Mafia

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Journey into the underworld of American organized crime and the stories behind the rise and fall of the most notorious mobsters in history. From Charles “Lucky” Luciano and John Gotti, to Donnie Brasco, “Bugsy” Siegel and Dutch Schultz–this podcast explores the lives of our greatest gangsters and the cops and attorneys who worked to bring them down.

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Introducing: Truth vs Holly...

06.12.2020

Introducing the newest Audioboom original podcast, Truth vs Hollywood. Join Film lovers David Chen and Joanna Robinson as they do a deep dive into well known films and discuss how similar they are to the actual story. The discussion also ...

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06.12.2020 Introducing: Truth vs Hollywood Introducing the newest Audioboom original podcast, Truth vs Hollywood. Join Film lovers David Chen and Joanna Robinson as they do a deep dive into well known films and discuss how similar they are to the actual story. The discussion also ...
05.26.2020 Introducing: Mobbed Up Mobbed Up chronicles the rise and fall of organized crime in Las Vegas through the eyes of those who lived it: ex-mobsters, law enforcement officials, politicians and journalists. From back alleys to bank vaults, dimly lit basements to the neon ...
03.02.2020 Introducing Life's Little Mysteries Life's Little Mysteries is the newest Audioboom original podcast and co-production with Live Science. This podcast is for everyone and anyone who loves science and wants to know more about everything around us. Join hosts Mindy Weisberger and Jeanna Bryner ...
01.29.2020 13: Bonus 06: The First Casino In Upstate New York, 200 miles from the bustling gang-run city, something new was born. As the rich headed upstate for summer vacations, a gangster had a vision of a gambling paradise, and turned Saratoga Springs into the casino hotspot ...
01.22.2020 Bonus 05: Inside the Safes Gangsters Walter Scheib and Frank Hoffman owned one of the most successful speakeasies during the prohibition. But Hoffman disappeared in the 1940s, leaving behind 2 iron safes . . . and what was inside would pull a local family into ...
01.15.2020 12: Joe Colombo (Part 2) Colombo was flooded with cash from his numerous rackets and enjoying the good life. Distress grew in the highest circles of the Mafia that law enforcement scrutiny would intensify because of Colombo’s actions. And he gained even more attention when ...
01.08.2020 11: Joe Colombo (Part 1) Joseph Colombo was a mid-ranking Mafioso in one of New York’s Five Families. But when Colombo decided to break one of the mob’s most important rules, his career began to skyrocket. The FBI took notice and Colombo, once again, made ...
12.18.2019 10: Joe Valachi (Part 2) Valachi took the stand and revealed some of the strangest Cosa Nostra secrets - but the Mafia wouldn't stand idly by while their rules were broken. And when he had served his purpose, even the FBI couldn't keep him safe ...
12.11.2019 9: Joe Valachi (Part 1) Joe Valachi had been in the Mafia for years, but hadn't risen much in the ranks. But when he was facing a life sentence, there was one group of people who thought he was high enough - for information. The ...
12.04.2019 8: Don Vito and the Prime Minister (Part 2) While Costello made his mafia money through gambling, Vito Genovese found something more lucrative: drugs. The brash and homicidal Don Vito was put in and out of exile from the United States - but when he returned at last, he ...
11.27.2019 7: Don Vito and the Prime Minister (Part 1) Vito Genovese had been biding his time for 4 years to take over the Luciano crime family. But when an old crime came back for him, the position was taken over by Frank Costello. Costello, the Prime Minister, had high-reaching ...
11.20.2019 6: Arnold Rothstein (Part 2) After gaining fortune and notoriety, Rothstein moved from bootlegging to drug smuggling to labor racketeering. With his connections and friendly demeanor, Rothstein was able to get out of any situation, and taught the likes of Charles Luciano, Meyer Lanksy, and ...
11.13.2019 5: Arnold Rothstein (Part 1) Before the mafia existed, at the turn of the century, there was Arnold Rothstein, known as The Brain. Rothstein would teach an entire generation of gangsters how to organize, act like gentlemen, and interact with the upper crust. And Rothstein ...
11.06.2019 4: Roy DeMeo (Part 2) Three investigators try to put together the murder of Andrei Katz with the car theivery that the DeMeo crew has been doing for years without notice. And once the cops are on the case, it spells trouble for DeMeo. With ...
10.31.2019 Introducing: What Makes a Killer Listen to new episodes of What Makes a Killer for a look into the life and crimes of the world’s most infamous serial killers. Featuring interviews with family members, forensic experts, law enforcement, and witnesses. What Makes a Killer premieres ...
10.30.2019 3: Roy DeMeo (Part 1) From car thief to the operator of the Murder Machine, Roy DeMeo and his crew were possibly reponsible for more than 200 murders in the 1970s. DeMeo made so much money for the mafia that they would look the other ...
10.23.2019 2: Al Capone (Part 2) With his rivals wiped out, Capone had taken over the prohibition scene in Chicago. His love of the spotlight would soon get him in trouble with the law - and a new legal loophole. Our sponsors for this episode are: ...
10.16.2019 1: Al Capone (Part 1) At the height of Prohibition, Al Capone made a killing selling illegal alcohol and by making a spectacle of the gangster lifestyle. But with the booze running free and the money pouring in, his wasn't the only gang trying to ...
10.02.2019 Season 3 Trailer Mafia is coming back October 16th, taking you inside the American mob from interviews with experts, law enforcement, and educators. Season 3 brings stories about the lives of Al Capone, Joe Colombo, Vito Genovese, and more. What happened at the ...
10.10.2018 15: Bonus 04 - Rats One of the unwritten rules of the Mafia was Omerta, the code of silence. No one was allowed to talk about the existence of the Mafia, reveal how it worked or who the main players were. The Mafia demanded loyalty ...
10.03.2018 14: Bonus 03: The Establishment There is a long list of people and organizations who were in one way or another in the Mafia’s pockets. In this bonus episode, we’ll look at the connection between the Mafia and the American establishment. From politicians, law enforcement, ...
09.26.2018 13: Bonus 02: The Crackdown For years, the mob was able to rule New York, Chicago, and many other cities, free to run gambling rackets, flood the street with drugs, and corrupt officials to their liking. Until the law enforcement got wise and turned up ...
09.19.2018 Bonus 01: The Jewish Connection Organized crime and street gangs were originally strongly divided along ethnic lines, but into the 1930s, those lines began to blur, especially between the Italian and Jewish gangsters. In this bonus episode, Mafia explores how this change came about, and ...
