Some stories never make national headlines, but stories from small towns and coastal communities deserve recognition too.

I'm Kylie Lowe, host of Dark Down East, a true crime podcast that gives voice to victims through investigative journalism and powerful storytelling.

Set in my home state of Maine and the Greater New England area, it's my goal to dig through

the archives to bring the stories of the people at the heart of these cases to light.

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This season of the Chinatown Stang has been about the rise and fall of one gang in particular,

the Flying Dragons.

I tried over and over to get the perspective of someone who'd actually been in the gang,

but no one was willing to speak to me.

Until now.

Today, an interview with someone who's going to tell us about the harsh life he led in the gang,

how it recruited kids, and how it all came to an end for him.

I'm Lydia Jean-Cott, and this is a special bonus episode of the Chinatown Sting.

Cowboy, who now goes by CB, came to the U.S. from Hong Kong in 1971 when he was six years old.

He joined the Flying Dragons shortly after he started high school.

That was back when a man named Michael Chen,

aka the scientist, was the leader of the gang.

In 1983, the scientist was shot, and CB managed to stay on in the gang as it acquired

a new boss, Johnny Yang, aka Onionhead.

We actually heard CB's voice in an earlier episode.

He was interviewed on the YouTube channel, Chinatown Gang Stories.

Onion was like a different regime. He was like, go out, make money.

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