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Crimetown

Welcome to Crimetown, a series produced by Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier in partnership with Gimlet Media. Each season, we investigate the culture of crime in a different city. In Season 2, Cri... Read more

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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S2 E01: Stop the Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets

S2 E01: Stop the Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets

Detroit, 1971—a city riven by blight, racial strife, and rising crime. In the first episode of Crimetown Season 2, the p... Read more

1 Oct 2018

35mins

Ranked #2

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S2 E03: The Fat Man and the Field Marshall

S2 E03: The Fat Man and the Field Marshall

Eddie Jackson and Courtney Brown are childhood friends from a poor neighborhood. Eddie is the troublemaker, drawn to Det... Read more

9 May 2019

35mins

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Ranked #3

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S1 E02: The Wiseguys

S1 E02: The Wiseguys

How does a kid from Providence become a mob enforcer? Two men share their personal stories of joining Raymond Patriarca’... Read more

20 Nov 2016

36mins

Ranked #4

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S1 E01: Divine Providence

S1 E01: Divine Providence

Welcome to Providence, Rhode Island, a city where organized crime corrupted every aspect of public life. In the first ep... Read more

20 Nov 2016

35mins

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Ranked #5

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S1 E03: The Making of a Mayor

S1 E03: The Making of a Mayor

Buddy Cianci runs for mayor as the anti-corruption candidate, promising to change Providence. He’s a novice Republican p... Read more

27 Nov 2016

33mins

Ranked #6

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S1 E16: Operation Plunder Dome

S1 E16: Operation Plunder Dome

Dennis Aiken is an FBI agent from Mississippi. Anthony Freitas is a businessman from Portugal. Together, they’re Provide... Read more

23 Apr 2017

47mins

Ranked #7

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S1 E04: The Bonded Vault Heist

S1 E04: The Bonded Vault Heist

August 14, 1975. A ragtag crew of crooks holds up a fur company. But it’s not just a fur company. It’s the Patriarca cri... Read more

4 Dec 2016

36mins

Ranked #8

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S1 E18: The Prince of Providence

S1 E18: The Prince of Providence

Buddy Cianci was once a crusading prosecutor who took on the mob. Now, he’s behind bars. For the mayor of any other city... Read more

8 May 2017

47mins

Ranked #9

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S1 E17: The Trial of Buddy Cianci

S1 E17: The Trial of Buddy Cianci

Buddy Cianci faces justice. His lawyers say he’s the Renaissance Mayor, too busy rebuilding Providence to notice a few b... Read more

30 Apr 2017

32mins

Ranked #10

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S1 E15: Family Ties

S1 E15: Family Ties

Charles “the Ghost” Kennedy and his sister Gloria took very different paths in life. She became a state senator. He beca... Read more

10 Apr 2017

39mins

Ranked #11

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S1 E05: The Art of the Deal

S1 E05: The Art of the Deal

Buddy Cianci, the popular mayor of Providence, runs for governor. But he knows something the people of Rhode Island don’... Read more

11 Dec 2016

35mins

Ranked #12

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S1 E14: Renaissance Man

S1 E14: Renaissance Man

Buddy Cianci left City Hall in disgrace after torturing a man in his living room. Now, he attempts the impossible: runni... Read more

2 Apr 2017

36mins

Ranked #13

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S1 E06: Gerald and Harold

S1 E06: Gerald and Harold

Police discover a bullet-riddled body in the backseat of a car. Jerry Tillinghast and his brother Harold are arrested. B... Read more

18 Dec 2016

35mins

Ranked #14

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S1 E13: The Network

S1 E13: The Network

A shadowy group of political insiders tries to cover up a crisis. A mobbed-up banker vanishes after embezzling millions ... Read more

19 Mar 2017

34mins

Ranked #15

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S1 E12: Mob Justice

S1 E12: Mob Justice

A mob lawyer rises to become Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. He promises to leave his past associations... Read more

12 Mar 2017

31mins

Ranked #16

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S1 E11: The Doctor Broad

S1 E11: The Doctor Broad

A young doctor suddenly finds herself caring for a sickly old man named Raymond Patriarca. As she grows closer to her ne... Read more

5 Mar 2017

37mins

Ranked #17

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S1 E10: The Ghost

S1 E10: The Ghost

After a lucrative career as a thief, Charles Kennedy has an important realization: the real money is in drugs. He rises ... Read more

26 Feb 2017

37mins

Ranked #18

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S1 E09: A Deal With the Devil

S1 E09: A Deal With the Devil

One night in 1982, a 20-year-old man is senselessly murdered at an abandoned gas station. A mobster is taken into witnes... Read more

5 Feb 2017

35mins

Ranked #19

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S1 E08: Cat and Mouse

S1 E08: Cat and Mouse

A master thief keeps getting away with big heists. A cop spends years tailing him, tapping his phone, and practically mo... Read more

29 Jan 2017

36mins

Ranked #20

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S1 E07: Power Street

S1 E07: Power Street

March 20th, 1983. As an FBI investigation swirls around him, an increasingly unpredictable and paranoid Buddy Cianci sum... Read more

22 Jan 2017

35mins

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