09.12.2018 12: Joe Massino (Part 2) In the 1980s and 1990s, four of the bosses of the five families had been taken down by the FBI. But one family, the Bonnanos, remained untouched. But after years of the FBI being unable to catch Joe Massino in ...
09.05.2018 11: Joe Massino (Part 1) Joseph Massino was the legendary godfather of the Bonnano crime family, known as ‘The Last Don’ of a generation. And he absolutely crushed anyone who went against the mafia code of silence or 'Omerta.' But when the family was infiltrated ...
08.29.2018 10: Tony Spilotro (Part 2) Tony Spilotro had gotten away with murder for a long time - too long. The Las Vegas PD was finally ready to turn around their corrupt ways and work hand in hand with the FBI to bring the man down. ...
08.22.2018 9: Tony Spilotro (Part 1) Tony Spilotro, known as the Las Vegas enforcer, was a feared man who's job it was to make sure the mob's law was kept – or else. But when he proved too rough for the job, and went back to ...
08.15.2018 8: Albert Anastasia (Part 2) The mob’s merchant of death and family man, Albert Anastasia, continues as head of Murder Inc. But when the Commission decides to shutdown this violent organization how does Albert adjust to his new role in the mob? What are the ...
08.08.2018 7: Albert Anastasia (Part 1) Albert Anastasia was chosen by Lucky Luciano to be the head of Murder Inc. where he violently enforced the modern Mafia as the head of their killing squad. And the employees of Murder Inc. were not only good at their ...
08.01.2018 6: Santo Trafficante (Part 2) At the Warren Committee hearings, looking into the deaths of Fidel Castro and JFK, Santo Trafficante kept his lips sealed. And yet the connections kept coming up. Trafficante had every reason to want to kill the man who had shut ...
07.25.2018 5: Santo Trafficante (Part 1) Far from the big-name mob territories of New York and Chicago, the mafia scene in Tampa, Florida was of a smaller scale. That is, until Santo Trafficante used his influence and geographic advantage to turn Cuba in a gambling paradise. ...
07.18.2018 4: Allen Dorfman (Part 2) Allen Dorfman assumes control over the Teamsters’ Union vast pension fund with Jimmy Hoffa out of the picture. But it would be FBI surveillance and Dorfman’s carelessness in attempting to bribe a U.S. Senator that would lead to the end ...
07.11.2018 3: Allen Dorfman (Part 1) Allen Dorfman was a insurance agency owner and consultant to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He was also known in the criminal underworld of Chicago as the ‘Mafia’s Banker,’ one of the most powerful middlemen between prominent union figure Jimmy ...
06.27.2018 2: Carmine Galante (Part 2) Carmine Galante was released from prison on parole and immediately took over his mafia family and reestablished his heroin empire. But greed and cruelty made him enemies and made him paranoid, and started a war between families that led to ...
06.20.2018 1: Carmine Galante (Part 1) Carmine Galante wanted to be the "Boss of All Bosses," the head of the mafia, and would stop at nothing to reach his goal. He was single-handedly responsible for trafficking enormous amounts of heroin into the United States, raking in ...
04.25.2018 12: Dutch Schultz (Part 2) Dutch Schultz continues his feud with Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll. The reign of violence puts the mafia in a delicate position when it gains the attention of an ambitious new prosecutor named Thomas Dewey. His friends dwindling as he betrays ...
04.18.2018 11: Dutch Schultz (Part 1) Prohibition was a time that allowed those outside of the law to thrive, as rival bootlegging businesses were set up by mafia members all over the world. In the heart of New York's gangland was Dutch Schultz, a student of ...
04.11.2018 10: Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Part 2) From the poor streets of downtown New York, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel worked his way up through the mafia and through Hollywood. And then he set his sights on Las Vegas. Siegel bought what is now the Strip, determined to make ...
04.04.2018 9: Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Part 1) When Charles Luciano organized the mob and decided that money didn't care what your ethnicity was, it was the chance for Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel to prove his worth. With ambition as big as Las Vegas and a temper to boot, ...
03.28.2018 8: Donnie Brasco (Part 2) Joe Pistone continues his story of spending six years undercover as the gangster Donnie Brasco. With the help from the FBI and other undercover agents, Pistone spread his own influence and string operation beyond New York, to Wisconsin and Flordia. ...
03.21.2018 7: Donnie Brasco (Part 1) In the 1970s, penetrating the mob hierarchy was considered too difficult and too dangerous. But when the infamous five families became involved in a series of car hijackings, veteran agent Joe Pistone of the FBI volunteered to go undercover. What ...
03.14.2018 6: John Gotti (Part 2) When last we met John Gotti, he had taken the media by storm, posing for the camera as a glamorous mafioso. Meanwhile, he had taken over the Gambino family by treacherous means: lying and murdering his way to the top. ...
03.07.2018 5: John Gotti (Part 1) In the 1980s, one man became the face of the Mafia. The most famous gangster since Al Capone. Through murder, deception, and pure luck, John Gotti worked his way up the mob ladder. But Gotti was best known for flaunting ...
02.28.2018 4: Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Part 2) The story continues about Charles “Lucky” Luciano, who made the Mob a highly sophisticated criminal empire. From night clubs to brothels, Luciano’s Mob spread its tentacles into every part of American society, earning billions . . . and a reputation. ...
02.20.2018 3: Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Part 1) In the 1920s, at the height of prohibition, the intelligent, ruthless, and visionary, Charles “Lucky” Luciano forever transformed the Mob from warring street gangs into a highly sophisticated criminal empire. By the time Luciano was finished, the Mob was bigger ...
02.14.2018 2: Sam Giancana (Part 2) In the previous episode, we explored the early days of one of the most flamboyant and dangerous mafia bosses of all time, Sam Giancana, and heard from those who strived to bring him to justice. We discovered how he helped ...
02.07.2018 1: Sam Giancana (Part 1) Welcome to Mafia, a look into America’s criminal underworld. In the debut episode, Fleet Cooper tells the story of one of the most powerful, flamboyant and dangerous mafia bosses of all time, Sam Giancana. Sam Giancana was utterly ruthless and ...
01.30.2018 Mafia Preview Launching February 7th is a new podcast that explores the underworld of American organized crime and the stories behind the rise and fall of the most notorious mobsters in history.

