Wolves Among Us, Season 1, The Larry Lavin Story

Rotten Mango

Stephanie Soo

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 25.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

On the surface, there was nothing remarkable about Larry Lavin. He lived in a quiet neighborhood with his wife and family, drove a Volvo, and practiced dentistry in Philadelphia. But, from 1978 to 1984, Dr. Lavin moonlighted as one of the largest cocaine kingpins on the Eastern Seaboard. Through the voices and perspectives of law enforcement, drug runners, friends, business associates and Larry Lavin himself, Wolves Among Us, Season One, The Larry Lavin Story, tells the story of Lavin’s dual life, his impact on Philadelphia culture in the late 70s and early 80s, and the stunning events that led to an intense manhunt for one of the FBI’s 10 most wanted fugitives. Wolves Among Us is a presentation and creation of Peabody-nominated C13Originals, a Cadence13 Studio. 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	Hi, Stephanie here. You guys know I'm addicted to a good thrilling story, right?
0:05.3	Here's my latest obsession. I am excited to share an extended preview of Wolves Among Us with you,
0:10.9	a gripping new true crime anthology series with C13 originals.
0:15.1	The Peabody Award nominated team behind shows like Gone South, Gangster Capitalism, Fallen Angel, and The Sunshine Place.
0:22.3	Wolves Among Us tells the stories of community pillars, soccer moms, PTA dads,
0:27.3	and then you're like, wow, their life seems so perfect, right? Right. Maybe it's just an illusion, though.
0:32.6	Larry Lavon, for example, on the surface.
0:35.0	There is nothing remarkable about the guy. He lives in a quiet neighborhood with his wife and kids.
0:39.7	He drives a Volvo. Practice is dentistry, okay?
0:42.9	Yeah, well, from 1978 to 1984, he moonlighted as one of the largest cocaine kingpins on the Eastern Seaboard.
0:50.5	They distributed hundreds of pounds of coke every month that are nearly $200 million.
0:57.6	His empire spanned over two continents, three countries, and 14 states during Reagan's War on Drugs.
1:03.8	Through the voices and perspectives of law enforcement drug runners, friends, business associates,
1:09.4	and Larry Lavon himself, season one of Wolves Among Us explores Lavon's dual life,
1:14.5	and the stunning event that led to an intense manhot for one of FBI's most wanted fugitives.
1:19.9	You can find Wolves Among Us now on the Odyssey app or wherever you listen to your podcast.
1:27.2	Larry Lavon, as I know him, was a dentist who really was talented at what he did.
1:33.7	They liked him, his patients, his staff.
1:36.5	He's the kind of person that you meet and you just can't help beloved him.
1:40.4	Bright, very smart, good looking, articulate, nice guy, really.
1:45.9	A regular good kid, like he could have looked at him and said, what the fuck's he doing in business, you know what I mean?
1:54.1	A Philadelphia dentist today was sentenced to 22 years in prison and fined $100,000.
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