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Ken Eto and the FBI

• June 22, 2020
• Tagged as: Bolito, Chicago mafia, chicago outfit, f.b.i., jasper camise, jasper campise, Joey aiuppa, John gattuso, la cosa nostra, outfit, podcast, Sam Giancana, Turk torrello, vince solano

FBI Agent Elaine Smith and Ken Eto Ken Eto was a Japanese-American who became the highest known Asian-American in any Organized Crime family in the United States. He was called Joe the Jap or Toyko…

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Pizza Connection Episode 4 – the Investigation

• April 6, 2020
• Tagged as: audio intercept, blackhand, carmine galante, donnie brasco, f.b.i., french connection, joe pistone, kansas city mafia, kansas city police, la cosa nostra, organized crime, outfit, pizza connection, tommaso buscetta, wiretap

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…

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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…

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Dean O’Banion and the Outfit

• February 26, 2018
• Tagged as: bootlegger, bootlegging, capone, outfit, prohibition, speakeasy

  Dean O’Banion was born on July 8th, 1892 in Maroa Illinois. His father, Charles O’Banion was an Irish Immigrant. Charles was a house painter and took his family to Chicago and lived in a…

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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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Harry Reid is Clean Face part 3

• July 31, 2017
• Tagged as: audio intercept, blackhand, Carl DeLuna, Casino the movie, chicago outfit, glick, Kansas city, kansas city mafia, kansas city police, la cosa nostra, las vegas, lefty rosenthal, listening device, mafia, nick civella, organized crime, Oscar Goodman, outfit, rosenthal, strawman, teamster's union, title lll, wiretap

In this third and final interview, we learn that the mob did not give nicknames to anyone except the people they believed were helping them in their skimming efforts so it is a bit suspicious…

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Harry Reid is Clean Face Part 2

• July 24, 2017
• Tagged as: audio intercept, blackhand, Carl DeLuna, Casino the movie, chicago outfit, glick, Kansas city, kansas city mafia, kansas city police, la cosa nostra, las vegas, lefty rosenthal, listening device, mafia, nick civella, organized crime, outfit, rosenthal, strawman, teamster's union, title lll, wiretap

In this second part of the Bill Ouseley interview, we learn more about the inner workings of Las Vegas casinos and Las Vegas politicians and why they were suspicious of Clean Face Harry Reid. Don’t…

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Mad Sam DeStefano Chicago Outfit Part 2

• March 19, 2017
• Tagged as: chicago outfit, loan shark, mad sam, mafia, outfit, sam distefano

“Mad Sam” was truly a crazy sadist.  He liked to muse about feeding his victims to victims to the pigs. He drove to pig farms just to watch them for hours. A government witness, Charles…

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Mad Sam DeStefano Chicago Outfit Part 1

• March 13, 2017
• Tagged as: chicago outfit, DeStefano, Giancana, joseph aiuppa, loan shark, murder, outfit, Tony Accardo

Sam “Mad Sam” DeStefano will become the Chicago Outfit’s most notorious loan shark and sociopathic killer. No less an authority than FBI agent and mob fighter, William F. Roemer, Jr., considered DeStefano to be the…

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Al Capone – The Early Days

• July 18, 2016
• Tagged as: Bugs Moran, chicago, Colosimo, Dion O'Banion, organized crime, outfit, podcast, prohibition, speakeasy, St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Torrio

Al Capone was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. He was a small time criminal and belonged to several different gangs including the powerful 5-Points Gang in lower Manhattan. He received his…