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.
I've done criminal defense now for almost thirty seven years.
It takes one guy out there who saying.
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 o 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 seventeen years old.
Meet Kenny aka 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 and a wife and I have two children.
Nobody knew anything.
I always believe 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 up 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, and dad.
Was a heroin addicts. 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 listen for free on the iHeartRadio, app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.