Black Hand Strawman: The History of Organized Crime in Kansas City

Name: Black Hand Strawman: The History of Organized Crime in Kansas City
Genre: Crime, Documentary, History
Released: 2009
Duration: 128 min
Cast: Terence Michael O'Malley, Bill Ouseley

2009

2h 8min

Crime

Documentary

History

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Overview

The film shines a light on Kansas City’s less glorious past when it was a major distribution hub for heroin in the 1930s and 1940s. Black Hand Strawman explains how Kansas City’s Mafia exercised control over the Teamsters Union Local 41 from the 1950s into the 1980s.