Chinatown’s Gangster Prince: Shrimp Boy
About this episode
The episode explores the life of Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow, a notorious gangster in San Francisco's Chinatown, detailing his rise in organized crime and subsequent claims of reformation amidst ongoing investigations.
Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow possesses one of the best mob nicknames out there. The San Francisco Chinatown gangster went from teenage immigrant hooligan from the streets of Hong Kong to one of the most infamous Asian organized crime figures in America. His story has everything: Chinatown tongs, Hong Kong triad influence, immigrant protection rackets, gambling dens, and the violent gang wars that turned San Francisco’s streets into a battleground. Then comes Shrimp Boy’s strange second act, when he reemerges from prison claiming to be a reformed community leader, even as the FBI is building a sprawling undercover case around him. It all ends in a wild corruption and organized crime scandal involving guns, money laundering, murder allegations, and a California state senator caught in the same net. Subscribe: www.patreon.com/theunderworldpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Host: The Underworld Podcast
Topics covered
- organized crime
- gangsters
- immigration
- corruption
- community leadership
- San Francisco history
Keywords
- Shrimp Boy
- Chinatown
- gang wars
- organized crime
- FBI
- corruption
- immigrant protection rackets
- San Francisco
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Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: FBI, California state senator, Chinatown tongs, Hong Kong triad
Places: San Francisco, Hong Kong
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