Crook County: The Secret Double Life of a Mafia Hitman

Dead and Gone

Tenderfoot TV & Double Elvis Productions

Music, Society & Culture, Music History, Documentary, True Crime

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

For over 20 years, Ken Tekiela was a celebrated firefighter, husband, and father of two —but he led a secret, double life as a hitman for the Chicago mob. When the truth came out, it destroyed his family. Now, his son Kyle, host of Crook County, is left to pick up the pieces. Crook County is the shocking true crime podcast about Kenny “The Kid” Tekiela’s rise through the ranks of the legendary organized crime syndicate, the Chicago Outfit, and the lasting impact this has on a family. From iHeartRadio and Tenderfoot TV, welcome to Crook County. Follow the show here. To binge the full season, subscribe to Tenderfoot+. Click here for more details: https://tenderfoot.tv/plus To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, dead and gone listeners, this is Jake Brennan. I want to tell you about a new true crime
0:05.1	series called Crook County from IHeart Podcasts and Tenderfoot TV. In Crook County, you'll meet Ken.
0:12.3	Ken is a celebrated firefighter. He's a husband and he's a loving dad. And he's going to learn
0:17.4	the truth about Ken. That for over 20 years, he led a secret double life as a hitman for the legendary organized crime syndicate, the Chicago outfit, a secret that shattered his family.
0:28.9	Check out this trailer while you listen. Search Crook County in your podcast app to follow the show.
0:34.9	I've done criminal defense now for almost 37 years.
0:42.5	It takes one guy out there to say, who's that fucking asshole, Kyle, who thinks he can just get on a goddamn microphone on a podcast and start publicizing this shit.
0:48.2	Earlier this morning, detectives and federal agents invaded a junkyard in DuPage County,
0:53.2	just west of Chicago.
0:54.7	In keeping with the legendary MO of the Chicago mob,
0:58.0	officials fully expected that they might find corpses inside the trunk of the automobile.
1:02.7	From I-Heart Podcasts and Tenderfoot TV comes a new true crime podcast, Crook County.
1:11.6	I got recruited into the mob when I was 17 years old.
1:15.1	Me Kenny, aka The Kid.
1:18.0	I ran whorehouses and I did hits.
1:20.6	An enforcer for the legendary Chicago outfit.
1:23.9	I wanted him to know I meant fucking business here.
1:26.1	Put the gun back up to his forehead. He lived a secret double life as a firefighter paramedic for the Chicago Fire Department.
1:32.3	My wife and I have two children.
1:34.3	Nobody knew anything.
1:35.3	I always believed whatever he said, so I was not aware of his mafia involvement.
1:41.3	Dad was a fucking crazy bastard.
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