Episodios

  • Scotland's Narco Blood Feud Explodes!

    Scotland's Narco Blood Feud Explodes!
    Jun 10 2025
    When cops on the English coast busted a bid to bring in a huge shipment of cocaine in 2020, it sent shockwaves through the underworld hundreds of miles north in Scotland, where the drugs were destined for, and reignited a bitter feud between the Lyons and Daniel crime families that had simmered for almost two decades. Today, with a third, international gang entering the fray, the feud has spilled into all-out war, with residents of Glasgow and Edinburgh watching in horror as homes burn and bodies drop. But how did it all begin — and where will the violence end? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    56 m
  • The Wild, Murderous Rampage of the Zizians

    The Wild, Murderous Rampage of the Zizians
    Jun 3 2025
    When cops arrested a group of masked, black-robed protesters at a California campsite in 2019, most folks thoughts they’d caught some eccentric but harmless members of the Bay Area’s niche rationalist movement. But over the next few years the group would rally around its charismatic leader, Ziz LaSota, tearing across North America on a rampage of robbery and murder. But even today, with LaSota in prison and several members dead, nobody’s quite sure what the Zizians are: a cult? A gang? Or just the most extreme Silicon Valley shitposters in history? We speak to journalist and author Evan Ratliff, who reported the Zizians for WIRED Magazine, to find out more — plus some bonus chat on Evan’s AI scam-led podcast “Shell Game”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 12 m
  • The Chinese Mafia Takeover of America's Weed Industry

    The Chinese Mafia Takeover of America's Weed Industry
    May 27 2025
    There''s a new king at the top of the US weed game, raking in tens of billions of dollars, so organized and prolific that they've replaced the cartels. A sprawling, shadowy empire of Chinese triads is running thousands of illegal grow ops across the U.S. From California suburbs to rural Maine, these operations are powered by slave labor, stolen utilities, and chemicals banned in America. But it gets even crazier. Cause behind it all? Links to high-level officials in the Chinese Communist Party. Get 60% off the Magic Mind offer with our link and code https://magicmind.com/underworldmf & UNDERWORLD60 #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 m
  • How Diego Maradona Fueled the Rise of Naples’ Camorra

    How Diego Maradona Fueled the Rise of Naples’ Camorra
    May 20 2025
    When Argentine soccer wizard Diego Armando Maradona swapped Barcelona for lowly Napoli in 1984, it shocked the sporting world — and sent Naples’ deadly Camorra into overdrive. Corrupt from the very start, the move would send the world’s greatest player into a tailspin of drugs, sex and crime, even while his onfield performances won Napoli its first league in over six decades. But as Maradona Mania gripped the Italian city, the star’s underworld friends realized how big a cash cow he was — and flooded Naples with drugs, smuggled cigarettes, guns and shady property deals. And it was right when Maradona was at his peak — an Italian league, and World Cup winner — that things really began to fall apart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 m
  • The Olympic Snowboarder Narco Kingpin

    The Olympic Snowboarder Narco Kingpin
    May 13 2025
    How did a Canadian former Olympian build a one billion dollar narco empire? A few months ago, the feds added a new name to their 10 most wanted list: Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic athlete and middle class Canadian kid who managed to build himself into a powerful narco kingpin. But how the hell did a middle class kid from small town Canada go from being one of the world's best snowboarders to ordering numerous hits across Canada, moving thousands of kilos from Mexico through the US, and having a 10 million dollar bounty on his head? This is a wild one! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 m
  • The Sinaloan Train Robbers Causing Havoc in the Mojave Desert

    The Sinaloan Train Robbers Causing Havoc in the Mojave Desert
    May 6 2025
    You may have missed it, but there’s a new gang of train robbers in the American West — and they’re suprisingly like the bandits of old. For over a decade a team comprised mostly of Mexicans from the state of Sinaloa has been jumping aboard freight cars, sometimes at 70mph, and grabbing…Nike sneakers. Yes, these enterprising thieves have got their eyes on a very particular prize: unreleased, limited-edition Nikes, mostly Air Jordans. And they’re good at it. This week’s show digs into the gang’s MO, what can be done, and some heists of yesteryears — including Butch Cassidy, Jesse James, and a remarkable gold heist that shocked Victorian London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 m
  • The Gunrunner Who Tried to Save China: Two Gun Cohen

    The Gunrunner Who Tried to Save China: Two Gun Cohen
    Apr 29 2025
    On Christmas Day, 1941, as bombs tear Hong Kong apart, gunrunner Morris "Two Gun" Cohen — a street hustler from the slums of London turned Canadian frontiersman turned Chinese general — stares down death from a hotel room. From underground boxing rings to arms deals, Cohen fought the Japanese and Soviets, battled communists, warlords and mercenaries, and drank his way through China's bloodiest years. This is the story of the outlaw who ran guns and dodged death while becoming the bodyguard to the father of modern China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 1 m
  • Los Muchachos: Miami's Cuban Cartel

    Los Muchachos: Miami's Cuban Cartel
    Apr 22 2025
    In 1980s Miami, amid the glitz, gunfire, and power boats, two Cuban-American friends Sal Magluta and Willy Falcon, built one of the most powerful drug empires in U.S. history. Known as Los Muchachos, they moved mountains of cocaine through a city shaped by Cuban exiles, ambition, and an underworld that blurred the line between loyalty and lawlessness. From funding anti-Castro revolutionaries to working with both the Medellin and Cali Cartel, this is the story of how they rose, ruled, and ran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 m
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