How did Richard Cain become a Chicago cop Gary interviews Chicago Outfit historian and Administrator of the Chicago Outfit – Old and Current News and Articles Mike Byrne. Richard Cain was born to an Irish-American…
Boring Mobster Life
June 8, 2020
The Bonanno Family and drug smuggling In 1972, the Bonanno War is over, Joe and Bill Bonanno are out in Arizona. The Commission appoints Phil “Rusty”Rastelli the new boss of the Bonano crime family. Carmine…
Jimmy the Weasel Fratianno
- February 18, 2019
- Tagged as: chicago outfit, Jimmy the Weasel, la cosa nostra, organized crime, outfit, podcast, title 3, two tonys, wiretap
In this episode, we taped an interview with Jimmy Fratianno expert George Custer at the MobWorld Summit in our Las Vegas hotel room. We learn that Jimmy the Weasel started as a Cleveland mobster, then…
Frank Cullotta Frank Cullotta committed many crimes and had long been part of a burglary gang in Chicago. Gangland Wire is releasing a 3 part series on Tony Spilotro and his Hole in the Wall Gang burglary…
Freddy Geas killed Whitey Bulger
- November 2, 2018
- Tagged as: boston, bulger, geas, Hazelton prison, murder, organized crime, slocks
In this podcast, Aaron and I interview our friend who is a former prison guard at the maximum security federal prison at Marion, Illinois. He will talk about the procedures in handling high profile prisoners…
Kenji Gallo
- September 10, 2018
- Tagged as: cocaine, columbo family, gambino, gambler, gambling, joe columbo, organized crime, porn star, strip clubs
Kenny “Kenji” Gallo was born to a well to do Japanese-American family in ritzy suburban Orange County, California. Kenji started his criminal career as a quiet but hyperactive kid who entered into the drug trafficking…
As we continue with our Media and the Mob series on the first Monday of each month, this week Aaron and I interview veteran Philadelphia television reporter Dave Schratwieser who has been an investigative…
This week we talk with our friend and regular contributor, retired F.B.I. agent William Ouseley. The topic is the formation of two law enforcement programs. The F.B.I. Top Hoodlum program and the local and state…
Anthony DeStefano on the Lufthansa heist
- October 30, 2017
- Tagged as: Asaro, f.b.i., Goodfellas, henry hill, lufthansa heist, organized crime, Wiseguys
Anthony DeStefano is veteran reporter who covered the Five Families in New York City for over three decades. He recently sat though the trial of New York mob boss Vincent Asaros who was charged…
Jimmy Hoffa and Morris Shenker
- September 4, 2017
- Tagged as: allen dorfman, audio intercept, blackhand, central states pension fund, chicago outfit, dunes casino, f.b.i., hoffa, james hoffa, joseph aiuppa, Joseph Lombardo, la cosa nostra, las vegas, morris shenker, nick civella, organized crime, outfit, teamster's union, teamsters, title 3, title lll, wiretap
Morris A. Shenker was a St. Louis lawyer who represented Midwest mob figures in the 1950s and became a lawyer for Jimmy Hoffa and the $700 million Central States Teamster’s pension fund. He encouraged the…
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