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In this episode of Gangland Wire, retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins sits down with author Aaron Mead to discuss his gripping novel Body in the Barrel, a story inspired by a real-life discovery in Lake Mead that shocked the nation. In 2022, as water levels at Lake Mead dropped to historic lows, authorities discovered a body in a barrel with a gunshot wound to the head—a killing style that many investigators immediately linked to organized crime. The discovery triggered speculation that the remains could date back to the 1970s or 1980s, the heyday of mob activity in Las Vegas. Aaron Mead explains how this discovery sparked the idea for his novel. Although Mead is a longtime water engineer for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the mystery of the barrel victim and the history of mob activity in Las Vegas inspired him to craft a fictional story grounded in real events. Gary and Aaron dive deep into the Chicago Outfit's influence in Las Vegas, discussing figures like Tony Spilotro and hitman Frank Cullotta, whose violent methods and stories helped shape the mythology of organized crime in the desert. They also explore the long-standing mob practice of disposing of bodies in barrels, including the infamous case of mobster Johnny Roselli, whose body was also discovered stuffed in a drum. The conversation examines several possible identities of the Lake Mead victim, including casino insiders and Outfit associates who disappeared during the era of casino skimming. Mead's novel follows a fictional mob associate named Lenny Battaglia, who becomes terrified when news breaks about the barrel discovery. The reason? He knows there's another barrel—with his victim—still resting somewhere in Lake Mead. The discussion moves beyond mob history into the psychological consequences of violence, comparing Mead's story to classic works like Crime and Punishment. Rather than focusing on a traditional “whodunit,” the novel explores what happens after the crime, examining guilt, fear, and the moral weight carried by those who commit violence. Gary and Aaron also discuss the broader context of violence in American culture, including parallels between organized crime murders and modern tragedies such as the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting. Finally, the conversation shifts to Mead's professional expertise in Western water law and the Colorado River, explaining how drought and declining water levels at Lake Mead are literally revealing pieces of hidden history—sometimes including crimes buried for decades. This episode blends mob history, real crime mysteries, and fiction inspired by true events, offering listeners a fascinating look at how the past can resurface in unexpected ways. Click here to find Body in a Barrel Hit me up on Venmo for a cup of coffee or a shot and a beer @ganglandwire Click here to “buy me a cup of coffee” Subscribe to the website for weekly notifications about updates and other Mob information. To go to the store or make a donation or rent Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup, click here To rent ‘Brothers against Brothers’ or ‘Gangland Wire,’ the documentaries click here.  To purchase one of my books, click here. [0:02]Introduction to Gangland Wire [0:00]Hey, all you wiretappers, good to be back here in studio of Gangland Wire. This is Gary Jenkins. You know, I’m a retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective. Now I have a podcast and I interview real crime mobsters, policemen, FBI agents, do authors that are doing true crime books. And I do authors that are doing novels that are based on true crime. Because we stick with true crime as close as we can here, guys. You know that. And today I have one of those authors that has written a book that is a novel, but it’s based on a lot of real events in Las Vegas. And we all know a little bit about Las Vegas and the Mafia. So Aaron Mead, welcome, Aaron. Thank you. It’s a pleasure to be here. It’s great to have you on the show. Tell us a little bit about yourself, a little bit about your history. [0:47]Sure. Yeah, I’m actually I’ve been working as an engineer, a water engineer for 30 some odd years. And so I come by my writing habit as a sort of a side interest. I, I, yeah, I just, I got a very, I’ve got a varied educational background too. So I started out as a, as an engineer in my training and then just had a creative itch and went back to school, ended up doing a PhD in philosophy of all things. And while I was doing that, I, I thought I might be an academic. I thought I might be a professor at one time and through the job search, things didn’t really work out. I did find a job, but it just wasn’t going to pay well enough, consider moving my family across the country for it. So I ended up not going into academia, but I stuck with writing, which was my favorite part of the PhD, the dissertation. [1:31]And I just started writing different things, some nonfiction stuff related to my dissertation research, but then just got an idea for a story, wrote a novel. It’s still sitting in the drawer. I’m interested in publishing that someday. But this idea for the book related to kind of Las Vegas mob stuff actually came connected with my work as a water engineer. So I work for Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. We import water to Southern California from the Colorado River. And so I track the Colorado River news pretty closely. And in 2022, the lake was dropping because of drought and overuse. And this body in a barrel showed up on the shore of Lake Mead. And there was a gunshot wound to the head. And this looked an awful lot like a mob hit to the authorities. And so this just piqued my interest and got me thinking about how did this barrel get there and this body and what’s the story behind it. And I started doing a little research and it turns out that the clothing on the body was pretty well preserved. [2:29]So the police dated it to the late 70s, early 80s potentially. And that’s of course the heyday of the mob activities in Las Vegas. It got me onto the Chicago outfit and, Some of the characters involved in the outfits activity in Vegas there. And so my story just went from there. But, yeah, I guess that’s a little about me and the story. So, yeah. Yeah. Those are the days when Tony Spolatro was really active out there. Chicago outfit man on the scene, if you will. And Body in a Barrel, another interesting Chicago link is they found a guy named Johnny Roselli, who was a highly placed mob guy who was connected to Las Vegas and Los Angeles. He had been their guy before Spalatro. He had been their representative out in the West, and they found his body in a barrel down in Florida. Wow, okay. There’s some reference there. [3:21]I’d read a little that this is a pretty popular method of body disposal in various times. And Tony Spalatro was, I understand that they haven’t actually identified the victim yet, but the kind of style of killing they think is pretty connected with something Tony Spalatro might do. I guess the sort of low caliber gunshot wound was a popular way to dispose of it, to whack people just because it was a little less messy than a high caliber weapon. Yeah, this is one they call it a lupara blanca, which means white shotgun in Italian. And that means that you never find the body. In this case, they found the body. Every once in a while, they’ll find the body. Not very often, though. Usually they hide them pretty good. Now, who’d ever thought that Lake Mead would drop that much? Yeah, they dropped it at 100 feet of water, and I don’t think anybody expected it to drop that low. And it could go even lower in the next couple of years here, honestly. Really? Oh, really? It’s still dropping. I thought there’d been some more rain and some snow up in the mountains that were going to add to that. It’s going to be still dropping, huh? Yeah, there has been a fair bit of precipitation this year, but in the