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Gangland Wire

Michael McCollum and the Hells Angels

Gangland Wire

Gary Jenkins: Mafia Detective

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6623 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Michael McCollum has a rough start McCollum started early in a life of crime after his father, a motorcycle gang member, was the victim of a murder attempt where a dynamite bomb was detonated at their family home. Former law enforcement officer Gary Jenkins interviews former Hells Angel and Chicago Outfit Associate Michael McCollum. After having a dramatic enlightening, Michael turned his life around and is working on a book about his life on the wrong side of the law. That is when he is not working out in the gym. Michael’s life started with a rival motorcycle gang planting a dynamite bomb in his home in an effort to send a message to his father.       DonateTo go to the store or make a donation click here To rent Brothers against Brothers, the documentary, click here.  To rent Gangland Wire, the documentary, click here To subscribe on iTunes click here, please give me a review and help others find the podcast.

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0:00.0

You are listening to Gangland Wire, hosted by former Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit Detective, Gary Jenkins.

0:13.4

Welcome all you wiretappers out there. I'm here in the Gangland Wire Studio,

0:17.7

and another day of COVID-19 virus quarantine.

0:23.5

Maybe I'm not really quarantined.

0:25.3

I know a lot of people are quarantined, and, you know, I want to give a shout out to Basil Tarabiche.

0:32.6

He is a guy that helps me a lot with social media marketing, and we did a podcast together. He likes to do

0:39.7

movie reviews of mob movies and he is, he couldn't, we were going to do another one and he's

0:45.0

had to work all night long, had to work two shifts, almost 20 hours in a Dallas hospital. He

0:49.7

works in a Dallas area hospital. So he's, he's in the breach. So Basil, I salute your service to the rest

0:57.7

of us. I would not want, I'm glad I'm not a policeman anymore. I'd have to go out there and

1:02.0

deal with people that more than likely have it and are communicable. So, but anyhow, we have

1:07.7

Michael McCollum on the line here and on Skype.

1:12.3

I'll be putting this up on Facebook.

1:14.4

As you guys know, I worked intelligence and organized crime, but we also worked motorcycle gangs here in Kansas City.

1:20.8

We had the L-4 steros and the galloping geuses, and I believe the galloping goosees kind of ate up the L.4 Sterros because they were a

1:27.9

small minor club out way out in the far out suburbs. So I used to have a guy that worked for me.

1:34.7

And he kind of tried to go undercover of the galloping goose. At least he dressed like a

1:38.8

biker and hang out in the bars where they were. But you can't, you can't get in with those dudes,

1:43.1

man. And Michael McCollum is a former

1:46.3

Hells Angels and his real deal biker, and he was connected to the Chicago outfit. So you guys

1:52.8

in Chicago will be really interested to hear his responses on that. And he's working on a book,

1:59.6

and that's how we first got together.

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