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Gangland Wire

Janitor In a Drum – Part 1

Gangland Wire

Gary Jenkins: Mafia Detective

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6645 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2016

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In our last episode we told a story about how just before Thanksgiving day in 1973, Chicago Outfit associates Samuel Marcello and Joseph Grisafe  parked in front of a fire hydrant at Taylor & Western on the west side of Chicago. They would enter the Korner Sandwich Shop just down the block and never be seen again, until the next summer. A month later in January , Sam Rantis, the sandwich shop owner, was found in the trunk of his car at O’Hare International Airport, dead. On a hot July night, 6 months later, Chicago Homicide Detective, Jim Padar and his partner will be assigned to go investigate a body in a drum. In the first of 2 episodes, now retired Det. Padar will tell about how he and his son, Chicago Police Officer Jay Padar, collaborated to tell this and many other real stories of life on the Chicago Police Department. Additionally, Jim will recount his first persons observations of that night and explain how he investigated what he called the Janitor in a Drum case. Read this story and many other great cop stories from the mouths of the men how lived the job, Jim Padar and his son, Chicago cop Jay Padar by clicking here. To rent Gangland Wire, the documentary, click here. To subscribe on iTunes click here, give me a review and I will send you a link to see the film for free.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Former Kansas City Police Department Intelligence Detective and now attorney Gary Jenkins

0:11.0

produced four documentary films, most recently Gangland Wire, creator of smartphone app entitled Kansas City Mob Tours. Download it now.

0:23.5

If you like what you hear, go to ganglandwire.com.

0:27.7

Navigate to the shop page. We need you to put a hit out on our donate button.

0:34.5

Gangland Wire True Crime Stories is produced at the Big Dumb Fun Show Studio 4.

0:42.0

And now here's Gary Jenkins.

0:48.4

Well, good evening, folks.

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Welcome to the beautiful studios, the Big Dumb Fun Show, Studio 4 right here in Midtown, Kansas City,

0:57.4

in the classic old ice house building.

0:59.2

I'm here with my good friend and co-host, Aaron.

1:01.3

Say hello, Aaron.

1:03.6

Aaron, you know, we ought to, I think you have a name for people that follow uh... follow the big dumb fun show

1:10.9

fan amals animals animals we what is a true what's a good name for a true

1:15.6

crime fan a follower of gangland wire a short kind of

1:20.4

can't think about i know i catch you a little name well think about that we'll think about

1:23.8

maybe somebody who listens to the program can give us a suggestion. Right.

1:28.3

Post on my Facebook or go to make a comment on my blog.

1:33.3

I'll, I get those comments via the email and I watch Facebook all the time.

1:37.3

My Gang Land Wire Facebook page, if you know, or message me or call me at 816-931-3535 and give us some suggestions oh you can email me at

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gangland wire women gangline no correction info at gangland wire.com sorry about that well anyhow you know

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they should have something like you know i want to say they're wired, you know,

2:02.0

but because they're listening.

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