Best Dana Truppiana Podcasts (2025)

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America vs. Japan in WWII: The Yakuza's Hidden Role in Wartime Japan 15:14

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This clip was originally a piece of a larger video, Kazuo Taoka Part 2. To view the entire video, please visit here: Secrets, power, and brutality: Explore the Yakuza empire under Kazuo Taoka - Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK8W3mjXbBU In World War II, the United States and Japan clashed in the Pacific theater, with the war beginning with …

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Secrets, power, and brutality: Explore the Yakuza empire under Kazuo Taoka - Part 2 1:19:28

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Watch Part 1 here: Secrets, power, and brutality: Explore the Yakuza empire under the iron fist of Kazuo Taoka - Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRDx1p06DHg Japanese gangsters, members of what are formally called bōryokudan (“violence groups”), or Mafia-like criminal organizations. In Japan and elsewhere, especially in the West, the term yak…

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Secrets, power, and brutality: Explore the Yakuza empire under the iron fist of Kazuo Taoka - Part 1 1:02:39

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Secrets, power, and brutality: Explore the Yakuza empire under the iron fist of Kazuo Taoka - Part 1 Japanese gangsters, members of what are formally called bōryokudan (“violence groups”), or Mafia-like criminal organizations. In Japan and elsewhere, especially in the West, the term yakuza can be used to refer to individual gangsters or criminals a…

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Stefano Magaddino went out with a bang! Final Part 6 1:00:00

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Stefano Magaddino went out with a bang! Final Part 6 Before watching the final episode, go back and watch the entire series below: Stefano Magaddino was born to be a gangster - Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMro94KA3x8 Stefano Magaddino led the Good Killers until Fontana took them down! - Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9eHIEf0Uds …

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The Shadow Boss of Buffalo: Stefano Magaddino's Reign Over the Mafia Empire - Part 5 29:43

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The Shadow Boss of Buffalo: Stefano Magaddino's Reign Over the Mafia Empire Before watching, watch the previous parts here: Stefano Magaddino was born to be a gangster - Part 1 • https://youtu.be/TMro94KA3x8?si=iWXBChi_NeudsudU Stefano Magaddino led the Good Killers until Fontana took them down! - Part 2 • https://youtu.be/t9eHIEf0Uds?si=dUl6l8H1bU…

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Stefano Magaddino helped shape the mafia as we know it – Part 4 59:10

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Stefano Magaddino helped shape the mafia as we know it – Part 4 Before watching, watch the previous parts here: Stefano Magaddino was born to be a gangster - Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMro94KA3x8 Stefano Magaddino led the Good Killers until Fontana took them down! - Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9eHIEf0Uds Stefano Magaddino's…

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Stefano Magaddino's role in the Castellammarese War - Part 3 44:38

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Stefano Magaddino's role in the Castellammarese War - Part 3 Before watching, watch the previous parts here: Stefano Magaddino was born to be a gangster - Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMro94KA3x8 Stefano Magaddino led the Good Killers until Fontana took them down! - Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9eHIEf0Uds Magaddino was born in …

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Stefano Magaddino led the Good Killers until Fontana took them down! - Part 2 38:33

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Stefano Magaddino led the Good Killers until Fontana took them down! - Part 2 Magaddino was born in Sicily on October 10, 1891. Both of his grandfathers had been leaders of separate factions of the Sicilian Mafia. He eventually moved to the United States, lived in New York City and joined the family business. However, in 1921 he was arrested for pa…

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Stefano Magaddino was born to be a gangster - Part 1 1:18:22

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Stefano Magaddino was BORN to be a gangster - Part 1 Magaddino was born in Sicily on October 10, 1891. Both of his grandfathers had been leaders of separate factions of the Sicilian Mafia. He eventually moved to the United States, lived in New York City and joined the family business. However, in 1921 he was arrested for participation in a revenge …

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Carlo Gambino – Part 4 & Final – robbed cops and had a license to kill 56:27

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Carlo Gambino – Part 4 & Final – robbed cops and had a license to kill You can watch the whole series below: Carlo Gambino - The most requested deep dive series - Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPreB1NsRP0 You can watch Part 2 of this series here: Carlo Gambino and his rise to the most powerful mafioso ever - Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/…

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Why the government never did anything about Carlo Gambino - Part 3 55:20

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Carlo Gambino and his rise to the most powerful mafioso ever - Part 3 You can watch Part 1 of this series here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPreB1NsRP0 You can watch Part 2 of this series here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Buf14_bUYE& Gambino discouraged narcotics trafficking among his troops, instituting a “deal and die” policy. He was lee…

