https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gangsters--5940518enEducationCopyright Circle Of Insight Productionshttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c08b27ef27471e63689f9934f813bc3d.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gangsters--5940518Mon, 09 Nov 2026 13:42:04 +0000Circle Of Insight ProductionsCircle Of Insight Productionsvazquezclos2@aol.comTravel back to the roaring 1920s, when bootleggers built criminal empires, gangsters ruled American streets, and federal agents fought to restore order. Gangsters & the Prohibition Era tells the true stories of notorious mob bosses, daring bank...false15a4bffe-c2c0-5ef9-a590-6bdcbcd9fa9depisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/al-capone-s-other-empire-the-criminal-businesses-behind-chicago-s-most-famous-gangster--76256670https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76256670Mon, 09 Nov 2026 13:27:02 +0000Circle Of Insight ProductionsAl Capone is remembered as America’s most notorious bootlegger, but illegal alcohol was only one part of his criminal empire. Behind Chicago’s speakeasies operated an extensive network of gambling houses, prostitution rackets, protection schemes,...208falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/before-al-capone-how-chicago-s-street-gangs-became-organized-crime--76138786https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76138786Sun, 08 Nov 2026 16:20:01 +0000Circle Of Insight ProductionsChicago's criminal organizations did not emerge fully formed during Prohibition. This episode traces the development of neighborhood gangs, vice operators, and protection rackets that helped shape the city's underworld. It examines how territorial...171falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lucky-luciano-the-gangster-who-built-the-modern-american-mafia--76090423https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76090423Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:23:01 +0000Circle Of Insight ProductionsCharles “Lucky” Luciano did more than become one of America’s most powerful gangsters—he helped transform organized crime from competing street gangs into a coordinated national enterprise. By eliminating old-guard Mafia leadership and helping...218falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-kray-twins-the-gangsters-who-ruled-london-s-underworld--76087407https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76087407Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:00:01 +0000Circle Of Insight ProductionsIn 1960s London, twin brothers Ronnie and Reggie Kray transformed themselves from East End street criminals into celebrity gangsters, rubbing shoulders with entertainers, politicians, and wealthy socialites while running a violent criminal enterprise....227falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frank-lucas-the-harlem-drug-kingpin-and-the-myth-of-american-gangster--76030426https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76030426Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:36:27 +0000Circle Of Insight ProductionsFrank Lucas became one of America’s most recognizable drug kingpins, claiming to have built a heroin empire by importing narcotics directly from Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. His story inspired the 2007 film American Gangster, starring Denzel...206falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jimmy-the-gent-burke-the-ruthless-gangster-behind-the-lufthansa-heist--75901754https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75901754Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:39:18 +0000Circle Of Insight ProductionsJimmy Burke was never formally inducted into the American Mafia, largely because of his Irish ancestry, yet he became one of the most influential criminal associates connected to New York’s Lucchese crime family. Known as “Jimmy the Gent,” Burke built...225falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/murder-incorporated-the-mafia-s-real-life-death-squad--75852867https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75852867Mon, 19 Oct 2026 03:03:34 +0000Circle Of Insight ProductionsDuring the 1930s and 1940s, a group of professional killers became one of the most feared organizations in American organized crime. Known as Murder Incorporated, these assassins carried out killings for powerful underworld figures, leaving bodies...188falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-st-valentine-s-day-massacre-seven-murders-and-a-gangland-mystery--75703087https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75703087Sun, 11 Oct 2026 20:23:30 +0000Circle Of Insight ProductionsOn Valentine’s Day in 1929, seven men were murdered inside a Chicago garage in one of America’s most notorious gangland killings. Suspicion immediately fell on Al Capone’s criminal organization, but no one was convicted of the massacre. Discover the...186falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/al-capone-s-downfall-the-crime-boss-brought-down-by-his-own-money--75661866https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75661866Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:55:13 +0000Circle Of Insight ProductionsAl Capone controlled one of America’s most notorious criminal organizations during Prohibition, building a fortune through bootlegging, gambling, and corruption. Despite years of violence and investigations, authorities struggled to put him behind...221falsefull