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

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

March 20, 2009 | 128 min

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.

Genres

Crime Documentary History

Cast

Naomi Scott

Bill Ouseley

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