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Carlo Gambino and his rise to the most powerful mafioso ever - Part 2 50:01

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Carlo Gambino and his rise to the most powerful mafioso ever - Part 2 You can watch Part 1 of this series here: • Carlo Gambino - The most requested de... Gambino went on to become an original member of one of the five New York crime families designated under the La Cosa Nostra banner, the one belonging to Vincent Mangano and the one that eventuall…

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Carlo Gambino - The most requested deep dive series - Part 1 1:17:51

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Carlo Gambino - The most requested deep dive series - Part 1 This has - BY FAR - been my MOST requested video so, by order of popular demand, we are starting off a multi-part series on Carlo Gambino. Carlo Gambino was an original member of one of the five New York crime families designated under the La Cosa Nostra banner, the one belonging to Frank…

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A full breakdown of the Tren De Aragua and a question for NY Government 29:37

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A full breakdown of the Tren De Aragua and a question for NY Government The Tren de Aragua is a Venezuelan criminal mega-gang originating from the state of Aragua . It has bases in the Tocorón prison and is led by pran Héctor "Niño" Guerrero . The organization is a mega-gang (a criminal group with more than one hundred members), according to InSi…

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Inside the Conspiracy: How Wasz's Failure Led To OJ Taking Matters Into His Own Hands - Part 5 1:14:23

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Inside the Conspiracy: How Wasz's Failure Led To OJ Taking Matters Into His Own Hands - Part 5 OJ Simpson: What, or WHO, else could it have been? Part 4: • OJ Simpson: What, or WHO, else could ... Watch Part 3 below: OJ Simpson gets 33 years in prison after being found Not Guilty of murder! Part 3: • • OJ Simpson gets 33 years in prison af... A pol…

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OJ Simpson: What, or WHO, else could it have been? Part 4 1:04:14

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OJ Simpson: What, or WHO, else could it have been? Part 4 Watch Part 3 below: OJ Simpson gets 33 years in prison after being found Not Guilty of murder! Part 3: • • OJ Simpson gets 33 years in prison af... Orenthal James Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024) was an American football player, actor, and media personality who played in the National …

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OJ Simpson gets 33 years in prison after being found Not Guilty of murder! Part 3 1:08:09

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OJ Simpson gets 33 years in prison after being found Not Guilty of murder! Part 3 Watch Part 1 & Part 2 below: OJ Simpson - The most famous Hero-Gone-Wrong to ever hit American tabloids! Part 1: • OJ Simpson - The most famous Hero-Gon... OJ Simpson lead police on a chase that kicked off the trial of the century! Part 2: • A police a chase that kick…

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A police a chase that kicked off the trial of the century! OJ Simpson Part 2 1:07:16

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A police on a chase that kicked off the trial of the century! OJ Simpson Part 2 OJ Simpson Part 2 OJ Simpson - The most famous Hero-Gone-Wrong to ever hit American tabloids! Part 1: • OJ Simpson - The most famous Hero-Gon... Orenthal James Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024) was an American football player, actor, and media personality who play…

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OJ Simpson - The most famous Hero-Gone-Wrong to ever hit American tabloids! Part 1 1:06:29

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OJ Simpson - The most famous Hero-Gone-Wrong to ever hit American tabloids! Part 1 Orenthal James Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024) was an American football player, actor, and media personality who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills. Regarded as one of the greatest running backs of al…

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Omar Portee became an informant BEFORE building a criminal empire! 1:20:14

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Omar Portee became an informant BEFORE building a criminal empire! Portee began his criminal career as a robber at the age of 17. In the early hours of August 16, 1987, he claimed to have witnessed Don Taylor shoot and kill Terrance Joyner in the Bronx. Based on Portee's eyewitness testimony, Taylor was convicted on April 25, 1989, and sentenced to…

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Angelo Lonardo - Part 5 - FINALLY the FINALE - Angelo Lonardo becomes a government informant 1:01:42

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Angelo Lonardo - Part 5 - FINALLY the FINALE - Angelo Lonardo becomes a government informant Links to videos in this series: Part 1: • Big Ang Lonardo - My first informant!... Part 2: • Angelo Lonardo - Mafia royalty, hitma... Part 3: • Angelo Lonardo took out a BOSS and li... Part 4: • Angelo Lonardo Part 4 - Finally becom... Lonardo was born in 1…

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Angelo Lonardo Part 4 - Finally becomes Underboss! 36:04

