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The Cooley Account · Episode 15

The Wire

40 minHost: Neal EdelsteinGuest: Bob Cooley

Bob has to leave Chicago for good as the FBI fans across the city with subpoenas and indict a cadre of politicians and organized crime members. Also in this conversation, Bob details wearing a wire on Fred Roti and how he escaped a death test that Pat Marcy attempted to snare him in. There’s also the story about how he set up John D’Arco Jr. into nearly passing an insurance law in return for a bribe.

People, Places & Cases

In This Episode

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

  1. Introduction
  2. Alderman Roti
  3. Pat Marcy Sees Bob & Roti
  4. I Assumed I Would Be Killed
  5. Two Guns, Not One
  6. A Trap?
  7. He’s Testing Me
  8. This Was My Mission
  9. I’ll Be A Nobody
  10. Leaving Chicago
  11. I Am Furious
  12. John Drummond
  13. Florida
  14. Guns & Drinking
  15. Name Change
  16. They Found Me?
  17. John D’Arco Jr. Collapsed
  18. The Fake Law Trap
  19. Chairman Of Insurance Committee
  20. Robert Allan Whitebloom
  21. He’s Crying
  22. Johnny Came To See Me
  23. He Had A Heart Attack
  24. Conclusion