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Phillip Crawford Jr. - The Mafia and the Gays
Former NY Lawyer and true crime author Phillip J. Crawford joins Ed Opperman to discuss how the Mafia capitalised on the gay scene at a time when it was illegal and frowned upon.
The Mafia and the Gays meticulously documents how the mob controlled gay bars for decades in New York and Chicago due to their once illicit status, and relies upon an extensive collection of primary sources including FBI files many of which were not publicly available until acquired by author Phillip Crawford Jr. through substantive amounts of FOIs.
Book: The Mafia and the Gays
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The Gotti Boys - The Mafia that killed for John Gotti
Ed Opperman is joined by Tony Staffano, a national expert on the American Mafia. He is the author of nine books on the subject, including the recent bestsellers: The Deadly Don and Top Hoodlum. In addition to being an organized crime expert, DeStefano is an award-winning journalist who covers crime in New York for Newsday. He has won numerous awards for his work, including a Pulitzer Prize and an Emmy.
John Gotti Jr. was an American gangster and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. He ordered and helped to orchestrate the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano in December 1985 and took over the family shortly thereafter, becoming boss of what was described as America's most powerful crime syndicate.
Gotti and his brothers grew up in poverty and turned to a life of crime at an early age. Gotti quickly became one of the crime family's biggest earners and a protégé of Aniello Dellacroce, the Gambino family underboss, operating out of the neighborhood of Ozone Park in Queens. Following the FBI's indictment of members of Gotti's crew for selling narcotics, Gotti began to fear that he and his brother would be killed by Castellano for dealing drugs. As this fear continued to grow, and amidst growing dissent over the leadership of the crime family, Gotti organized the murder of Castellano.
At his peak, Gotti was one of the most powerful and dangerous crime bosses in the United States. During his era, he became widely known for his outspoken personality and flamboyant style, which gained him favor with some of the general public. While his peers generally avoided attracting attention, especially from the media, Gotti became known as "The Dapper Don", for his expensive clothes and personality in front of news cameras. He was later given the nickname "The Teflon Don" after three high-profile trials in the 1980s resulted in his acquittal, though it was later revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct and witness intimidation. Law enforcement authorities continued gathering evidence against Gotti, who reportedly earned between $5–20 million per year as Gambino boss.
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Tony Ortega : Scientology Use of Private Investigators
Tony Ortega : Scientology Use of Private Investigators
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Chappaquiddick: The Killing of Mary Jo Kopechne
This is the complete FBI CHAPPAQUIDDICK file. Much of the hit movie is based on this file. These pages are in the same order as found in the file. It must be noted that the clear majority of Americans believe Edward Kennedy let Mary Jo drown to save himself and his political career. Most think he got away with killing her. As a former detective, I believe he got away with it. From Kennedy’s delay in notifying police, his selective memory, his unbelievable testimony contained in these pages and the theatrical grand jury which only heard from 4 witnesses totaling 20 minutes of testimony before deciding not to indict. It’s clear that since this occurred in the Kennedy’s kingdom of Massachusetts, the fix was in. How much did it cost, we’ll never know. All we do know is that Mary Jo did not receive justice. Edward Kennedy was convicted for leaving the scene of an accident with bodily injury. His penalty, two months in jail—but the sentence was suspended. In simple terms, he didn’t spend a single day in jail for killing her. That is not justice. As you read the court testimony pay particular attention to Kennedy’s highly scripted and dubious statements.
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Cathy Scott - Robert Durst Murders
Cathy Scott is a Los Angeles Times bestselling American true-crime writer and investigative journalist who penned the biographies and true crime books The Killing of Tupac Shakurand The Murder of Biggie Smalls, bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic.
In this interview she tells Ed about the evidence against Durst, which she has gained through intensive research into the case and personal contacts.
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BACKGROUND
Robert Durst was a real estate magnate who inherited his empire from his Father, New York business tycoon Seymour Durst. Durst (Bob) first came to a larger public prominence when the investigation pointed to himself as a suspect in the cold case of his first wife’s Kathleen McCormacks’ unexplained disappearance in 1982. He was then investigated for the murder in 2000 of his friend Susan Berman and the killing the following year of his neighbour Morris Black.
