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The Underworld Podcast

The Underworld Podcast

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Underworld exposes the secret world of transnational criminal networks that have flourished since there were banks to bust, drugs to smuggle, and scams to run. Journalists Danny Gold and Sean Williams bring their experience reporting on dangerous people and organizations to take listeners on a global tour of mobsters, warlords and crooks - from Brooklyn to Beijing, from the streets to the boardrooms - and everywhere in between. Underworld is a show about heroes, villains, and the barely visible mafias that affect all our lives, whether we know it or not.Copyright © 2002 Airwave Media. All rights reserved. Social Sciences True Crime World
Episodes
  • The Rise of China’s Biggest Mob Boss EVER

    The Rise of China’s Biggest Mob Boss EVER
    Jun 30 2026
    Born into a peasant family on the outskirts of Shanghai, Du Yuesheng grew up an inveterate gambler and opium addict. But as he forged alliances in the growing metropolis’ underworld, members of a secret society-turned-cartel saw promise. Before long, ‘Big Ears Du’ was running gambling dens, opium divans and brothels. And as Shanghai, cleaved into foreign concessions and wildly unequal, became a global megacity, Du knew just who to befriend, best or kill to get his way. And by the mid-1920s, when China’s nationalists and communists were ready to throw down in Shanghai, Du stood ready to carve his name into Chinese history forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 mins
  • Chinatown’s Gangster Prince: Shrimp Boy

    Chinatown’s Gangster Prince: Shrimp Boy
    Jun 23 2026
    Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow possesses one of the best mob nicknames out there. The San Francisco Chinatown gangster went from teenage immigrant hooligan from the streets of Hong Kong to one of the most infamous Asian organized crime figures in America. His story has everything: Chinatown tongs, Hong Kong triad influence, immigrant protection rackets, gambling dens, and the violent gang wars that turned San Francisco’s streets into a battleground. Then comes Shrimp Boy’s strange second act, when he reemerges from prison claiming to be a reformed community leader, even as the FBI is building a sprawling undercover case around him. It all ends in a wild corruption and organized crime scandal involving guns, money laundering, murder allegations, and a California state senator caught in the same net. Subscribe: www.patreon.com/theunderworldpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Redux: Africa's Pablo Escobar: Ibrahim Akasha

    Redux: Africa's Pablo Escobar: Ibrahim Akasha
    Jun 16 2026
    Ibrahim Akasha was the kingpin of East Africa’s heroin highway, setting up a massive tracking empire that stretched from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran to Kenya, South Africa and Europe. When he was gunned down in 2000, his sons stepped into the void, hungrier and even more violent...but also, more sloppy. They struck deals with Pakistani mobsters and Colombian cartels, turning Kenya’s ports into gateways for global dope. But their empire crumbled in a DEA sting straight out of a Hollywood script. *Note: Sean disappeared while on vacation in Amsterdam, Danny had to be hospitalized post Knicks win, so we took a week off for the first time in a year. Enjoy this classic episode from last summer: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    59 mins
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Well researched interesting content on the world of crime. listened to all of the pods

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