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Underworld exposes the secret world of transnational criminal networks that have flourished since there were banks to bust, drugs to smuggle, and scams to run. Journalists Danny Gold and Sean Williams bring their experience reporting on dangerous people and organizations to take listeners on a global tour of mobsters, warlords and crooks - from Brooklyn to Beijing, from the streets to the boardrooms - and everywhere in between. Underworld is a show about heroes, villains, and the barely visible mafias that affect all our lives, whether we know it or not.
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BONUS: Stash House Episode 7: LA's Good Heist, Ecuador's Bad Vice President, and an Ugly Bust in Fiji
Stash House Episode 7: LA's Good Heist, Ecuador's Bad Vice President, and an Ugly Bust in Fiji
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The Rise and Fall of Golden Triangle Dope: From a Jailed Kingpin to a Casino Shootout
Lo Hsing Han was a Burmese narco so powerful that Richard Nixon called him a Godfather. But the Kokang king tried one too many shady deals, sending the Golden Triangle’s heroin industry on a helter-skelter path toward a bloody, 2023 shootout with Chinese cops—at a lawless casino town on the edge of nowhere.
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Skinny Joey Merlino and The Philly Mob Wars:
Well, they blew up the Chicken Man in Philly last night. And they blew up his house too. And the racket boys, they really did have a fight...a brutal one that lasted decades and saw Skinny Joey Merlino come out on top. He's not just America's next top crime podcaster and patreon star, he's also the one-time boss of the Philadelphia mafia and (allegedly!) still the don of Philly, if you believe the feds.
Merlino, though, is no joke. Surviving by the skin of his teeth and dodging multiple assassinations in the 80's and 90's, he went from the son of shunned one-time underboss Chuckie Merlino to the top position when him and his crew of young gunners took on all comers.
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Alan Prendergast on Jimmy Sabatino, America’s Loneliest Prisoner
Only two men occupy ‘The Suites’, the highest security cells at Colorado’s Supermax Federal Prison. One is El Chapo. The other is Jimmy Sabatino, a serial conman whose exploits are so wild even he agrees with his draconian confinement.
Sean spoke to award-winning author and reporter Alan Prendergast about his recent article on Sabatino, and what justice can look like in such an extreme case as Jimmy’s. -
The Zombie Drug Robbery Gangs of Medellin Preying on Dating Apps w/ Toby Muse
Medellin was once the world's most violent city, torn about by Pablo Escobar's murderous cartel warfare and later, Don Berna's meteoric rise to control the city's drug trade. Over the last decade, though, the city has grown quite safe, becoming a tourism hotspot and hub for digital nomads attracted to it's people, parties and culture.
But a recent spate of robbery turned murders, mostly targeting foreigners through dating apps like Tinder and Bumble, is once again throwing the city's rep into question and garnering international headlines. But who, exactly, is behind it? We're joined by Underworld favorite and Colombian underworld specialist, reporter and producer Toby Muse.
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BONUS: Stash House Episode Six: Diddy in Danger, Haitian Horror and a Gas Guzzling Gang Got Got in Greece
Customer Reviews
Great podcast! Highly recommend!
I recently came across this podcast and I’m really enjoying it so far. The episodes’ subject matter is intriguing and they include so many details you probably haven’t heard before, even if you’re familiar with the topics they cover. The research goes deep and the episodes go by quickly, they never drag. I highly recommend listening, especially if you like podcasts about the world’s dark underbelly: crime, drugs, cartels, etc.
Great show!
Very well done. Keep up the banter! Plus the cold opens.
Please check this podcast out!
Entertainment, laughs and intrigue every time I tune in.