areas that count most, where you get most of the runoff, which is up in the mountains of Colorado and Utah, it’s really quite dry, actually. They’ve had some rain, but not much snow, and so they’re talking about a snow drought. Yeah, things could. It just depends. We’ll see how things develop, but it could get bad. Yeah, talk about that gun now. Chicago was noted. [4:40]For using these 22 caliber high standard i think they’re browning semi-automatic pistols with a silencer on it and they had them out there i believe and they also another interesting thing about the outfit in order to keep the sound down they would load their own shells and so they were had less powder in them and sometimes the shells didn’t do the job that they wanted to do now frank Kulata, who was in Las Vegas working for Tony Splattro during these years, he tells a story about trying to kill a guy with one of those guns and how he had such a hard time getting him killed. So I don’t know how many holes were in this guy’s head, but you got to get somebody just right in the head with that .22 caliber pistol. Yeah, they say it had to be pretty close range. You’re talking about the Jerry Listener murder, I think. Is that right? Yeah. I read about that one. That’s actually the kind of the murder in question in my book is based on that loosely. And so yeah, Kolata advises my main character, Lenny, to load his gun with half loads because they’ve lost their silencer or something. So that’ll keep the sound down. But yeah, I guess Lister ended up with multiple bullets to the head. And when they found them, more than you’d imagine would be necessary. [5:55]Really? There’s a guy that worked for the Stardust named Jay VanderWalk that disappeared at the time. It disappeared for a long time. Did you look at that one, too, as some of your source material? Yeah. So there’s this great article that’s been turned into a podcast on the Mob Museum website. I don’t know if you’re familiar with that in Las Vegas there. And they suggest there might be three potential victims. [6:21]VanderMark is one of the—is that the guy you mentioned, George VanderMark? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, they call him by Jay. That’s right. Yeah. So, yeah, he is one of the, he’s a missing person, right? From that era, had connections with the Argent company. So they think he, that’s one of the possibilities. He was running the skimming operation, at least in some of the casinos there for Argent. And I guess the, as the gaming control board in Nevada found out about the skimming operation, gradually, they were starting to talk to people. And I think that they were worried that he was going to talk or actually this is, I think the, the outfit suspected he was stealing money from him. I think it was a combination. Stealing money is worse than talking. Right, yeah. So I guess he took off to Mexico, maybe, I read, or Costa Rica even. But I think… He came back. I can’t remember the exact story, but yeah. Yeah. So from what I read, Nick Calabrese, who I guess was a hitman for the outfit, and then turned eventually and started talking to the feds. He suggested that, I guess, Vandermark ended up in a hotel in Phoenix or something, and the outfit sent a couple of hitmen after him and whacked him there. And then Calabrese said they buried his body in the desert. So that means, you know, if that’s true, then obviously it’s not the guy in the barrel, but he’s one of the ones they talk about because they never found his body. Yeah. And I guess the other one I read about was William Crespo. [7:40]I don’t know that story. Yeah. So the little I know of it is he was a drug runner [7:48]Stories of the Las Vegas Mob [7:45]involved with the outfit in Las Vegas. And he got caught kind of landing in the Las Vegas airport coming from Miami with $400,000 worth of cocaine on him. And the feds arrested him. He accepted an offer of immunity to become an informant. And he was set to testify about this drug ring that the outfit was part of. And he actually ended up testifying before a grand jury, got a bunch of folks indicted. I guess one of the names of folks who was indicted was Victor Greger, according to this article. He was a former Argent executive. But then when Crespo himself went to testify, he was set to testify in June 83. And they got to him before then and he never testified. So, he’s another kind of missing person they suspect could be in the barrel. But the article thought the most likely candidate was a guy named Johnny Pappas. I don’t know if you know him at all. Yeah, I don’t know the story of that. Okay. So, this is a Chicago native guy who was involved in some of the Argent Corporation casino work. And he was, I guess by the 70s, late 70s, he was managing this resort on the northern part of Lake Mead called Echo Bay Resort, which was an Argent Corporation Resort. [9:00]And it’s closed now. It’s not there anymore. It used to be like a hotel and a boat launch. And so he was at the lake at different times. He also owned a boat on Lake Mead. And so in 1976, the day he disappeared, his wife told authorities basically that he went to meet this guy at a restaurant who was interested in buying his boat at Lake Mead. And so they think it could have been a ruse set up by outfit folks luring him basically down to the lake to show him his boat. And then they knock him off and take him out on his own dang boat and drop him in the lake. The motive is a little less clear in this case, but it was around that time when stuff was coming out about the Argent Corporation and the skimming. And they could have just thought he was a liability, might be set to talk or something. Yeah, those are the three that I read about anyway. He just disappeared after this meeting to go sell his boat. Yeah, they found that theory makes sense. They found his car parked in the circus casino parking lot on the strip the next day. And yeah, he’s just gone, disappeared. [10:01]I’ll be darned. I hadn’t heard that story. That is a pretty likely scenario. Say, hey, I’ll drive and let’s run down there and let’s see that boat. I got the money right here. You show the guy a bunch of money and he’ll drop all caution. It’ll go to the wind. That’s how they do it. and got him isolated then. [10:18]Yeah. And maybe it’s a last minute deal. So nobody really knows who he’s meeting and where he’s going and that he’s even going. So that’s, that’s a classic in the mob. Yeah. Apparently he told his wife he was going to go sell his boat, but that’s about it. Yeah. I’ll be darned. Yeah. The, as Lake Mead’s gone down, has there been any other bodies or any other things that have been found out there recently? Yeah, there’s been some strange things turned up. One is a sort of a World War II era airplane, honestly, started coming out of the water. But that was known about for some time. You could see it, I guess, from aerial photos. But other bodies, yeah, there’s a few other bodies, just skeletons, nothing in barrels and no gunshot wounds. And so, people just, I think authorities have identified most of those and suspect they were just drowning victims, unfortunate boating accidents and whatnot. But nothing like this body in a barrel. I think they’ve been trying to identify that body. There’s lots of DNA evidence, right? You got still a pretty intact body. But the problem is back in that era, I guess they didn’t have the DNA database to be matching with. Yeah. So, it’s not borne a lot of fruit. I think it’s still an open case, honestly. Really? The chance they have is if one of that guy’s descendants goes to something like 23andMe and then does that. And I know they’ve come up with a deal where they can start running an unknown DNA through those… [11:44]Files and see if you can come up with a connection and then go back and say, okay, where would this guy have ever come across or be in this other person’s family tree, if you will, and then they can eventually get it. That’s fascinating. Amazing. Yeah, it is what they could do. I had a