The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Today we are joined by former Kansas City detective and current organized crime content creator Gary Jenkins. We discuss the very violent past of the interesting underworld of Kansas City and its cont...

28 Jun 20231h 34min

In this episode I delve into Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo. Michael was a Gambino capo. He goes back hundreds of years in the Mafia and was raised around it due to his long lineage. He rose in the ...

20 Jun 202359min

In this episode I delve into Vito Rizzuto. The Rizzuto Crime Family of Canada is a very underreported Mafia family. They in essence were a very powerful criminal enterprise aligned with the Bonanno Cr...

13 Jun 20231h 14min

In this episode I delve into Frank Gioia Jr. Frank was a Lucchese made man. He grew up in Little Italy and was around the Mob his entire life. His father was made and he learned quickly about differen...

31 Mai 202349min

In this episode I delve into Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo who ultimately became the boss of the DeCavalcante Crime Family in New Jersey. Vinny began his life working in a fish market to gain the eye ...

24 Mai 202359min

At one point in 1963, the FBI would claim that 22 Mafia families dominated crime in America. Today it is much different. Yes, the Mafia is still around but it's much smaller, not as powerful and more ...

17 Mai 20231h 30min

Pablo Escobar is a name that lives in infamy. He is and was the most transcendent drug trafficker ever and made billions of dollars selling cocaine. He ultimately became drunk with power and started a...

10 Mai 20231h 4min

In the mid 80's, ethnic Albanian, Alex Rudaj emigrated to America. He would settle in New York City and began hanging around associates of crime families who were beginning to be annoyed with the Mafi...

3 Mai 202342min