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John Pennisi from Wit Sec

• April 12, 2021
• Tagged as: gotti, lucchese

John Pennisi John Pennisi is the interview subject. A very unusual former mobster. john Pennisi writes a regular blog titled Sitdown News (click to find this). He has become an accomplished author as he creates…

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Paul Ricca – The Power Behind the Outfit’s Throne

• April 6, 2021
• Tagged as: Accardo, charlie gioe, Cherry Nose Gioe, chicago outfit, diamond joe esposito, frank nitti, johnny roselli, Tony Accardo, willie bioff

Paul Ricca – the beginnings In this episode, Gary examines the life of a young Italian immigrant named Paul Ricca who started his mob career with murder. He fled to Cuba in 1920. Once safely…

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Russell Shorto

• March 29, 2021
• Tagged as: Joe Regino, John LaRocca, Jospeh Regino, Pittsburg mafia, Sebastiano LaRocca

Russell Shorto -Johnstown Mob Gary interviews the author of Smalltime: A story of My Family and the Mob. Mr. Shorto is the namesake and grandson of Johnstown Mafia gambler and long-time close associate of Youngstown…

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Anthony Celano NYPD

• March 22, 2021
• Tagged as: five families, john gotti, NYPD, police intelligence, the commission

Anthony Celano Retired Intelligence Detective Gary interviews a crime-mystery writer  Anthony Celano. He is a retired New York City Police Department Intelligence Detective. Gary and Tony had very similar careers and this episode is like…

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Abe Reles: A Brotherhood Betrayed

• March 15, 2021
• Tagged as: albert anastasia, lepke buchalter, lord high executioner, lucky luciano, Max “Kid Twist” Zweiback, murder inc., the mad hatter, thomas dewey, William O'Dwyer

Abe Reles: A Brotherhood Betrayed Gary interviews Michael Cannell, the author of four non-fiction books and former sportswriter and editor for the New York Times. His most recent book, A Brotherhood betrayed: The man Behind…

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Raymond Patriarca

• March 10, 2021
• Tagged as: Buttesy Morelli, EnricoTeleleo, Filiopo Buccola, Frank Morelli, Frankie “Frank the Cheeseman” Cucchiara, gerard ouimette, Henry Teleleo, joe lombardo, marfeo

Raymond Patriarca the Early Years Raymond L.S. Patriarca started like every other major mafia figure of the 20th century. First, his parents were Sicilian. His father, Elatario Patriarca emigrated from Sicily in the early 1900s….

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Bill Roemer and Informants

• March 8, 2021
• Tagged as: chicago outfit, chuckie english, dominic blasi, dominic DiBella, Sam Giancana

Bill Roemer FBI Bill Roemer was one of the first FBI agents assigned to Chicago’s Organized Crime Squad. He and his fellow agents in the C-1 Squad (organized Crime Squad) lost their access to many…

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Real Oklahoma Outlaws

• March 1, 2021

Justice and Davis Gang Gary interviews retired Oklahoma City Detective Sergeant Richard Mullins about his career and his investigation of the Justice and Davis criminal gang. This was a group of long-time professional criminals who…

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Alain Olivier Part 2

• February 22, 2021
• Tagged as: bang kwang, Canadian police, Mounties, RCMP, Victor malarek

Most Wanted and The Trial of Alain Olivier Most Wanted, starring Josh Hartnett and Jim Gaffigan, is the real-life story of a French Canadian drug addict named Alain Olivier and how the Royal Canadian Mounted…

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Alain Olivier Part 1

• February 19, 2021
• Tagged as: china white, jim gaffigan, Josh hartnett, Thai prison

Alain Olivier Most Wanted Recently Gary watched an Amazon Prime movie titled Most Wanted. The film starred Josh Hartnett, Jim Gaffigan, and Antoine Olivier Pilon.  This film was about a Royal Canadian Mounted Police operation that…