guy that used to be a professional criminal talking about it. He said, I don’t know why anybody does crime today. He said with the DNA and the cameras and the cell phones and all that, he said, there’s just way, way too many ways to get caught. That’s wild. Yeah. Oh boy. Yeah. I watch a lot of crime shows and I see a lot of that stuff. And everybody watches those crime shows. So they know about those tools out there. So first thing, you got to go get a burner phone. If you’re going to go do something, you better go get a burner phone. And then you better dress up in one of those suits in those English police movies, those white hazmat suits and your whole face covered. Crazy, crazy. Yeah. And then go do it. Don’t use your own car. You better go steal a car somewhere. Man, complicated. It’s too hard. Yes. And even then, if they look at you and say, your phone never moved for 24 hours, but yet you were seen over here or over there. How come you didn’t have your phone with you or your car? You parked your car here for 12 hours and then you came back and got it. What were you doing? [13:08]It is just crazy, isn’t it? Yeah. But tell us, what’s the storyline of your book? Don’t give too much away. You want people to buy it. I understand that. But tell the guys the storyline of your book. Sure, yeah. So the storyline is, it starts out with the true events of 2022, right? This headline that there’s a body in a barrel shows up on the shore of Lake Mead. And my main protagonist, who’s sort of made up from my imagination, his name’s Lenny Battaglia. [13:37]The Body in the Barrel [13:33]And he reads this headline. He’s an old time mob associate. He, at one time when he was young, was connected with the outfit, but ended up getting out of it barely. But he reads this headline and starts to get worried because he’s got a barrel with a body in it that’s his victim farther out in the lake. So this one that he reads about is not his. It’s actually his partners who, in my story, the partners loosely based on Frank Collada, actually. [14:01]And so he reads this headline, gets worried, goes out in his little boat to try to move his victim farther out into the lake because he’s concerned that his lake, the lake’s continuing to drop and the kind of the falling lakes acts like a ticking clock in my story in some ways. I think the Sopranos did something like this. They thought somebody was going to come up and buy some farm, and they had said, these guys have to dig this body up and move it. So that is not out of the realm of possibility, is it? No, no. But what is out of the realm of possibility is this old guy in his tiny little boat actually moving the barrel. So he goes out with just a gaff with a hook on it and tries to yank it out with his little outboard motor, and it just won’t budge. The thing’s really heavy. If you know anything about water, stuff under water is really heavy. Really heavy. Yeah. He’s wrestling with it and ends up falling in while he’s trying to pull this barrel farther out. And so it’s a big failure. And while he’s falling in, he has this flashback to the killing, basically. And so the story kind of goes from there, but it’s really focused on how he deals with what he’s done, basically. [15:10]Crime is no mystery from the beginning. it’s not a it’s not a traditional it’s not a traditional police procedural of where who done it yeah it’s not like that it’s more like kind of what is what’s the aftermath what’s the effect of, a terrible crime like this on even the perpetrator yeah yeah and as I said one of my characters is based on Frank Collada who so he was the story takes place in kind of two time frames right we’ve got the, contemporary time frame, but then we got flashbacks to his time at the mob and Frank was his partner in this hit. We’ve also got a character showing up who’s based on Tony Spolatro. I call him Tony Bonucci, named after one of my favorite Italian soccer players. [15:50]But yeah, so we’ve got this connection to the early 80s, late 70s, and then also this kind of contemporary period. And I understand Frank Collado was actually, he recently just died, right he was he did during covid times i think he he already had copd he was already everything he did he you’d see me to have his oxygen on and so he was already weakened then he got covid during uh during covid that’s a shame you know yeah i did some listening to a podcast he was on in researching my book and it was really fascinating to listen to yeah yeah he is he’s and he’s got his there’s a whole book out there that he mainly just told stories about his life during the whole book. It’s amazing. I did one with him and then added some more clips in from that a long time. One of my earlier ones, I got to know him real early because we had the mob con out there. I knew the guy that was getting it going and I went out to the guy that actually Denny Griffin who wrote the books with Frank Collider, wrote several books with Frank Collider and I’d gotten to know Denny and so Denny invited me to come out and do a program at the first mob conference and I met Frank then. I met him and a couple others after that. He was gruff, but he was a good guy. I mean, he was gruff, I’ll tell you. He wasn’t a guy that just, it was hard to joke around with him. Interesting. Okay, interesting. [17:12]Yeah, I got a bit of that vibe from the podcast of him that I was listening to. Yeah, it’s funny. Just genuine Italian Chicago, like to the core. Yeah, he was that. He was born and bred, born and bred from early his childhood. He was a Chicago mobster. There’s no doubt about that. That’s wild. [17:32]Yeah, Denny Griffin’s book was really helpful to me, actually, in my research. Yeah, the battle for Las Vegas in particular was. Yeah, that’s the one I used. Denny was that. Denny’s dead now. I don’t know if you knew that. I did know that, unfortunately. Yeah, I was pretty good friends with Denny. He helped me out a lot when I got started and got me out there. And he gave me for my first documentary, which was about the skimming, a lot about the skimming. He got me several people to interview, lined me up with them and verified, hey, this guy’s okay and work with him. And I flew out to Las Vegas and interviewed a bunch of people and interviewed him too. But he got me an employee of the Best Casino that knew Lefty Rosenthal really well. She gave us some really great sound bites. I get calls today or emails wanting to know if she’s still around. She’s died since. People are still trying to find her to get to interview her. That’s wild. That’s wild. That’s because old Denny Griffin, he was a good guy. He really was. That’s neat. His book was certainly good. Yeah. Interesting. So what else do you want to say about your book before we get out of here? Besides, go out and buy it. Go out and buy it. It’s on Amazon, I’m sure, and I’ll have a link to the Amazon site. I appreciate that. Yeah, it is on Amazon. What do I want to say about it? I guess the other thing to say is it’s got some, I don’t want to give too much away, but gun violence is really a big part of the book. Not only this single mob hit, but also it wraps in. [18:56]This mass shooting in 2017, the one where the guy was a shooter was in the hotel suites up high and he was shooting across the street into that country music festival. So it’s really funny. I compare it to two things, right? I compare it to Casino, which is this famous Scorsese film from that mobster era, which everybody knows about. And actually, Frank Collado was in. He had a cameo in that. Yeah, that’s funny. But then the other thing I compare the book to is Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, which is obviously this sort of towering literary novel. But the parallel is just dealing with this aftermath of violence, right? What happens when you kill somebody and what’s the sort of dealing with guilt and fear and the consequences. [19:44]Exploring Themes of Violence [19:40]So I’d say those are the sort of things I point to as parallels for