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Original Publication Date: 7/5/2023 Transcript URL: https://share.descript.com/view/0Mqs6rsMMYv Description: In today's episode, Mustache Chris and Steve delve into the formation of one of the most notorious criminal organizations in American history, Murder Inc. We explore the key players involved, including Albert Anastasia, Abe Reles, and their deadly conflict with the Shapiro Gang. We discuss how Albert Anastasia and Abe Reles, along with other notorious gangsters of the era, came together to establish a criminal enterprise that specialized in contract killings, extortion, and other illicit activities. One of the most significant conflicts Murder Inc faced was the war with the Shapiro Gang, a rival criminal outfit. We explore the escalating violence between the two groups, the motivations behind the conflict, and the high-profile assassinations that characterized this bloody turf war. #truecrime #truecrimecommunity #truecrimepodcast #crime #murder #mafia #hitman #serialkiller You can learn more about Organized Crime and Punishment and subscribe at all these great places: https://atozhistorypage.start.page email: [email protected] www.organizedcrimeandpunishment.com Parthenon Podcast Network Home: parthenonpodcast.com On Social Media: https://www.youtube.com/@atozhistory https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypage https://facebook.com/atozhistorypage https://twitter.com/atozhistorypage https://www.instagram.com/atozhistorypage/ Music Provided by: Music from "5/8 Socket" by Rico's Gruv Used by permission. © 2021 All Rights Reserved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210vQJ4-Ns0 https://open.spotify.com/album/32EOkwDG1YdZwfm8pFOzUu Begin Transcript: [00:00:00] Welcome to Organized Crime and Punishment, the best spot in town to hang out and talk about history and crime. With your hosts, Steve and Mustache Chris. Hey guys. Welcome back to Organized Crime and Punishment on today's episode, mustache, Chris and I are going to be diving even deeper into Murder, Inc. By exploring some of the key characters who are really the street level guys. The muscle you might say of the organization. In the previous episode, we explored Jacob Shapiro Le and Le Leke Holter, who made up sort of a higher under the management of Murder Inc. And their rise to [00:01:00] power and the labor, Slugger, wars, Abe Reiss, Harry Strauss, and many more are going to get explored in this episode, and we're going to see how basically three separate gangs. Came together as a marriage of convenience informed what was the most ruthless killing machine that organized crime ever produced in North America. Each of these stories on Murder Inc. Are really interesting on their own, and they're even more awesome when you put 'em all together. So I highly suggest if people like what they hear today. Go back and listen to episode one and two and then keep out. Uh, keep your eyes out because we'll have a couple of more episodes on Murder Inc. And also check out all of our other episodes as well too, because I think you'll see that a lot of the things that we're talking about with Murder Inc. You'll get a lot more out of it if you listen to uh, uh, some of our earlier episodes on the five families, et cetera. [00:02:00] So where do you think we should start off today? Uh, Chris, how about Abe Reis, one of, uh, Brownsville's Finest. Uh, can you tell us about Abe and then maybe how he fits in with some of the other pieces of the Murder Inc. Puzzle. Yeah, a Ellis is, uh, I'm not sure if he's like really, uh, at the average person would know who a Ellis is. I'm sure people who've studied a bit of mob history would probably know who Abelli is. Um, he's, I mean, I'm not giving anything away. He ends up becoming a. Uh, probably one of the greatest informants in, in history, but at this point, uh, he's not, uh, yeah. A res was born to, uh, Austrian Jewish immigrants in Brownsville on May 10th, 1906. Uh, his father, like, he worked in the, uh, garment industry, but, uh, when the depression hits, um, it, when the depression hit, he lost his job, obviously, and I, right. Apparently he was selling like, [00:03:00] uh, On the streets. What, what is kisha? Exactly? Again, it's like a potato kind of ball. Uh, what I'm thinking is that it's probably, it shows you that working in the garment, uh, factory wasn't the greatest job, but there was definitely worse jobs out there. Yeah. Uh, um, yeah, he was like selling Kisha on the street to like, you know, make, basically make eggs, meat. Like, you know, like, am I going to eat today? Type thing. Right. How many, how many of these things did I sell? Um, Yeah, and he would end up, he would go to school until about the eighth grade and, but he dropped out. Obviously it wasn't for him. Um, pretty typical kind of upbringing for somebody during somebody living in Brownsville at the time. We explored it on their previous episodes, just how, I mean, Brownsville probably was one of the worst. Places in the world from every

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Title: Murder Incorporated – The Faces of Murder Original Publication Date: 6/28/2023 Transcript URL: https://share.descript.com/view/x0pe5BivSoK Description: In this episode of Organized Crime and Punishment, Mustache Chris and Steve will continue to delve into the history and background of Murder Incorporated. We look at how organized crime outfits in New York City became to dip their toes into organized labor unions and labor-management relations issues during the early 20th Century. This will lead to a series of conflicts referred to as the Labor Slugger Wars. We will also begin to introduce some of the key players involved in forming Murder Inc, including Abe Reles, Meyer Lanksy, Bugsy Seigel and more. #TrueCrimeStories #OrganizedCrime #MurderInc #Mobsters #CriminalUnderworld #Assassins #CrimeSyndicate #Hitmen #InfamousKillings #GanglandHistory #DarkSideofthe1930s #CrimeFamily #MafiaChronicles #ContractKillers #GangsterCulture You can learn more about Organized Crime and Punishment and subscribe at all these great places: https://atozhistorypage.start.page www.atozhistorypage.com email: [email protected] www.organizedcrimeandpunishment.com Parthenon Podcast Network Home: parthenonpodcast.com On Social Media: https://www.youtube.com/@atozhistory https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypage