THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MAFIA

Tommaso Gagliano was certainly the godfather of the Bronx. We can define him as an inconspicuous if not even reserved character. He was also little known outside mafia circles. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

Gaetano Reina, known as Tom or Tommy, is considered one of the most powerful Mafia Bosses in New York. He worked in the 1910s and 1920s. It can be said that he was the first boss of what is still remembered today as the Lucchese mafia family. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

Giuseppe A. "Socks" Lanza. He was a mobster who controlled New York's syndicate rackets and a member of the Genovese crime family. He controlled the general seafood market in Lower Manhattan through the United Seafood Worker's Union local 359 from 1923 to 1968. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

Lucky Luciano, the man who changed the mafia into the criminal organization we know today. This is part 5 of a 5 part series about Lucky, listen to all 5 and learn all about his story. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

Lucky Luciano, the man who changed the mafia into the criminal organization we know today. This is part 4 of a 5 part series about Lucky, listen to all 5 and learn all about his story. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

Lucky Luciano, the man who changed the mafia into the criminal organization we know today. This is part 3 of a 5 part series about Lucky, listen to all 5 and learn all about his story. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

Lucky Luciano, the man who changed the mafia into the criminal organization we know today. This is part 2 of a 5 part series about Lucky, listen to all 5 and learn all about his story. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

Charles “Lucky” Luciano can be called the one who brought the Mafia to a far-reaching level of influence. He was considered by Time Magazine among the 20 most influential men of the twentieth century. He can undoubtedly be considered the father of modern organized crime in the United States. He helped form the American Mafia's governing body called the Commission that continues to wield power in the world of crime today. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

Diamond's gang began working for Rothstein in various capacities as bodyguards and ensuring, with the use of firearms, that agreements were kept. Rothstein was not a gangster; rather he was a forward-thinking businessman who appreciated and utilized the skills that only gangsters could provide. With the advent of Prohibition, Diamond and his gang turned to smuggling alcohol. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

Arthur Simon Flegenheimer was born on August 6, 1902 in the Bronx, a populous neighborhood of New York. Known as Schultz the Dutch. He is the son of two poor German immigrants of Jewish origin. His father abandoned him and the rest of the family when he was still a child. This traumatized little Arthur greatly. It was during this critical period that the little boy dropped out of school and joined the juvenile petty crime gangs in the Bronx Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

Virginia Hill, the Alabama farm girl who became the queen of the mafia. She was born in Lipscomb, Alabama, on August 26, 1916. As a child, she and her parents and nine siblings moved to Georgia. Tired of the abuse and brutal beatings that she and her brothers and mother suffered from her alcoholic father, at the age of seven, she burned her father with sausage fat. In November 1931, when she was 15, she married 16-year-old George Randell and ran away from home with him to Chicago. There she very quickly found herself immersed in the violent world of some of the most infamous gangsters. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

Meyer Lansky is one of the legendary figures of American organized crime. Lansky was a man of small stature: as a mature adult he measured 162 cm tall and weighed 61 kg. Perhaps it was because of his short stature that he was forced to use his intellectual abilities to succeed in the world. What Lansky lacked in brawn he made up for in brains. Although he was a member of the Jewish Mafia, Lansky undoubtedly had a strong influence with the Italian-American Mafia and played an important role in the consolidation of the criminal underworld. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

Meyer Lansky is one of the legendary figures of American organized crime. Lansky was a man of small stature: as a mature adult he measured 162 cm tall and weighed 61 kg. Perhaps it was because of his short stature that he was forced to use his intellectual abilities to succeed in the world. What Lansky lacked in brawn he made up for in brains. Although he was a member of the Jewish Mafia, Lansky undoubtedly had a strong influence with the Italian-American Mafia and played an important role in the consolidation of the criminal underworld. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

Meyer Lansky is one of the legendary figures of American organized crime. Lansky was a man of small stature: as a mature adult he measured 162 cm tall and weighed 61 kg. Perhaps it was because of his short stature that he was forced to use his intellectual abilities to succeed in the world. What Lansky lacked in brawn he made up for in brains. Although he was a member of the Jewish Mafia, Lansky undoubtedly had a strong influence with the Italian-American Mafia and played an important role in the consolidation of the criminal underworld. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

Benjamin Bugsy Siegel had a formidable intuition. He thought of transforming Las Vegas, a desolate city in the middle of the desert, into a gambling mecca. For Siegel that idea became an obsession. He thought of building a casino with an adjoining hotel. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

The star of American mobsters who inspired characters on the big screen, a refined man welcomed in the inner circles of the stars who were proud to present him as a friend, that was who Bugsy Siegel was and so much more. Listen to his story and many more in the History of the American mafia Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

THE FIVE POINTS GANG: Considered the foundation of the American criminal organization known as Cosa Nostra, The Five Points Gang included some of those who would become the big names in the criminal organization such as Paul Kelly, Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Joe Torrio, Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel. It became one of the most prominent street gangs in US history and changed the way gangs operated in the US. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

The boss who inspired a character in 'The Great Gatsby' and was portrayed in the 'Boardwalk Empire' series. Who was Arnold Rothstein and what was his role in the History of the American Mafia? Listen to this new episode of the series to find out. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

In 1931, after the deaths of Masseria and Maranzano, Lucky Luciano became the boss of what would become his own crime family. Vito Genovese became his deputy and Costello became his advisers, an important function within the Mafia clan. Costello was a prominent figure in the criminal underworld, earning large sums of money by becoming the head of the gambling industry. In 1936 Lucky Luciano was arrested for exploiting and aiding and abetting prostitution and sentenced to serve a prison sentence of at least thirty years. At first he tried to run his mafia family directly from prison. He later promoted his deputy Vito Genovese to the role of boss. In 1937 Vito Genovese was suspected of a murder and therefore was forced to return to Italy and take refuge in Naples. At that point Luciano named Costello as the new boss of his crime family. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

The turning point in the criminal career of Frank Costello but also of many criminals was dated January 17, 1920. This date coincides with the beginning of the period that will be remembered to this day as prohibition. With the introduction of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the production and sale, but not the consumption, of alcoholic beverages was prohibited. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.