LA County Sheriff’s Gangs Pt. 5: The East LA Banditos
LA County Sheriff’s Gangs Pt. 5: The East LA Banditos
In East LA, a group of deputies named the Banditos stand accused of running the sheriff’s substation like a gang, instit... Read more
24 Dec 2020
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42mins
LA County Sheriff’s Gangs Pt. 4: The Compton Executioners
LA County Sheriff’s Gangs Pt. 4: The Compton Executioners
The Compton Executioners allegedly control every aspect of life at the LASD Compton substation. Gang members have been a... Read more
17 Dec 2020
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43mins
LA County Sheriff’s Gangs Pt. 3: Wild West Roots/Jump Out Boys
LA County Sheriff’s Gangs Pt. 3: Wild West Roots/Jump Out Boys
By the 1850s, Los Angeles was one of the most dangerous places to live in the West. Extrajudicial killings, unchecked ra... Read more
10 Dec 2020
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40mins
LA County Sheriff’s Gangs Pt. 2: The Lennox Grim Reapers
LA County Sheriff’s Gangs Pt. 2: The Lennox Grim Reapers
The community of Lennox in Los Angeles is just one square mile, but it has an enormous problem. Alongside violent gang a... Read more
3 Dec 2020
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43mins
LA County Sheriff’s Gangs Pt. 1: Little Devils & Lynwood Vikings
LA County Sheriff’s Gangs Pt. 1: Little Devils & Lynwood Vikings
Deputy gangs have been embedded in the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department since 1971. In the first of our five-part collab... Read more
26 Nov 2020
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45mins
“Granny Evil” Pt. 2: Kath Pettingill
“Granny Evil” Pt. 2: Kath Pettingill
After two Melbourne constables were gunned down in 1988, police identified the Pettingills as prime suspects. The case a... Read more
13 Nov 2020
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49mins
“Granny Evil” Pt. 1: Kath Pettingill
“Granny Evil” Pt. 1: Kath Pettingill
She was a young barmaid who rose to be the ruthless matriarch of a Melbourne crime family in the 1980s. Learn more abou... Read more
6 Nov 2020
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45mins
“The Acid King” Pt. 2: William Pickard
“The Acid King” Pt. 2: William Pickard
After the 1988 bust of his Mountain View LSD lab, William Pickard turned to academics and convinced his colleagues he wa... Read more
30 Oct 2020
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45mins
“The Acid King” Pt. 1: William Pickard
“The Acid King” Pt. 1: William Pickard
What happens when a chemistry genius meets 1960s counterculture? After wunderkind William Pickard began taking psychedel... Read more
23 Oct 2020
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49mins
“Whitey” Pt. 2: James Bulger
“Whitey” Pt. 2: James Bulger
Racketeering, gun running, contract killing… For two decades, “Whitey” Bulger was the crime king of Boston. But when the... Read more
16 Oct 2020
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48mins