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January 29, 2020 22 mins
In Upstate New York, 200 miles from the bustling gang-run city, something new was born. As the rich headed upstate for summer vacations, a gangster had a vision of a gambling paradise, and turned Saratoga Springs into the casino hotspot of the late 1800s.

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Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni. Music in this episode is ”Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; “River Meditation” by Jason Shaw; “Backed Vibes Clean,” “Night on the Docks,” “On the Cool Side,” “I Knew a Guy,” “Rollin at 5,” and “Hard Boiled,”  by Kevin MacLeod;  “Bankrupt” by Jahzzar;  "Gates" and “Old All” by Sergey Cheremisinov; “Thoughts About Future” by Parvus Decree.; and “Gray” by  Rafael Archangel.

Sound Effects from freesound.org by RTB45,  eliasheuninck, klankbeeld , craftcrest , unfa, Ramston, arnaud coutancier,and bmccoy2. Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.
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