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Synopsis
'Dutch Schultz' immerses listeners in the gritty underworld of 1930s New York, focusing on the life of the infamous gangster Dutch Schultz. The episode opens with Schultz discovering that key figures in organized crime are holding a secret meeting without him. This exclusion ignites his paranoia and fury, as he realizes that his rivals are plotting against him.
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