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Oct 2021
59m 47s

NY’s Chinatown Wars: Ghost Shadows, Hong...

The Underworld Podcast
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When Nicky Louie stalked the streets in the 1970's, he was the first gangster to scare Chinatown in decades. At only 22-years-old, he led his gang of gun-toting teen hitmen known as the Ghost Shadows in countless shootouts against the Flying Dragons. Both street gangs were linked up with the established and secretive community groups known as Tongs that had ... Show More
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