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In the Ghost Shadows

The Untold Story of Chinatown's Most Powerful Crime Boss

Narrated by Austin Ku

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Pub Date May 13 2025 | Archive Date May 13 2025

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Description

They were the most powerful gang in Chinatown. Like the notorious crime families of the Italian Mob, the Asian youth gang known as the Ghost Shadows carved out their own territory in New York's underworld and ruled those streets for decades. Their leader Peter Chin, a young immigrant from the outskirts of Hong Kong, not only found a new family among his fellow gang members but became one of the two most powerful men in Chinatown's history at that time. Eventually it all came crashing down-when Chin and twenty-four other Ghost Shadows were indicted and imprisoned for racketeering. But throughout his twenty years in prison, and even since his release, Chin has kept his code of silence. Until now. For the first time ever, the former leader of the Ghost Shadows breaks his silence in this tell-all to author Everett De Morier. From his arrival in New York's gritty Chinatown to his initiation into the street gangs, Chin found a new sense of belonging and brotherhood-as well as a dangerous world of gun fights and gang wars, gambling and extortion, shootings, and arrests. Now a successful businessman, Chin gives listeners a glimpse into why a young man would choose a life of crime-and how he managed to beat the odds and live to tell the tale. Chin's is a story of family, loyalty, and redemption, with an inspiring message of hope for anyone who's made mistakes.

They were the most powerful gang in Chinatown. Like the notorious crime families of the Italian Mob, the Asian youth gang known as the Ghost Shadows carved out their own territory in New York's...


Advance Praise

“A rare and riveting look from inside New York Chinatown’s Tong Wars of the ’70s and ’80s. Peter Chin and coauthor Everett de Morier put you right there on the gritty streets, along with Sparerib, Stinky Bug, Mongo, Applehead, and the rest of the Ghost Shadows gang. They’ve written a compulsively readable book.” —S. J. Peddie, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of Sonny: The Last of the Old-Time Mafia Bosses, John “Sonny” Franzese

“Everett De Morier is a great storyteller!” —Meyer Lansky II, grandson of Meyer Lansky and author of The Lansky Legacy: The Life and Letters of Meyer Lansky

“A rare and riveting look from inside New York Chinatown’s Tong Wars of the ’70s and ’80s. Peter Chin and coauthor Everett de Morier put you right there on the gritty streets, along with Sparerib...


Available Editions

EDITION Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN 9798331913366
PRICE $19.99 (USD)
DURATION 5 Hours, 53 Minutes

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