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Gangland Wire

Mafia Shootout In Kansas City

Gangland Wire

Gary Jenkins

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime, History

4.6647 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. The Kansas City Mafia enforces their rules on bar owners like Ferris Anthon even when they have to resort to deadly and drastic measures. In this episode, we recount the harrowing experience of Sheriff Tom Bash, a fearless lawman in Jackson County, Missouri, during the 1930s. Witness the gripping account of Sheriff Bash's confrontation with the Kansas City Mafia in a deadly ambush, showcasing his valor and dedication to upholding justice. Sheriff Bash emerges as a local hero through a riveting shootout, shining a light on the era's pervasive mob activities and corruption. Despite facing legal challenges and political interference, Sheriff Bash's legacy of courage and integrity perseveres, symbolizing the unwavering fight against criminal influence and the steadfast commitment to the rule of law.

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0:00.0

Hey, all you water tapers out there, and this is going to be a special bonus episode about a Kansas City mob incident that had never happened before and it's never happened since.

0:10.7

Here's the situation.

0:12.0

An armed police officer is taking his family home after an evening out, and he drives right in the middle of a mob hit.

0:19.1

Now, what are he going to do?

0:20.3

Oh, my God, i got my family here

0:22.8

this guy he was a sheriff and and i'll i go back over a lot of this because i did this before

0:28.6

i did this story before but i need to do a little opening a new opening because it's something

0:33.7

else would happen anyhow what i want to do is give a shout out to a couple of gangland

0:38.4

wire fans I met the other night. Now, Steve St. John, my friend Steve St. John's been on the show

0:44.4

several times. You know, he's the guy that actually my squad worked on him, helped put him in the

0:50.0

prison. The guy, he was there about 10 years and came back out. He's gone straight and done pretty well.

0:56.4

We've become friends. So he asked me to go to the Kansas City Goats game, which is our arena

1:02.0

football team. His son, Stephen St. John, is like the top sports radio broadcaster. He has a show, Stephen St. John's show here in Kansas City.

1:15.3

And so we're watching a game. It's a lot of fun. And all of a sudden, I look over and I see to my

1:21.1

right, and there's this beautiful girl or woman coming up. She got blind hair and she gets

1:26.9

closer. She got these beautiful green eyes. And she's smiling and looking at me and nodding like

1:31.8

she knows me.

1:32.6

And I'm thinking, I don't know this.

1:34.6

Who is this?

1:35.9

And so she gets right to me.

1:37.6

She stops and sticks out her hands and introduced herself as Connie.

1:41.8

She said she was a longtime time podcast listener she grew up in

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