Kyle Tequila

My name is Kyle Tequila, host of the shocking new true crime podcast, Crook County. I got recruited into the mob when I was 17 years old.

Kenny was a Chicago firefighter who lived a secret double life as a mafia hitman. I had a wife and I had two children. Nobody knew anything. He was a freaking crazy man. He was my father, and I had no idea about any of this until now. Crook County is available now. Listen for free on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Kenny was a Chicago firefighter who lived a secret double life as a mafia hitman. I had a wife and I had two children. Nobody knew anything. He was a freaking crazy man. He was my father, and I had no idea about any of this until now. Crook County is available now. Listen for free on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Kenny was a Chicago firefighter who lived a secret double life as a mafia hitman. I had a wife and I had two children. Nobody knew anything. He was a freaking crazy man. He was my father, and I had no idea about any of this until now. Crook County is available now. Listen for free on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Crook County is released weekly and brought to you absolutely free. But if you want to hear the whole season right now, it's available ad-free on Tenderfoot Plus. For more information, check out the show notes. Enjoy the episode.

Crook County is released weekly and brought to you absolutely free. But if you want to hear the whole season right now, it's available ad-free on Tenderfoot Plus. For more information, check out the show notes. Enjoy the episode.

Kenny got engaged, but called it off only a few months later.

Kenny got engaged, but called it off only a few months later.

The cops organized a few phony busts. So I took two of those and the girls would come with me and, you know, a little party.

The cops organized a few phony busts. So I took two of those and the girls would come with me and, you know, a little party.

and a robbery at the club turned out to be an inside job.

and a robbery at the club turned out to be an inside job.

I'm your host, Kyle Tequila. Welcome to Crook County.

I'm your host, Kyle Tequila. Welcome to Crook County.

Episode 5, Bully.

Episode 5, Bully.

Nixon, Watergate, the end of the Vietnam War, a global recession, gas shortages, rolling blackouts, crime waves, record unemployment, and the ominous shadow of the Cold War. The 1970s was a decade steeped in anxiety and uncertainty, and the curtain had been pulled back on the American dream. Hell, even disco was dead.

Nixon, Watergate, the end of the Vietnam War, a global recession, gas shortages, rolling blackouts, crime waves, record unemployment, and the ominous shadow of the Cold War. The 1970s was a decade steeped in anxiety and uncertainty, and the curtain had been pulled back on the American dream. Hell, even disco was dead.

History may label this decade the Great Awakening, but for Ken, now in his mid-twenties, it felt more like some terrible dream. And while the world was racing toward the glimmering promise of the 1980s, Ken stood still, feeling nothing at all. No comfort, no hope. He was simply numb. After they hit on Danny, the bosses knew they could count on Kenny for heavy work.

History may label this decade the Great Awakening, but for Ken, now in his mid-twenties, it felt more like some terrible dream. And while the world was racing toward the glimmering promise of the 1980s, Ken stood still, feeling nothing at all. No comfort, no hope. He was simply numb. After they hit on Danny, the bosses knew they could count on Kenny for heavy work.