The Black Hand: An Organized Crime History Podcast

Send a text 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 we...

18 Okt 202325min

Send a text 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 ...

11 Okt 202333min

Send a text 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 ...

4 Okt 202344min

Send a text 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 ha...

27 Sep 202327min

Send a text 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 ...

20 Sep 202335min

Send a text 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, bef...

13 Sep 202320min

Send a text On Episode 45, we delve into the story of the Pizza Connection, one of the biggest drug trafficking rings to ever hit the US, but it would really touch almost every part of the globe, it...

6 Sep 202320min

Send a text On Episode 44, we delve into the history of MS-13, really one of the most notorious Latino gangs in the US and possibly even the world, and though they got their start in Los Angeles in ...

30 Aug 202333min