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Angelo Lonardo Part 4 - Finally becomes Underboss! Before watching this episode, watch part 1 here : • • Big Ang Lonardo - My first informant!... And then watch Part 2 here: • • Angelo Lonardo - Mafia royalty, hitma... and Part 3 here: • • Angelo Lonardo P3 - Took out a BOSS a... Lonardo was born in 1911 in Cleveland to Joseph and Concetta Lonardo.…

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Angelo Lonardo P3 - Took out a BOSS and lived past the Commission hearing - Plus Tarantino interview 1:05:53

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Angelo Lonardo - Took out a BOSS and lived past the Commission hearing - Plus Tarantino interview! Before watching this episode, watch part 1 here: • Big Ang Lonardo - My first informant!... And then watch part 2 here: • Angelo Lonardo - Mafia royalty, hitma... Lonardo was born in 1911 in Cleveland to Joseph and Concetta Lonardo. His godfather was …

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Angelo Lonardo - Mafia royalty, hitman, and turncoat - Part 2 50:38

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Angelo Lonardo - Mafia royalty, hitman, and turncoat - Part 2 Before watching this episode, watch part 1 here: • Big Ang Lonardo - My first informant!... Lonardo was born in 1911 in Cleveland to Joseph and Concetta Lonardo. His godfather was Anthony Milano. After his father was murdered by a member of the Porrello crime family in 1927, 16-year-old …

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Big Ang Lonardo - My first informant! He may have flipped at the end, but he had a hell of a ride! - Part 1 48:40

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Big Ang Lonardo - My first informant! He may have flipped at the end, but he had a hell of a ride! Part 1 of this series is a recap of what came before, Big Joe Lonardo. Joseph Lonardo (October 20, 1884 – October 13, 1927), also known as "Big Joe", was a Sicilian emigrant to the United States who became the first crime boss of the Cleveland crime f…

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Joseph (Joey "The Clown") Lombardo is ANYTHING but a clown in real life - Part 2 38:16

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BEFORE WATCHING THIS WATCH PART 1 HERE: • Joseph (Joey "The Clown") Lombardo is... Lombardo's illicit career was rooted in the 1950's when he found work as a thug for West Side gangsters. At that time, the Chicago Outfit was thriving and a large cast of characters dominated the organized crime world focusing on prostitution, gambling, loansharking,…

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Joseph (Joey "The Clown") Lombardo is ANYTHING but a clown in real life - Part 1 1:03:16

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Joseph (Joey "The Clown") Lombardo is ANYTHING but a clown in real life - Part 1 Lombardo's illicit career was rooted in the 1950's when he found work as a thug for West Side gangsters. At that time, the Chicago Outfit was thriving and a large cast of characters dominated the organized crime world focusing on prostitution, gambling, loansharking, j…

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The mafia killed Theodore Roe for trying to keep the Policy Racket in the African American community 1:04:34

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Theodore Roe kept the Policy Racket in the community 'til they killed him to get it Teddy Roe was an African-American mob boss who built an illegal gambling empire in South Side, Chicago during the 1940s and 1950s. He moved to Chicago when he was 31 and got a job with a tailor on the South Side. His employer, Edward Jones, got into the numbers rack…

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Part 2 - Gaetano 'Tommy' Lucchese paved the way for the future of the Lucchese family forever! 45:59

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Before watching this episode, watch Part 1 here: • Gaetano 'Tommy' Lucchese had his own ... Gaetano 'Tommy' Lucchese saved Luciano's life and monopolized the Kosher chicken industry before 35! Thomas Gaetano Lucchese, sometimes known by the nicknames "Tommy", "Thomas Luckese", "Tommy Brown" or "Tommy Three-Finger Brown" was an Italian-American gang…

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Gaetano 'Tommy' Lucchese had his own mafia family monopolized the Kosher chicken industry before 35! 43:22

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Gaetano 'Tommy' Lucchese saved Luciano's life and monopolized the Kosher chicken industry before 35! Thomas Gaetano Lucchese, sometimes known by the nicknames "Tommy", "Thomas Luckese", "Tommy Brown" or "Tommy Three-Finger Brown" was an Italian-American gangster and founding member of the Mafia in the United States, an offshoot of the Cosa Nostra i…

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Billy Donahue’s murder has gone unsolved for 8 years! 1:06:00

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Billy Donahue's murder has gone unsolved for 8 years! Maverick's video: • The Corrupted Case of Billy Donahue GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/knxqc7-hel... Reddit post: / my_best_friend_was_killed_nobody_was_charg... William Donahue was a kind, caring individual whose love for animals and unlimited love for those around him was never diminishe…

