I love these videos Gary. I was born in downtown Kansas City and lived in Liberty Missouri for a good portion of my life. I now live in Springfield and I have for awhile. I love to hear these stories and I greatly appreciate what you do. Growing up my dad would drive me around and point to certain businesses and restaurants and tell stories about the Civellas, which I was completely unfamiliar with, I'm now 20 years old and a bit of a history nerd, especially when it comes to organized crime. Your stories are some of the only believable information I can find. I appreciate it, and I hope you continue to tell these great stories. Enjoy your day and thank you again for your time.
Interesting! I had a young guy who had an uncle called Radio. He wanted to write a story about his uncle’s life in the 70s. I told him to go talk to Terry because he could fill in a lot of facts. Tell him about that the next time you talk.
Interesting story Gary, I knew Tuffy, I met him after his release from Leavenworth. I have some interesting stories about my experiences with the KC mob, all positive stories for the most part.
Kansas city is my favorite place to vacation. I head up up there every year. I stay at the 21c aka the savoy and absolutely love it there. That Australian bakery is fantastic!
@@GaryJenkinsMafiaDetective Thanks, have you done anything on Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, or Pretty Boy Floyd , gangsters from the depression would make good stories
@@gregscavuzzo5457 I have the Bonnie and Clyde Tour on you tube. I have several stories I did back in the early days. I don’t have video because they were before I started doing you tube with everything. I will take a look and fix them with some kind of image and put on you tube.
Sir; I was 19-20 ( 1976-1977) on the river Key, there was a bombing late one evening or early of the morning. It removed the hole block, unsure why or if it had to do anything with the Mod war's of the time. Thanks for the stories. My dad was in law enforcement from the late sixty's until his retirement in the early 90's
Gary, who was the guy that was blown up in the car in the grocery store parking lot across the street from the Sears building at 15th and Cleveland? I worked second shift at Sears and was on the roof and could see the car parts scattered all over the place.
Gary T. Parker aka Parker T. He was the running partner of Sonny Bowen. They probably killed Johnny Green Amaro in go garage. This was a retaliation for Green.
That liquor he stole was from Civella's liquor store, is what I always heard. Any idea if that's true regarding that Spero heist with Yellow? My uncle sam worked there w/ a Bonadonna brother (provided it's the same story I remember hearing.)
I lived on Virginia Street in Kansas City Missouri during the time of the mob attack on the Spero brothers I lived behind the building across from the tavern where a parking lot and the address was 626 Virginia Street first floor apartment I was only a kid I will never forget that night
About 1978 I was an 18 yr old carpet layer with an ad in the Star to lay carpet. So Frank Todaro found the ad and called me to do a Carpet Job for him. I met him at the Virginian Tavern and followed him to a lakefront home he was building or completely remodeling on Lake Waukomis in NKC (I think), for me to carpet the whole house. Took me two days to complete. I think I heard later on the news that this house was bombed. I never knew what that was all about and if he and his family was killed in that incident. And Ive always wondered if he was more then just the owner of the Virginian. (The year may not be exact.)
Gary, was there ever any truth to Mickey Finn being connected to the mob? I knew Mickey when he owned the bowling alley and Gold Buffett in NKC and the Rodeway Inn on Armour Rd.
Brancato's had baked bread for the city market vending, I seem to remember, no 100 positive though, these names all blend together - Too much time has passed.
My dad always loved villa Capri when we lived in kc, he had nostalgia from when he and his friends would drink underage there in high-school. I laughed so much when I found out it was a mob hang out at that time because it made so much sense why they would sell to high schoolers
@@GaryJenkinsMafiaDetective I could not remember the spelling of Cuezze. Too long ago! And it may not be the same family, but may have been. I played little league with Nick Civella's nephew and went to middle and high school with Carl Spero's nephew. Another friend lived closed to the Spero's in Kearney and had to be evacuated when Carl's nephew found the bomb under Carl's car.
@@GaryJenkinsMafiaDetective I know they asked Anthony Barber to take over in Vegas somehow, he declined. I know that Toni was corks girlfriend and he was LIVID that she ended up with Spero. she worked at the red apple where all those guys hung out and she was a beauty. Cork didn’t like the drugs and that’s how Speros made all their money. I was told that was the problem.. drugs
Jennifer, you must have been close to the action back then. You are right on. We actually had a drug case and selling weapons on Carl Spero when they killed him. Drugs may have been part of this dispute, but there were other things. Carl was going around recruiting guys saying he was moving in on the Civellas. Email me at ganglandwire@gmail.com to continue sharing notes. Might get another podcast episode going. Have you seen my documentary Brothers against Brothers the Civella Spero War. It’s a $1.99 rental on Amazon Prime.
This doesn’t matter but I had short conversation with one of civella granddaughter but she made a point during her father’s era blacks & Italian got along during her brothers era they didn’t!
Also did listeners recognize that woman. She went from one side right to the other. Obviously Italian lady. Right to the other factions fellas. That's too cold
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Great 👍 video Gary have a great day. And have fun golfing today.
