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

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

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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
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