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01:01:01

Roberto Suarez Gomez reigned with power and wealth...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2023/04/27

If you're a true crime fanatic, you won't want to miss this podcast! We'll take you on a journey through some of the most chilling cases in history and try to shed light on what really happened. Roberto Suárez Gómez, also known as the King of Cocaine, was a Bolivian drug lord and trafficker who played a major role in the expansion of cocaine trafficking in Bolivia. In his prime, Suárez made $400 million annually, was one of the major suppliers of the Medellín Cartel as well as the leader of the

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Stephanie St Clair life story & Jim Crow Law against...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2023/04/18

“Queenie,” “Madam Queen,” “Madam St. Clair,” “Queen of the Policy Rackets” – whichever of the many nicknames you know her by, Stephanie St. Clair is one of the most formidable mobsters of the 20th century. St. Clair spent her criminal career rubbing elbows with New York’s famous figures, from leading civil rights activists to the fearsome heads of the mafia’s Five Families. With the “Godfather of Harlem,” Bumpy Johnson, as her hired security, Stephanie St. Clair was an imposing presence on the New

01:06:46

Stefano Magaddino - the LONGEST mafia boss in...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2023/04/18

🌟Stefano "The Undertaker" Magaddino was an Italian-born crime boss of the Buffalo crime family in western New York. His underworld influence stretched from Ohio to Southern Ontario and as far east as Montreal, Quebec. Known as Don Stefano to his friends and The Undertaker to others, he was also a charter member of the American Mafia's ruling council, The Commission. Magaddino was born on October 10, 1891, in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. In Castellammare del Golfo, Magaddino led a clan allied

01:12:56

Joe ”The Boss” Masseria - Betrayed by his own men,...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2023/04/10

Joe Masseria, byname Joe The Boss, original name Giuseppe Masseria, (born c. 1887, Italy—died April 15, 1931, New York, N.Y., U.S.), leading crime boss of New York City from the early 1920s until his murder in 1931. Emigrating from Sicily at age 16, Masseria associated with a band of Italian killers and Black Hand extortionists and committed burglaries and other petty crimes, but in 1920 he began to create the power that gave him control or a percentage of the profits of most of the Italian-run

01:11:21

Al Capone ran Chicago’s underworld successfully until...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2023/03/17

🌟Born of an immigrant family in Brooklyn, New York in January 1899, Al Capone quit school after the sixth grade and associated with a notorious street gang, becoming accepted as a member. Johnny Torrio was the street gang leader and among the other members was Lucky Luciano, who would later attain his own notoriety. About 1920, at Torrio’s invitation, Capone joined Torrio in Chicago where he had become an influential lieutenant in the Colosimo mob. The rackets spawned by enactment of the

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Ma Barker was the first woman ever to be named on FBI...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2023/03/07

🌟Kate Barker (born Arizona Donnie Clark; October 8, 1873 – January 16, 1935), better known as Ma Barker (and sometimes known as Arizona Barker and Arrie Barker), was the mother of several American criminals who ran the Barker–Karpis Gang during the "public enemy era" when the exploits of gangs of criminals in the Midwestern United States gripped the American people and press. She traveled with her sons during their criminal careers. Barker gained a reputation as a ruthless crime matriarch who

41:27

Jimmy Burke planned the largest cash robbery in...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2023/03/03

🌟James Burke, also known as "Jimmy the Gent," was an American gangster and Lucchese crime family associate who is believed to have organized the 1978 Lufthansa heist, the largest cash robbery in American history at the time. He was believed to be responsible for the deaths of those involved in the months after the robbery. Following the testimony of Henry Hill, Burke was convicted in 1982, of conspiracy charges related to his involvement in the 1978–79 Boston College basketball point-shaving

01:09:43

Aniello Dellacroce | One Of Americas Most Powerful...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2023/02/15

🌟In this video we discuss One Of Americas Most Powerful Bosses Ever, Aniello Dellacroce Aniello John "Neil" Dellacroce (March 15, 1914 – December 2, 1985) was an American mobster and underboss of the Gambino crime family. He rose to the position of underboss when Carlo Gambino moved Joseph Biondo aside. Dellacroce was a mentor to future Gambino boss John Gotti. ⏳𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 ⏳ 00:00 - Intro 01:59 - History of Little Italy 07:41 - Dellacroce’s beginnings 14:07 - Allegations of dog

01:29:11

Luciano Leggio | One of Sicilys most powerful bosses...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2023/02/03

🌟Luciano Leggio was an Italian criminal and leading figure of the Sicilian Mafia. He was the head of the Corleonesi, the Mafia faction that originated in the town of Corleone. He is universally known by the surname Liggio, a result of a misspelling in court documents in the 1960s. As well as setting the Corleonesi on track to become the dominant Mafia clan in Sicily, he became infamous for avoiding convictions for a multitude of crimes, including homicide, before he was finally imprisoned for life

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Gaspar Milazzo And His Impact On The Detroit...