the book. I don’t know. There’s a lot more to say. Like you’ve said, it’s grounded in true life crime, but it’s also definitely fiction. I’ve made up the better part of it. Yeah. [19:54]All right. Aaron Mead. The book is Body in the Barrel. Aaron, I really appreciate you coming on the show. And guys, I’ll have links to this book down below. Yeah, thank you so much for having me. It’s been a pleasure meeting you and hearing some of your stories. And I’m enjoying your podcast. And it’s been a privilege to be on here. So thank you. Okay. We like to hear that. Thanks a lot, Aaron. [20:17]Yeah, thank you. Okay. Okay. I’ll do a little extra here in a minute. I just want to tell you something. When I went to law school at the police department and my favorite class was water law and I did my, you have to do a 50 page publishable paper to get out of law school. I did mine on Western water law and it was just, I was fascinated by that Western water law and all the things that go into that, the Rio Grande Pact and all the different political entities that are trying to use that water and how they use it. And then how the EPA rules and figured in on using water out West. And the fact that out West, they treated water like they treated gold or some other mineral. If you found the source, you owned it. Whereas they had riparian interest in [21:06]The Complexities of Water Law [21:03]laws back East here, where you have plenty of water. You can use all the water you want as long as you don’t reduce it. But nobody owns that source of water. [21:12]If it’s a big source, it’s just a fascinating topic. Yeah, it is a bit of the Wild West, like applies to water out West. It’s that first in time, first in right thing. It’s pretty crazy. The Colorado River especially is so complicated. You got seven, seven states take water from it. You got the federal government running the dams there. You’ve got Mexico that takes a portion of it. You’ve got this whole hundred year history of law layered on top of each other. And even today, the rules on how the water gets distributed are about to expire in this year. And so we’re trying to come up with new rules. And it’s just so tough because… [21:49]There’s less water in the river than there used to be, and so the old agreements don’t quite work out, and we’re having to take reductions, and, you know, who takes what? It’s just sort of a big mess, honestly. We’re fighting over it. I wouldn’t be surprised if we end up in court, honestly. But that would be not a good outcome, but it seems potentially likely. Yeah. There’s a judge I heard say once that, you better make a deal outside of my courtroom. If you come into my courtroom, my decision is not going to hurt everybody’s feelings with my decision. Yeah. And inevitably, like the folks, the special masters or whatever the justices are that are making the decisions, they don’t know as much about water as we do. If we can’t work it out, it’s going to happen. I know. And there are just so many pressures that are on it. And it’s tough. And plus, one thing we haven’t mentioned is a huge growth in population over the last 20, 30 years out there. It’s true. Yeah, it’s true. Yes, unbelievable how many people have moved to Phoenix and Albuquerque and Las Vegas, especially Las Vegas, but just being such a huge growth in population out. And before it was desert that nobody really, they didn’t live, they didn’t want to live out there. [22:55]It’s true. Yeah. And surprisingly, like in a lot of these cities, actually, the demand for water has not increased. Like in Las Vegas, it’s actually gone down. Oh, really? They have done an incredible job of conserving water. Same in Los Angeles. The demands for water have gone down despite the population growth. The thing that makes it challenging is that the whole pie is shrinking and it’s the agricultural use that’s the highest. I think it’s something like 85% or 80% of the water in the Colorado Basin is agriculture. And so, those are the things you’re going to need to find conservation there, which is harder. [23:30]Like those Israelis did, it was something called drip irrigation where they used, they were more skillful in the way they used their water in their fields down in the desert. Yeah, and some of the folks that’s been, some of the agricultural folks have been converting to that kind of irrigation for quite some time now. So, it’s like we’re wringing out every sponge we got and running out of options. But, yeah, we’ll figure it out one way or the other here. Yeah, I’m sure we will. This is America, after all. [23:59]Or is it still America? It’s hard to know. Yeah, it’s hard to know. We’re going down that path. Looking a little different these days. Yes, it is. Yeah. Oh, my God. Okay, Aaron, I really appreciate it. I’ll get in touch with you whenever I send an email with the links after I put them up. It’ll be, I don’t know. It’ll probably be a month or more before I get it up. Sure. I stay way ahead. I’ve got quite a few kind of scheduled up for the next two weeks now or three. Smart. Two weeks now, one just went up today. So I put it up, video, I put them up on Sunday evening, and then the audio comes out like 4 o’clock in the morning on Monday morning. Okay. Don’t ask me why. I just started doing that. Yeah. No worries. It gets ahead of everybody. Then they can see it. Hey, I’ve got a question for you, if you don’t, if you don’t mind. No. Do you know about any contemporary organized crime activity in Las Vegas? Is there still stuff going on or is it? I don’t. I really don’t. Yeah. Okay. [24:59]Trying to think of a source for you. I’ll check with a source for you. Okay. I know it’s not Midwest folks from your era, but yeah. Yeah, no, probably something up there out at Los Angeles and people that moved out there a generation ago and stayed under the radar. And then, of course, international. Yeah. Those like Russians and people like that out of Phoenix or in Los Angeles, both. Anyhow, I’ll check on that. Okay. Yeah. If you think of something, that’d be great. I’d be interested. Okay. Okay. I will. All right. Thank you. Thank you again. Take care. All right. Bye-bye. Can you go ahead and do, can you exit the meeting? I’m going to do a little ending thing here. I will. Yeah. [25:40]That was interesting, folks. I did Waterlaw in, well, that was interesting, folks. I really liked Aaron and I think his Body in the Barrel book is going to be pretty darn good. [25:53]Concluding Thoughts on Crime and History [25:50]So I’d recommend you try it. I haven’t actually read it myself. I’ve read excerpts from it. I’ve got it here. I need to sit down and take some time and read it. I like when they base it on the real life people and some people that I know something about. It’s kind of like hearing stories about your hometown. Oh, yeah, I know that guy. Oh, yeah, I remember when that happened. And it’s an interesting thing, the lowering of Lake Mead. He and I, he’s a water engineer, and he and I talked a little bit more about it. I find it a fascinating topic, that Western water law and Western water rights and how that all works. It’s different than back east where we have plenty of water. So don’t forget, I’ve got videos on Amazon Prime for rent. Just use my name and mafia, Gary Jenkins Mafia on Amazon Prime, and you’ll find them. And I’ve got books there. Do the same thing. Gary Jenkins Mafia books. I’ve got three books on Amazon and I’ve got them on my website. And I always appreciate when people make comments on my YouTube channel or on my Gangland Wire podcast page. We’re just here to report mob history. That’s all we want to do is report mob history. And in this case, we got a fictional book that’s reporting mob history based on real mob history. I’ll do that every once in a while, too. [27:07]So thanks a lot, guys. I always appreciate doing this show. It’s a way to end my life out, if you will. I’m down to that last quarter, maybe down to the last two minutes one of these days, but we’ll get there. Thanks a lot, guys.

