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Gangland Wire

Cork Civella: Street Boss of KC

Gangland Wire

Gary Jenkins

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime, History

4.6647 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this episode, Gary recounts the criminal life of Carl "Cork Civella," a key player in Kansas City's mob scene. From humble immigrant beginnings with his brother Nick to street boss of the KC Family, he is subservient only to his brother Nick. Gary highlights Cork’s unpredictable nature, significant street presence, loyalty to Nick as an enforcer, and reckless behavior that led to notorious incidents. This narrative provides insight into Kansas City's unique mafia culture and sets the stage for future discussions on Kansas City's influential organized crime figures.

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0:00.0

Hey, all you wiretappers out there. I'm back here in studio gangland wire. This is Gary Jenkins,

0:04.6

retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit Detective, Sergeant at the end. I want to tell you about

0:11.5

Carl Corksabella. I get a lot of guys comment and hey, they want to know more about Kansas City,

0:17.8

and I've done a little bit, and I've got some old stuff on

0:21.1

Nixabella but it's like several years old and it's not even on YouTube I don't think it's

0:26.6

and I don't even know if you can find it on the audio app I need to go get that out and

0:31.9

re-edit it and put it up but I've never really done cork and cork is an interesting guy carl cork

0:39.0

sevela born in 1910 uh their father he and nick sevela whose older brother will become the mob

0:46.8

bosses of kansas city and nick will be more the the major domo if you will the main boss, but cork was right in there with him,

0:56.4

as you're going to find out.

0:58.0

Now, it's cork, as I was told, not corking.

1:01.6

He's named cork because he pops off.

1:04.8

I'll give you a pretty good example of that.

1:06.8

He sometimes acts without thinking.

1:08.6

They were the sons of a Sicilian immigrant in Kansas City,

1:11.7

as you might well imagine. They grew up in what we call the North End or Little Italy.

1:16.1

Now, this area is anchored by the Holy Rosary Catholic Church at 9-11 Missouri Street.

1:21.5

It's like these big church. And the Holy Rosary Church has always brought immigrants in and helped them learn English and get jobs.

1:30.6

They still do that to this day.

1:32.9

The Don Bosco Center, when the Vietnamese first car started coming over after the war,

1:39.4

they came to the Holy Rosary Church and the Dostas Center where they learned English,

1:46.7

and they started moving in to Little Italy.

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