The name Alberto “Alpo” Martinez tends to elicit strong reactions. He‘s been celebrated as a street legend of epic proportions—an iconic figure out of hip-hop mythology who was played by the rapper Cam’ron in the …
How Brazil’s Overflowing Penitentiaries could affect the Olympics by Niko I’m looking down at my phone screen. There are two burnt bodies, the aftermath of a prison riot. I’m told one of them was a …
Missives from the Canadian Underground at the Dawn of a New Age Hello. This is the Philosopher of the Black Market, an organized criminal. I mean someone who, tarot cards dealt, ought to make a …
*These are excerpts from the book Kathryn Kelly: The Moll behind Machine Gun Kelly by Barbara Casey. Several years ago, thousands of our citizens shivered in fear of a kidnapper whose name had much …
Crime Beat Radio is a weekly show hosted by Ron Chepesiuk, a true crime author who has a bunch of books out on Colombian gangsters, Mafioso’s and inner-city drug lords. The show has been very …
It was Friday, the 18th of December. Having slept terrible the previous night, I woke a bit later than usual, went about my morning business, then grabbed my radio, headphones and a cup of coffee …
My Road to Rehabilitation at USP Hazleton by John Broman, Federal Prisoner #20121-068 This month as part of President Obama’s prison reform efforts the Federal Bureau of Prisons is releasing over 6,000 inmates from their …
I consider myself a budding abolitionist and with that, I want to bring to light the corrupt system that is the prison industrial complex aka 21st century slavery. In an attempt to do that, I …
The medical marijuana business in the city of Detroit is booming. The city’s market place for pot has spiraled out of control and the criminal element is moving in to capitalize on what is seen …
Twin brothers Chris and Jeff George, took advantage of loopholes in the law to open a pain clinic in Florida, American Pain, that turned into a multimillion dollar enterprise that stretched up I75, otherwise known …