When pilots discovered Delta could see TikTok installed on their personal phones, alarm bells went off. Section 24 X. of the PWA is supposed to protect pilots from corporate snooping, but what was Delta really accessing through the Hub app? In this eye-opening episode, Engage host First Officer Ryan Argenta sits down with First Officer Justin Vandermark, Chair of ALPA's IT Committee, to expose what the union discovered when it finally got “the grand tour” of Delta's systems. From mobile device management profiles that can leak your location, to the truth about deleting the Hub app, pilots need to know how their privacy is protected – or not. But the fight doesn't stop at data security. Vandermark also pulls back the veil on Delta's decades-old DBMS scheduling system, why pay errors keep happening, and how contractual gains like Section 23 W.1.d. are setting the stage for long-overdue change. This episode isn't just about apps and acronyms - it's about control, transparency, and making sure Delta pilots are paid correctly the first time. If you've ever wondered why the Company can roll out flashy passenger tech but can't fix pilot pay, this conversation will make you sit up and take notice. 

In this episode of Wash Talk: The Carwash Podcast, host Brian Ankney sits down with Jason VanDerMark, co-founder of WashStacks, to explore how structured systems, processes and procedures drive consistency, scale and customer satisfaction in the professional carwash industry. VanDerMark emphasizes that carwash success isn't just about clean vehicles — it's about delivering the same high-quality experience every time. He outlines how operators can document their workflows, build repeatable procedures and prepare for the unexpected using real-world examples and practical tips. Whether you're a first-time investor or a multi-site veteran, this conversation highlights how carwash operations systems are the foundation for growth, consistency and brand loyalty.