https://facebook.com/atozhistorypage https://twitter.com/atozhistorypage https://www.instagram.com/atozhistorypage/ Music Provided by: Music from "5/8 Socket" by Rico's Gruv Used by permission. © 2021 All Rights Reserved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210vQJ4-Ns0 https://open.spotify.com/album/32EOkwDG1YdZwfm8pFOzUu Begin Transcript: [00:00:00] Welcome to Organized Crime and Punishment, the best spot in town to hang out and talk about history and crime. With your hosts, Steve and Mustache, Chris. Here we are again and we're gonna talk some more about Murder Inc. Before we get in too far, let's recapitulate a little bit about what we've talked about previously with Murder Inc. It all starts off with this bugs in Meyer Gang, Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky, and then we fold in some more characters. Joe Adonis, all of this in this stew of these. Immigrant neighborhoods of Brownsville and the lower East [00:01:00] side of Manhattan and its conditions that really made America and what maybe made America great of the immigrants and working hard and working hard to make a better life, but it also created some of the conditions for the very worst crime that America has ever seen. So as we're moving forward, keep all of that in mind as we learn new players and we learn about new people, who are new people, who are getting involved in new events, in this whole idea of Murder Inc. That it's all happening in this really fascinating. Petri Dish of American History. Now, Chris, get us started today with Leke Buck Halter and Jacob Shapiro. How do they fit into this next part of the story of Murder Inc? Yeah. The way we kind of planned it out was like the next two episodes are just gonna introduce like, all the major players in Murder [00:02:00] Inc. Like I th the previous episode I pointed out, like when we came up with the idea, I didn't, you know, I thought going into it, You know, this would be kind of relatively easy to do, and then once you start doing the research, it's, it's really kind of complicated. There's a lot of moving parts. So, uh, we've kind of broken it up. So I, I believe it's gonna be pretty easy to follow for anyone really. Like you won't have to have any background really in, on the subject matter to walk away from. And, yeah, I understand what Murder Inc is. It's a lot of people too, and it's, I know that I don't like getting bombarded with a lot of people and biographies, but it really is important for this story to see how all of these different characters fit together. So definitely hang in there with us as we introduce new characters. Some characters will exit the stage, some will fly off of the stage, as you'll see. Let's start off with Leke and Jacob Shapiro and how [00:03:00] they fit into this whole. Criminal underworld that we're, we're slowly setting up here. And, uh, Jacob Shapiro were both, uh, Jewish immigrants, like, uh, from poor Jewish immigrant families, which, uh, you know, a lot of, um, Jews were coming to the United States at this time. And, uh, predominantly, most of them were born in, in LE's case. So he was born in the, uh, lower east side of Manhattan. In the year in 1897. Yeah, from my research, Leke was kind of a play on words. His mother used to call him Little Lewis. LE's father was, you know, a hardworking, like newly arrived immigrant into, uh, the United States. He ran a hardware store and, uh, You know, in some ways it was kind of a modern American success story, right? You know, you'd come here, you open up a hardware store, and, you know, America's given you this opportunity that, uh, he wouldn't have had in, uh, the pale settlement, right? Where, uh, His family cam

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Title: Murder Incorporated – The Birth of Death Original Publication Date: 6/21/2023 Transcript URL: https://share.descript.com/view/4BUbAtAxXfe Description: In this episode, Mustache Chris and Steve will begin to peel back the layers of the notorious mafia organization, Murder Incorporated. We will look at the very beginnings of this group of murderers for hire. You can learn more about Organized Crime and Punishment and subscribe at all these great places: https://atozhistorypage.start.page www.atozhistorypage.com email: [email protected] www.organizedcrimeandpunishment.com Parthenon Podcast Network Home: parthenonpodcast.com On Social Media: https://www.youtube.com/@atozhistory https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypage https://facebook.com/atozhistorypage https://twitter.com/atozhistorypage https://www.instagram.com/atozhistorypage/ Music Provided by: Music from "5/8 Socket" by Rico's Gruv Used by permission. © 2021 All Rights Reserved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210vQJ4-Ns0 https://open.spotify.com/album/32EOkwDG1YdZwfm8pFOzUu Begin Transcript: [00:00:00] Welcome to Organized Crime and Punishment, the best spot in town to hang out and talk about history and crime. With your hosts, Steve and Mustache, Chris. All right guys. We have something really special on hand for you in this episode. And then for a couple of future episodes, we are going to really delve deeply into Murder Inc. And The Murder Inc. Is just an, a fascinating subject and a fascinating piece of the, the early, early modern you might say. Iteration of the Mafia and it really stretched over the, the early [00:01:00] formation of the mafia and then into the mafia that we know today, the commission-based system. Chris, maybe you can just start us off today and tell us a little bit about Overall Murder, Inc. Yeah, just to kind of like quickly break it down, like Murder Inc. Was the enforcement wing, the murder wing, to put it bluntly, of the, uh, national crime syndicate and ran from, uh, 19, uh, 29 to 1941. Um, It's up to a debate like how many murders the Murder Inc. Was actually responsible for. Some people put in the thousands, some people put in the hundreds. You know, one thing we do know for sure though, that like the murders spanned across the entire United States. Um, yeah, murder Inc was like, mainly, it was like mainly kind of composed of like Italian, um, street hoods, Jewish, uh, street hoods. There were some Irish people in there, but it was mainly Italians and it was like a joint effort between like, [00:02:00] Jewish gang, like Jewish gangsters and Italian gangsters really? And um, you know, from my