Outlaws & Gunslingers

This week we cover the Bonanno Family namesake, Joe "Joe Bananas" Bonanno. From how he got his start in the criminal underworld, to his mysterious disappearance, his death and everything in between, i...

28 Sep 202326min

We take a look at the history of the Bonanno Family in this episode. They are the second oldest of the 5 families. They are perhaps most famous for the well known infiltration of FBI agent Joseph Pist...

14 Sep 202342min

In this episode we wrap up talking about the Genovese family and take a quick look at some former and current members who didn't really have an episode's worth of info. We also talk about some members...

28 Aug 20231h 6min

This week we take a look at Dominick Cirillo, who was the acting boss of the Genovese Family while Gigante was in prison. When Gigante went away, as was the case with Vito, there was a committee of sh...

22 Aug 202328min

After Phil Lombardo retired due to health issues in 1981, Vincent Gigante took over for him as boss. Gigante, known before this as the man who almost killed Frank Costello for Vito leads the family fo...

13 Aug 202343min

This week we cover another more acting bosses of the Genovese Family who operated while Vito was in prison. Gerardo Catena, Mike Miranda, and Phil Lombardo all ran the family by a "committee" with Vit...

4 Aug 202332min

This week we'll cover two high ranking members of the Genovese Family. Anthony Strollo also known as Tony Bender was a close friend and underboss of Vito Genovese and helped him plan the attempted ass...

26 Jul 202329min

Although Meyer Lansky wasn't technically in the American Mafia, he was a significant figure that helped the Mafia become dominant in the 1950's along with Lucky Luciano and Bugsy Siegel. He was instru...

13 Jul 202334min