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#27: Interview with Gary Jenkins, Retired Kansas City Police Detective & Host of the Gangland Wire

#27: Interview with Gary Jenkins, Retired Kansas City Police Detective & Host of the Gangland Wire

Update: 2024-02-10
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We sat down to talk with Gary Jenkins, who is a retired Kansas City Police Detective, lawyer, as well as the host of the extremely popular mob podcast, Gangland Wire.

In this episode, we discuss the following topics:



  • His early years, family, and upbringing

  • What made him want to join the Kansas City Police Department

  • His promotion to Detective within the KCPD

  • The composition of the Kansas City Mafia in the 1970's

  • The key players in the Kansas City Mafia including Nick Civella, Carl "Cork" Civella, and Carl "Tuffy" De Luna

  • His many stories of surveilling the Kansas City Cosa Nostra family

  • Kansas City's involvement in the Las Vegas skim

  • His work surveilling and the wiretaps related to the Las Vegas skim

  • Comparisons of real life versus the movie Casino

  • Bringing down the Kansas City mob

  • The Spero-Civella war in the late 1970's and early 1980's

  • Retiring and becoming a lawyer for 20 years

  • Starting and running his popular podcast, Gangland Wire


Links to Gary's documentaries, podcast, website, and YouTube channel:



1) Brothers Against Brothers: The Spero-Civella War: https://www.amazon.com/Brothers-against-Civella-Spero-War/dp/B081ZHB17X

2) Gary's Website: https://ganglandwire.com/

3) Gary's Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gangland-wire/id984020877
https://open.spotify.com/show/1kGMUAUanWOv3UAbW4RVPk

4) Gary's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdoYdPBGwXdsQGkvX4yovvQ
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#27: Interview with Gary Jenkins, Retired Kansas City Police Detective & Host of the Gangland Wire

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