research, like they called this thing like the National Crime Syndicate, which was apparently was like, the way they described it was like a loose alliance of like Irish and Italian and Jewish gangs. And even like some black gangs were part of the syndicate. And then the idea was like they would all. Work out their differences between each other, like within the syndicate and, you know, all kind of, you know, work out their problems and try to work towards the same goal. I don't know. I personally, I think they just didn't really, at the time, they didn't really understand how the commission worked. And like the National Crime syndicate was kind of like a fill-in for, I could be wrong about this, but like the Italian, like the commission worked with other gangs too. But the Italians were at the top. You know, there was no disputing that it's not like they were equals, um, and the commission would moderate disputes between, uh, other, other gangs too, especially [00:03:00] like if it affected their business. But, you know, for, from the research I've done, they called it the National Crime Syndicate. So that's what we're gonna call it. I really get from, from the discussions that we've had and that the re the research that I've looked into that it definitely was that either the National Crime Syndicate was, like you said, a misunderstanding of what the commission was really about, or maybe it was a proto version of the commission and that that it would eventually, I guess you might say it's slowly turned into the commission, but I, I get the sense that this whole idea of the National Crime Syndicate is more media inspired than it was of an actual thing. Well, even, yeah, even the name Murder Inc. Was like, that was created by the media. They didn't, uh, they didn't call it Murder Inc. I believe it was, it was called The Combination is really what it was called. Um, but yeah, I, I think it's something that like the media kind of came up with and I mean, [00:04:00] to a degree they kind of got it right, but. I mean, Italians and like the Italians and Jews were unequal footing, like the Italians were firmly on top. Um, like we'll get into it. There was a lot of Jews that were like high ranking within the organized like crime world. Right. But the Italians came first, and Jews were kind of, were second really. Wheneve

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Title: Valachi's Papers - Joe Valachi and the End of Silence Original Publication Date: 6/14/2023 Transcript URL: https://share.descript.com/view/5XUpe5gBiMk Description: Welcome back to Organized Crime and Punishment! In this episode, Mustache Chris and Steve dive deep into the captivating history and background of Joseph Valachi, a notorious figure in the world of organized crime. Join us as we explore his fascinating life, from his early days as a low-level enforcer to his unprecedented decision to become a government informant. We start by examining the infamous "Valachi Papers" – both the groundbreaking memoir and the subsequent movie adaptation. We discuss how Valachi's firsthand account provided unprecedented insights into the inner workings of the Italian-American Mafia, exposing its hierarchy, rituals, and codes of conduct. We delve into the impact of the Valachi Papers on law enforcement, public perception, and popular culture, as the revelations shook the criminal underworld to its core. Moving on, we explore the extensive literature surrounding Joe Valachi. From investigative journalism to biographies and historical accounts. Throughout this episode, we unravel the layers of secrecy and intrigue surrounding Joe Valachi, shedding light on his enigmatic persona and the profound impact he had on the world of organized crime. Join us as we examine the legacy of a man who dared to break the code of silence and redefine the landscape of law enforcement's battle against the mob. #JoeValachi #ValachiPapers #MafiaInformant #OrganizedCrime #TrueCrime #MobHistory You can learn more about Organized Crime and Punishment and subscribe at all these great places: https://atozhistorypage.start.page www.atozhistorypage.com email: [email protected] www.organizedcrimeandpunishment.com Parthenon Podcast Network Home: parthenonpodcast.com On Social Media: https://www.youtube.com/@atozhistory https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypage https://facebook.com/atozhistorypage https://twitter.com/atozhistorypage https://www.instagram.com/atozhistorypage/ Music Provided by: Music from "5/8 Socket" by Rico's Gruv Used by permission. © 2021 All Rights Reserved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210vQJ4-Ns0 https://open.spotify.com/album/32EOkwDG1YdZwfm8pFOzUu Begin Transcript: [00:00:00] Welcome to Organized Crime and Punishment, the best spot in town to hang out and talk about history and crime. With your hosts, Steve and Mustache, Chris. I'd like to welcome you back to the show today and I'd also like to, as always, welcome back mustache, Chris. Today we're going to discuss the fascinating story of Joe Valachi, and this is where we really start to do some deep. Dives into mafia history and looking at our sources. Today we're going to talk about Joe Valachi and really what became the canonical story of how the early mafia developed and then how it [00:01:00] later began to collapse with one of its very first informants. What we could also refer to as rats. We're also going to, as a part of that, discuss the movie and the book, the Velo Papers, which was a mixture of myth and legend in history altogether. Joe's story through the book, the movie, and what we know from history is the basis really for how we study and understand the mafia. For better or for worse. One of the things with the mafia is it's, it really is a gift that keeps on giving, especially for a history that's so new. I mean, we're talking about events here that are less than a hundred years old and they're learning new information all the time about it. It really is. It's a great. Bit of American history on a lot for a lot of reasons, but I think we'll, we'll start to get into some of those reasons as we, as we go along. And [00:02:00] just to give a little bit of a background on Joe Valachi. Joe Valachi was the first major rat, you might call him, but he was the first person in the mafia to turn government witness. Uh, and maybe what was so important about that, Well, he was the, one of the, I