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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow Charged with Murder

    Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, the former don of the Chinese Mafia, has been back in jail for the past 19 months awaiting trial on racketeering charges. Yesterday, he was charged with murder .

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 16, 2015 • 1 min read

    Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, the former don of the Chinese Mafia, has been back in jail for the past 19 months awaiting trial on racketeering charges. Yesterday, he was charged with murder.

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    El Niño Preparations, Shrimp Boy and the Male Audience of Music Sites
    1. 0:17Preparing for El Niño
    2. 8:05A Drug Called Spice
    3. 15:00Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow Charged with MurderYou’re reading this
    4. 25:39Film Roundup: 'Crimson Peak,' 'Bridge of Spies,' and 'Goosebumps'
    5. 41:24Are Music Magazines Just Men's Magazines?
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Elizabeth Weil

      feature writer for New York Magazine

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    El Niño Preparations, Shrimp Boy and the Male Audience of Music Sites
    1. 0:17Preparing for El Niño
    2. 8:05A Drug Called Spice
    3. 15:00Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow Charged with MurderYou’re reading this
    4. 25:39Film Roundup: 'Crimson Peak,' 'Bridge of Spies,' and 'Goosebumps'
    5. 41:24Are Music Magazines Just Men's Magazines?
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand