The Black Hand: An Organized Crime History Podcast
A podcast that delves into the lives and history of some of the most powerful people and organizations in the history of organized crime, we talk about the history and members of the Italian-American Mafia, Cartels, or street gangs, and everyone/everything in between
Episodes
71 episodes
Episode 57: The History Of Deputy Gangs In The L.A. County Sheriff's Department Pt 9.
On Part 9 of Episode 57, we finish up our look into deputy gangs in the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. Last week, we talked about the complete history of the Compton Executioners. But on today's show we'll be talking about a couple different...
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Episode 57: The History Of Deputy Gangs In The L.A. County Sheriff's Department Pt 8..
On Part 8 of Episode 57, we continue our look into deputy gangs in the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. Last week, we finished up our look into the Banditos, which is likely the most pervasive deputy gang still active today. But on today's sho...
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Episode 57: The History Of Deputy Gangs In The L.A. County Sheriff's Department Pt 7.
On Part 7 of Episode 57, we continue our look into deputy gangs in the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. Last week, we talked about the rise of the Banditos in the East L.A. Station , their take over of the station, and how it allowed them to a...
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Episode 57: The History Of Deputy Gangs In The L.A. County Sheriff's Department Pt 6.
On Part 6 of Episode 57, we continue our look into deputy gangs in the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. Last time, we talked about the run of 2 incredibly violent gangs, in the Spartans and Jump Out Boys. But on today's show, we once again hav...
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Episode 57: The History Of Deputy Gangs In The L.A. County Sheriff's Department Pt 5.
On Part 5 of Episode 57, we continue our look into deputy gangs in the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, last time, we talked about the takeover of Deputy Gangs within the L.A. County jail system by the 2000 and 3000 Boys. But on today's show, ...
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Episode 58: Interview With Aiden Gabor
On Episode 58, I Interview Aiden Gabor, a former associate of the New Jersey Based DeCavalcante Crime Family, police officer, and informant for the Department of Justice, who would bring down numerous corrupt public officials, including a head ...
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Episode 57: The History Of Deputy Gangs In The L.A. County Sheriff's Department Pt 4.
On Part 4 of Episode 57, we continue or look into deputy gangs in the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, last week we talked about the rise of the Century Station Regulators, and how they led a new generation of deputy gangs that preceded the fi...
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Episode 57: The History Of Deputy Gangs In The L.A. County Sheriff's Department Pt 3.
On Part 3 of Episode 57, we continue our look into the history of deputy gangs in the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, last week we talked about Franky Carrillo's fight for justice against the Lynwood Vikings, as well as their deep deeded corr...
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Episode 57: The History Of Deputy Gangs In The L.A. County Sheriff's Department Pt 2.
On Part 2 of Episode 57, we continue our look into the history of Deputy gangs in the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, last week we talked about the rise of the first deputy gangs in the department, the culture that this created in the departm...
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Episode 57: The History Of Deputy Gangs In The L.A. County Sheriff's Department Pt 1.
On Part 1 of Episode 57, we delve into the formation and early history of deputy gangs in the L.A County Sheriff's Department, including the culture within the Sheriff's department that allowed the formation of these groups to start, the very f...
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Episode 56: Gangland Involvement In The Lives And Murders Of Tupac And The Notorious B.I.G.
On Episode 56, we delve into the story of gangland involvement in the lives and murders of both Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., we'll talk about their backgrounds, and how they both were put in a position to headline the most notorious r...
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Episode 55: Griselda Blanco
On Episode 55, we delve into the life of infamous Colombian drug lord, Griselda Blanco, she came up hard on the streets of Medellin, running away from home and allegedly committing her first murder at just 11 years old, eventually moving to Que...
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Episode 54: The Giannini Crew
On Episode 54, We delve into the history of the Giannini Crew, a mob farm team closely connected to the Bonnano family that ran the streets of Queens throughout the 70's, 80's, and to a lesser extent, the 90's, they were a group of young, rough...
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Episode 53: The True Story Behind The Wire
On Episode 53, we delve into the complete true story behind The Wire, one of the greatest TV shows of all time, let alone in the crime genre, we'll be covering the real life inspiration behind not only the shows famed drug dealers, but also tho...
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Episode 52: History Of The Latin Kings Pt 2.
On Part 2 of Episode 52, we finish up our look into the Latin Kings, last week we talked about the formation of the gang, how it came to prominence, and how it evolved under new leadership, but this week, we talk about the spread of the L...
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Episode 52: History Of The Latin Kings Pt 1.
On Part 1 of Episode 52, we delve into the history of the Latin Kings, one of the largest Latino and Caribbean street gangs in the world, and today we'll be talking about the formation of the gang, including how a group of youth gangs came toge...
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Episode 51: Agha Hasan Abedi And The Bank Of Credit And Commerce International
On Episode 51, we delve into the story of Agha Hasan Abedi and The Bank Of Credit and Commerce International, which has been described as one of the biggest banking scandals in history, including fraud and money laundering. at it's height, BCCI...
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Episode 50: The History Of The Genovese Family's New Jersey Faction
On Episode 50, We delve into the History of the Genovese Family's New Jersey faction, a sub-group within the family that would go on to include some of their most powerful members, they were deeply embedded in the family's history from the begi...
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Episode 49: Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow
On Episode 49, we delve into the life of Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, one of the most notorious Chinese gangsters in US history, who ran San Francisco's Chinatown, he came up as a member of a juvenile Chinatown gang known as the Hop Sing Boys, ev...
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Episode 48: Manuel Noriega
On Episode 48, we delve into the life of Manuel Noriega, a former Panamanian dictator, politician, and military officer, who served as the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989, more than that however, Noriega would amass a personal fortun...
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Episode 47: Organized Crime In The Golden Triangle Pt 2.
On Part 2 of Episode 47, We finish up our dive into the world of organized crime in the Golden Triangle region, last week, we covered the extensive drug cultivation and trafficking that happens in the region, but this week,, we'll delve into th...
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Episode 47: Organized Crime In The Golden Triangle Pt 1.
On Part 1 of Episode 47, We delve into the history of drug production and trafficking in the Southeast Asian Region known as the Golden Triangle, we'll talk about the history of how opium cultivation started in the region, how it became profita...
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Episode 46: Carlo Gambino
On Episode 46, We delve into the life of Carlo Gambino, former boss of the Gambino family for nearly 20 years, he came up working for both the D'Aquila and Masseria mob organizations, before being made a capo in the Mangano family, follow...
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