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Hey, Crime Town listeners, this is Mark

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Smirling. I want to tell you about

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a new podcast for my friends over

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at Tenderfoot TV. It's called Crook County.

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And it's the true story about a

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young man named Kyle came to find

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out that his father was not exactly

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the man he thought he was. By

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day, Kyle's dad was a fireman. But

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for more than 20 years he was

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leading a double life. You see, at

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night, Kyle's dad was a mafia hitman.

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Recruited into the legendary Chicago Chicago

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outfit when he was just 17.

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Kenny the kid, Tequila, started off

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as a door man at a

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mob run brothel, and he rose

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through the mafia ranks to become

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one of Chicago's most ruthless assassins.

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Now he's telling a story to

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the one guy he definitely owes

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an explanation to, his son. Part

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true crime, part mafia story, part

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family saga, Crook County doesn't disappoint.

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Check out this trailer. While you

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listen, search Crook County and your

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podcast app to follow the show. I've

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done criminal defense now for almost

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37 years. It takes one guy

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out there to say, who's that

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fucking asshole Kyle who thinks he

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can just get on a god

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damn microphone on a podcast and

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start publicizing this shit. Earlier this

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morning, detectives and federal agents invaded

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a junk yard in DuPage County,

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just west of Chicago. In keeping

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with the legendary M.O. of the

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Chicago mob, officials fully expected that

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they might find corpses inside the

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trunk of the automobile. From

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I-Hart Podcasts and Tenderfoot

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TV comes a new true

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crime podcast, Crook County. I got

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recruited into the mob when I was

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17 years old. Meet Kenny, aka the

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kid. I ran whorehouses, and I did

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hits. An enforcer for the legendary Chicago

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outfit. I wanted him to know I

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meant fucking business here. Put the gun

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back up to his forehead. He lived

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a secret double life as a fire.

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for the Chicago Fire Department. I

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had a wife and I had

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two children. Nobody knew anything. I

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always believed whatever he said, so

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I was not aware of his

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mafia involvement. Dad was a fucking

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crazy bastard. Welcome to Crook County.

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The true story of one man's

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life inside organized crime and his

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family left to pick up the

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pieces when it all went wrong.

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You could see why he could

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be an enforcer. People are dying.

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Is he doing this every night? Does he

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go out when they go to bed? And

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they don't even know he's not even

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in the house. Torn between two

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worlds. Just when you think you're

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away from all this shit, I'm

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covering up fucking murders that these

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cops are doing. Tearing him and

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his family apart. I don't know why

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I deserve this. Ken's gonna die

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one day. And now Ken's gotta

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sit in front of the big

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guy and try to explain his

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way out of this one. You

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know, where I had every fucking

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opportunity in the world to

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do the right thing. But I

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chose not to. Ken is this

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great guy and he's a legend

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and... Dad was a heroin addict.

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He was a freaking crazy man.

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We don't know who he is, really.

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He is my father. And I had

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no idea about any of this until

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now. Welcome to Crook County, available

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now. Listen for free on

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the I heart radio app,

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Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever

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you get your podcasts.