Taming Lyons

1984 // No More Bars members are targeted with violence. College student Philip Neri, 20, is found dead at the bottom of a quarry behind strip club, My Uncle's Place. Suspects include club employees and Lyons police. Four decades after Neri's death, Host Chris Kostrzak retraces the investigation in search of answers that have eluded authorities for years. Will a notorious thief be the one to crack the case? New episodes drop on Wednesday. Or, to access all 10 ad-free episodes now & unlock exclusive content: photos, video, interviews, archival materials & BTS content, go to https://patreon.com/taminglyons . Taming Lyons is hosted by creator, Christopher Kostrzak & presented by Autonomous . Follow TL on Facebook Instagram Youtube TIk-Tok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1981 - 1984 // Three bombs explode on and around the Strip, targets include a local Outlaw and Lyons strip club. Judy's daughter Gina fears she or her mother may be next. Judy is attacked, and FBI Agent Damron's life is threatened. Judy forms the "No More Bars" group. When they target a new biker bar, the dark forces backing it strike back. New episodes drop on Wednesday. Or, to access all 10 ad-free episodes now & unlock exclusive content: photos, video, interviews, archival materials & BTS content, go to https://patreon.com/taminglyons . Taming Lyons is hosted by creator, Christopher Kostrzak & presented by Autonomous . Follow TL on Facebook Instagram Youtube TIk-Tok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1980 // Former Marine Thomas Gervais opens the National Credit Service. When business booms, and he's made an offer he can't refuse, Gervais is forced to make a fateful decision. Judy makes her first run at mayor and has Magic Touch owner Michael Russo worried. Judy gets her first terrifying taste of what it's going to take to change Lyons. New episodes drop on Wednesday. Or, to access all 10 ad-free episodes now & unlock exclusive content: photos, video, interviews, archival materials & BTS content, go to https://patreon.com/taminglyons . Taming Lyons is hosted by creator, Christopher Kostrzak & presented by Autonomous . Follow TL on Facebook Instagram Youtube TIk-Tok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1979 - TIME TRAVEL - 1980 // Halloween Night 1979: the last vestige of Lyons' glamorous past burns to the ground. Judy goes to law school and beckons the FBI. Daughter Gina's rosy view of Lyons is shattered when she attends a private high school. Host Chris Kostrzak, his family, and neighbors take us on a story tour of their mobbed-up block in Lyons. Young Chris makes the unwise decision to date the granddaughter of one of Mayor Smith's Outfit gambling buddies. New episodes drop on Wednesday. Or, to access all 10 ad-free episodes now & unlock exclusive content: photos, video, interviews, archival materials & BTS content, go to https://patreon.com/taminglyons . Taming Lyons is hosted by creator, Christopher Kostrzak & presented by Autonomous . Follow TL on Facebook Instagram Youtube TIk-Tok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1975 - 1979 // Outfit operations expand as Judy runs for office and goes back to school. A series of disturbing events offers Judy a glimpse into the menace that awaits her in the battle to save Lyons. New episodes drop on Wednesday. Or, to access all 10 ad-free episodes now & unlock exclusive content: photos, video, interviews, archival materials & BTS content, go to https://patreon.com/taminglyons . Taming Lyons is hosted by creator, Christopher Kostrzak & presented by Autonomous . Follow TL on Facebook Instagram Youtube TIk-Tok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2010 - TIME TRAVEL - 1975 // Family attorney Judy Petrucci collapses in court in 2010, and we travel back to Lyons in 1975, a “wide-open town” controlled by the Chicago Outfit, run by a mayor on the take, and packed with taverns, nightclubs, and strip clubs. Seeing the effect life in wild Lyons is having on her daughter Gina, Judy vows to clean up the town. "Michael's Magic Touch" owner Michael Russo meets Mayor William G. Smith for "happy hour." Judy attends her first village meeting and makes a decision that will change her life and Lyons forever. New episodes drop on Wednesday. Or, to access all 10 ad-free episodes now & unlock exclusive content: photos, video, interviews, archival materials & BTS content, go to https://patreon.com/taminglyons . Taming Lyons is hosted by creator, Christopher Kostrzak & presented by Autonomous . Follow TL on Facebook Instagram Youtube TIk-Tok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Taming Lyons tells the epic true story of Judy Petrucci, the tenacious Lyons Little League mom who risked her life and ran for mayor to help the Feds take down the Chicago mob in “Operation Safebet,” the most successful organized crime vice sting in U.S. history. The series also traces Lyons’ legacy of infamy to the present day as a new generation of residents confronts fresh political controversy surrounding Lyons’ current mayor, who recently announced a run for U.S. Congress. New episodes drop Wednesday. Or, to access 10 ad-free episodes now and unlock exclusive content, including photos, video, additional interviews, archival materials, and behind-the-scenes content, go to https://patreon.com/taminglyons . Taming Lyons is hosted by creator, Christopher Kostrzak, and presented by Autonomous . Follow Taming Lyons on Facebook Instagram Youtube TIk-Tok New episodes drop on Wednesday. Or, to access all 10 ad-free episodes now & unlock exclusive content: photos, video, interviews, archival materials & BTS content, go to https://patreon.com/taminglyons . Taming Lyons is hosted by creator, Christopher Kostrzak & presented by Autonomous . Follow TL on Facebook Instagram Youtube TIk-Tok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.