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Dustin Marks – A Crossroader Talks

• January 25, 2021
• Tagged as: blackjack cheater, card cheater, card counting, crossroader, gambling, las vegas, stardust, Tropicana

Dustin Marks as a Magician Dustin Marks tells listeners about how he was drawn to perform magic tricks as a child. He notices that all the good magicians are based in Las Vegas. As a…

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Jeffrey Sussman on Greg Scarpa

• January 18, 2021
• Tagged as: carmine persico, Colombo family, Joey Scarpa, Linda Scarpa, Linda Shiro, Michael DeRosa, Ronald Moran

Jeffrey Sussman Gary interviews Jeffrey Sussman who is the author of 15 non-fiction books. Mr. Sussman’s most recent book, Big Apple Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in New York, is the subject….

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Chris Paciello – South Beach Celebrity

• January 11, 2021
• Tagged as: bonanno, gambino, jimmy calendra

Chris Paciello – The early days Chris Paciello was born Christian Ludwigsen in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn to an Italian mother and non-Italian father who was an addict and a petty thief. Chris’s…

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Ron Fino – Mr. Undercover

• December 28, 2020
• Tagged as: buffalo crime family, chicago outfit, stephano maggidino

Ron Fino- Undercover Contractor This is the audio from a Zoom call in which the Gangland Wire Supporters and I talk with Mr. Undercover, Ron Fino. Ron started as a Union business manager in the…

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Joe Pistone and Deep Cover

• December 14, 2020
• Tagged as: donnie brasko, FBI, gambino, leo rossi, podcast, undercover

Joe Pistone Podcast In this episode, Gary interviews the famous retired FBI Agent Joe Pistone aka Donnie Brasko, and his podcasting partner Leo Rossi. Joe Pistone has started his own true-crime podcast based on stories…

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Jack Garcia aka Jack Falcone

• December 7, 2020
• Tagged as: FBI, gambino, greg DePalma, money launderer, narcotics smuggling, omega 7

Jack Garcia – the early days Joaquin “Jack” Garcia was actually born in pre-Castro Cuba. His family immigrated to the U.S. in the early days of Castro because his father was going to be arrested…

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Frankie Carbo

• November 30, 2020
• Tagged as: abe reles, blinky palermo, boxing, frankie carbo, johnny sexton, kid galivan, kid twist, prize fighting, sonny liston

Frankie Carbo- the early years Paul John Carbo (born Paolo Giovanni Carbo; AKA Frankie Carbo was a New York City Mafia soldier in the Lucchese crime family. He was a gunman and assassin for “Lepke”…

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Listener Zoom call How Larry Newman committed murder In McHenry

• November 23, 2020
• Tagged as: ernie davino, hole in the wall, larry newman, sal romano, tony spilotro

Larry Newman Committed Murder in McHenry County Paul Scharff learned who murdered his father years before from his former babysitter. Paul’s father, Ron Scharff, was closing his neighborhood tavern on June 2, 1981. A man…

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Diamond Jim Moran

• November 16, 2020
• Tagged as: frank costello, huey p. long, la louisiane, new orleons history

Diamond Jim Moran and New Orleans Bobby Brocato Jr, nephew of the famous Diamond Jim Moran, aka James Brocato, has published a New Orleans history/Mafia history/New Orleans cuisine cookbook/family history book titled Food for Kings:…

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The Trenchcoat Robbers

• November 9, 2020
• Tagged as: bank robbery, FBI, ray bowman, william kirkpatrick

William Kirkpatrick – Big Trenchcoat Robber This is the story of the trenchcoat robbers, one of the most successful bank robbery teams in all history. In the 1970s, William Kirkpatrick was often followed by the…