The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Spiros Velentzas was a Greek who emigrated to the US in the late 1940's. He would eventually settle in Astoria, a very Greek area of Queens. He would find his way into criminality and then work as a d...

9 Aug 202343min

Angelo Bruno is a legendary boss of the Philadelphia Crime Family. When it comes to Philly, we hear a lot about everything after Bruno but what about his rise in the Philly underworld? We also delve i...

2 Aug 20231h 5min

Montana Barronette was a violent killer and leader of Trained To Go, a menacing and ruthless drug trafficking organization based out of West Baltimore. He is among the most depraved people to ever com...

26 Jul 20231h 9min

Today I speak to former Gambino associate Anthony Ruggiano Jr. Anthony is the son of Gambino heavyweight and capo Anthony "Fat Andy" Ruggiano. He tells some great stories about life Growing Up Gambino...

19 Jul 20231h 11min

Today we delve into the formation and eventual reign of terror the Los Zetas drug cartel inflicted on Mexico with organized crime and cartel expert Disturbed Reality. DR has in my opinion one of the b...

12 Jul 20231h 24min

Today we delve into the life of former Gambino boss Peter Gotti. Peter started out in legitimate work and quickly entered the world of the Mafia due to his brother John and his rising stature in the f...

4 Jul 202358min

Today we are joined by former Kansas City detective and current organized crime content creator Gary Jenkins. We discuss the very violent past of the interesting underworld of Kansas City and its cont...

28 Jun 20231h 34min

In this episode I delve into Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo. Michael was a Gambino capo. He goes back hundreds of years in the Mafia and was raised around it due to his long lineage. He rose in the ...

20 Jun 202359min