The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

This week on the show: actor Joe Gannascoli, most known for his role as Vito Spatafore in the Sopranos, joins the show to talk about growing up in Brooklyn, owning a restaurant and seeing mobsters, hi...

23 Aug 20231h 13min

This week on the show we delve into the very interesting lives of two members of the Colombo Crime Family who ruled the Family on the street in the 80's as the boss in the Family was in prison. Gennar...

16 Aug 202358min

Spiros Velentzas was a Greek who emigrated to the US in the late 1940's. He would eventually settle in Astoria, a very Greek area of Queens. He would find his way into criminality and then work as a d...

9 Aug 202343min

Angelo Bruno is a legendary boss of the Philadelphia Crime Family. When it comes to Philly, we hear a lot about everything after Bruno but what about his rise in the Philly underworld? We also delve i...

2 Aug 20231h 5min

Montana Barronette was a violent killer and leader of Trained To Go, a menacing and ruthless drug trafficking organization based out of West Baltimore. He is among the most depraved people to ever com...

26 Jul 20231h 9min

Today I speak to former Gambino associate Anthony Ruggiano Jr. Anthony is the son of Gambino heavyweight and capo Anthony "Fat Andy" Ruggiano. He tells some great stories about life Growing Up Gambino...

19 Jul 20231h 11min

Today we delve into the formation and eventual reign of terror the Los Zetas drug cartel inflicted on Mexico with organized crime and cartel expert Disturbed Reality. DR has in my opinion one of the b...

12 Jul 20231h 24min

Today we delve into the life of former Gambino boss Peter Gotti. Peter started out in legitimate work and quickly entered the world of the Mafia due to his brother John and his rising stature in the f...

4 Jul 202358min