On the golf course
@@GaryJenkinsMafiaDetectivenever mind I found it
@@GaryJenkinsMafiaDetectiveit’s hard to find a photo of these guys. Especially the Arab
Thank you for another Happy Sunday and soon to be famous video share, Casey in AZ
I love these videos Gary. I was born in downtown Kansas City and lived in Liberty Missouri for a good portion of my life. I now live in Springfield and I have for awhile. I love to hear these stories and I greatly appreciate what you do. Growing up my dad would drive me around and point to certain businesses and restaurants and tell stories about the Civellas, which I was completely unfamiliar with, I'm now 20 years old and a bit of a history nerd, especially when it comes to organized crime. Your stories are some of the only believable information I can find. I appreciate it, and I hope you continue to tell these great stories. Enjoy your day and thank you again for your time.
@@heathonsmith8003 you are welcome and thank you for your feedback
Great video Mr.Jenkins. Your leveled perspective really compliments your story-telling ability and knowledge. subbed
@@BobbyRenner-yw8zy thank you my friend.
Great stuff Gary, really enjoyed it.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great job, enjoyed your video
@@GabrielDilullo thank you
Really appreciate your first hand knowledge! Very interesting.
I grew up in that era and Terry kelton was a friend of mine and still is to this day i talk with him at least once a month
Interesting! I had a young guy who had an uncle called Radio. He wanted to write a story about his uncle’s life in the 70s. I told him to go talk to Terry because he could fill in a lot of facts. Tell him about that the next time you talk.
Your Son mike is a great friend of mine!
Interesting story Gary, I knew Tuffy, I met him after his release from Leavenworth. I have some interesting stories about my experiences with the KC mob, all positive stories for the most part.
@@taylorpresley4604 thanks I know that the majority are not all good or all bad like the rest of us.
@@GaryJenkinsMafiaDetective Fuck you Gary... Homeless Life are Mob Life... You do not know Shit... Its OMERTA, we just do not say...
I had forgotten Lester Moore. He owned a Chevy dealership in Liberty off of 291. There was talk of him being involved with the mob
Thanks, he was a big sports gambler and had some kind of close relationship with Carl Spero.
Kansas city is my favorite place to vacation. I head up up there every year. I stay at the 21c aka the savoy and absolutely love it there. That Australian bakery is fantastic!
Thanks! I just looked up that bakery down by the Savoy I see. We are going to try that. I had heard of it but have never investigated
@@GaryJenkinsMafiaDetective get the meat pies it's absolutely some of the best food I have ever had
What ever happened to Conrad Metz , anyway great job Gary, I remember when the Virginia Tavern shooting happened, take care and be safe
He did some time. I saw his obit sometime in the past few years.
@@GaryJenkinsMafiaDetective Thanks, have you done anything on Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, or Pretty Boy Floyd , gangsters from the depression would make good stories
@@gregscavuzzo5457 I have the Bonnie and Clyde Tour on you tube. I have several stories I did back in the early days. I don’t have video because they were before I started doing you tube with everything. I will take a look and fix them with some kind of image and put on you tube.
@@GaryJenkinsMafiaDetective Thanks
Sir; I was 19-20 ( 1976-1977) on the river Key, there was a bombing late one evening or early of the morning. It removed the hole block, unsure why or if it had to do anything with the Mod war's of the time. Thanks for the stories. My dad was in law enforcement from the late sixty's until his retirement in the early 90's
Roma Bakery was a left turn on the opposite corner of Virginia Street when I lived there until I was 12 years old
Gary, who was the guy that was blown up in the car in the grocery store parking lot across the street from the Sears building at 15th and Cleveland? I worked second shift at Sears and was on the roof and could see the car parts scattered all over the place.
Gary T. Parker aka Parker T. He was the running partner of Sonny Bowen. They probably killed Johnny Green Amaro in go garage. This was a retaliation for Green.
That liquor he stole was from Civella's liquor store, is what I always heard. Any idea if that's true regarding that Spero heist with Yellow? My uncle sam worked there w/ a Bonadonna brother (provided it's the same story I remember hearing.)
I think it was directly from a Yellow Freight truck.
@@GaryJenkinsMafiaDetective Thank you for all of your content - My father and I are really enjoying these.
Gary, what happened to Tiger Cardarella? We would always go to his record store on Independence Ave on Friday nights after we got paid.
@@ronfreeman2738 great prices weren’t they. Tiger was murdered and left in his car.
Do you know if there was ever any mob activity in Leavenworth County, Ks?
Not to my knowledge. Thanks for watching my channel.
I lived on Virginia Street in Kansas City Missouri during the time of the mob attack on the Spero brothers I lived behind the building across from the tavern where a parking lot and the address was 626 Virginia Street first floor apartment I was only a kid I will never forget that night
love this!
@@biscuitjefferson875 thanks
About 1978 I was an 18 yr old carpet layer with an ad in the Star to lay carpet.
So Frank Todaro found the ad and called me to do a Carpet Job for him.
I met him at the Virginian Tavern and followed him to a lakefront home he was building or completely remodeling on Lake Waukomis in NKC (I think), for me to carpet the whole house. Took me two days to complete.
