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A police on a chase that kicked off the trial of the century! OJ Simpson Part 2 OJ Simpson - The most famous Hero-Gone-Wrong to ever hit American tabloids! Part 1:    • OJ Simpson - The most famous Hero-Gon...   Orenthal James Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024) was an American football player, actor, and media personality who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills. Regarde...

OJ Simpson - The most famous Hero-Gone-Wrong to ever hit American tabloids! Part 1 Orenthal James Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024) was an American football player, actor, and media personality who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills. Regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time, his professional success was overshadowed by his trial and controversial acqu...

Omar Portee became an informant BEFORE building a criminal empire! Portee began his criminal career as a robber at the age of 17. In the early hours of August 16, 1987, he claimed to have witnessed Don Taylor shoot and kill Terrance Joyner in the Bronx. Based on Portee's eyewitness testimony, Taylor was convicted on April 25, 1989, and sentenced to 22½ years-to-life in prison. At the time of his original testimony, Portee was facin...

Angelo Lonardo - Part 5 - FINALLY the FINALE - Angelo Lonardo becomes a government informant Links to videos in this series:

Part 1:    • Big Ang Lonardo - My first informant!...  

Part 2:    • Angelo Lonardo - Mafia royalty, hitma...  

Part 3:    • Angelo Lonardo took out a BOSS and li...  

Part 4:    • Angelo Lonardo Part 4 - Finally becom...  

Lonardo was born in 1911 in Cleveland to Joseph and Concetta Lonardo. His godfath...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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

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

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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...

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...

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 ...

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  

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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 ...