#27: Interview with Gary Jenkins, Retired Kansas City Police Detective & Host of the Gangland Wire

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The Gangland History Podcast: An Organized Crime & Mafia History Podcast

Jacob Stoops

46 episodes

5 days ago

The Gangland History Podcast, hosted by history buff and mob aficionado, Jacob Stoops. He tells the true crime biographies of real life mobsters and dives deep into the plots, sub-plots, and real facts behind Cosa Nostra as well as popular mob films and television shows. Formerly called The Members-Only Podcast.

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#27: Interview with Gary Jenkins, Retired Kansas City Police Detective & Host of the Gangland Wire

The Gangland History Podcast: An Organized Crime & Mafia History Podcast

1 hour 31 minutes 27 seconds

1 year ago

#27: Interview with Gary Jenkins, Retired Kansas City Police Detective & Host of the Gangland Wire

We sat down to talk with Gary Jenkins, who is a retired Kansas City Police Detective, lawyer, as well as the host of the extremely popular mob podcast, Gangland Wire. In this episode, we discuss the following topics:

His early years, family, and upbringing
What made him want to join the Kansas City Police Department
His promotion to Detective within the KCPD
The composition of the Kansas City Mafia in the 1970's
The key players in the Kansas City Mafia including Nick Civella, Carl "Cork" Civella, and Carl "Tuffy" De Luna
His many stories of surveilling the Kansas City Cosa Nostra family
Kansas City's involvement in the Las Vegas skim
His work surveilling and the wiretaps related to the Las Vegas skim
Comparisons of real life versus the movie Casino
Bringing down the Kansas City mob
The Spero-Civella war in the late 1970's and early 1980's
Retiring and becoming a lawyer for 20 years
Starting and running his popular podcast, Gangland Wire

Links to Gary's documentaries, podcast, website, and YouTube channel:

1) Brothers Against Brothers: The Spero-Civella War: https://www.amazon.com/Brothers-against-Civella-Spero-War/dp/B081ZHB17X 2) Gary's Website: https://ganglandwire.com/ 3) Gary's Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gangland-wire/id984020877 https://open.spotify.com/show/1kGMUAUanWOv3UAbW4RVPk 4) Gary's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdoYdPBGwXdsQGkvX4yovvQ