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Nicolo Schiro part 2 - The first leader of the Lucchese family fled America before the war! 33:04

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Nicolo "Cola" Schiro (September 2, 1872 – April 29, 1957) was an early Sicilian-born New York City mobster who, in 1912, became the boss of what later become known as the Bonanno crime family. Schiro's leadership of the mafia clan would see it orchestrate the "Good Killers" murders, control gambling and protection rackets in Brooklyn, engage in boo…

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Nicolo Schiro - The original boss of the Bonanno family & survived wars with all the mafia bosses! 54:39

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Nicolo Schiro - The original boss of the Bonanno family & survived wars with all the mafia bosses! Related Links: GoFundMe Link (Help us get a Private Investigator): https://www.gofundme.com/f/knxqc7-hel... Nicolo "Cola" Schiro (September 2, 1872 – April 29, 1957) was an early Sicilian-born New York City mobster who, in 1912, became the boss of wha…

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Part 2 - Meyer Lansky builds, and then loses, Cuba and the American Mafia! 43:20

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Part 2 - Meyer Lansky builds, and then loses, Cuba and the American Mafia! Related Links: GoFundMe Link (Help us get a Private Investigator): https://www.gofundme.com/f/knxqc7-hel... Maverick Files coverage of Billy Donahue murder: • Bizarre Reddit Posts from r/RBI Reddit post: / my_best_friend_was_killed_nobody_was_charg... Meyer Lansky Maier Such…

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Part 1 - Meyer Lansky’s upbringing & forming friendships w Lucky Luciano and Bugsy Siegel! 52:33

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Related Links: GoFundMe Link (Help us get a Private Investigator): https://www.gofundme.com/f/knxqc7-hel... Maverick Files coverage of Billy Donahue murder: • Bizarre Reddit Posts from r/RBI Reddit post: / my_best_friend_was_killed_nobody_was_charg... Meyer Lansky Maier Suchowljansky was born in Grodno, Russian Empire (now Belarus), to a Polish-Jew…

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Carmine Persico - PART 4 FINAL - Mafia Commission Trials, Colombo trials, and the war w Vic Orena 1:30:08

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Carmine Persico - FINAL - Mafia Commission Trials, Colombo trials, and the war w Vic Orena BEFORE WATCHING THIS EPISODE!!: Watch Part 1 here: • Carmine Persico - 'The Snake' played... Watch Part 2 here: • Carmine Persico spit the bullet out o... Watch Part 3 here: • Carmine Persico and his place in the ... The son of a law firm stenographer and a s…

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Carmine Persico and his place in the great Colombo Hits! - Part 3 1:26:01

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Carmine Persico and his place in the great Colombo Hits! - Part 3 BEFORE WATCHING THIS EPISODE!!: Watch Part 1 here: • Carmine Persico - 'The Snake' played... Watch Part 2 here: • Carmine Persico spit the bullet out o... The son of a law firm stenographer and a stay-at-home mother, Persico was a high school dropout who was part of a local street ga…

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Carmine Persico spit the bullet out of his mouth - and his protégé, Pauly ’Walnuts’ Gualtieri!? - Part 2 52:51

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Carmine Persico spit the bullet out of his mouth - and his protégé, Pauly 'Walnuts' Gualtieri!? WATCH PART 1 FIRST: • Carmine Persico - 'The Snake' played... The son of a law firm stenographer and a stay-at-home mother, Persico was a high school dropout who was part of a local street gang. His first arrest was at 17 in the fatal beating of another …

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Carmine Persico - ’The Snake’ played the biggest role in the first Gallo War - Part 1 1:21:23

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Part 1 - Carmine Persico - 'The Snake' played the biggest role in the first Gallo War The son of a law firm stenographer and a stay-at-home mother, Persico was a high school dropout who was part of a local street gang. His first arrest was at 17 in the fatal beating of another youth during a melee in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. When the charges were …

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Semion Mogilivich - The Brainy Don, Russia’s Boss of Bosses, and FBI’s top 10 most wanted! 1:38:41

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Semion Mogilivich - The Brainy Don, Russia's Boss of Bosses, and FBI's top 10 most wanted! Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich is a Ukrainian-born Russian organized crime boss. He quickly built a highly structured criminal organization, in the mode of an American mafia family; many of the organization's 250 members are his relatives. He is described by age…

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Part 3 - Albert Anastasia Escaped the Electric Chair to Die in a Barber Chair - Part 3 57:46