mean there had been previous guys, I'm trying to remember his name right now. He was a guy in Murder Incorporated. He, he, he turned Rat two, but he never actually got to spell the beans about anything cuz they, they got to him first. Um, but he was going to, uh, but Joe Valachi actually just. Said some of the, you know, the, some of the deeper secrets of the mob, omerta, how the ceremony works, the structure, the f b I had been wiring wire tapping a lot of these guys, but at the time, you could wire tap them, but you couldn't disclose it. So, They probably had somewhat of an idea of how this thing worked and how it was structured, and, but Joe Valachi put it right out in the [00:03:00] open. They filled in a lot of blanks for the FBI in terms of, you know, how does, uh, this essentially what is a secret society function and why are they so difficult to penetrate? That's probably the thing that was the most important about Joe Valachi is that he did, he, they

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Title: Meet the Families – The Genovese Family Original Publication Date: 6/7/2023 Transcript URL: https://share.descript.com/view/eTZcBjMKbEs Description: In this episode, Mustache Chris and Steve will delve into the captivating world of organized crime as we explore the history and operations of the Genovese Crime Family. Named after its founder, Vito Genovese, this notorious Italian-American mafia syndicate has left an indelible mark on the annals of organized crime. Join us as we unravel the origins, key players, and lasting influence of the Genovese Crime Family, shedding light on its illicit activities and impact on American society. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of Charlie "Lucky" Luciano and Frank Costello in the family's ascendancy during the Prohibition and beyond, the beginnings of The Commission, and the family's wide-ranging criminal enterprises, including gambling, labor racketeering, narcotics, and extortion. #organizedcrime #GenoveseFamily #mafiahistory #truecrime #underworldtales You can learn more about Organized Crime and Punishment and subscribe at all these great places: https://atozhistorypage.start.page www.atozhistorypage.com email: [email protected] www.organizedcrimeandpunishment.com Parthenon Podcast Network Home: parthenonpodcast.com On Social Media: https://www.youtube.com/@atozhistory https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypage https://facebook.com/atozhistorypage https://twitter.com/atozhistorypage https://www.instagram.com/atozhistorypage/ Music Provided by: Music from "5/8 Socket" by Rico's Gruv Used by permission. © 2021 All Rights Reserved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210vQJ4-Ns0 https://open.spotify.com/album/32EOkwDG1YdZwfm8pFOzUu Begin Transcript: [00:00:00] Welcome to Organized Crime and Punishment, the best spot in town to hang out and talk about history and crime with your hosts, Steve and Mustache, Chris. Steve here mustache. Chris and I are back at it with another installment of five families in five episodes just to set the stage. These episodes are meant to lay some of the groundwork and provide us with the a reference to the five PO most powerful mafia families in New York City and in the American Mafia. These overview episodes of the Pivotal families that form the golden age of the Italian-American Mafia in the United States will lead us in so many different directions and future episodes. We'll dig into the stories of all of these families and mafia organizations all [00:01:00] around the UN United States and even into Canada. We will also dig into the dark distance past of the Pre five family era. In the five families, we get an important anchor point for any study of the American mob before or after. We highly encourage you to revisit these episodes and tell your friends about them so they can become friends of ours. Now, today we have the Genovese. Family or the Genovese say family. I'm sure we'll switch around how we say that for you. Um, mustache, why don't you start us right at the beginning. What is sort of the pre-history and early history of the Genovese family? Yeah, so like the Genevieve's family can like literally trace its origins back to Amer the American mafia in New York. Really its roots are in the, the Morelo Gang, which was one of the first major, um, Mafia's and uh, I would say actually it was probably the first mafia in [00:02:00] New York. Really? Yeah. And there was another guy at that, uh, there was a, a guy at the time, uh, Ignasio, the Wolf Loop ball. He was the boss of, uh, little Italy and he married one of morale who was the in charge of the Morre gang. He married one of his, uh, half sisters and then kind of united these two gangs together to kind of create like the, I dunno, the. Super mafia New York at the time. Right. Uh, he was in charge of, uh, little, little Italy or, and, uh, they ran like a giant counterfeiting like, uh, scheme. I think they were printing off like $5 bills, like fake $5 bills. And they were working with the mafia. So like back in the homeland in Sicily and. Eventually they, they got caught. Uh, we're gonna probably end up talking about this detective. He, uh, down the road, Joe, uh, Joseph Petino. He's kind of like a Sherlock Holmes around this time. I, I [00:03:00] recently just finished a book about him. He's a fascinating guy, and, uh, he was like one of the first, um, Police officers to really kind of, uh, identify the mafia. At the time, it was kind of, it was referred to as like the black hand organization organized like criminality in New York. He was one of the guys that really led, uh, like a crusade against it. He ended up dying and Sicily, but he did, um, get these guy, these two guys rung up on, uh, like counterfeiting charges and they ended up getting, uh, I think it was sentenced to 25 years in prison. I think they got deported later on. And the, that starts into the next big phase of the Mafia with Joe the boss, Mezzer, and he forms his, uh, own gang using this as a,

