S20 Ep54: How It's Done: The True Story of One Man Who Took Down Organized Crime to Save His Family w/Jerry Langton

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🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 140 minutes

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True Crime Tuesday presents: How It's Done: The True Story of One Man Who Took Down Organized Crime to Save His Family with Author, Jerry Langton!

Dave Lucas is like nobody you’ve ever met. Or maybe you have, but didn’t know it. Thrown out of his home at 14, he used his wits, charm and determination to become one of the most successful drug dealers in Canada. But, after the birth of his son, he knew he had to make one last big score before getting out of the game. So, he became an undercover police agent, the first one whose life wasn’t in danger.

On today's TCT, Author Jerry Langton tells us about how Dave Lucas went from drug dealer with a heart of gold, to one time jewel thief to catching a case from Canadian authorities, to finding out he is going to be a father and needing to turn his life around! The obstacles you overcome are astounding and Jerry tells us all about them!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the best in True Crime Podcasting.
0:25.2	This is True Crime Tuesday.
0:26.2	I'm your host Tim Dennis.
0:27.5	Got a great show ahead for you today, folks.
0:30.5	We've got Jessica Freeberg and True Crime Tuesday coming up in just a bit.
0:34.3	But first, I had the pleasure of reading an exciting book this weekend,
0:40.1	a book that was turned on to me by our good friend Alan Warren. And I got to tell you,
0:47.2	I thought to myself, organized crime in Canada. Now, I've heard of it. I didn't know how
0:52.3	dangerous it could be. Once I read this book, I realized I don't want to run across any Canadian gangsters.
0:57.8	I know that much for certain.
0:59.6	The name of the book is how it's done, the true story of how one man took down organized crime to save his family.
1:06.9	And I got a new perspective of a man by the name of David Lucas.
1:14.2	And the book is written by a man by the name of Jerry Langton.
1:18.5	I know you've heard of him because he's got plenty of interesting books out there.
1:22.6	A lot of them having to do with motorcycle gangs.
1:26.3	Jerry himself has a very colorful history.
1:28.6	We'll talk about that here in a moment.
1:30.0	Let me tell you a little bit about Jerry.
1:31.2	He grew up in Hamilton, Ontario, where he wrote for the Hamilton Spectator.
1:36.0	He also contributed to McLean's.
1:38.1	After I moved to New York, he became a deputy editor for the Daily News.
1:42.2	Having returned to Toronto, Langton is a freelance writer, and I believe he's back in New York
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