WEBVTT - Welcome to Crook County (Official Trailer)

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<v Speaker 1>I've done criminal defense now for almost thirty seven years.

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<v Speaker 2>It takes one guy out there who saying.

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<v Speaker 1>Who's that fucking asshole Kyle who thinks he can just

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<v Speaker 1>get on.

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<v Speaker 3>A goddamn microphone on a podcast and start publicizing this shit.

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<v Speaker 2>Earlier this morning, detectives and federal agents invaded a junkyard

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<v Speaker 2>in DuPage County, just west of Chicago. In keeping with

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<v Speaker 2>the legendary mo o of the Chicago Mob, officials fully

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<v Speaker 2>expected that they might find corpses inside the trunk of

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<v Speaker 2>the automobile.

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<v Speaker 1>From iHeart Podcasts and Tenderfoot TV comes a new true

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<v Speaker 1>crime podcast, Crook County.

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<v Speaker 3>I got recruited into the mob when I was seventeen

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<v Speaker 3>years old.

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<v Speaker 1>Meet Kenny aka the Kid.

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<v Speaker 3>I ran whorehouses and I did hits.

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<v Speaker 1>An enforcer for the legendary Chicago outfit.

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<v Speaker 3>I wanted him to know I meant fucking business here.

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<v Speaker 3>Put the gun back up to his forehead.

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<v Speaker 1>He lived a secret double life as a firefighter, paramedic

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<v Speaker 1>for the Chicago Fire Department and a wife and I

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<v Speaker 1>have two children.

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<v Speaker 3>Nobody knew anything.

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<v Speaker 2>I always believe whatever he said, so I was.

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<v Speaker 3>Not aware of his mafia involvement.

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<v Speaker 1>Dad was a fucking crazy bastard. Welcome to Crook County,

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<v Speaker 1>the true story of one man's life inside organized crime

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<v Speaker 1>and his family left to pick up the pieces when

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<v Speaker 1>it all went wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>You could see why he could be an enforcer.

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<v Speaker 1>People are dying.

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<v Speaker 2>Is he doing this every night? Does he go out

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<v Speaker 2>when they go to bed and they don't even know

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<v Speaker 2>He's not even in the house.

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<v Speaker 1>Torn between two worlds.

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<v Speaker 3>Just when you think you're away from all this shit,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm covering up fucking murders that these cops are.

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<v Speaker 1>Doing, tearing him and his family apart. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>why I deserve this.

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<v Speaker 3>Ken's gonna die one day, and now Ken's got up

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<v Speaker 3>sit in front of the big guy and try to

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<v Speaker 3>explain his way out of this one. You know where.

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<v Speaker 3>I had every fucking opportunity in the world to do

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<v Speaker 3>the right thing, but I chose not to.

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<v Speaker 2>Ken is this great guy, and he's a legend, and dad.

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<v Speaker 1>Was a heroin addicts. He was a freaking crazy man.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't know who he is really. He is my father,

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<v Speaker 1>and I had no idea about any of this until now.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Crook County available now listen for free on

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