Title: Meet the Family – The Lucchese Family Original Publication Date: 6/7/2023 Transcript URL: https://share.descript.com/view/X9w3YHxILre Description: In this episode of Organized Crime and Punishment: A History and Crime Podcast, Mustache Chris and Steve delve into the riveting background and rich history of the Lucchese crime family, one of the infamous Five Families of the American Mafia. From its origins in the early 20th century to its prominence in organized crime during the mid-1900s, we explore the rise of this formidable syndicate and its notorious leaders. Through engaging narratives, we uncover the family's involvement in various illicit activities such as gambling, extortion, and drug trafficking, as well as its complex network of operations and alliances. With intriguing anecdotes and insightful interviews, we shed light on the inner workings of the Lucchese family and the impact it had on the criminal underworld. Join us as we unravel the untold stories of power, loyalty, and betrayal that shaped the legacy of this iconic crime organization. ‘ #LuccheseCrimeFamily #MafiaHistory #OrganizedCrimeChronicles #TrueCrimePodcast You can learn more about Organized Crime and Punishment and subscribe at all these great places: www.atozhistorypage.com https://atozhistorypage.start.page email: [email protected] www.organizedcrimeandpunishment.com Parthenon Podcast Network Home: parthenonpodcast.com On Social Media: https://www.youtube.com/@atozhistory https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypage https://facebook.com/atozhistorypage https://twitter.com/atozhistorypage https://www.instagram.com/atozhistorypage/ Music Provided by: Music from "5/8 Socket" by Rico's Gruv Used by permission. © 2021 All Rights Reserved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210vQJ4-Ns0 https://open.spotify.com/album/32EOkwDG1YdZwfm8pFOzUu Begin Transcript: [00:00:00] Welcome to Organized Crime and Punishment, the best spot in town to hang out and talk about history and crime with your hosts, Steve and Mustache, Chris. Welcome back again as we take on five Mob Families and five episodes. I'm Steve, and as always, I'm joined by our very own mustache. Chris Mustache, how you doing? 10 on this, uh, lovely day. I'm doing pretty good myself, but, uh, I'm pretty excited to get into the, uh, Lucchese crime family. It's, uh, it's one of the lesser known crime families. I think, uh, uh, everyone kind of talks about like the Gambinos and like the Colombos cuz they've done, but the Lucchese is one of those families. It's, they kind of flown underneath the radar, I think, and we're gonna see, they have a. Fascinating history. [00:01:00] Now, these episodes are meant to, uh, kind of ground us and provide a reference into the history of the mafia. Uh, these are overview episodes of the Pivotal families that form the, the quote unquote golden age of the Italian Mafia in the United States. In future episodes, we will do deep dives into stories that involve all of these families and sometimes all of these families together and mafia organizations all over the United States and even into Canada. We will dive even further into the past to a time. Before the five families even existed, but the five families will always be an important reference point, uh, and we highly encourage you to revisit these episodes and, you know, tell your friends about them so they can become friends of ours as well. So you mentioned we're talking about the Lucchese family today, so why don't you tell us about where did the Lucchese family come from and what was their [00:02:00] origin story? Yeah, so like the early, early origin story of, uh, the Lucchese family is, it can actually get traced back to, it was a gang called the Theo Gang. And, uh, before like the Five Families and the commission came about, uh, New York and just organized crime in general. I wouldn't say it was really organized. It was, it was just like gangs, right. And the Morello Gang was a, was a Sicilian, uh, mafia gang, right. And. Actually, in researching this episode, I actually learned about this war. Um, That they had with the Kimora, who are the, uh, neopolitan, uh, mafia. Uh, they're still around, obviously, right? Uh, but they had a war with the, this, the, this morale gang, which was the kind of represented the Sicilian, uh, OSA Nostra and New York and. Yeah, they ended up winning this war. Guy Gaitano Rena, uh, was uh, was a member of [00:03:00] this morale gang, but, uh, he kind of stayed out of this, this conflict himself personally and just kind of focused on his gang that was based in East Harlem, in the Bronx. And so that's pretty much, I mean, that, that whole war with the, uh, the Kimora was really the. I guess you'd, and that was way back in 1915, like the early part of the, uh, 20th century that's sort of maybe like the World War I before the Castle La Marse war that you could maybe equate to World War ii. Yeah, yeah, for sure. Really, cuz it really, it took the kamora out of

Title: Meet the Family – The Colombo Family Original Publication Date: 6/7/2023 Transcript URL: https://share.descript.com/view/XWBD8FGosVh Description: In this episode of Organized Crime and Punishment: A History and Crime Podcast, Mustache Chris and Steve take a look into the captivating history and intricate background of the notorious Colombo crime family. From its origins in the early 20th century to its rise as one of New York's most powerful Mafia organizations, we explore the key figures, pivotal events, and inner workings of this influential criminal syndicate. Discover how the family became embroiled in various illicit activities, such as racketeering, gambling, and labor unions, as well as their involvement in high-profile incidents like the "Colombo Wars." Join us as we uncover the dark secrets and fascinating anecdotes that shape the legacy of the Colombo crime family. #ColomboCrimeFamily #MafiaHistory #TrueCrime #OrganizedCrime #NewYorkMafia You can learn more about Organized Crime and Punishment and subscribe at all these great places: https://atozhistorypage.start.page www.atozhistorypage.com email: [email protected] www.organizedcrimeandpunishment.com Parthenon Podcast Network Home: parthenonpodcast.com On Social Media: https://www.youtube.com/@atozhistory https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypage https://facebook.com/atozhistorypage https://twitter.com/atozhistorypage https://www.instagram.com/atozhistorypage/ Music Provided by: Music from "5/8 Socket" by Rico's Gruv Used by permission. © 2021 All Rights Reserved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210vQJ4-Ns0 https://open.spotify.com/album/32EOkwDG1YdZwfm8pFOzUu Begin Transcript: [00:00:00] Welcome to Organized Crime and Punishment, the best spot in town to hang out and talk about