The Cooley Account
What started as research for a movie resulted in these recordings. This is the life story of Bob Cooley, a man who accomplished the impossible by decapitating Al Capone's criminal operation.
In the 1970s, Bob Cooley was a young cop who decided to become a lawyer and quickly became an insider for the Chicago mob, which controlled the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois.
This multipart conversation details the inner workings of the notorious Chicago crime syndicate. From politicians on the take to a corrupt court system and cold-case murders. There are also never-before-revealed details about cult icon Count Dante and mob fixture Pat Marcy. If you’re intrigued by organized crime, political corruption, and other matters of deceit, this story is for you.
The Cooley Account
Episodes
Episode 1: Chicago Poor
How did Bob Cooley become the insider who destroyed the Chicago mob and the 1st Ward? We start at Bob’s youth on the South Side of Chicago, as he details his childhood struggles and the murders of both his grandfathers. Both men were cops...
Episode 2: The Police Test
Bob’s scholarship at Marquette ends abruptly because of his fighting and money-making schemes. He moves back home and bounces between odd jobs before he takes the Chicago Police exam. Once on the force, he teams up with a cop who introduc...
Episode 3: Left For Dead
Bob becomes a Chicago cop and applies his street smarts to rise rapidly through the ranks. His encounters at the criminal courts inspire him to go to law school, but his world is shattered when he's left for dead after being run over by a patro...
Episode 4: Chicago’s Courts
The malfeasance in the Chicago courts inspires Bob to go to law school. Mob-connected cop Rick Borelli introduces him to the web of illegal gambling operations that reach into the western suburbs of Chicago.
Episode 5: Count Dante And The Purolator Heist
A strange character named Count Dante enlists Bob for legal help. The Count is being charged with murder for an attack on an opposing dojo whose owner is siphoning his clients. Bob finds himself entangled in the Count's bizarre world, which he ...
Fan Mail
good day. I’m a Chicago guy, I know Bobs story all to well and I know the people he was involved with. My heart goes out to this guy more than you’ll ever know, I just can’t believe how he’s been treated since this all happened years ago and to this day the way people talk about him makes me SICK! His life is incredible and why there isn’t a movie about his life shocks me absolutely shocks me. They made a movie a shitty movie about the 2 NY cops Ippolito & his partner how rotten they were. Well Bobs story is completely opposite of that. I hope somehow someway a message can be sent to him that he has at least one person in Chicago that really respects him and just feels awful for what he went thru. I hope he at least knows how thankful I am for what he did & is doing by sharing his story. All of us here can sleep better because of what Bob did and how it started the entire process. If the people I know heard me talk like this I’d be up a creek but I’ll take that chance because I believe Bob needs to know he is appreciated & respected!! God bless Bob I pray for you often!
Hickory Hills, Illinois
