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Infamous America

FRANK LUCAS Ep. 3 | “The Golden Triangle”

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime, History

4.73K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

After Bumpy Johnson dies, Frank Lucas travels to Bangkok, Thailand and sets up a powerful heroin operation. Frank’s new gang, nicknamed the Country Boys, makes millions selling heroin in New York and New Jersey. Frank makes multiple trips to Thailand, and he claims he survives an ambush by gunmen in the jungle when he travels to the source of his heroin. As Frank’s wealth and power grow, he shows off at the epic Muhammed Ali-Joe Frazier fight in 1971, and he soon regrets his decision to step into the spotlight. Check out these great books about Frank Lucas, Bumpy Johnson, and Harlem crime: “Harlem Godfather” by Mayme Johnson and Karen E. Quinones Miller “Original Gangster” by Frank Lucas and Aliya S. King Thanks to our sponsor, Quince! Use this link for Free Shipping and 365-day returns: Quince.com/infamousamerica Thanks to our sponsor, Mood! For 20% off of your first order, use the promo code INFAMOUS at Mood.com Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join   Apple users join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes, bingeable seasons and bonus episodes. Click the Black Barrel+ banner on Apple to get started with a 3-day free trial.   On YouTube, subscribe to INFAMOUS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: hit “Join” on the Legends YouTube homepage.   For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com or @blackbarrelmedia on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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while stocks last. On January 18, 1962, while Bumpy Johnson was finishing his final year of prison at Alcatraz,

0:49.0

and Frank Lucas was surviving as a petty thief and a part-time heroin dealer in Harlem,

0:55.7

NYPD Detective Eddie Egan was in Brooklyn, tearing apart wet plaster, which had been recently applied to a hole

1:00.9

in the ceiling of Joe Fuka's basement. Joe was an elderly Italian man with mob connections,

1:07.3

who was upstairs in his kitchen, ranting and cursing the lawman who had barged into his house with a search warrant.

1:14.1

In Joe's basement, weeks of exhausting surveillance were finally paying off.

1:19.7

Detective Egan and his partner, Sonny Grasso, thought they might be onto something big,

1:24.2

and their early hunch had grown into a task force of NYPD detectives and

1:29.1

agents from the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. Now in Joe Fuka's basement, Egan pulled bags of

1:35.6

white powder and guns out of a hole that had been cut into the ceiling and recently repaired

1:41.0

with plaster. When Egan was done, the hall totaled 24 pounds of powder.

1:47.1

The federal agent in the basement with Egan pulled out a marquee reagent testing kit. He took

1:52.7

out a small glass vial that contained a liquid mixture of sulfuric acid and formaldehyde.

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