Chicago Crime Chronicles

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Updated Jan 2

11/14/2022

Episode 2: The Police Test

Send a text and follow Neal on X @nealedelstein. Bob’s scholarship at Marquette ends abruptly because of his fighting and money-making schemes. He moves back home and bounces between odd jobs before he takes the Chicago Police exam. Once on the force, he teams up with a cop who introduces him to the Chicago Machine. Questions? Comments? Find Neal on Twitter at @NealEdelstein. Thank you for listening!

11/14/2022

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1h 8m
11/22/2022

Episode 3: Left For Dead

Send a text and follow Neal on X @nealedelstein. Bob becomes a Chicago cop and applies his street smarts to rise rapidly through the ranks. His encounters at the criminal courts inspire him to go to law school, but his world is shattered when he's left for dead after being run over by a patrol car. This is the third and final pillar of Bob's youth, as the foundation is set for his journey into Chicago's underworld. Questions? Comments? Find Neal on Twitter at @NealEdelstein. Thank you for listening!

11/22/2022

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1h 1m
11/28/2022

Episode 4: Chicago’s Courts

Send a text and follow Neal on X @nealedelstein. The malfeasance in the Chicago courts inspires Bob to go to law school. Mob-connected cop Rick Borelli introduces him to the web of illegal gambling operations that reach into the western suburbs of Chicago. Questions? Comments? Find Neal on Twitter at @NealEdelstein. Thank you for listening!

11/28/2022

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39 min
11/02/2022

Episode 1: Chicago Poor

Send a text and follow Neal on X @nealedelstein. How did Bob Cooley become the insider who destroyed the Chicago mob and the 1st Ward? We start at Bob’s youth on the South Side of Chicago, as he details his childhood struggles and the murders of both his grandfathers. Both men were cops, one ironically killed by Al Capone's hitmen. Questions? Comments? Find Neal on Twitter at @NealEdelstein. Thank you for listening!

11/02/2022

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40 min
12/05/2022

Episode 5: Count Dante And The Purolator Heist

Send a text and follow Neal on X @nealedelstein. A strange character named Count Dante enlists Bob for legal help. The Count is being charged with murder for an attack on an opposing dojo whose owner is siphoning his clients. Bob finds himself entangled in the Count's bizarre world, which he has to break away from. After the Count's mysterious death, Bob discovers evidence that he was involved in the Purolator Armored Express Heist. The crime remains unsolved and at the time was the largest cash heist in the US. Bob also discusses the Chop Shop Wars and an accumulating body count that follows him. Questions? Comments? Find Neal on Twitter at @NealEdelstein. Thank you for listening!

12/05/2022

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1h 4m
01/05/2023

Episode 9: Fixing Murder & Marcy Power

Send a text and follow Neal on X @nealedelstein. Carol Jean DiPasalegne was murdered by her husband, but the 1st Ward fixed the case so her husband would walk free so the machine could steal the insurance money on a double indemnity clause. Bob also explains how Pat Marcy gained control of the 1st Ward and exerted his ruthless power. Questions? Comments? Find Neal on Twitter at @NealEdelstein. Thank you for listening!

01/05/2023

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38 min
12/29/2022

Episode 8: Harry Aleman's Double Jeopardy?

Send a text and follow Neal on X @nealedelstein. We continue our conversation about the Harry Aleman murder trial and detail how Bob fixed the case. The stakes are life and death for Bob as Judge Wilson wavers about his conclusion due to threats in the papers targeting Wilson and his family. The Aleman case is unprecedented in the annals of the American legal system. Questions? Comments? Find Neal on Twitter at @NealEdelstein. Thank you for listening!

12/29/2022

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45 min
01/31/2023

Episode 12: A Crisis Of Conscience

Send a text and follow Neal on X @nealedelstein. At the behest of Pat Marcy, Bob defends a man accused of assaulting a female cop. Bob's encounter with Marcy after the trial is the spark that sends him to visit the Organized Crime Strike Force and turn on the 1st Ward. We also touch upon gambling operations at the local horse racing tracks in the Chicagoland area. Questions? Comments? Find Neal on Twitter at @NealEdelstein. Thank you for listening!

01/31/2023

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39 min
02/07/2023

Episode 13: The Aftermath

Send a text and follow Neal on X @nealedelstein. After departing the Crime Task Force office, Bob carries with him the weight of a life-altering moment. In the days that follow, the FBI unexpectedly arrives at his office, driven by a mission to validate his claims, urging him to don a wire. In a familiar pattern, the unfolding events hurtle toward a perilous conclusion, with lives hanging in the balance, entangled in the sinister world of ‘trunk music’ and the menacing threat of blowtorches. Questions? Comments? Find Neal on Twitter at @NealEdelstein. Thank you for listening!

02/07/2023

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44 min
01/13/2023

Episode 10: The Strange Death Of Karen Lee Koppel

Send a text and follow Neal on X @nealedelstein. There's a hit on Bob’s life for refusing to expose a witness in a trial. We also discuss the disappearance of Karen Lee Koppel. Koppel goes missing after her relationship with the head of the janitors union goes sideways. (This was a cold case, but through sources, I have found out it is an active investigation.) We end as Bob enters another world of corruption when he is hired by the Chinese mafia at the behest of Alderman Fred Roti. Questions? Comments? Find Neal on Twitter at @NealEdelstein. Thank you for listening!

01/13/2023

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40 min

Stories of murder, mayhem and mystery in Chicagoland.