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Old Timey Crimey #79: Vito Genovese - "Alcohol & Artichokes"

Old Timey Crimey
Old Timey Crimey
Episode • Sep 18, 2020 • 1h 35m

This week, a man who would do anything for power. Backstab? Sure. Cozy up to dictators? Why not. Steal from his country in wartime? Hey, that's just a Tuesday.

Plus, stay tuned to the end for fun mob nicknames!

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Music:

Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-plan

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

 

Sources:

The Mob Museum. “Vito Genovese.”

The Mafia at Apalachin, 1957 By Michael Newton

Wikipedia. “Catallammerarese War.” “Vito Genovese.” “Mordecai Brown.” “Eunice Carter.” “Anna Genovese.”

National Crime Syndicate. “20 Mobsters With The Weirdest Mob Nicknames.”

Tufino.” Italy Heritage.

https://www.nationalcrimesyndicate.com/vito-genovese-biography/

https://mafia.wikia.org/wiki/Vito_Genovese

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/12643-new-york-mobster-sentenced-to-four-years-in-prison

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/organized-crime/vito-genovese/

https://mafia.wikia.org/wiki/Vito_Genovese

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