The Mob Files

By Brian McCoyTrue Crime

The Mob Files episodes

August 04, 2022016 - Frank Lucas
This week's episode is about Frank Lucas. Lucas ran a massive heroin operation in Harlem in the 1960s and 70s. He imported his product from Southeast Asia to get around the Mafia's stranglehold on the market in New York.
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Sources
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/obituaries/frank-lucas-dead.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-drug-dealers-used-the-us-military-to-smuggle-heroin-2018-3

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/the-return-of-frank-lucas.html
Music by Ahmadmusic from Pixabay

#American Gangster
#Frank Lucas
#Mafia
15 min
July 21, 2022 015 - Mob Boss Briefings: Joe Colombo
This week's episode is a brief overview on the life of Joe Colombo.
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Music by Ahmadmusic from Pixabay
11 min
July 14, 2022014 - Mob Boss Briefings: Joe Bonanno
This week's episode features a very brief overview on the life of Joseph Bonanno, longtime boss of the crime family bearing his name.
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Sources
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/12/nyregion/joe-bonanno-dies-mafia-leader-97-who-built-empire.html

https://tucson.com/news/retrotucson/photos-mafia-crime-boss-joe-bonanno-sr-in-tucson/collection_3b10ff3b-290b-5a32-98d0-1850f5c0ee6c.html#1
Music by Ahmadmusic from Pixabay
#Mob
#Mafia
#Five Families
#Bannano
14 min
July 07, 2022013 - Mob Hits Pt. 2
This week's episode is part two of our Mob Hits Series. The hits covered in this episode are: Albert Anastasia, Danny Greene, and the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
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Sources
https://themobmuseum.org/blog/the-fall-of-murder-inc/

https://gangsterreport.com/cleveland-top-5-mob-hits/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2020/10/17/al-capone-convicted-on-this-day-in-1931-after-boasting-they-cant-collect-legal-taxes-from-illegal-money/?sh=1a90b4e1435d

https://www.onthisday.com/articles/al-capone-public-enemy-number-one

https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-2012/The-Chicago-Mobs-Rise-and-Fall/

https://themobmuseum.org/blog/the-fall-of-murder-inc/
Music by Ahmadmusic from Pixabay
#Mob
#Mafia
#Five Families
#Gambino
#Capone
17 min
June 30, 2022 012 - Las Vegas and the Mob
Our subject today is Las Vegas. Specifically, the city’s deep connection to the mafia. We are going to discuss the origins of the mafia’s interest in the city and explore how the mafia is largely responsible for its early success. We will then go on to discuss the later involvement of midwest mob families - the Chicago Outfit, Milwaukee, Kansas City and Cleveland.
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Sources:
https://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/Residents/History/Timeline
https://www.kingvegashomes.com/blog-posts/a-brief-look-at-the-las-vegas-mob-history
https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/the-mafias-history-in-las-vegas-from-bugsy-siegel-to-anthony-spilotro-413833/
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/jimmy-hoffas-role-in-developing-las-vegas-2407166/
https://themobmuseum.org/blog/kansas-city-connection/
https://www.nvbar.org/wp-content/uploads/Pages-14-to-16-from-NGL_Magazine2016-5.pdf
https://apnews.com/article/65ac178ec75132715d5861a0899df04c
Gary Jenkins, Gangland Wire Podcast, Tropicana Casino Skimming, June 14, 2016
Music by Ahmadmusic from Pixabay
24 min
June 23, 2022011 - Mob Hits Pt. 1
This week's episode is going to be a little different. Instead of focusing on a particular mobster or mob family, we are going to discuss some famous mafia hits. This will be an ongoing series, so be on the lookout for part 2.
Hits Covered in this Episode
Paul Castellano

Charles Binnagio

Carmine Galante

Ingancio Antinori
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Sources
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/six-most-famous-mob-murders-all-time-180971714/

https://gangsterreport.com/the-hit-list-kansas-city/

https://tampahistorical.org/items/show/93

https://tampapix.com/tampa1940s7.htm
Music by Ahmadmusic from Pixabay

#Mob
#Mafia
#MobHits
#Paul Castellano
#Kansas City Mob
#KCMob
16 min
June 16, 2022010 - The Philadelphia Crime Family
On this week's episode, we discuss the Philadelphia Crime Family. Outside of the Five Families, Philadelphia is one of the most powerful families in the history of the American Mafia.
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Sources
https://philadelphiaweekly.com/the-scarfo-mob/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-13-mn-28614-story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/13/us/reputed-mob-leader-is-acquitted-in-philadelphia.html

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1987-12-13-0160450065-story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/little-nicky-scarfo-ruthless-leader-of-philadelphia-mob-dies-at-87/2017/01/17/6a9683c8-dcde-11e6-918c-99ede3c8cafa_story.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20131213040615/http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/6at4/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=8839389

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/fifteen-members-and-associates-philadelphia-mafia-indicted-federal-racketeering-and
#Mafia
#AngelBruno
#PhiladelphiaMob
#NickyScarfo
16 min
June 09, 2022009 - Lucky Luciano
Charles Lucky Luciano is considered by some people to be the father of modern organized crime. He was the founder and original chairman of the mafia commission. He was the most powerful mobster in the United states before being forced to move to Italy as part of a deal with prosecutors.
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Sources
https://themobmuseum.org/blog/when-lucianos-luck-ran-out/

https://themobmuseum.org/notable_names/thomas-dewey/

https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/how_prosecutors_brought_down_lucky_luciano

https://themobmuseum.org/blog/eighty-five-years-ago-this-week-lucky-luciano-convicted-of-pandering/

FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, February 1987, Vol 56, No.2, retrieved from: https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/sicilian-mafia-and-its-impact-united-states
Music by Ahmadmusic from Pixabay
#LuckyLuciano
#Mafia
#Mob
18 min
June 02, 2022008 - Henry Hill (Lucchese Associate)
This week's subject is Lucchese associate turned FBI informant, Henry Hill. Hill was played by Ray Liotta in the classic mob movie, Goodfellas.
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Sources
https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-henry-hill-20120614-story.html

https://www.biography.com/news/real-goodfellas-lufthansa-heist-henry-hill

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna26928518

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/13/henry-hill

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/la-me-henry-hill-20120614-story.html

https://ganglandwire.com/jimmy-burke-aka-jimmy-the-gent/
Music by Ahmadmusic from Pixabay
#Goodfellas
#HenryHill
#Mob
#Mafia
14 min
May 26, 2022007 - The Rizzuto Family (Montreal)
On this week's episode, I present a brief history of the Rizzuto Crime Family in Montreal. The Rizzutos were so powerful at their peak that they are sometimes referred to as the Sixth Family.
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Sources
https://gangsterreport.com/the-montreal-mob-war-murder-timeline-rizzuto-crime-family-remains-at-war-into-2019/

https://aboutthemafia.com/rizzuto-remains-in-control-as-montreal-mafia-war-ends/

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/30/world/americas/vito-rizzuto-reputed-mafia-boss-of-canada-dies-at-67.html

https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/montreal-mafia-boss-vito-rizzuto-1946-2013

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/hit-list-revealed-during-murder-trial-sheds-light-on-mafia-conflict
Music by Ahmadmusic from Pixabay

#SixthFamily
#VitoRizzuto
#Rizzuto
#MontrealMob
14 min