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The Underworld Podcast

Carjacking and Fentanyl: Down and Out in Philadelphia & St. Louis

The Underworld Podcast

The Underworld Podcast

Documentary, True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.6871 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this episode thrown together because of a last-minute delay, Danny recounts recent reporting trips to Philadelphia and St. Louis. 2021 saw Philadelphia hit it's highest murder total in history, with 560 homicides when the previous high was only 500. Driving the inordinate amount of gun violence is the Kensington neighborhood, home to the largest open air drug market in the United States that is said to generate over one billion dollars in sales. We also dive into the making of a short documentary on fentanyl in St. Louis, which has quickly come to dominate the entire drug market, and a street dealer gives us the lowdown on his business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Summer 2018 Philadelphia, a single weekend in July.

0:35.0

A hundred and seventy three people overdose on a bad batch of heroin.

0:40.0

At least ten die.

0:41.0

Dope is laced with fentanyl and one of the chemical components of spice or k2.

0:47.0

They call this batch's brand, Sant' Morte or Saint Death.

0:51.2

This is unfortunately the reality of Philadelphia, especially in the northeast neighborhood of

0:55.6

Kensington. Said to have the largest open-air drug market east of the Mississippi,

1:00.4

though likely to the U as big as one too.

1:03.0

For years, it's been the drop-off point for the purest heroin in the US.

1:07.0

So-called drug tourists from all over the states go there to do it.

1:11.0

Wholesaleers from all over the region pick up their supplies there.

1:15.2

If you want to you can just go on YouTube and type in Kensington and there's videos on there

1:19.1

with millions of hits, just a GoPro attached to a car car driving up and down the blocks and the

1:24.7

despair and suffering is evident. I went down there a few months ago at a law

1:29.3

enforcement source who wanted to show me around and it's's just blocks and blocks of attics. Many in bad shape,

1:35.4

just the walking death. It's the only place I've ever seen multiple people on the sidewalk

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