What is virtual fencing? What type of livestock can it be utilized on? On paper virtual fencing sounds great, what'sthe real-world practicality of it? -Join Hannah Nordby, along with NDSU Extension Rangeland Management Specialist, Kevin Sedivec; NDSU Graduate Research Assistant, Josh Wianecki; Sheep Producer from Bison, SD, Dave Ollila; and SDSU Extension Precision Livestock Field Specialist, Logan Vandermark, as they discuss these questions and more!-Go head grab a cup of joe and settle in as we converse about serving, preserving, and conserving across the Great Plains, you don't want to miss out!-Panelist Contact Information:Kevin Sedivec: kevin.sedivec@ndsu.edu Logan Vandermark: Logan.Vandermark@sdstate.edu -For more information related to NDSoil Conservation Districts, please reference these resources:Contact us at: ndsu.sscc@ndsu.edu Website:https://www.ndsu.edu/ndssc/ Google Drive Resources:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jibUaQrF_YL_-gvxfV-sSfpAETfhUPOm?usp=drive_link

Michigan Motorsports History Month Presented by Sweet Manufacturing begins with 2006 Hall of Fame inductee, Joe Dorer with son, Steve. Then, Mike VanderMark, Jr recaps his trip to the CLASH on the COAST.

Brandy Vandermark_Murray of Horizon Health Services on the uptick of overdoses in Erie County

In this episode we are joined by special guest Patria Vandermark, the visionary founder of New England Expedition Riders (NEER). Get ready for an adventure-packed conversation as Patria shares insights into NEER's exciting club activities and events, including the aptly named Brutiful Cape Ride, a challenging 100-mile fat bike adventure, and their enchanting Full Moon rides under the New England evening sky.Discover how Patria combines her passion for cycling with entrepreneurship, creating unique experiences for riders across the region. We dig into her current venture with the super-interesting Mobile Bike Business for Seven Cycles and also talk about the world of titanium custom bike craftsmanship.   In the show we even chat about this video on bike packing  for S&S coupled travel bikes. Check it out! Looking for inspiration to conquer the chilly November days? Look no further as Patria introduces us to the fun and engaging Bike Bingo, a surefire way to stay motivated and connected with fellow cyclists during the toughest month of the year.And if you're on the hunt for hidden gems in New England, you're in for a treat! Join us as we uncover treasures like D2R2, the Muddy Onion, VT Monster, and the Natchaug Epic – gravel cycling events that promise unforgettable adventures for cyclists of all levels.Whether you're a seasoned rider or just dipping your toes into the world of endurance cycling, this episode is your ticket to discovering the heart and soul of New England's vibrant cycling community. So grab your headphones, hit play, and get ready to be inspired to embark on your next two-wheeled adventure!Art & Eric embark on a journey to showcase and celebrate the endurance sports community in New England.

Aaron Taylor knocked out the first win of the season on opening night at Owosso Speedway. Mike Vandermark, Jr did the same thing in his Dirt Super Late Model at I-96 Speedway. Plus, Compact Conversations with Todd Metz and Pete Doxy.

On this episode, we chat with director Bram VanderMark! Diving into the music video "The Cave" for band NEEDTOBREATHE, we chat about his unique lighting setups, his relationships with his crew on set, and working with highly experienced talent. This episode is packed with lots of good knowledge around directing, and quite frankly - Bram is just a delight! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/featuringfilmmakers/support

Fresh off a $20K+ win at Owosso Speedway for the Bob Finley Memorial, we hear from Blake Childers. Plus, Mike Vandermark, Jr recaps his busy and successful season.

Do you have questions about Expo? Listen to HPBA's latest HotCast featuring Kelly VanDermark, HPBA's Vice President – Expositions and Events. We had asked for questions from our attendees – and non-attendees – and Kelly answered them during this candid discussion. 

Emily's story and how coaches develop in different ways!

Morgan has worked with me for over 5 years now and has done everything with me. In this episode, I chat with Morgan about the first Wedding Photography Summit we ever pulled off and what that looked like. It was a wild time in business and it had so many moving parts. Plus we were battling the pandemic and being stuck in the most heavily locked-down city in the world. With a lot of hard work and some luck, we pulled out the biggest wedding photography workshop in the world! If you attended the summit, this episode will be very interesting to see what goes into these events and some BTS stuff. If you are thinking about coming to the Summit in November 2021... you must! It is going to be amazing.   All Jai Long's Details: The wedding photography summit is on the 22-23 November 2021 Join the Summit Waitlist: https://weddingphotographysummit.com/home Join the Six-Figure Business Map: https://jailong.co/business-map-waitlist Next enrollment opens on the 22nd of NOVEMBER 2021 Say hi To Jai Long on Instagram: @Jailong.co  For more information, head to Jai Long's Website: https://jailong.co/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brandy Vandermark-Murray is the VP of Residential Treatment at Horizon Health Services. In this episode Sean and Brandy talk about how Horizon Health has adapted to COVID-19, the challenges they have had to face, and Horizon Telehealth. To find out more about Horizon Health Services you can go to their website --> by clicking here Horizon Health's Podcast "Heart To Heart" Room 9 Website

Welcome back to the fourth mini episodes of 30 Characters of the month! Andy, Joe and Matt get together for a lil mini episode to tide you over till next month and dammit if they didn't run into a character. Enjoy this brief ep and look for more leading up to the next long ass episode. If you like this show: Tell your friends Rate/review on iTunes Keep on Listening! Also, come to the Laugh Factory Chicago, first Sunday of Every month at 7pm for Character Assasination! Red Lobster Comedy is the third Monday of the month at the L and L Tavern! Theme song by Brett Gretzky Logo by Chris R

“Sucker Punch” The Vandermark Five: Target Or Flag (Atavistic) Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Mulvenna © Pachi Tapiz, 2020 JazzX5 es un minipodcast de HDO de la Factoría Tomajazz presentado, editado y producido por Pachi Tapiz. JazzX5 comenzó su andadura el 24 de junio de 2019. Todas las entregas de JazzX5 están disponibles en https://www.tomajazz.com/web/?cat=23120 / https://www.ivoox.com/jazzx5_bk_list_642835_1.html. Nota: en Jazzx5 #167 sonaba "Sucker Punch" del Michael Formanek Very Practical Trio. No podía dejar de sonar el tema de casi el mismo título de The Vandermark Five, un viejo tema favorito del grupo de Chicago.