history and crime. With your hosts, Steve and Mustache, Chris. Welcome back to the show. I'm Steve and I am joined by our very own mustache. Chris Mustache, how you doing this fine evening? Oh, I'm doing pretty good myself and I'm pretty excited to talk about the Colombo crime family. It's, uh, it's one of the more wild stories in the mob, like the Bonanno family's pretty wild story with the colombos are are pretty insane. We're pretty much, we're piling on one wild story on top of another here. Now in the, in this episode, [00:01:00] we're continuing our flyover summary of the Five Crime Families of New York, five Families and five episodes. These episodes are the primer that will be a great reference as mustache. Chris and I dive into many of the incredible stories that involve these families and crimes across the United States and beyond. The focus of today's episode is another family with a really unique story. The Colombo family, the colombos, have experienced ups and downs and all throughout their history. And so Chris, what would you say is your really quick, uh, elevator speech, introduction to the Colombo family? What maybe makes them different or unique amongst the organizations we've talked about and will talk about? I'd say out of all the families, the Colombo family is probably the most chaotic and violent semester I could describe it. Um, [00:02:00] you can definitely tell and we'll get into it later. It's definitely the youngest family out of the mall, and it shows in their history. I mean, there's a, there's some, there's some similarities with the Bonanos and the Colombos, but the Bonanos didn't really have the type of civil wars that the Colombos. Had that, uh, we're gonna get into in a little bit, like if I had to pick one word for the Colombo family, or I guess two, it would be violent chaos, right? That's, that's the stage for today. Let's, uh, as we like to always start off, what's, what's the early history of the Colombo family? Where do they come from? Out of all the families, the Colombo family's actually the youngest, uh, out of all, uh, the five major, uh, Uh, New York crime families. Um, actually it got Joe Provac is like, ends up being, he's like gonna be like the, the leader of the family. It's a, we call it the Colombo family now, but at the time it would've been called the [00:03:00] Profaci family when Joe, uh, Profaci was around and, um, Yeah, he was born in Palermo, Sicily where a lot of these guys come from, even still to this day. That's where Laso and Ostra is based in Sicily. So he arrived in New York, but then he, uh, quickly moved to, uh, Chicago where he ran a grocery store. And, uh, but it wasn't successful, so he had to move back to New York. And this is kind of at the time that. And from what I've read, this is where he started kind of getting involved in the local gangs in North America and. So, uh, the, around this time period, it started up in all of the oil importing business. So I guess if any of our audiences have watched The Godfather, I mean, that's probably where they got it from was Joe Provac running a, this olive oil importing business, which I, from my understanding, he just kept it going his e

Title: Meet the Families – The Bonanno Family Original Publication Date: 6/7/2023 Transcript URL: https://share.descript.com/view/56fj9ZeNboz Description: In this episode, Mustache Chris and Steve delve into the intriguing history and notorious exploits of the Bonanno Crime Family, one of the most prominent Mafia families in American history. Join us as we peel back the layers of secrecy and explore the rise, power, and eventual downfall of this formidable criminal organization. From their roots in Sicily to their establishment in New York City and beyond, we examine the inner workings of the Bonanno Crime Family, highlighting key figures, pivotal events, and their impact on the underworld. Get ready for an immersive journey into the dark underbelly of organized crime. #BonannoCrimeFamily #MafiaHistory #OrganizedCrime #TrueCrime #Mobsters #Gangsters #UnderworldChronicles #CriminalEmpires #MafiaWars #PowerStruggles #IllegalActivities #PodcastEpisode #CrimeFamilies #MobHistory #MafiaLegends #ProhibitionEra #TurfWars #FBIInfiltration #TrueCrimePodcast #MobPodcast You can learn more about Organized Crime and Punishment and subscribe at all these great places: https://atozhistorypage.start.page www.atozhistorypage.com email: [email protected] www.organizedcrimeandpunishment.com Parthenon Podcast Network Home: parthenonpodcast.com On Social Media: https://www.youtube.com/@atozhistory https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypage https://facebook.com/atozhistorypage https://twitter.com/atozhistorypage https://www.instagram.com/atozhistorypage/ Music Provided by: Music from "5/8 Socket" by Rico's Gruv Used by permission. © 2021 All Rights Reserved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210vQJ4-Ns0 https://open.spotify.com/album/32EOkwDG1YdZwfm8pFOzUu Begin Transcript: [00:00:00] Welcome to Organized Crime and Punishment, the best spot in town to hang out and talk about history and crime with your hosts, Steve and Mustache, Chris. Thanks for joining Mustache, Chris and I again, as we talk about history, the mafia and crime, and we are still taking on our Five families in five episodes and these episodes, we're going to do a high flyover summary of each of the five major families. Of the New York City mafia. These episodes will be a great reference as we dive into the many fascinating stories of organized crime in the mafia, in the United States and beyond. And I really suggest one as we go forward into our more deep dive episodes as you come back and listen [00:01:00] to these ones to get yourself, uh, reacquainted with the families we're talking about, and just for good old fashioned fun. But today we're going to look at the background of one of the most fascinating and colorful families in the history of organized crime, the Bonanno family, and I think at, probably in the course of this whole series, the Bonannos will probably be, they'll get. Maybe not the most of tension, but they're gonna get a lot of attention now. Mustache. Overall, what would you say is the main theme of the Bono family, and maybe how would you describe them? We'll give you a trick question. How would you describe the Bono family in one or two words? Dirty and violent. Those, it would be the