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Mafia episodes:

Introducing: Truth vs Hollywood

Introducing: Mobbed Up

Introducing Life's Little Mysteries

13: Bonus 06: The First Casino

Bonus 05: Inside the Safes

12: Joe Colombo (Part 2)

11: Joe Colombo (Part 1)

10: Joe Valachi (Part 2)

9: Joe Valachi (Part 1)

8: Don Vito and the Prime Minister (Part 2)

7: Don Vito and the Prime Minister (Part 1)

6: Arnold Rothstein (Part 2)

5: Arnold Rothstein (Part 1)

4: Roy DeMeo (Part 2)

Introducing: What Makes a Killer

3: Roy DeMeo (Part 1)

2: Al Capone (Part 2)

1: Al Capone (Part 1)

Season 3 Trailer

15: Bonus 04 - Rats

14: Bonus 03: The Establishment

13: Bonus 02: The Crackdown

Bonus 01: The Jewish Connection

12: Joe Massino (Part 2)

11: Joe Massino (Part 1)

10: Tony Spilotro (Part 2)

9: Tony Spilotro (Part 1)

8: Albert Anastasia (Part 2)

7: Albert Anastasia (Part 1)

6: Santo Trafficante (Part 2)

5: Santo Trafficante (Part 1)

4: Allen Dorfman (Part 2)

3: Allen Dorfman (Part 1)

2: Carmine Galante (Part 2)

1: Carmine Galante (Part 1)

12: Dutch Schultz (Part 2)

11: Dutch Schultz (Part 1)

10: Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Part 2)

9: Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Part 1)

8: Donnie Brasco (Part 2)

7: Donnie Brasco (Part 1)

6: John Gotti (Part 2)

5: John Gotti (Part 1)

4: Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Part 2)

3: Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Part 1)

2: Sam Giancana (Part 2)

1: Sam Giancana (Part 1)

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