On the first EVER episode of Young & Alive host Kyle Goldberg sits down with his good friend Bram Vandermark to discuss Bram's move to NYC, the community of friends he has made along the way, some of the past trips they've been on together where they found some true meaning to their friendship and what they both have found through faith and religion. 

This is a prequel to the offerings of VanDerMark on Amazon Kindle. Nothing is more powerful, or frightening, as a secret. The identity of a god is the most dangerous of secrets.

In this episode of the Room 9 podcast Sean has a wonderful conversation with the VP of Horizon Village, Brandy Vandermark-Murray. Sean and Brandy converse about her role at Horizon, the importance of feeling connection, and how huge vulnerability is to an authentic recovery.

Por Pachi Tapiz. El doble CD New Industries (Audiographic Records, 2019) de Marker, y Tolerancia Picante (Conrad Sound, 2019), suenan en la entrega 505 de HDO. Más información en https://www.tomajazz.com/web/?p=43303 © Pachi Tapiz, 2019 HDO 505 te gustará… si te gusta el jazz… si te gusta la energía del free… si te gusta la energía del rock… si eres seguidor de Ken Vandermark… HDO es un podcast de jazz e improvisación (libre en mayor o menor grado) que está editado, presentado y producido por Pachi Tapiz. Para quejas, sugerencias, protestas, peticiones, presentaciones y/u opiniones envíanos un correo a hdo@tomajazz.com

Guest Speaker - Pastor Jonathan Vandermark from Jacob's Well Church in Midlothian, VA. 

Bill Amos, writer/adapter, director, actor; Joyce Vandermark, assistant director; John Schugard, actor; Donna Voitek, actor, speaking about a production of "Sherlock Holmes & the Scarlet Avenger", an original mystery play by Bill Amos, adapted from "A Study in Scarlet" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. DM Performance Works will present the play February 8, 2019 through February 17, at the Factory Theatre, 15 School Street, in Nuremberg, PA. Shows Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00 pm. Sundays at 2:00. www.performanceworksatthefactorytheatre.com/ 570-710-7244

On today's episode I talk to Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart of the band Ohmme. Based in Chicago - where they've been hailed as "the heart of Chicago's music community" - Sima and Macie are both classically trained musicians and established players within the Chicago music scene who have collaborated with everyone from Richard Thompson to Jeff Tweedy to Chance the Rapper to Ken Vandermark. Though they have collaborated together for many years, Ohmme is their first rock band, and their debut album Parts was just released this summer by Joyful Noise Recordings, and it's wonderful! This is the website for Beginnings, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow me on Twitter.

Terry Vandermark was Thomas Plummer's right hand man since 1992. He discusses the 3 biggest mistakes fitness business owners make and how to build a marketing plan that will be successful for your business. He also has lots of stories from his years of working with fitness business owners and Thomas Plummer.

Terry Vandermark was Thomas Plummer's right hand man since 1992. He discusses the 3 biggest mistakes fitness business owners make and how to build a marketing plan that will be successful for your business. He also has lots of stories from his years of working with fitness business owners and Thomas Plummer.

World's Funniest Wine Radio Program. For those who appreciate fine wine, or enjoy poking fun at those who do.

Décimo capítulo de 'Clásicos del Siglo XXI', producción de 'Club de Jazz' para Radio Vitoria (EiTB), en el que escuchamos algunos trabajos publicados en este comienzo de siglo y que, en opinión del programa, son ya clásicos de nuestro tiempo. En este podcast escuchamos: "El infierno musical", de Christof Kurzmann; "Annular gifts", de los Vandermark 5; "Hagar's song", de Charles Lloyd y Jason Moran; "Americana", de JD Allen. Toda la información y derechos: http://www.elclubdejazz.com

Décimo capítulo de 'Clásicos del Siglo XXI', producción de 'Club de Jazz' para Radio Vitoria (EiTB), en el que escuchamos algunos trabajos publicados en este comienzo de siglo y que, en opinión del programa, son ya clásicos de nuestro tiempo. En este podcast escuchamos: "El infierno musical", de Christof Kurzmann; "Annular gifts", de los Vandermark 5; "Hagar's song", de Charles Lloyd y Jason Moran; "Americana", de JD Allen. Toda la información y derechos: http://www.elclubdejazz.com

Espacio en HDO para escuchar en la entrega número 25 "Shake" (The Thing Records, 2015) y "Before the Code" (Trost Records, 2015), las nuevas grabaciones de The Thing (Mats Gustafsson, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten y Paal Nilssen-Love) y Made To Break (Ken Vandermark, Tim Daisy, Jasper Stadhouders, Christof Kurzmann) respectivamente. HDO es un audioblog editado, producido y presentado por Pachi Tapiz. Toda la información en http://www.tomajazz.com/web/?cat=13298

Ken Vandermark is a brilliant Jazz musician who has been awarded the MacCarthur Genius Fellowship for composing. He joins CWMD for a very impassioned conversation about how artists are viewed in America, the challenge of pushing yourself to say something new each night on stage, the differential of what creative people are trying to accomplish and what they achieve and the how society judges work based on worth. Vandermark is a force and anyone creative or interested in art and music should not miss the episode. Anyone who is creative or interested in creativity should listen to this episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