two I would describe, uh, the Bono family, cuz it, a lot of it, a lot of the stuff they're involved in was like the dirtier side of the mob, the drug trafficking. And uh, I mean they had some of the most ruthless, uh, [00:02:00] killers in the history of the mob too. Dirty and violent. I mean, and that was, um, uh, we previously talked, we had talked about the movie Donny Brasco and, um, And th that's one thing that Donnie Brasco really kind of, kind of captured about the Bono family. It was just the type of crimes and stuff they were doing was just very, just dirty work. Yeah. I think you, in this episode, when you, whenever we talk about the Bono family, wipe the slate clean of all this, the Godfather with the honor and the family and all that stuff, J, it all goes out the window with the Bonanos and we can really just, Start at the beginning, where'd the Bono family come from? Oh yeah. So the origins of the Bono family, they're, they're one of the old, the oldest families actually in the New York mafia. They, their origins is in Castle Amari Delk. And, um, Which is a famous region in Sicily. It's where a lot of these, uh, mobsters that em ended up immigrating to the United [00:03:00] States, uh, came from. And the head of this family was Giuseppe Pepe Bono, who's actually, you know, this is where Joe Bono famous Joe Bonano gets his, uh, Name from, uh, right off the bat, they're already getting their tendrils into places outside of New York. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I mean, it, this is like the origins, origins of the family. So it all, it all starts in Sicily. And one of that's the one more interesting things about the Manto family is the fact that, uh, out of all the five families, they're definitely the most Sicilian out of all the five families. They,

Title: Meet the Families – The Gambino Family Original Publication Date: 6/7/2023 Transcript URL: https://share.descript.com/view/N78OGme4bhq Description: In this episode of Organized and Punishment, Mustache Chris and Steve unravel the captivating history of the #GambinoCrimeFamily, an infamous Mafia organization that left an indelible mark on American organized crime. From its humble beginnings to its rise to power, we delve into the story of this notorious family. Under the leadership of Carlo Gambino, the Gambino crime family established itself as a force to be reckoned with. From Prohibition-era bootlegging to involvement in various criminal activities, #CarloGambino's reign witnessed the family's ascent to prominence. Tune in as we explore the shadows of the #GambinoCrimeFamily and its impact on the criminal underworld. #GambinoCrimeFamily #MafiaHistory #OrganizedCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #CarloGambino #CriminalEmpire #PowerfulFamilies #AmericanMafia #CrimeSyndicate #ProhibitionEra #Mobsters #CrimeBoss #InfamousFamily #GangsterLife #CriminalUnderworld #GambinoLegacy You can learn more about Organized Crime and Punishment and subscribe at all these great places: www.atozhistorypage.com email: [email protected] www.organizedcrimeandpunishment.com Parthenon Podcast Network Home: parthenonpodcast.com On Social Media: https://www.youtube.com/@atozhistory https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypage https://facebook.com/atozhistorypage https://twitter.com/atozhistorypage https://www.instagram.com/atozhistorypage/ Music Provided by: Music from "5/8 Socket" by Rico's Gruv Used by permission. © 2021 All Rights Reserved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210vQJ4-Ns0 https://open.spotify.com/album/32EOkwDG1YdZwfm8pFOzUu Begin Transcript: [00:00:00] Welcome to Organized Crime and Punishment, the best spot in town to hang out and talk about history and crime with your hosts, Steve and Mustache, Chris. Here we are again with another five families in five episodes. I am Steve and I'm joined by our partner in Crime Mustache, Chris. Today we are telling the story of one of the most famous or possibly infamous Mafia families, the big one, the Gambino family. Of all the families, the Gambinos are likely to be the family. Most people are familiar with. That being said, the Gambinos have one of the most complicated histories of all the families, and they were central in some way or in some way connected to almost all of the stories that we will tell in this first season of organized crime and punishment. So let's get [00:01:00] started. Chris, just overall, what's your thought about the the Gambino family? When you think of like the stereotypical mafia guy from the movie, it's like the Gambino family. This is what I would think of, right? Uh, wearing the, maybe because this is more so like John Gotti, like wearing the flashy suits and you know, talking to the media and stuff like that. I don't know. Out of all the families, I say the Gambino family, family's probably the most fun to read about. Yeah, I think we're gonna see that they're the most, I guess you might saw, say, the most varied. They're, they're into the real, in the, in the trenches kind of crime stuff, but they're also in the highest of high finance and white collar crime. They really, uh, they, they embraced all of it, the blue collar to the white collar crime, but, Let's go, uh, and talk about the kind of the, the origins. And again, we're, we're gonna go deep into history with this one, but we're just going to really skim over it. All of these with all of the [00:02:00] episodes. We're gonna go into some deep dives into the very earliest of the mafia, but where does this Gambino family set its roots? The Gambino family can trace his origins back to the Qui gang, which is, uh, they were part of the Igna, uh, which was led by, uh, sorry, Ignasio, uh, Lupu, who was, uh, like a newly arrived, uh, Sicilian immigrant in New York, who ba basically ran, uh, Little Italy, his nickname was The Wolf. Right. So that kind of gives you an idea of the type of character this guy was. Yeah. But he ended up finding himself in jail. Uh, for, had some, it was a massive, uh, counterfeiting money scheme. And I think one, well eventually we're gonna get into it cuz it involves like a very famous Italian detective. This is like the very early. Um, mafia history, like goes all the way back to like Sicily, right? It's a fascinating story, but once, uh, Lupu went to jail, it kind of paved the way for, uh, Salvador, uh, qui to, uh, [00:03:00] take over the gang, right? So like the bigger gang qui was a, you know, it was a good mobster. He didn't waste any time. Like, he, uh, formed a bunch of alliances with different gangs in New York and outside of the United States. And, um, By the end of it, he had formed like one of the most powerful gangs in New York. Really? And in the United States by extension. Right? Because even at this early time, that's where all the power was rea