I think I heard later on the news that this house was bombed.
I never knew what that was all about and if he and his family was killed in that incident.
And Ive always wondered if he was more then just the owner of the Virginian.
(The year may not be exact.)
Love the content from Dublin City centre ireland the old tenement houses ❤
@@GracieDuff-y8i thank you I love it when I hear from outside the US. Beannacht Dé ort
With all the acrimony and hostility between the Civella's and Spero's how did Mike Spero get at BA job at Local 41?
@@fenian123 I think he had that union job when all this started. He wanted Sam Ancona’s job and was refused. That is another reason for the problems
Gary, was there ever any truth to Mickey Finn being connected to the mob? I knew Mickey when he owned the bowling alley and Gold Buffett in NKC and the Rodeway Inn on Armour Rd.
Man that does sound familiar. But off the top of my head I’m not sure. Is that also Mickey Younghanz?
@@GaryJenkinsMafiaDetective Unless that was an alias, I don't think so. Finnegan was his real surname as far as I know
I don’t think so then, I don’t remember that name. Being in the entertainment business, he probably knew a lot of people.
I remember northeast being little Italy way back. Good Ole days
Just found Gary...he's great...like Bill Roemer and Joe Pistone...these cops are the real deal and tell the real story. Love it!
I know a family friend told my parents not to go to villa capri anymore.
My only brother worked at the Roma Bakery for years it was his first job
Nicks Crew was VICIOUS!!!
Brancato's had baked bread for the city market vending, I seem to remember, no 100 positive though, these names all blend together - Too much time has passed.
Was Nick connected to Jerry Jette political counselor??? Or do you have a video that explains Nick and politics?!!
I don’t and to my knowledge he was not. He was political and the Teamsters local president Roy Williams was one of his political connections.
My dad always loved villa Capri when we lived in kc, he had nostalgia from when he and his friends would drink underage there in high-school. I laughed so much when I found out it was a mob hang out at that time because it made so much sense why they would sell to high schoolers
I not only knew the Civella's, the Spero's, but I also went to elementary school with a Cuzzi. Probably not the right spelling
Thanks it is Cuezze I believe. Where did you know them from? The city market? Or the joints?
@@GaryJenkinsMafiaDetective I could not remember the spelling of Cuezze. Too long ago! And it may not be the same family, but may have been. I played little league with Nick Civella's nephew and went to middle and high school with Carl Spero's nephew. Another friend lived closed to the Spero's in Kearney and had to be evacuated when Carl's nephew found the bomb under Carl's car.
I was born in 1968 I think it was the 77 or 78 but I don’t remember
There was a woman involved, corks side girl left for Spero.. funny nobody ever mentions that.
Yes, you are correct. What happened on that trip to Vegas?
@@GaryJenkinsMafiaDetective I know they asked Anthony Barber to take over in Vegas somehow, he declined. I know that Toni was corks girlfriend and he was LIVID that she ended up with Spero. she worked at the red apple where all those guys hung out and she was a beauty. Cork didn’t like the drugs and that’s how Speros made all their money. I was told that was the problem.. drugs
Jennifer, you must have been close to the action back then. You are right on. We actually had a drug case and selling weapons on Carl Spero when they killed him. Drugs may have been part of this dispute, but there were other things. Carl was going around recruiting guys saying he was moving in on the Civellas. Email me at ganglandwire@gmail.com to continue sharing notes. Might get another podcast episode going. Have you seen my documentary Brothers against Brothers the Civella Spero War. It’s a $1.99 rental on Amazon Prime.
This doesn’t matter but I had short conversation with one of civella granddaughter but she made a point during her father’s era blacks & Italian got along during her brothers era they didn’t!
Very interesting thanks for the comment.
This is some Tony wise guy stuff haha
I dated the mafia. Very good to me. But I was a very beautiful young woman. I still remember their names.
Nick Speros uncle run yellow freight I heard???
@@Hkhfhfds he worked there and was very important on the docks.
It’s on RUclips
I am not Done with University of Phoenix I got my undergrads there...
I know the cammissano's
DOA
My daughter is 4.0GPA all her life... She walked away from High School with just a Degree
We watch all Gasoline Station Gary...
If we do not watch out for us who going to watch out for us.
The movie is good.
I not ever claimed Crip in my life
SICILY HAD HAD ITALY UP AND DOWN,,, AND WE KEEP RECORDS FOR OVER A THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF WHO WE ARE.
What Years are you talking about??? Because we get it out the mud and that is ok...
now you kids where are their
Now my duaghter mad at me beacause you Gary and you can not compete with nothing I do in life financially
Homeless life are Mob life
yall not going to understand... yall putting him down
lay off of the crack
I dont know what that guy was thinking growing his hair out and facial hair. Its like he wanted trouble from the boss
He was not going to fall in line, he was his own man.
Also did listeners recognize that woman. She went from one side right to the other. Obviously Italian lady. Right to the other factions fellas. That's too cold
Roma Bakery was a left turn on the opposite corner of Virginia Street when I lived there until I was 12 years old