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April 17, 2024 36 mins

Angelo Lonardo Part 4 - Finally becomes Underboss!

 

Before watching this episode, watch part 1 here

: •    • Big Ang Lonardo - My first informant!...  

And then watch Part 2 here: •    • Angelo Lonardo - Mafia royalty, hitma...  

and Part 3 here: •    • Angelo Lonardo P3 - Took out a BOSS a...  

 

Lonardo was born in 1911 in Cleveland to Joseph and Concetta Lonardo. His godfather was Anthony Milano. After his father was murdered ...

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Angelo Lonardo - Took out a BOSS and lived past the Commission hearing - Plus Tarantino interview!

Before watching this episode, watch part 1 here:

   • Big Ang Lonardo - My first informant!...  

And then watch part 2 here:

   • Angelo Lonardo - Mafia royalty, hitma...  

 

Lonardo was born in 1911 in Cleveland to Joseph and Concetta Lonardo. His godfather was Anthony Milano. After his father was murdered by a member of the Porrell...

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Angelo Lonardo - Mafia royalty, hitman, and turncoat - Part 2

Before watching this episode, watch part 1 here:    • Big Ang Lonardo - My first informant!...  

 

Lonardo was born in 1911 in Cleveland to Joseph and Concetta Lonardo. His godfather was Anthony Milano. After his father was murdered by a member of the Porrello crime family in 1927, 16-year-old Lonardo swore revenge and murdered Salvatore Todaro with his cousin Dominic S...

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Big Ang Lonardo - My first informant! He may have flipped at the end, but he had a hell of a ride! Part 1 of this series is a recap of what came before, Big Joe Lonardo. Joseph Lonardo (October 20, 1884 – October 13, 1927), also known as "Big Joe", was a Sicilian emigrant to the United States who became the first crime boss of the Cleveland crime family, which he structured from a competing number of organized crime gangs. When nat...

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BEFORE WATCHING THIS WATCH PART 1 HERE:    • Joseph (Joey "The Clown") Lombardo is...  

 

Lombardo's illicit career was rooted in the 1950's when he found work as a thug for West Side gangsters. At that time, the Chicago Outfit was thriving and a large cast of characters dominated the organized crime world focusing on prostitution, gambling, loansharking, jewel heists, labor racketeering and the various violent methods of controlli...

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Joseph (Joey "The Clown") Lombardo is ANYTHING but a clown in real life - Part 1 Lombardo's illicit career was rooted in the 1950's when he found work as a thug for West Side gangsters. At that time, the Chicago Outfit was thriving and a large cast of characters dominated the organized crime world focusing on prostitution, gambling, loansharking, jewel heists, labor racketeering and the various violent methods of controlling those ...

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Theodore Roe kept the Policy Racket in the community 'til they killed him to get it Teddy Roe was an African-American mob boss who built an illegal gambling empire in South Side, Chicago during the 1940s and 1950s. He moved to Chicago when he was 31 and got a job with a tailor on the South Side. His employer, Edward Jones, got into the numbers racket or policy game (the early lottery) and Teddy became one his main runners. By 1946 ...

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Before watching this episode, watch Part 1 here:    • Gaetano 'Tommy' Lucchese had his own ...  

 

Gaetano 'Tommy' Lucchese saved Luciano's life and monopolized the Kosher chicken industry before 35! Thomas Gaetano Lucchese, sometimes known by the nicknames "Tommy", "Thomas Luckese", "Tommy Brown" or "Tommy Three-Finger Brown" was an Italian-American gangster and founding member of the Mafia in the United States, an offshoot of the...

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Gaetano 'Tommy' Lucchese saved Luciano's life and monopolized the Kosher chicken industry before 35! Thomas Gaetano Lucchese, sometimes known by the nicknames "Tommy", "Thomas Luckese", "Tommy Brown" or "Tommy Three-Finger Brown" was an Italian-American gangster and founding member of the Mafia in the United States, an offshoot of the Cosa Nostra in Sicily. From 1951 until 1967, he was the boss of the Lucchese crime family, one of ...

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Billy Donahue's murder has gone unsolved for 8 years!

Maverick's video:    • The Corrupted Case of Billy Donahue  

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/knxqc7-hel...