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2023/01/26

🌟In this video talks about Gaspar Milazzo and his impact on the Detroit syndicate and the Castellammare war Dana Truppiana watch this and don't miss it out. ⏳ 𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 ⏳ 0:00 Intro 1:04 Description of criminals 2:20 Milazzo's story 19:08 Bartalo Fontana story 22:17 Buffalo's story 41:20 NORMAL TALKS 46:55 END 🍁 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 🍁 Your source for the life and history of infamous gangsters ... and some other stuff, too. Your go-to resource for

01:05:21

Tony Accardo led Capone’s area for far longer than...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2023/01/17

🌟You'll be seeing Tony Accardo led Capone's area for far longer than Capone himself after he went to jail in this video. Anthony Joseph Accardo, also known as "Joe Batters" and "Big Tuna", was an American longtime mobster. In a criminal career that spanned eight decades, he rose from small-time hoodlum to the position of day-to-day boss of the Chicago Outfit in 1947, to ultimately becoming the final Outfit authority in 1972. Accardo moved the Outfit into new operations and territories, greatly

01:54:03

Joseph DiCarlo | Joseph Dicarlo Buffalo Mafia

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2023/01/11

🌟Joseph DiCarlo, known as "the Al Capone of Buffalo" and as western New York's "Public Enemy No. 1." Son of the region's first known Sicilian underworld boss, DiCarlo was rejected as heir to his father's criminal empire. After troubled years as vassal to Stefano Magaddino, DiCarlo and his underlings wandered, seeking fortunes in Youngstown, Ohio, and Miami Beach, Florida, before returning home to witness the disintegration of the western New York Mafia. The authors utilize DiCarlo's colorful life

01:27:07

Ray Patriarca - A dynasty, conspiracy theories, a...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2023/01/09

Born on St. Patrick’s Day 1908 to Italian immigrants in Worcester, Massachusetts, Raymond Loreto Salvatore Patriarca Sr., rose from his early days as a car-stealing, truck-hijacking, armed robber to become one of the most powerful mob bosses in the United States History. At the age of three, he moved with his family to Providence, Rhode Island, where his father operated a liquor store. When his dad died in 1925, the troubled teen quickly turned to a life of crime. By the late 1920s, he was hijacking

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How the Kray Twins handled prison and the books they...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2022/12/26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaqQz... GO WATCH/LISTEN PART 1 BEFORE VIEWING THIS VIDEO!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaqQz... Ronald Kray (24 October 1933 – 17 March 1995) and Reginald Kray (24 October 1933 – 1 October 2000), were identical twin brothers, gangsters and convicted criminals. They were the foremost perpetrators of organized crime in the East End of London, England, from the late 1950s to 1967. With their gang, known as the Firm, the Kray twins were involved in murder, armed

01:09:12

How the Kray Twins took over London’s underground...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2022/12/26

Ronald Kray (24 October 1933 – 17 March 1995) and Reginald Kray (24 October 1933 – 1 October 2000), were identical twin brothers, gangsters and convicted criminals. They were the foremost perpetrators of organized crime in the East End of London, England, from the late 1950s to 1967. With their gang, known as the Firm, the Kray twins were involved in murder, armed robbery, arson, protection rackets, gambling and assaults. In the 1960s, as West End nightclub owners, the Kray twins mixed with

01:11:51

Karim Lala made Bollywood what it is today and his...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2022/12/11

Karim Lala was an Afghan Pashtun who emigrated from Kunar, Afghanistan to Mumbai (then Bombay) in the 1920s. His family settled in one of the most densely populated and impoverished Muslim communities of Bhendi Bazaar in South Mumbai. Starting as an ordinary worker in the Mumbai docks, he later joined a gang of ethnic Pashtuns (called Pathans in India) who worked as illegal recovery agents for Marwari and Gujarati money lenders, landlords, and businessmen.[citation needed] These money lenders and

01:15:28

How Paul Castellano’s decisions led to his...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2022/12/11

Paul Castellano headed New York's immensely powerful Gambino crime family for more than ten years. On December 16, 1985, he was gunned down in a spectacular shooting on Manhattan's fashionable East Side. At the time of his death, Paul Castellano was under indictment. So were most of the major Mafia figures in New York. Why? Because in 1983 the FBI had hidden a microphone in the kitchen of Castellano's Staten Island mansion. The 600 hours of recordings led to eight criminal trials. He was an American

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How Sam DeCavalcante ADMITTED to 8 murders and NEVER...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2022/11/28

Simone Rizzo "Sam" DeCavalcante, known as "Sam the Plumber", was a member of the New Jersey Mafia. Claiming descent from the Italian royal family, DeCavalcante was nicknamed "The Count". The Kefauver hearings later named his crime family the DeCavalcante crime family since he was the boss of the family at the time of those hearings. DeCavalcante oversaw illegal gambling, loansharking, and labor racketeering in New Jersey. Living in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New

01:15:27

Did Richard Kuklinski really kill 250 people? Did he...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2022/10/12

Richard Leonard Kuklinski, also known as The Iceman, was an American criminal and convicted murderer. Kuklinski was engaged in criminal activities for most of his adult life; he ran a burglary ring and distributed pirated pornography. He committed at least five murders between 1980 and 1984. Prosecutors described him as someone who killed for profit. Kuklinski lived with his wife and children in the New Jersey suburb of Dumont. They knew him as a loving father and husband but one who also had a

01:14:29

”Machine” Gun Kelly probably NEVER said ”Don’t shoot,...

Dana Truppiana Mob Times ·

2022/10/12

Machine Gun Kelly was a bootlegger, small-time bank robber and kidnapper who ranged through Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico in the 1920s and 1930s. Beginning his criminal career as a bootlegger, he was caught in 1927 and subsequently spent a few months in jail, where he met bank robbers. In 1930, he married Kathryn Thorne. They, along with others, robbed banks in many states, and kidnapped a wealthy oil tycoon and held him for ransom. For that crime, Kelly was arrested and

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