Durst stood trial in 2003 for Black’s murder, but it ended in aquittal; However, the documentary series The Jinx showed significant new evidence in the case of Susan Berman and led to a trial which resulted in Durst being convicted of her murder and sentenced to life without parole. He was then also charged with McCormack’s disappearance in 2021 but died in 2022 before the trial could be set in motion.
At sentencing in 2021, Durst hung his head low and in a hot mic moment was heard to say to himself ‘What did I do’ to which he answered, angrily ‘You killed them all’.
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Jen Thomas - Bidwell - Terron Evans update
Jen Thomas-Bidwell lost her son in murky circumstances which have consistently failed to be investigated.
Her son died in his girlfriends' house. The claim is he died through ingestion of toxic substances; but the exact events which lead to his death are convoluted and contradictory.
New evidence has arisen in the case, which Ms Thomas-Bidwell has had to uncover herself due to Police inaction in the case.
She tells Ed Opperman about her personal investigation and her quest to find out what exactly happened to her son, and bring him the justice he deserves.
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Her previous statement is below and here is the previous interview
My name is Jennifer Baxtron. I organized and led Black Lives Matter Potsdam NY from June 1,2020 through June 30,2021. I organized Black Lives Matter Potsdam NY because of the treatment of black people by law enforcement community members and prosecutors(past and present) throughout the North Country. When I started Black Lives Matter Potsdam NY I became very vocal about the treatment of a black man named Nick Hillary who was modern day lynched by the system which has caused the unsolved murder case of Garrett Phillips to remain unsolved in Potsdam NY. Please watch the 2 part HBO Documentary called Who Killed Garrett Phillips, you can also watch it on YouTube. My son Terron Evans Jr moved to Potsdam NY just a couple of weeks after I started Black Lives Matter Potsdam NY. From the time he got there he stood with me, marched and rallied with me throughout St. Lawrence County. In September 2020 Terron met a woman that he started dating. On January 8, 2021 this woman Crystal Hamilton Kipp and her adult son Brian Gates claimed that my son committed suicide in their home in Potsdam NY. I later found out that this woman and her son are informants for the police. The Potsdam Police which I was/ am up against in regards to Garretts unsolved murder in Potsdam NY and now my son. There were two Potsdam Police that responded to the scene of my sons death first. Out of the two responding officers I was only granted one body cam video which was heavily redacted down to 2min 36sec (which mentioned nothing about the third person visible in the redacted video that is plain clothed at the trunk of the first patrol car)and the police reports.This informant told the police that she had just got up for work,but told the EMTs that she had gotten home from a night shift at work. The St. Lawrence County Sheriffs(3 of them) were second to respond to the scene of my son.The Sheriffs Department Detective Caringie was the lead Detective in my sons case.I was denied the supposed suicide note,all body cam videos and more.I believe that the truth about my sons death is being covered up,that he was killed and did not committ suicide. The officer whose redacted body cam video has resigned after I called Internal Affairs in June 2021,the lead Sheriff Detective for my son has retired and the Chief ADA (that the DA said he would talk to in regards to my request of referring Garretts unsolved case to the Attorney General)resigned on the same day my son was said to have committed suicide on January 8th 2021. I need help.
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Tom B - Dean Corll, the Candyman killer
Tom B was looking into serial killers when he came across the little known case of Texas lineman Dean Corll - known as the Candyman.
In doing so he has uncovered a massive ring of paedophiles, and a conspiracy which seemed to indicate these people were working together.
It's a horrifying tale of the seedy underbelly of suburbia, namely Houston Heights in Texas, where troubled kids or those who would not be missed were regularly the target of Corll and his co-conspirators.
Tom tells Ed Opperman about the rabbit hole he went down looking into Corll and his associations, and the cold, business like way these children were traded and eventually killed.
At the time of his arrest, Corll was responsible for at least 28 murders, but it is generally agreed his real total was much, much higher.
Recorded May 2023
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