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Tiger King's 'Scarface' & More Back Burner Mob Movies To Watch Mar 30, 2020

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The mob connection to Tiger King revealed, plus now that you've seen the classics, what mob movies should you watch that are on the back burner?

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80's Boston Club Owner Harry Booras Feb 27, 2020

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The Channel rock club was founded by Harry Booras in the spring of 1980. The mob, through a series of intimidation and suspected bankruptcy fraud, managed to get control of the Channel in early 1992. There would be threats, car fires, and at least one man would lose his life.

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Pro Football And The Mob With Dan Moldea Feb 11, 2020

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Were pro football players fixing games for the mob? Did Owners cover it up? We talk to legendary investigative journalist Dan Moldea about the golden age of sports betting and the NFL.

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100th Anniversary of Prohibition Jan 24, 2020

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The ban on booze went into effect on Jaunuary 17, 1920 and changed the underworld forever. The OG podcast talk bootleggers, speakeasies, and the Purple Gang.

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Anniversary Of The 1985 Manhattan Murder Of 'Big Paul' Castellano Dec 18, 2019

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On December 16, 1985, Gambino crime family boss Paul Castellano and his underboss, Thomas Bilotti, are killed outside a Manhattan steakhouse by an assassin led by John Gotti, who inherits leadership of the crime family. Scott Burnstein and James Buccellato take a look back at the most high profile assassination in mafia history.

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Irishman: Fact Vs. Fiction Dec 10, 2019

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Now that we have all watched the movie multiple times, the experts Scott Burnstein and Dr. James Buccellato break down what actually happened as opposed to what you see in the film.

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In-Depth Review Of 'The Irishman' Nov 22, 2019

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Listen at your own risk. Spoiler alerts galore! Scott Burnstein caught a screening of the movie and gives us his honest review.

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Jack Goldsmith, Stepson Of Chuckie O'Brien Nov 15, 2019

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Jack Goldsmith revered his stepfather, longtime Jimmy Hoffa associate Chuckie O’Brien. But as he grew older and pursued a career in law and government, he came to doubt and distance himself from the man long suspected by the FBI of perpetrating Hoffa’s disappearance on behalf of the mob.

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Boston George Jung, Inspiration For The Movie 'Blow' Oct 01, 2019

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Colombia had Pablo Escobar. America had George Jung.

Few American drug dealers have ever had the connections, charisma, and influence that George Jung had. Over the course of his life, Jung made a living by smuggling drugs into the United States in mass quantities. Eventually, he joined the Medellin cartel and with them became responsible for 85 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United States during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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Former NY Mob Boss Michael Franzese Sep 13, 2019

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Michael Franzese grew up as the son of the notorious Underboss of New York’s violent and feared Colombo crime family. At his most affluent, he generated an estimated $5 to $8 million per week from legal and illegal businesses. It was a life filled with power, luxury…and deadly violence. On this episode we talk John Gotti, Michael Jackson, Don King, Nick Saban, and more!

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