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Powerless Press Podcast[Audio] Outrage in San Francisco: The Cover-Up Murder Case of Andy Kinyon“San Francisco’s Hottest Cold Case” AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I am an avid reader of mob and true crime novels. This is one of the best I have ever read." - Amazon review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "What a page turner! This story is an amazing piece of investigative work—both compelling and heartbreaking." - Amazon review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I’d seen the author’s work in OZY but was blown away by this book. It’s SUCH a great read, written from the heart! Full of interest for those historians of the hippie generation, North Beach, corrupt cops, mobbed up pols, and San F...2025-03-2007 min
Powerless Press Podcast[Audio] The Dark Side of VictoryDiscover the shocking truth behind San Francisco’s V-J Day riot in, “The Dark Side of Victory: When Heroes Turned Villains in San Francisco.” While America celebrated the end of World War II, returning soldiers—our celebrated heroes—unleashed a violent rampage on their own streets, killing 13, injuring over 1,000, and committing heinous acts against fellow citizens. Unlike the joyous scenes in New York or Chicago, this forgotten tale of lawlessness reveals a betrayal that stunned a nation—and a cover-up that let it fade into obscurity. Dive into this gripping story and uncover a side of history you won’t believe!...2025-03-2005 min
Powerless Press Podcast[Audio] That Time an FBI Informant Murdered a Hollywood Police DetectiveDive into the dark and dangerous life of Béla Marko, the notorious "Gangster of Budapest," whose reign of crime and charisma stretched from the heart of Hungary to the neon-lit streets of Los Angeles. With a stature that commanded fear and a lifestyle of luxury and vice, Marko's journey from a sophisticated burglary mastermind and hitman to an FBI informant is riddled with betrayal, murder, and a dramatic end in a hail of bullets. His story is a riveting tale of power, deception, and the brutal dance with mortality in the underworld.Read the o...2024-12-2308 min
Powerless Press Podcast[Audio] The San Francisco Police Framed an Innocent Man for MurderListen to the harrowing yet ultimately redemptive tale of Chol Soo Lee, a young Korean immigrant wrongfully convicted in a chilling example of legal betrayal in the city of San Francisco. On an unsuspecting day in 1973, Lee was catapulted into a nightmare of legal injustice, manufactured by a corrupt system with no regard for truth or integrity. From the moment of his arrest, his fate was sealed as police, prosecutors, and even his public defender conspired in a grotesque display of collusion to guarantee his conviction. The case was a textbook example of calculated deceit, where Detectives Frank Falzon...2024-12-1608 min
Powerless Press Podcast[Audio] The Sordid History of the SFPDIn San Francisco, it has always been hard to tell the cops from the robbers. From the gold-rush days when Chief Malachi Fallon's badge-wearing bandits roamed the streets to the turn of the century when the SFPD's Hall of Justice stood as a monument to corruption before falling to pieces in the great quake of '06, the city's law enforcement has been a tale of duality.Mark Twain's ink flowed freely with scathing critiques of San Francisco’s police force, more akin to a criminal syndicate, with officers preying on the citizenry as much as protecting them. Th...2024-10-2011 min
Powerless Press Podcast[Audio] COLD CASE: San Francisco Vice Cop Victim of a Professional HitIn a tale laced with intrigue and corruption, Lester Garnier, a young vice cop with the San Francisco Police Department, was found shot to death in his new Corvette in 1988. The execution-style hit whispered of deep-seated corruption within the ranks. As the SFPD quickly passed the investigation to the smaller and understaffed Walnut Creek police, eyebrows raised at the apparent lack of interest in pursuing one of their own's killers.The investigation uncovered a web of vice, from an upscale brothel to narcotics, where Garnier was not just a detective but potentially a police whistleblower. A missing...2024-10-1510 min
Powerless Press Podcast[Audio] Bill Graham Presents: The Death of Charles SullivanThis story recounts the mysterious circumstances surrounding the 1966 death of Charles Sullivan, a successful black concert promoter in San Francisco, and the alleged involvement of legendary promoter Bill Graham. Stevie Nicks recalled a 1966 incident at the Fillmore Auditorium where Graham threatened to kill a heckler if he ever saw him again, illustrating his reputation for using mob-like tactics. Graham, who was believed by some to have orchestrated Sullivan's murder to seize control of the Fillmore, rose from obscurity to become a multimillionaire and dominant force in the music industry.Sullivan, known for his entrepreneurial spirit, built an...2024-10-1511 min
Powerless Press Podcast[Audio] The Angry Angel of Chinatown DescendsIn the shadowy alleyways of 1880s San Francisco's Chinatown, a dark world of exploitation thrived where young Chinese girls were condemned to a life of brutal servitude, with death as their only reprieve. But from this despair, a beacon of hope emerged in the form of Donaldina Cameron, a fearless missionary with a sledgehammer and an unwavering resolve.At just 25, Donaldina took charge of the Presbyterian Mission House, leading daring raids into the heart of the Tong's dens to rescue enslaved girls. Known as "Lo Mo" to those she saved, and "Fohn Quar" - the White Devil...2024-10-1205 min
Listen To Your Ears To A Binge-Worthy Full Audiobook.San Francisco's Hottest Cold Case by Jon KinyonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/65985to listen full audiobooks.
Title: San Francisco's Hottest Cold Case
Author: Jon Kinyon
Narrator: Virtual Voice
Format: mp3
Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
Release date: 12-09-23
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 7 ratings
Genres: Biographies
Publisher's Summary:2023-12-096h 11
Everything Band PodcastScott WatsonComposer Scott Watson is my guest on this episode. Scott has over 60 published works, mostly through by Alfred Music. In this diverse episode we discuss Scott's impressive career including his musical background, his compositional process, acquiring commissions and using consortiums, guest conducting, technology in the classroom, project based learning, graded band music, learning one instrument very well, and finding inspiration in writing music for young players. Links: Scott Watson, composer Scott's works at Alfred Music Queen Mab Composers and Schools in Concert Project Based Learning Scott's Book: Using Technology to Unlock Musical Creativity Michael Colgrass: Old C...2017-04-0340 min