James S. Duardi and the Oklahoma connection

Gangland Wire

Gary Jenkins: Mafia Detective

True Crime, Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.6 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2015

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This podcast is the first of a two-part series about Kansas City Mob associate James S. “Jimmy” Duardi. Jimmy Duardi was a mobster from the old school. His personality had a range from being a most pleasant fellow to a cold deadly killer. He was the nephew of Gaetanno LaCoco who was a old time mafia leader during prohibition. Retired F.B.I. Agent Bill Ouseley is a guest for this series. Jimmy Duardi and several others, notably Nate Brancato, conspired to take over a large night club in the Grand Lake of the Cherokees, an Oklahoma resort area. During the course of this operation, the conspirators bribed the County District Attorney, Frank Grayson, members of his staff and the county sheriff. Jess Roberts, owner of the Mr. Yuk Club, was the intended victim. The final plan was to open up the county for illegal liquor by the drink, gambling and prostitution at this club and other clubs. This plan went awry when Duardi underlings, Clifford Bishop and Jack Michael King attempted to assassinate Jess Roberts, the owner of the Mr. Yuk Club.

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0:00.0	Former Kansas City Police Department Intelligence Detective and now attorney Gary Jenkins,
0:12.5	creator of smartphone app entitled Kansas City Mob Tours. Download it now.
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0:50.6	And now, here's Gary Jenkins.
0:56.7	Okay, welcome, folks, to the Gangland Wire Crime Stories podcast.
1:02.1	This is your host, Gary Jenkins, and I want you to know I have a special guest for you
1:06.3	mob fans tonight.
1:07.2	I expect most of you or a lot of you know about retired FBI at Bill
1:12.4	Owsley. He was interviewed and he was really the anchor, my Shelby foot, shall we say, a storyteller
1:19.8	in my film Gang Landwire. And he's written two books. One is Open City. Open City is about
1:27.2	the mafia in Kansas City from the
1:29.6	turn of the century on up until around the 50s. And then his second book is mobsters in our
1:36.4	midst. And you can get both of those on Amazon. But first, you know, as usual, we're down in the
1:43.0	deep, dark confines of the Big Dumb Fun Show Studio
1:45.9	4. And remember, go to www.bidw.bidemfundshow.com on Monday night to hear Aaron's show live.
1:54.3	All right. My friend Aaron Gannirk is here. Say hello, Aaron.
1:56.8	Hello, Aaron. Want to tell your folks a little bit about your show and your new project, Sarcasm Cinema?
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