Welcome to Crimetown, a series produced by Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier in partnership with Gimlet Media. Each season, we investigate the culture of crime in a different city. In Season 2, Crimetown heads to the heart of the Rust Belt: Detroit, Michigan. From its heyday as Motor City to its rebirth as the Brooklyn of the Midwest, Detroit’s history reflects a series of issues that strike at the heart of American identity: race, poverty, policing, loss of industry, the war on drugs, and our universal desire for a savior. Detroit’s a tough town, and its residents are even tougher. They’ve weathered riots, a drug epidemic, political scandal, and innumerable other hardships, but they’re still here—and they have stories to tell.
https://www.gimletmedia.com/show/crimetown
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 8 hours 54 minutes
Bonus Episode: Courtney
A powerful defense attorney thinks he can get away with anything—until one young woman fights back.
Bonus Episode: Buddy Cianci...The Musical
Inside the world’s best (well, only) Fringe Festival-approved, Off-Off-Broadway, speed-written, side-splittin’, six-night-run-and-then-we’re-done musical about everyone’s favorite felonious mayor.
episode 1: Divine Providence
In the first episode of Crimetown, a young prosecutor named Buddy Cianci takes on a gruesome murder case.
episode 3: The Making of a Mayor
Buddy Cianci runs for mayor, promising to change Providence. But will Providence change him instead?
episode 4: The Bonded Vault Heist
A ragtag crew of crooks pulls off the most spectacular heist in Rhode Island history. There’s just one problem: they’re robbing the mob.
episode 5: The Art of the Deal
Buddy Cianci runs for governor of Rhode Island, but a crisis threatens his candidacy—and his entire political career.
episode 6: Gerald and Harold
After a bloody shooting, two brothers are arrested. One may be innocent. The other has to make a hard choice.
episode 7: Power Street
March 20th, 1983. Buddy Cianci summons a few friends to his home. What happens there shocks Providence.
episode 8: Cat and Mouse
A cop goes head to head with a master thief. Their epic tug-of-war will revolutionize the fight against organized crime.