Bomb City U.S.A.: Recent Episodes
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Cleveland in the 1970s. Its underworld in chaos, its crime families at war. A time when wise guys didn't just shoot their enemies, they blew them up. From WKYC Studios and 3News Investigates, a new podcast about Cleveland's mob scene, hidden right beneath the city's surface. Narrated by Investigator Rachel Polansky, this is the never before told, true story about organized crime, murder and the fight for control that left everyone dead, or behind bars.
He served as a top lieutenant to mobster boss, Danny Greene. Now, 38 years later, all spent behind bars, Kevin McTaggart wants to come home – saying he’s a changed man. And the former mobster is getting help winning his release from unlikely allies: the prosecutor who put him in prison, the warden who kept him locked up, even a beloved pro football star has a soft spot for Kevin McTaggart.
Imagine pulling off one of the biggest bank heists of our time, stealing millions of dollars, only to be found out because one of your friends forgot to bring the fake IDs. 3News investigator Rachel Polansky talks with a crew of mobbed-up burglars who pulled off one of the biggest break-ins ever, and almost got away with it.
Of all the bullets and bombs fired off during Cleveland's mob wars of the 1970s, it was a woman's simple sketch – and a hit man turned rat -- that would trigger the demise of organized crime. Plus, 3News investigator Rachel Polansky talks with a young female prosecutor who helped take down a mafia kingpin.
Danny Greene was a proud Irishman who was determined to replace the Italian-American mafia with an Irish-American mob in Cleveland. 3News investigator Rachel Polansky talks with those who knew him and those who chased him. This includes the first-ever interview with the FBI agent who identified Danny Greene's body, after a bomb snuffed out his life.
Cleveland in the 1970s. Its underworld in chaos, its crime families at war. A time when wise guys didn't just shoot their enemies, they blew them up. From WKYC Studios and 3News Investigates, a new podcast about Cleveland's mob scene, hidden right beneath the city's surface. Narrated by Investigator Rachel Polansky, this is the never before told, true story about organized crime, murder and the fight for control that left everyone dead, or behind bars.