Mobsters & Movies: The Untold Story of Hollywood’s Dark Past

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Join Gary in his interview with author Jeffrey Sussman, who penned the revealing book “Tinseltown Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Hollywood.” Discover the untold stories behind the glamorous facades of the movie industry, where figures like Mickey Cohen wielded immense influence, and shocking events like the Lana Turner murder of Johnny Stompanato sent shockwaves through the silver screen.

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Transcript

[00:00:00] Welcome all you wiretappers. Glad to be back here in studio of Gangland Wire. I’ve got one of our good friends who’s been on the show many times from New York City.

Jeffrey Sussman. Welcome, Jeffrey. Glad to be here, Gary. It’s really nice to see you again. Yeah, I sure wish we could have met up when I was in New York that time. That would have been fun. I was, every once in a while I’ll meet somebody I only know through the camera here. It’s always a lot of fun. Well, well, I hope you come to New York again soon.

I’ll let you know. I’ll give you a little more advanced warning next time. I didn’t tell you anything until I was there almost getting ready to go or something, but anyhow. Right. You have a new book. You have several books out there, and we’ve talked about several of them. You know, of note, I just had a guy on my Facebook page post something about, he posted a picture of your book, Boxing and the Mob, and talked about that book.

And so I, commented on their hanging on. Here’s an interview with the author and somebody else said, yeah, he said, that’s how I found the book. So, [00:01:00] so it does work. I’m glad to know that I’m going to have to make you my agent, Gary. Yeah, really? I need to get a piece of this action here, man. That’s right. You have 10, 10 percent coming to you.

And don’t hold out on me, man. I won’t. I’ll be very generous. I’ll have to send Guido from the North end there to see you

anyhow, he has a new book, Tinseltown gangsters. There it is guys. And I’ll have links to it and I’ll have links to his Arthur’s page because he is got several. You’ve got one about now I can’t remember the titles. If you can remember ’em, want you to recite ’em off to the guys.