Episode 152: The Tanglewood Boys

This week on the show we speak to former bookmaker and son of Joe Colombo, Chris Colombo. Chris discussed his life as the son of one of the most powerful people in organized crime. We chat about his f...

20 Sep 20231h 49min

This week on the show we delve into Gambino consigliere Joe N Gallo. Joe was a powerhouse in the Gambino Crime Family for decades. He was made way back in the 40's and rose to consigliere under Carlo ...

13 Sep 202342min

This week on the show we delve into a very interesting individual named Frank Meeink. Frank grew up in South Philly in a rough situation and would ultimately live for a summer in rural Pennsylvania wh...

6 Sep 20231h 43min

This week on the show we delve into the very interesting life of Vic Orena. Orena would ultimately become the acting boss of the Colombo Crime Family. He would engineer an attempt to take the family o...

30 Aug 202350min

This week on the show: actor Joe Gannascoli, most known for his role as Vito Spatafore in the Sopranos, joins the show to talk about growing up in Brooklyn, owning a restaurant and seeing mobsters, hi...

23 Aug 20231h 13min

This week on the show we delve into the very interesting lives of two members of the Colombo Crime Family who ruled the Family on the street in the 80's as the boss in the Family was in prison. Gennar...

16 Aug 202358min

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