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Albert Anastasia Escaped the Electric Chair to Die in a Barber Chair - Part 3 True Crime | True Crime Podcasts on YouTube | True Crime Documentary **Before watching this episode, watch: Part 1 here: • Part 1 - Albert A... Then, watch Part 2 here: • Part 2 - Albert A... Albert Anastasia (born “Anastasio,” the masculine form of the Italian name) was …

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Part 2 - Albert Anastasia Escaped the Electric Chair to Die in a Barber Chair - Part 2 1:37:13

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Albert Anastasia Escaped the Electric Chair to Die in a Barber Chair - Part 2 True Crime | True Crime Podcasts on YouTube | True Crime Documentary **Before watching this episode, watch: Part 1 here: • Part 1 - Albert A... ** When you're done with Part 2, view Part 3 here: • Part 3 - Albert A... Albert Anastasia (born “Anastasio,” the masculine form…

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Part 1 - Albert Anastasia Escaped the Electric Chair to Die in a Barber Chair - Part 1 58:34

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Albert Anastasia Escaped the Electric Chair to Die in a Barber Chair True Crime | True Crime Podcasts on Youtube | True Crime Documentary **After watching this video, watch: Part 2 here: • Part 2 - Albert A... ** Next, watch Part 3 here: • Part 3 - Albert A... Albert Anastasia (born “Anastasio,” the masculine form of the Italian name) was a mobster…

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Frank McErlane popularized the Tommy Gun in Chicago and invented the Gang Ride or ’One Way Ride’ 1:08:50

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True Crime | True Crime Podcasts on Youtube | True Crime Documentary In this episode of True Crime Legacy, I will talk about Frank McErlane Francis "Frank" McErlane was a Chicago gangster and second-in-command of the Saltis-McErlane Gang in the 1930s, working with Joseph Saltis in the Chicago Beer Wars. He was the one who introduced the Tommy Gun t…

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”Mad Sam” Destefano - The psychopathic serial killer for the mafia - Part 2 41:49

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"Mad Sam" Destefano - The psychopathic serial killer for the mafia - Part 2 **Watch Part 1 FIRST Before watching this episode* "Mad Sam" Destefano - The psychopathic serial killer for the mafia - Part 1: • "Mad Sam" Destefa... In the 1960s, Samuel “Mad Sam” DeStefano was one of the most vicious loan sharks in Chicago. He worked closely with the mob…

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”Mad Sam” Destefano - The psychopathic serial killer for the mafia - Part 1 53:56

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"Mad Sam" Destefano - The psychopathic serial killer for the mafia - Part 1 *Watch Part 1 FIRST Before watching Part 2 episode When you are done with Part 1, head over to Part 2 to hear the COMPLETE story! "Mad Sam" Destefano - The psychopathic serial killer for the mafia - Part 2: • "Mad Sam" Destefa... In the 1960s, Samuel “Mad Sam” DeStefano was…

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True Crime | Mick Gatto - Australia’s ’Most Dangerous Criminal’? 1:25:15

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True Crime | True Crime Podcasts on Youtube | True Crime Documentary In this episode of True Crime Legacy, I will talk about Domenic" Mick" Gatto. Domenic "Mick" Gatto (born 6 August 1955) is a professional mediator within the Victorian building industry; and a debt collector. Gatto was named as a standover man during the Royal Commission into the …

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Benjamin ’Lefty’ Ruggiero and Donny Brasco’s friendship IN REAL LIFE | ( 2023) 1:05:14

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Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero and Donny Brasco's friendship IN REAL LIFE | ( 2023) Benjamin Ruggiero was a mobster or ‘soldato’ hailing from the Bonnano crime family. The Bonnano crime family is one of the five families that dominate organized crime in the United States, particularly in New York City. Ruggiero served as a soldato, the first level in th…

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Roberto Suarez Gomez reigned with power and wealth and still paved the way for Pablo Escobar 1:01:01

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If you're a true crime fanatic, you won't want to miss this podcast! We'll take you on a journey through some of the most chilling cases in history and try to shed light on what really happened. Roberto Suárez Gómez, also known as the King of Cocaine, was a Bolivian drug lord and trafficker who played a major role in the expansion of cocaine traffi…

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Stephanie St Clair life story & Jim Crow Law against Racism! 53:46

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“Queenie,” “Madam Queen,” “Madam St. Clair,” “Queen of the Policy Rackets” – whichever of the many nicknames you know her by, Stephanie St. Clair is one of the most formidable mobsters of the 20th century. St. Clair spent her criminal career rubbing elbows with New York’s famous figures, from leading civil rights activists to the fearsome heads of …