O 2.º podcast SeixalJazz apresenta a programação do SeixalJazz Clube, o espaço alternativo do Festival que oferece 10 noites de concertos grátis. A funcionar no espaço dos refeitórios da antiga fábrica corticeira Mundet, junto à Baía do Seixal, o Clube abre as portas a 20 de Outubro e encerra no dia 6 de Novembro. Por lá vão passar grandes nomes do Jazz nacional e internacional: Ken Vandermark, Tony Malaby, Carlos Barretto, Júlio Resende, João Firmino e o "No Project" de João Paulo, Nélson Cascais e João Lencastre. Conheça-os um pouco melhor neste podcast. Playlist: 1 - Ken Vandermark´s Joe Harriott Project - Idioms 2 - Júlio Resende - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Assim Falava Jazzatustra) 3 - Tony Malaby Tamarindo - Floating Head 4 - Carlos Barretto Lokomotiv - Tutti Per Capita

Cinquième émission de la quatorizième session... Cette semaine, des nouveautés et du jazz à plusieurs couches... En musique: L'on ouvre sur une pièce aux accents fusions de l'album Flashpoint (Tone Center, 2005) mettant en vedette Dave Liebman et Steve Smith ; Ensuite, deux pièces du Christine Jensen Orchestra du nouvel album Treelines (Justine Time, 2010); Puis du bon sax ! avec David Binney sur l'album Third Occasion (Mythology Record, 2009) ; Par après, on découvre le trio du pianiste norvégien Havard Wiik avec une pièce live... Et finalement, le nouvel album du Vandermark 5, Annular Gift (Not Two Records, 2009)... -------------------------------------------- Concert de la semaine: Havard Wiik, Casa del Popolo, mercredi 17 février, 21h ; Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra, dans le cadre de Festival Montréal en lumière, au Gesù, vendredi 19 février, 20h ; Steve Smith's Vital Legacy, dans le cadre de Festival Montréal en lumière, au Gesù, samedi 20 février, 20h...        

Cinquième émission de la quatorizième session... Cette semaine, des nouveautés et du jazz à plusieurs couches... En musique: L'on ouvre sur une pièce aux accents fusions de l'album Flashpoint (Tone Center, 2005) mettant en vedette Dave Liebman et Steve Smith ; Ensuite, deux pièces du Christine Jensen Orchestra du nouvel album Treelines (Justine Time, 2010); Puis du bon sax ! avec David Binney sur l'album Third Occasion (Mythology Record, 2009) ; Par après, on découvre le trio du pianiste norvégien Havard Wiik avec une pièce live... Et finalement, le nouvel album du Vandermark 5, Annular Gift (Not Two Records, 2009)... -------------------------------------------- Concert de la semaine: Havard Wiik, Casa del Popolo, mercredi 17 février, 21h ; Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra, dans le cadre de Festival Montréal en lumière, au Gesù, vendredi 19 février, 20h ; Steve Smith's Vital Legacy, dans le cadre de Festival Montréal en lumière, au Gesù, samedi 20 février, 20h...        

Douzième de la dixième session... Un nouveau nom et quelques bonnes pointures free cette semaine. On débute avec Courtney Pine et des pièces de l'album Journey to the urge Within (Antilles, 1986) Puis on tombe dans l'univers de Paul Motian et des pièces de l'album Jack of Clubs (Soul Note, 1984) Suivra le pianiste canadien Paul Bley et des pièces de Turning Point (1964, Improvising Artists) On termine avec énergie ! Le Free Music Ensemble nous offre une improvisation enregistré à la Sala Rossa et The Vandermark 5 nous fait bouger du pied avec des pièces de l'album Element of Style (Atavistic, 2004). Il y aura aussi lecture de quelques textes signés par l'animateur...

Douzième de la dixième session... Un nouveau nom et quelques bonnes pointures free cette semaine. On débute avec Courtney Pine et des pièces de l'album Journey to the urge Within (Antilles, 1986) Puis on tombe dans l'univers de Paul Motian et des pièces de l'album Jack of Clubs (Soul Note, 1984) Suivra le pianiste canadien Paul Bley et des pièces de Turning Point (1964, Improvising Artists) On termine avec énergie ! Le Free Music Ensemble nous offre une improvisation enregistré à la Sala Rossa et The Vandermark 5 nous fait bouger du pied avec des pièces de l'album Element of Style (Atavistic, 2004). Il y aura aussi lecture de quelques textes signés par l'animateur...

Sixième de la septième session. Diffusion de l'émission enregistrée au Salon G de l'UQÀM le vendredi 19 octobre 2007. Donc beaucoup de musique avec Dave Holland, Grant Green, Medeski Martin and Wood, John Scofield, The Vandermark 5, Fred Wesley, Acoustic Ladyland, The Bad Plus et plusieurs autres... 

Sixième de la septième session. Diffusion de l'émission enregistrée au Salon G de l'UQÀM le vendredi 19 octobre 2007. Donc beaucoup de musique avec Dave Holland, Grant Green, Medeski Martin and Wood, John Scofield, The Vandermark 5, Fred Wesley, Acoustic Ladyland, The Bad Plus et plusieurs autres... 

Première de la cinquième session. En entrée, une pièce du The Vandermark 5 puis en présentation principale Steve Coleman (1956, Chicago, alto saxophoniste). L'on termine avec un petit hard-bop avec Horace Parlan.

Première de la cinquième session. En entrée, une pièce du The Vandermark 5 puis en présentation principale Steve Coleman (1956, Chicago, alto saxophoniste). L'on termine avec un petit hard-bop avec Horace Parlan.