in the Auto Theft Unit. Vic Ferrari’s colorful and unique storytelling s…
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Dr Buck Ruxton & The Jigsaw Murders
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By the 1930s forensic police work had just begun to come into its own. The late 1920s had introduced advancements that had seen investigations using more than simple fingerprint evidence to solve crime and in America the FBI’s technical crime lab would firmly establish itself over the first half of the decade. Both in the UK and the USA experts fro…
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Sn. 14 Ep. 21 - A cabbit, Mr. Spooky, and help from a mysterious stranger. - Beyond Unlock
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Season 14 Episode 21 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Tonight's Sponsor - Firstleaf - For wine you'll love, delivered straight to you, visit TryFirstLeaf.com/MAU to get your first 6 bottles for $39.95 + free shipping. Tonight's Sponsor - Microdose…
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Retired Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins interviews former Gambino associate Andrew DiDonato. As he is known on the street, Drew was a premiere car thief for the Nicky Corazzo crew in Brooklyn. He tells the best stories about car chases with cops, stealing a car belonging to Paul Castellano’s son-in-law, and finding a handgun with a book co…
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Sheree Warren left her job in Salt Lake City on a mild October evening in 1985. She told a coworker she was headed to meet her estranged husband, Charles Warren, at a car dealership. But she never made it, Sheree vanished. When her car mysteriously surfaced weeks later, hundreds of miles away in Las Vegas, no one could say how it got there. When a …
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Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins discusses the new book Sin City: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Las Vegas with author Jeffrey Sussman. As you may know, your host, Gary Jenkins, chased the #mafia around Kansas City while they were secretly skimming millions from Sin City or Las Vegas casinos. Jeffrey Sussman has extensively researche…
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Retired intelligence detective Gary Jenkins interviews Jim Cosgrove, aka Mr. Stinky Feet, a Kansas City children’s entertainer and author. Mr. Cosgrove reports on a multi-year investigation he conducted and chronicled in his book Ripple: A Long Strange Search for a Killer. This investigation takes him into the Low Country of South Carolina, where h…
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Retired Intelligence Unit Detective Gary Jenkins tells some stories he got from a childhood friend of the Tony Accardo family. We learn about the time “the boys” gave the daughter a new Triumph sports car. She graduated from high school, and she and a girlfriend headed west without parental approval. They had a few real schoolgirl adventures while …
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Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins interviews Matt Black about his new book about how Navy Commander Charles Haffenden recruited Lucky Luciano and Socks Lanza into Operation Underworld. We learn the U.S. Navy was alarmed by the sinking of the world’s largest cruise liner, USS Normandie, while it was cocked at New York Harbor being converte…
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Sn. 14 Ep. 20 - Hometown Legends #14.
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Thank you for being here with us for another season. Enjoy Hometown Legends #14! We'll be back in March for the Season 15 premiere, keep your eye on the feed during our break for some surprise special releases. Keep it spooky out there! SHOW NOTES: Tonight's Sponsor - Microdose by Lumi Labs - Visit Microdose.com & use code MONSTERSAMONGUS for 30% o…
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