Welcome to Crook County (Official Trailer)
Welcome to Crook County, a den of thieves, where a celebrated firefighter, husband and loving father led a secret double life as a hitman for the legendary organized crime syndicate, the Chicago Outfit. A secret that shattered his family. From Tenderfoot TV and iHeart Podcasts, Crook County is coming February 11th.
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I've done criminal defense now for almost 37 years. It takes one guy out there to say, who's that fucking asshole Kyle who thinks he can just get on a goddamn microphone on a podcast and start publicizing this shit? Earlier this morning, detectives and federal agents invaded a junkyard in DuPage County, just west of Chicago.
In keeping with the legendary MO of the Chicago mob, officials fully expected that they might find corpses inside the trunk of the automobile. From iHeart Podcasts and Tenderfoot TV comes a new true crime podcast, Crook County.
I got recruited into the mob when I was 17 years old. Meet Kenny, a.k.a.
The Kid. I ran whorehouses, and I did hits.
An enforcer for the legendary Chicago outfit. I wanted him to know I meant fucking business here.
Put the gun back up to his forehead. He lived a secret double life as a firefighter paramedic for the Chicago Fire Department.
I had a wife, and I had two children. Nobody knew anything.
I always believed whatever he said, so I was not aware of his mafia involvement. Dad was a fucking crazy bastard.
Welcome to Crook County. The true story of one man's life inside organized crime.
And his family left to pick up the pieces when it all went wrong. You could see why he could be an enforcer.
People are dying. Is he doing this every night? Does he go out when they go to bed and they don't even know he's not even in the house? Torn between two worlds.
Just when you think you're away from all this shit, I'm covering up fucking murders that these cops are doing. Tearing him and his family apart.
I don't know why I deserve this. Ken's gonna die one day..
And now Ken's got to sit in front of the big guy and try to explain his way out of this one. You know, where I had every fucking opportunity in the world to do the right thing.
But I chose not to. Ken is this great guy, and he's a legend.
Dad was a heroin addict.
He was a freaking crazy man.
We don't know who he is, really.
He is my father.
And I had no idea about any of this until now.
Welcome to Crook County, available now.
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