The Underworld Podcast

The Underworld Podcast
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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.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    The Last Street Boss of Chinatown: Ghost Shadows Peter Chin

    The Ghost Shadows are said to have been the wildest of Chinatown's gun-toting teenage gangs in the 1970's and 1980's, engaging in countless shootouts with their rivals the Flying Dragons and the White Eagles. And that was before they linked up with one of the Triad-connected tongs to run the neighborhood protection and gambling rackets, earning millions every year despite being barely out of their teens. When they finally went down on RICO charges in the mid 80's, they were tied to 13 murders. But it wasn't the rival gangs that tore the Ghost Shadows apart; it was a power struggle between the street generals that proved to be the biggest challenge. And it's then when Peter Chin arrived on the scene to claim the role of Dai Lo, or big brother. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 2m

  2. 25 FEB

    The World's Biggest Arms Trafficker Goes Down Hard

    When Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi arms dealer and self-styled world’s richest man, met with US officials to discuss the Ayatollah, it may have seemed like a chance to cash in corporate power for political clout. But the affair — and an ill-advised friendship with the kleptocratic leaders of the Philippines — would send Khashoggi’s businesses into a tailspin, and land him jail. What came next was one of the most spectacular court cases of the era. And it finally shined a spotlight on the life and legends of a man whose lavish lifestyle was the envy of world leaders, and an up-and-coming Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    55 min

  3. 19 FEB · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    BONUS: Stashhouse: Mobster Ghost Guns, Egg Heists, and Cartel Questions!

    Stashhouse is back, and we're getting into some all the wild organized crime stories this week.

    22 min

  4. 18 FEB

    The Dixie Mafia: Gone South w/Jed Lipinski

    The Dixie Mafia terrorized the southern US for decades before authorities were finally able to bring them down. Starting off as a loose collective of career criminals who specialized in burglaries and robberies, they grew more organized after starting to use the infamous Biloxi strip of undercover brothels and gambling houses as a base, eventually shifting to everything from drug smuggling to contract killing to even running national romance scams. We're joined by Jed Lipinski of Gone South to break down everything from carnie robberies to corrupt sheriffs and murdered judges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    57 min

  5. 12 FEB · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    BONUS: The Fugitive Romanian Prince Whose Quest for Wealth Landed Him in Jail

    Miles Johnson is an investigative reporter at the Financial Times. Last month he published ‘The Fugitive Prince’, a wild caper about a spurned Romanian royal, a team of global fixers, and their hunt for a slice of the Eastern European nation’s treasures. Read the story here: https://www.ft.com/content/51f88322-c9e2-4045-8ea8-862288fb1d6f Miles’ other work at the FT: https://www.ft.com/miles-johnson Miles’ book on organized crime, ‘Chasing Shadows’: https://www.amazon.com.au/Chasing-Shadows-story-secret-international-ebook/dp/B0B8X55QVT

    31 min

  6. 11 FEB

    The Richest Arms Dealer Ever: Adnan Khashoggi

    Adnan Khashoggi was born in Mecca — but his life was anything but pious. The billionaire had multiple wives, girlfriends and armies of callgirls, not to mention gambling sessions and club nights whose costs ran into the millions of dollars. Khashoggi made his first riches shipping arms from the US to Saudi Arabia. But soon his “fees,” and the ways he got them, began to catch up with him. And dalliances in politics, bad investments, and some friends in dark places, would send the life of the ‘world’s richest man’ into a criminal tailspin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    55 min

  7. 4 FEB

    The Mobster Who Ruled Hawaii & His Brutal Revenge Quest

    Michael Miske came from a broken home through years of petty crime to lead a gang of lost boys in Honolulu, cornering its drug scene and befriending cops to build an empire of pain in the Aloha State. But when Miske’s son slammed his car into a truck and died, it sent the kingpin on a spiral of misplaced rage — ending in murder, conspiracy and even a chemical weapon attack. Even when the law caught up with him, Miske had one last trick up his sleeve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 3m

  8. 3 FEB · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    BONUS: The Mercenaries, Rebels and Robbers Fighting over Congo’s Riches

    What do Rwandan-backed rebels, a Bulgarian-French gold robber, Romanian mercenaries and Erik Prince have in common? Yep, you guessed it - they’re all scrambling to secure the riches that lay beneath the soil of North Kivu, a Congolese region filled with all the rare earth minerals a tech broligarch could need. And as M23 guerrillas take Goma, its largest city, we ask Nathan Southern and Lindsey Kennedy—who travelled there a year back—what it’s really like, and what the future might hold for those trapped in the crossfire.

    46 min
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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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    • Creator
      The Underworld Podcast
    • Years Active
      2020 - 2025
    • Episodes
      263
    • Rating
      Clean
    • Copyright
      Copyright © 2002 Airwave Media. All rights reserved.
    • Show Website
      The Underworld Podcast
    • Provider
      Daniel Gold

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