Title: Welcome to Organized Crime and Punishment Original Publication Date: 6/7/2023 Transcript URL: https://share.descript.com/view/yLZmG8rmOUx Description: Welcome to the Organized Crime and Punishment: A History and Crime Podcast. Hosts Mustache Chris and Steve will take you on a tour of the history of crime in the United States and beyond. You can learn more about Organized Crime and Punishment and subscribe at all these great places: Atozhistorypage.start.page www.atozhistorypage.com email: [email protected] www.organizedcrimeandpunishment.com Parthenon Podcast Network Home: parthenonpodcast.com On Social Media: https://www.youtube.com/@atozhistory https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypage https://facebook.com/atozhistorypage https://twitter.com/atozhistorypage https://www.instagram.com/atozhistorypage/ Music Provided by: Music from "5/8 Socket" by Rico's Gruv Used by permission. © 2021 All Rights Reserved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210vQJ4-Ns0 https://open.spotify.com/album/32EOkwDG1YdZwfm8pFOzUu Begin Transcript: [00:00:00] Welcome to Organized Crime and Punishment, the best spot in town to hang out and talk about history and crime with your hosts, Steve and Mustache, Chris. Welcome to this very first episode of Organized Crime and Punishment, a history and crime podcast. My name is Steve and I am joined by my co-host mustache Chris. In this podcast, we are going to give you the basic, Concept of organized crime and punishment, a history podcast, and really break down what we're going to try and do in this show. Now, Chris, maybe tell us a little bit how we met and where the genesis of this podcast came from. Oh, yeah, me and you've been talking for I don't know how many years now. Four or five [00:01:00] years at least. Yeah, I don't know. We met like just via Facebook really? Right on history podcasts, arguing with people about events in history, really. And then me and you kind of just tended to agree on a lot of stuff. We're still arguing about history to this day. Now this podcast, and it's maybe we're the right rebels to make this kind of podcast, a history podcast on true crime. Now, Chris became a regular guest on my previous podcast Beyond the Big Screen, and we really started talking about very different kind of movie and beyond the big screen, but it, it developed over time into talking about true crime and especially organized crime. Yeah, initially we were, I think for first movie we were discussing like when, uh, we were talking about like, me, you know, coming on your, uh, podcast once in a while was the Prometheus and I turned into like a, almost like, it felt like a month [00:02:00] discussion about the movie. And then, you know, we've done like a lot of, made a lot of content together actually. Uh, and beyond the big screen. We also did a series on eight man outs, which was. Really cool. It ties into, cuz it's kind of about organized crime, maybe we can revisit that for this podcast that we're doing now. And then we kind of shifted, we were gonna do like a little series on the Mafia and I think we picked out like, I think it was like six movies we were gonna do initially and then I. Just kind of one thing led to another and we kept on adding movies. We kept on saying, oh, we gotta do like a background episode on this. And like more and more of the research was more about like the history behind these movies. And you know, we decided let's just do a organized crime podcast. When we started diving into the, talking about these mafia movies and we talk about this movie and that movie. We both started to feel kind of constrained that we had to tie it to a movie because there's so many [00:03:00] great stories that go beyond any movie and it's like, oh, I wish we could talk about this topic or that topic. The Appalachian conference or the uh, the story of the Colombo family. But we really couldn't because there wasn't a movie that directly tied to it. And that's where we started to think that, let's stretch this out. And that's what this podcast is really going to be about is deep dives into so many aspects of organized crime and things that you can look forward to. In this very first series our we're going to look into. The five families of New York, we're going to look into really individualized stories of the five Families of New York, focusing really in this first series about the golden age of the mafia, of how we define it, of the sixties, the seventies, the eighties, and then into the nineties. But from there we have a lot of different [00:04:00] plans to get into. Specific moments of the mafia and not even, and we're looking beyond the mafia as well. We're looking at organized crime all over the world, and that's really what we wanna try and do is bring a historical light to the true crime genre. Yeah, for sure. Cuz like we're both kind of history nerds, right? Like we mentioned earlier, we, that's how we met was just like arguing about history on history podc

Welcome to Organized Crime and Punishment: A History and Crime Podcast Description: Thank you for joining hosts Mustache Chris and Steve as they explore the fascinating history of crime. You can learn more about Organized Crime and Punishment and subscribe at all these great places: www.atozhistorypage.com email: [email protected] www.organizedcrimeandpunishment.com Parthenon Podcast Network Home: parthenonpodcast.com On Social Media: https://www.youtube.com/@atozhistory https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypage https://facebook.com/atozhistorypage https://twitter.com/atozhistorypage https://www.instagram.com/atozhistorypage/ Music Provided by: Music from "5/8 Socket" by Rico's Gruv Used by permission. © 2021 All Rights Reserved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210vQJ4-Ns0 https://open.spotify.com/album/32EOkwDG1YdZwfm8pFOzUu Title: Meet the Families – The Gambino Family Original Publication Date: 6/7/2023 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.