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Nick “Nick the Blade” Gesuale

• November 29, 2021
• Tagged as: alphonse marano, billy porter, Harry martorella, henry hill, jimmy burke, marvin droznek, paul mazzei, philadelphia mafia, rick kyhn

Nick The Blade – early years Eugene “Nick the Blade” Gesuale was a notorious Capo in the Genovese Crime Family. He also was the infamous “Pittsburgh Connect” in the movie Goodfellas and the guy that…

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Gotti in USP Marion

• November 22, 2021
• Tagged as: AB, aryan brotherhood, gotti, john gotti, marion prison, walter johnson

John Gotti Arrives In this reboot of an old podcast, I talk with my friend David Layman who was a guard at the federal prison at Marion. He describes the day Gotti arrived at the…

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Jesus Ruiz Henao aka Mr. Big

• November 15, 2021
• Tagged as: cocaine, cocaine smugling

Jesus Ruiz Henao Gary interviews the well-known true crime author Ron Chepesiuk and Jesus Ruiz Henao (aka Mr. Big).  Gary gets the inside story of the largest single cocaine supplier to Great Britain during the…

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Polly Adler: The Madam to the Mob

• November 8, 2021
• Tagged as: arnold rothstein, Dutch schultz, frank costello, lucky luciano, prostitution

Madam Polly Adler Non-fiction author Debby Applegate discusses the famous New York madam Polly Adler. We learn how Ms. Adler came to America as a Russian Immigrant Jew and how she rose to prominence and…

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Giovanni Rocco Undercover with the Mob

• October 25, 2021
• Tagged as: charlie stango, DeCavalcante

Giovanni Rocco Giovanni Rocco tells Gary his experiences as he infiltrated the DeCavalcante crime family AKA The Real Sopranos. Rocco was able to gain the confidence of the DeCavalcante hierarchy. He tells about the problems…

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1989 Year of the Stool Pigeon William Jahoda

• October 21, 2021
• Tagged as: chicago outfit, good ship lollipop, Rocco Infelise, solly DeLaurentis, Thomas Moriarty

William Jahoda William Jahoda was an Outfit gambler connected to Rocco Infelise, the ruthless consigliere of the Chicago mob. He and others run the most profitable gambling house in Chicago. The entire operation is dubbed…

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1989 Year of the Stool Pigeon Vincent Rizza

• October 18, 2021
• Tagged as: pia rizza

Vincent Rizza Vincent Rizza was a former Chicago cop who was a tipster to Outfit members, a gambler, a sports bookie, and a cocaine addict. His claim to fame later in life is that his…

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1989 Year of the Stool Pigeon Ken Eto

• October 11, 2021
• Tagged as: elaine smith, jasper campise, johm gattuso, vince solano

Ken Eto and Vince Solano An American-born man of Japanese extraction left the internment camps after World War II and landed in Chicago. Ken Eto was a professional gambler who received notice from the Outfit….

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1989 Year of the Stool Pigeon Mario Rainone

• October 7, 2021
• Tagged as: chicago outfit, gus yaras, lenny patrick, sam carlisi

  Mario Rainone Mario John “the Arm” Rainone saw a couple of guys tailing him and thought he was being set up for a hit. Rainone was preparing to take out a building inspector after…

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1989 Year of the Stool Pigeon Paul Panczko

• October 4, 2021
• Tagged as: chicago outfit, gerald scarpelli, james duke basile

Paul Panczko Gary, Camillus Robinson, and Paul Whitcolmbe discuss the chain of events that started with Paul “Peanuts” Panczko and ended with the FBI making informants and government witnesses out of Duke Baisle and Gerald…