Crook County
Episodes
Kenny Needs Your Help
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny “The Kid” is facing the most difficult challenge of his life. After years of battling extreme PTSD and mental instability, Ken is no...
Inside the Investigation with Payne Lindsey, Dennis Cooper, and Kyle Tekiela
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered what happens off mic in an investigative podcast? Join Payne Lindsey (Up and Vanished), Dennis Cooper (Culpable), and Kyle Teki...
Unanswered Questions
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready for a thrilling Crook County bonus episode! Kyle dives into the voicemails you, our passionate fans, have sent in, tackling your burning que...
Do Not Turn On the Lights
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? Answer: Wisecrack— a 6-part limited series where true crime and stand up co...
Introducing: Bone Valley, Season 2
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Crook County listeners! iHeartPodcasts & Tenderfoot has a new season of the hit franchise called Bone Valley, hosted by Gilbert King. In 1987,...
Inside Crook County: Behind the Mic with Kyle Tekiela
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your backstage pass to Crook County. In this candid interview, host & producer Kyle Tekiela shares some honest details that were too raw for the s...
8 | The Rear View Mirror
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ken's new civilian life has a fiery collision with the underworld resulting in death and destruction. A life full of secrets takes its toll on the fam...
7 | The Devil Won't Leave Me Alone
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Like the old saying goes, “Just when I think I’m out, they pull me back in!”, Ken achieves his goal of becoming a firefighter and pa...
6 | Fire In The Sky
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny witnesses American Airlines Flight 191 crashing out of O’Hare Airport killing everyone on board and reveals a newfound purpose. Things tak...
5 | Bully
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We meet a new mafia boss who gives Ken orders for his first hit. Ken's twin brother Rich shares stories of their troubled youth. Ken discovers a new h...
4 | Keeper Of A House Of Prostitution
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ken settles into his new life in The Outfit. We meet the working girls and some more mafia goons, and learn the ins and outs of how a house of prostit...
3 | Coming Clean
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ken walks us through his current day-to-day as he attempts to atone for his life of crime. Then we dive back into the past to his first years inside t...
2 | The Ties That Bind Us
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the help of some old home videos, Kyle embarks on a journey to the past to uncover the family secret and try to pick up the pieces of a broken ho...
1 | Give Me Your F**kin Money
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Kenny “The Kid”, a Chicago mafia soldier and hitman for nearly 25 years. After hearing a brutal firsthand account of a mafia hit, we ...
Meet Ken
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For over 20 years he was a celebrated firefighter, living a secret double life as a hitman for the Chicago mob. Who is Ken Tekiela? He's my father, an...
Welcome to Crook County (Official Trailer)
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Crook County, a den of thieves, where a celebrated firefighter, husband and loving father led a secret double life as a hitman for the lege...