Kingpins Daily: John Dillinger
Kingpins26 Touko 2020

Kingpins Daily: John Dillinger

Today’s quote is from notorious bank robber John Dillinger. Dillinger had no illusions of righteousness. He knew that robbing banks was not only a crime, but a very public one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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“The Untouchables” Pt. 1: Eliot Ness

“The Untouchables” Pt. 1: Eliot Ness

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“The Zimbabwean Mastermind” Pt. 2: Paul Le Roux

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“The Zimbabwean Mastermind” Pt. 1: Paul Le Roux

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Kingpins Rewind: Frank Lucas Pt. 1

Kingpins Rewind: Frank Lucas Pt. 1

On the last Sunday of every month, Parcast Rewind replays a classic episode of Kingpins that you might have missed!  Frank Lucas found his way into the New York City underworld, and under the wing of...

26 Tammi 202052min

“Queenie” Pt. 2: Stephanie St. Clair

“Queenie” Pt. 2: Stephanie St. Clair

As the other Harlem policy bankers fall at the hands of Dutch Schultz, Stephanie St. Clair stood firm. Unfortunately for St. Clair, Schultz had political muscles and members of the NYPD on his payroll...

24 Tammi 202038min

"Queenie" Pt. 1: Stephanie St. Clair

"Queenie" Pt. 1: Stephanie St. Clair

When she was just a teenager, Stephanie St. Clair immigrated to the United States from the French West Indies without a penny to her name. By the 1920s, with $10,000 mysteriously in her hand, she open...

17 Tammi 202042min

"Queen of Ivory" Yang Feng Glan

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10 Tammi 202047min

Best of 2019: “Freeway” Pt. 2: Rick Ross

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Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: By 1983, Rick Ross had risen to become the reigning kingpin of South Central LA. But when he made a deal with a new supplier named Danilo ...

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