These sites, once key parts of Kansas City’s Little Italy, and many other locations are detailed on the Kansas City Mob Tour app, which takes users on a Kansas City mob history tour.

But in fact, Kansas City has a rich history of very bad guys. Johnny Holiday is actually Tim Phillips, a 36-year-old actor who adopts the wise-guy persona to lead these tours.

A major turning point in Kansas City mob history came at the time of the 1970 Super Bowl, where the Kansas Chiefs were playing the Minnesota Vikings. The FBI had gained access to a wiretap inside ...

Terrence O’Malley remembers a time when the Mafia’s footprint was all over Kansas City. Historians quip that the mafia once owned everything — even “the stones in the ground.” In 1968 ...

William Ouseley, a retired FBI supervisor best known for helping dismantle the Kansas City mafia in the 1980s, has written his first book, Open For 25 years, William Ouseley was considered public ...

Mafia history has deep roots in Kansas City; Kansas Citians can get an up-close and personal look at some of that history at KC Transportation Group’s “Kansas City Gangster Tour.” ...

Retired FBI agent William Ouseley spoke with Kansas City Public Broadcasting editor Jonathan Bender for an illustrated discussion of the city's gangland past, and a look at a newly discovered ...

The mob ran a nationwide drug ring in the 1930s, which was busted when the Bureau of Narcotics pulled in mafiosi from St. Louis, Tampa, Florida, and Kansas City.

You might be surprised to know that the Kansas City metro has lots of goat attractions and pride, from farms and petting zoos to a whole mob history. Around the city, you can find locations and ...