Crimetown
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.
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S2 E01: Stop the Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets
In the first episode of Crimetown Season 2, a crime lab technician takes on a notorious cop.
30 min
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Coming Soon: Season 2
Crimetown returns with stories of crime and corruption from a new city: Detroit, Michigan.
2 min
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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.
31 min
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Bonus Episode: Courtney
A powerful defense attorney thinks he can get away with anything—until one young woman fights back.
37 min
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Bonus Episode: Sins of the Father
A wiseguy’s son steps out of his father’s shadow—and into the boxing ring.
28 min
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Bonus Episode: The Arrest of Ralph DeMasi
An infamous gangster. The wife and children he left behind. And the innocent man he allegedly gunned down.
35 min
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Bonus Episode: Crimetown Live in Brooklyn
Listen to some of your favorite Crimetown characters swap stories before a live audience.
40 min
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The Crimetown Season One Soundtrack
To celebrate the end of our first season, Crimetown is releasing a soundtrack featuring many of the songs from the show.
12 min
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S1 E18: The Prince of Providence
In the season finale of Crimetown, Buddy Cianci finds himself behind bars. But he’s not finished yet.
43 min
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S1 E17: The Trial of Buddy Cianci
In the wake of an FBI investigation into City Hall, Buddy Cianci must fight for his political future. Is he the Renaissance Mayor—or is he running a criminal organization?
28 min
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S1 E16: Operation Plunder Dome
An unlikely duo—an FBI agent from Mississippi and a businessman from Portugal—join forces to fight corruption in Providence. Will they take down Buddy Cianci?
42 min
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Bonus Episode: The Gangster's Daughter
Growing up, Nicole Ouimette didn’t see much of her father. Then he got out of prison.
18 min
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S1 E15: Family Ties
As Charles “the Ghost” Kennedy’s drug empire starts to crumble, the people close to him suffer the consequences.
34 min
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S1 E14: Renaissance Man
Buddy Cianci left City Hall in disgrace. Is Providence ready to forgive him?
32 min
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Bonus Episode: Cat and Mouse Part II
A master thief and an old adversary face off one last time.
19 min
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S1 E13: The Network
How a shadowy group of politicians, bankers, and mobsters crashed Rhode Island’s financial system.
30 min
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S1 E12: Mob Justice
A mob lawyer rises to become Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Will his old associations bring him down?
26 min
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S1 E11: The Doctor Broad
A young doctor is seduced by the Providence mob…in more ways than one.
32 min
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S1 E10: The Ghost
Epic parties. Pet wolves. Freezers full of cocaine. Inside the rise of one of the East Coast’s biggest drug traffickers.
32 min
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S1 E09: A Deal With the Devil
A brutal murder. A notorious mob captain. A police informant. And a man who wants out of the mob for good.
30 min
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S1 E08: 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.
31 min
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S1 E07: Power Street
March 20th, 1983. Buddy Cianci summons a few friends to his home. What happens there shocks Providence.
30 min
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S1 E06: Gerald and Harold
After a bloody shooting, two brothers are arrested. One may be innocent. The other has to make a hard choice.
30 min
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S1 E05: The Art of the Deal
Buddy Cianci runs for governor of Rhode Island, but a crisis threatens his candidacy—and his entire political career.
30 min
50
S1 E04: 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.
32 min