# Thomas Dewey

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Episode #327: Franklin Roosevelt #16: Fourth Term, Yalta, and Legacy (1944-1945)

Franklin Roosevelt #16: Fourth Term, Yalta, and Legacy (1944-1945); Topics covered include: World War II, agrees to run for Fourth Term, insists on Harry Truman as VP, Roosevelt's health deteriorating, Missy LeHand dies, agrees with Winston Churchill to keep the Manhattan Project a secret from the …

Episode #333: Harry Truman #6: A Heartbeat Away (1944-1945)

Harry Truman #6: A Heartbeat Away (1944-1945); Topics covered include: Election of 1944, selection of the Democratic nominee for Vice President, Democratic National Convention, Truman agrees to run for Vice President, Franklin Roosevelt and Truman nominated by the Democrats, Roosevelt beats Thomas …

Episode #338: Harry Truman #11: Dewey Defeats Truman? Stop the Presses! (1948)

Harry Truman #11: Dewey Defeats Truman? Stop the Presses! (1948); Topics covered include: Election of 1948, Democratic nomination, Whistle Stop Tour, other candidates (Tom Dewey, Strom Thurmond, and Henry Wallace), predictions for Truman's defeat, and victory at the polls Key people include: James…

Episode #351: Dwight Eisenhower #10: The General Agrees to Run (1951-1952)

Dwight Eisenhower #10: The General Agrees to Run (1951-1952); Topics covered include: Election of 1952, efforts to convince Eisenhower to run, agrees to run, wins the Republican nomination, general election campaign, scandal of VP candidate Richard Nixon's so-called "slush fund," conflict with Sena…

From Capone to Genovese and Luciano: A Violent History of the Mafia

In this episode of Gangland Wire, host Gary Jenkins, retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective, continues his deep dive into organized crime history with prolific Mafia author Jeffrey Sussman. Sussman, the author of eight books on organized crime, joins Jenkins for a wide-ranging conve…

Chicago Daily Tribune's 'Dewey Defeats Truman' Headline: What Really Happened

The Chicago Daily Tribune printed 'Dewey Defeats Truman' on election night 1948, and they were dead wrong. Pollsters, pundits, and even some of Harry Truman's own aides had written him off before a single vote was counted. Truman kept campaigning anyway, and when the results came in, that front pag…

Dutch Schultz – The Beer Baron_s Story – Gangster Sleep Story

He was uncouth, unpredictable, and despised by his peers—yet for a time, Dutch Schultz was the most powerful bootlegger in New York [citation:1][citation:7]. Born Arthur Flegenheimer in the Bronx, he rose from petty burglary to become the "Beer Baron," peddling low-quality brew during Prohibition a…

A Black Woman Took Down the Mob — Nobody Knows

Meet Eunice Hunton Carter, the brilliant Black woman prosecutor who single-handedly cracked the case that brought down Lucky Luciano and America's most powerful crime syndicate in 1935. While stuck in what others considered a "backwater" assignment prosecuting prostitutes, Carter spotted the patter…