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The Cooley Account · Episode 14

The Beginning Of The End

30 minHost: Neal EdelsteinGuest: Bob Cooley
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Growing frustrated, Bob begins to build his own cases against the 1st Ward and the Chicago Outfit. He wears a wire on Pat Marcy and hatches a plan to bring down Johnny D'Arco Junior by passing legislation for a bribe. There's also a sting operation that goes sideways in Wisconsin when Bob and the FBI set up some mobsters with the opportunity to rob a $1 million poker game.

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In This Episode

22 chapters — tap a timestamp to jump straight to that moment.

  1. Introduction
  2. Wire Targets
  3. Are You For Real?
  4. Setting Up A Judge
  5. A Bad Disguise
  6. Panic Stricken
  7. Greylord Going On
  8. Go After The 1st Ward
  9. Johnny “The Nose” DiFronzo
  10. An Informant?
  11. How I Got The OK
  12. What Did The Feds Know?
  13. Taking Down Pat Marcy
  14. DiFronzo & The Sheriff
  15. The Gambling Trap
  16. The Law That Was A Sting
  17. Eating Nuts
  18. The 50K Trap
  19. The $1M Wisconsin Card Game
  20. US AG Dick Thornburgh
  21. The Mob Robbery
  22. Conclusion