Crooked City: Youngstown Part 1

Gangland Wire

Gary Jenkins: Mafia Detective

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins interviews Johnny Chechitelli, one of the producers of a new limited series podcast called Crooked City: Youngstown. This Ohio Rust Belt City was one of the most corrupt mobbed-up towns in the area. Located an hour from Pittsburgh and an hour from Cleveland, members of both organized crime families staked claims. Click here to go to the podcast Support the Podcast Hit me up on Venmo for a cup of coffee or a shot and a beer @ganglandwireClick here to “buy me a cup of coffee” To go to the store or make a donation or rent Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup click here To rent Brothers against Brothers, the documentary, click here. To rent Gangland Wire, the documentary, click here To buy my Kindle book, Leaving Vegas: The True Story of How FBI Wiretaps Ended Mob Domination of Las Vegas Casinos. To subscribe on iTunes click here, please give me a review and help others find the podcast.

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0:00.0	Well, welcome all you wiretappers out there back here in the studio of Gangland Wire.
0:03.8	I have an interesting show about a mob family that I've wanted to look at for a long time
0:12.6	because when I was a young man growing up, Youngstown, Ohio had this reputation of being just a total mob town,
0:23.9	mafia city and corrupt.
0:27.4	And I just never have gotten around to it for some reason.
0:30.2	Well,
0:30.5	I got hold of,
0:32.0	I was gotten hold up by a guy here,
0:34.3	our guest,
0:35.9	Johnny Chickateli.
0:36.9	Welcome, Johnny. Thank you for having me, Gary.
0:39.7	So Johnny is one of the producers on a new podcast coming out. I believe it's going to be
0:45.1	like a limited series podcast. It's not going to go on and add infinitum like I do called Crooked
0:52.3	City, Youngstown, Ohio, and it tells a lot about mob life in Youngstown, Ohio.
0:58.6	And it tells a lot about mob life in Youngstown,
1:01.3	especially from the 60s and 70s on.
1:03.1	I've listened to a few episodes,
1:05.4	and I'll tell you what, they're fascinating.
1:07.6	Reminds me a lot if you guys listen to,
1:13.0	I believe it was Gimlet podcast, kind of of a network put out something called um oh god uh it's on providate crime town it was on providence road island and and
1:18.8	Raymond patriarch in that era or that area and during this same time frame and it reminds me a lot
1:24.7	of that it's it's a great one guys you need to go out and find that Crooked City, Youngstown, Ohio.
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