Original Gangsters Podcast

George Christie spent nearly four decades as one of the most influential and controversial leaders of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. Christie founded the Ventura, California chapter of the Hells Angels in the 1970s, and was president for nearly four decades, surviving gang wars, multiple prosecutions and attempts on his life. He left the Hells Angels in 2011 and is now a writer and consultant. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Anthony Arillotta was the leader of the Springfield, Massachusetts crew of New York’s Genovese crime family. He was arrested in 2010 and decided to turn on his Mafia pals and become a cooperating witness for the feds. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Greg Stejskal served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office. Greg talks his role in the Hoffa case and other important surveillance of Detroit Organized Crime figures. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Approaching the 44th anniversary of the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, we do a roundtable deep dive on the timeline of what really happened on that day. We are joined by former U.S. Prosecuting Attorney Keith Corbett, and retired Detroit FBI Agent Mike Carone. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week we are joined by film and television actor Robert Funaro, who played Eugene Pontecorvo on The Sopranos. We do a deep dive into his final episode on the show. We also talk about his role in the upcoming Martin Scorcese film The Irishman. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week we are joined by Detroit music luminaries DJ Godfather, DJ Salam Wreck (Dogg Pound, Warren G, D-12), and Detroit production and management insider Mikey Eckstein. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this week's episode of the OG Podcast, we talk with retired FBI agent Jack Garcia, who went undercover as "Jack Falcone," a self-described Sicilian jewel thief and drug dealer from Miami, Florida, who penetrated the Gambino crime family of the American Mafia in New York City for nearly three years. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In April of 1985, a brutal mob style execution of three took place in the quiet suburbs of Sterling Heights, Michigan. At the time the media ruled it was a drug deal gone bad, but now a new investigation reveals it was a Detroit Mafia associated book making operation that lead to the murders. Investigator Jim Sanderson joins us for a deep dive into the murders which involved hundreds of thousands of dollars, cocaine, threats, and notorious gangsters. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the debut episode of the Original Gangsters Podcast, we bring you an in depth interview with former Columbo crime family captain Larry Mazza. Larry tells us what it was like to be taken under the wing of one of the Mafia's most vicious gangsters, Greg "The Grim Reaper" Scarpa. Mazza also gives us a behind the scenes look of the making of the upcoming Martin Scorsese film 'The Irishman' starring Al Pacino and Robert Deniro. Scorsese asked Larry to be a consultant on the film. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.