Reddit post:   / my_best_friend_was_killed_nobody_was_charg...  

 

William Donahue was a kind, caring individual whose love for animals and unlimited love for those around him was never diminished by the struggles he faced financially. After working at a cab compan...

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Nicolo "Cola" Schiro (September 2, 1872 – April 29, 1957) was an early Sicilian-born New York City mobster who, in 1912, became the boss of what later become known as the Bonanno crime family. Schiro's leadership of the mafia clan would see it orchestrate the "Good Killers" murders, control gambling and protection rackets in Brooklyn, engage in bootlegging during Prohibition, and print counterfeit money. A conflict with rival mafia...

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Nicolo Schiro - The original boss of the Bonanno family & survived wars with all the mafia bosses! Related Links:

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Nicolo "Cola" Schiro (September 2, 1872 – April 29, 1957) was an early Sicilian-born New York City mobster who, in 1912, became the boss of what later become known as the Bonanno crime family. Schiro's leadership of the ...

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Part 2 - Meyer Lansky builds, and then loses, Cuba and the American Mafia!

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Maverick Files coverage of Billy Donahue murder: • Bizarre Reddit Posts from r/RBI Reddit post: / my_best_friend_was_killed_nobody_was_charg...

 

Meyer Lansky Maier Suchowljansky was born in Grodno, Russian Empire (now Belarus), to a Polish-Jewish fami...

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Maverick Files coverage of Billy Donahue murder:    • Bizarre Reddit Posts from r/RBI  

Reddit post:   / my_best_friend_was_killed_nobody_was_charg...  

Meyer Lansky Maier Suchowljansky was born in Grodno, Russian Empire (now Belarus), to a Polish-Jewish family who experienced antisemitism and pogroms from Imperial authoritie...

Carmine Persico - FINAL - Mafia Commission Trials, Colombo trials, and the war w Vic Orena

BEFORE WATCHING THIS EPISODE!!:

Watch Part 1 here:    • Carmine Persico  - 'The Snake' played...  

Watch Part 2 here:    • Carmine Persico spit the bullet out o...  

Watch Part 3 here:    • Carmine Persico and his place in the ...  

The son of a law firm stenographer and a stay-at-home mother, Persico was a high school dropout who was part ...

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Carmine Persico and his place in the great Colombo Hits! - Part 3 BEFORE WATCHING THIS EPISODE!!:

Watch Part 1 here:    • Carmine Persico  - 'The Snake' played...  

Watch Part 2 here:    • Carmine Persico spit the bullet out o...  

The son of a law firm stenographer and a stay-at-home mother, Persico was a high school dropout who was part of a local street gang. His first arrest was at 17 in the fatal beating of another youth duri...

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Carmine Persico spit the bullet out of his mouth - and his protégé, Pauly 'Walnuts' Gualtieri!?

WATCH PART 1 FIRST:    • Carmine Persico  - 'The Snake' played...   The son of a law firm stenographer and a stay-at-home mother, Persico was a high school dropout who was part of a local street gang. His first arrest was at 17 in the fatal beating of another youth during a melee in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. When the charges were droppe...

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Part 1 - Carmine Persico - 'The Snake' played the biggest role in the first Gallo War The son of a law firm stenographer and a stay-at-home mother, Persico was a high school dropout who was part of a local street gang. His first arrest was at 17 in the fatal beating of another youth during a melee in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. When the charges were dropped, he was recruited to the world of organized crime — working in bookmaking and...

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Semion Mogilivich - The Brainy Don, Russia's Boss of Bosses, and FBI's top 10 most wanted! Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich is a Ukrainian-born Russian organized crime boss. He quickly built a highly structured criminal organization, in the mode of an American mafia family; many of the organization's 250 members are his relatives. He is described by agencies in the European Union and United States as the "boss of all bosses" of most Rus...

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Albert Anastasia Escaped the Electric Chair to Die in a Barber Chair - Part 3 True Crime | True Crime Podcasts on YouTube | True Crime Documentary **Before watching this episode, watch:

Part 1 here:    • Part 1 - Albert A...  

Then, watch Part 2 here:    • Part 2 - Albert A...  

 

Albert Anastasia (born “Anastasio,” the masculine form of the Italian name) was a mobster who came out of the tough streets of Lower Manhattan to run one...

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