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He was young. He was reckless. And he was dangerous enough to make Dutch Schultz nervous.

Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll came to America from Ireland and found his education on the streets of New York. By the time he reached his twenties, he had graduated from petty crime to armed robbery, kidnapping, bootlegging, and a bloody war with one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

But Coll wasn't content to take orders.

He wanted his own piece of the underworld. And when he broke with Dutch Schultz, New York's gangland became a shooting gallery.

The bodies piled up. The newspapers went wild. And after a child was killed in a Harlem machine-gun attack, Coll became one of the most hated men in America.

Was he really the cold-blooded monster the newspapers described? Or was there more to the story than the legend they created?

In this episode of Partners-N-Crime, Bill, Zach, Annmarie, and Joshua the Intern follow Coll from his troubled childhood to the beer wars, kidnappings, betrayals, and gangland murders that made him notorious.

Along the way, we explore his violent split with Dutch Schultz, the murder of his brother Peter, the infamous Harlem shooting, and the enemies who eventually caught up with him.

And, as always, we sort through the documented history, conflicting accounts, and outright gangster mythology.

He lived by the gun.

And in February 1932, the gun finally caught up with him.

This is the legend of Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll.

Old photographs. Newspaper clippings. Forgotten gangsters. Behind-the-scenes material. And the occasional highly questionable decision.

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Then step into the deadly world of The Corpse Winked, a historical crime novel by our own William Eckman Crooks.

New York City. 1910.

Funeral director Rocco Foscarini knows there are certain things a man shouldn't ask about—especially when powerful people pay him to bury their secrets.

But when a corpse does something no corpse should ever do, Rocco finds himself caught in a dangerous world of Black Hand gangsters, corruption, betrayal, and murder.

Life is simple.

Until the corpse winks.

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They shot him.

Then they shot him again.

And somehow, Jack “Legs” Diamond kept getting back up.

One of Prohibition-era New York’s most colorful—and most frequently ventilated—gangsters, Diamond was a thief, hijacker, bootlegger, racketeer, nightclub owner and professional pain in the ass to several extremely dangerous men.

He steals liquor from other bootleggers. He runs with Arnold Rothstein. He gets caught in the wars surrounding Little Augie Orgen and Lepke Buchalter. He survives ambushes that should have finished him, turns hospital stays into publicity campaigns, travels to Europe under an alias, and develops a remarkable habit of being acquitted just when prosecutors think they finally have him.

The newspapers eventually give him the perfect nickname:

The Clay Pigeon of the Underworld.

Everybody takes a shot.

Nobody seems able to break him.

Until Albany.

In this episode of Partners-N-Crime, Bill, Zach, Annmarie and Joshua separate the documented history from the gangster folklore and follow Jack Diamond from the streets of New York to the dark Albany room where his luck finally runs out.

Who killed Legs Diamond?

Dutch Schultz?

Old enemies from New York?

Men who believed Diamond owed them a fortune?

Or did Jack finally wander into a city where the politicians, police and underworld were all working for the same management?

Pour something illegal and join us.

This is the legend of Jack “Legs” Diamond.

Old photographs. Real newspaper clippings. Gangster history. Behind-the-scenes material. Upcoming episodes. And whatever other terrible decisions we decide to document.

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Bill’s historical crime novel The Corpse Winked takes you to New York City, 1910, where funeral director Rocco Foscarini has learned that grief is currency, silence is survival, and some bodies are considerably more troublesome than others.

Life is simple.

Until the corpse winks.

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New York City, 1910. Rocco Foscarini runs a funeral parlor in the old neighborhood, where grief is currency, silence is survival, and even the dead can be dangerous. He has learned to keep his head down, do his work, and never ask why some men pay cash for closed-casket favors.

Life is simple—until the corpse winks.

Episode 8

Nikki Luciano, William Crooks, and special guest Missy discuss the phenomenon of The Ouija Board. Could they really be communicating with the dead? Is it an inherently demonic practice, or a simple novelty game? The gang shares their personal experiences.

Nikki Luciano is a freelance writer and editor, with interests in the paranormal. When she isn't writing, she can be found reading, ghost hunting, and researching her visions. She lives with her family near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She enjoys gardening, sewing, photography, and shopping with her children. She is a huge fan of many styles of music and loves old movies. Although this is her first novel, Nikki is excited to share Fire Within Me, the first part of The Hellstorm Series.

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Nikki Luciano is a freelance writer and editor, with interests in the paranormal. When she isn't writing, she can be found reading, ghost hunting, and researching her visions. She lives with her family near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She enjoys gardening, sewing, photography, and shopping with her children. She is a huge fan of many styles of music and loves old movies. Although this is her first novel, Nikki is excited to share Fire Within Me, the first part of The Hellstorm Series.

Purchase "Fire Within Me" on Amazon.