You are listening to Gangland Wire, hosted by former Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit Detective Gary Jenkins.

Hey guys, all you wiretappers out there.

This is one of the series of short episodes about the Chicago outfit in 1989.

I'm recording this with my friend Cam Robinson, Camueless Robinson, and Paul Whitcomb,

my other friend, both these guys are experts on the Chicago outfit. Now, looking back at 1989, the Covey is won first place in the

National League East, but the Giants beat them in the National League playoffs, if you remember that.

The Royals, since I'm from Kansas City, we finished second near American League West,

kind of on our way back downhill from our great wind and the World Series in 1985.

Richard J. Daly had been the mayor for a long time in Chicago, and Richard M. Daly,

little Ritchie, became the mayor in 1989.

Now you're going to notice that the sound is just a little off.

I had to take the sound from a Zoom call because my recorder developed a problem during

the taping and I didn't notice until we were about, God, I've been about an hour or so into it

and none of us wanted to go back over this again.

It's like catching lightning

in a bottle doing a show. I felt like we'd done something really good and just, we just can't,

sometimes you just can't do it again. So, but I think it's a cool show, a cool series of episodes

about stool pigeons in 1989. Now, 1989, the Chicago outfit had a bad year, as you'll see.

Everybody came in and started talking.

So settle back and listen to this particular episode.

I don't remember which is which.

Now, don't forget to hit me up on my Venmo, bite me a shot in a beer,

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