“The Untouchables” Pt. 1: Eliot Ness
As Prohibition amplified chaos in the streets of Chicago, federal agent Eliot Ness took to targeting the city's own mob royalty—Al Capone—in hopes of quashing the bootlegging that lined the pockets of...
14 Helmi 202047min
“The Zimbabwean Mastermind” Pt. 2: Paul Le Roux
At age thirty-three, Paul Le Roux had his hands in everything from gold to guns to illicit drugs. By early 2009, his pharmacy network, RX Limited, was bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars. But ...
7 Helmi 202041min
“The Zimbabwean Mastermind” Pt. 1: Paul Le Roux
He was an expert computer programmer and an early adopter of the internet. In the mid-2000s, Paul Le Roux made millions through online prescription drugs and helped contribute to the current opioid ad...
31 Tammi 202040min
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
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
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
Known as the “Ivory Queen,” Yang Feng Glan was a Chinese smuggler who helped move nearly 2-tons of illegal ivory out of Tanzania throughout the 2000s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...
10 Tammi 202047min
Best of 2019: “Freeway” Pt. 2: Rick Ross
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 ...
3 Tammi 202049min
