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jamo1
Liam Brady Joined: 22 Oct 2009 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1944 |
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Cheers for the recommendations. Underboss by Sammy Gravano is supposed to be a great read too. Mikey Scars former Gambino capo has a podcast where he disects the book but he says most of it is Bull but he has some issues with Gravano going back years. Michael Franzese says the book is genuine so I'd probably take his opinion.
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razzmatazaz
500 Club la la la Joined: 15 Feb 2024 Status: Offline Points: 565 |
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Fantastic book. Known as "the bible of mob books". Easy to dip in and out of as well because each chapter covers something different whether it's the Lucky Luciano & Meyer Lansky era or Donnie Brasco infiltrating the Bonanno family or Joe Massino becoming the first don to rat. Murder Machine by Jerry Capeci and Gene Mustain also very highly rated including by me. About a crew of killers in the Gambino family known for their "Gemini Method" of disposing of their many victims as told by informant Dominick Montiglio who was brought into the life by his uncle Nino Gaggi, who was the capo of the aforementioned group of killers. Gotti: The Rise and Fall by Capeci is the definitive book about John Gotti. Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al D'Arco by Capeci is a very good book made with the input of D'Arco, a cooperator who turned rat on his bosses after being lined up to be whacked. D'Arco was acting boss at the time so has a lot of interesting information about a very bloody period of the Lucchese family in the late 80s, early 90s not long after the source information for the movie Goodfellas happened. The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia by Guy Lawson and William Oldham is a very good one, again about the Lucchese family in the late 80s, early 90s. Boss Vic Amuso and underboss Anthony Casso had two NYPD detectives on their payroll who supplied information and committed murders for them. The Goodfella Tapes and The Last Gangster by George Anastasia are two books about Joey Merlino, the charismatic boss of the Philadelphia crime family and his mob war with John Stanfa when his group of young turks usurped the old guard back in the early 90s after previous boss Nicky Scarfo was sent to prison for life. Very entertaining stuff and a breeze to read. Anastasia has an accessible style and Ron Previte who was the source of much of the information for The Last Gangster is a great storyteller. Mafia Prince: Inside America's Most Violent Crime Family by Scott Burnstein and Christopher Graziano is about "Crazy" Phil Leonetti, who was groomed into the mob by his uncle, the psychopathic Nicky Scarfo. Leonetti would rise to the position of underboss under Scarfo before turning rat once he was facing life in prison. Fun fact: Atlantic City by Bruce Springsteen mentions the death of "The Chicken Man" Phil Testa whose death preceded Scarfo being named boss. The paranoid Scarfo's reign on top in the 80s was perhaps the most bloody and violent in mob history.
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King_Kenny
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5 Families-Selwyn Raab
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Cabra Hoop
Roy Keane Joined: 06 Feb 2012 Location: Royal County Status: Offline Points: 10825 |
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" BFC always gives me a laugh........ "
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horsebox
Robbie Keane Born n bred in darndale. Joined: 03 Feb 2010 Location: Ireland Status: Online Points: 34826 |
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Any good books on the mafia that somebody can recommend?
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razzmatazaz
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Any other American mafia enthusiasts? I know Jamo's one.
Podcasts used to be the preserve of rats like Sammy The Bull Gravano, Michael Franzese and John Pennisi but now the alleged boss of the Philadelphia Crime Family, Joey Merlino, has one where he exposes rats and walks the thin line of talking about his old indictments without incriminating himself. Here he is interviewed by DJ Vlad. Entertaining documentary about the mob war in the 1990s where he deposed the boss, John Stanfa, and took over the family, surviving several assassination attempts including one where he got shot in the ass. Skip to @ 24:00 Edited by razzmatazaz - 08 Mar 2024 at 7:47pm |
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The Huntacha
Roy Keane Joined: 27 Mar 2012 Location: Dubai Status: Online Points: 12754 |
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The 42 are making changes to their subscription model and are allowing free access to news articles for 5 hours after they are published. Would be interesting to hear if their subscription figures are greater or lesser than what they expected.
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Jimmy Bullard - "Favorite band? Elastic."
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The Huntacha
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Had forgotten he was part of the podcast. He barely said anything during the one I listened to.
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Jimmy Bullard - "Favorite band? Elastic."
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9fingers
Paul McGrath Ballymun Resident #MONKEANO Joined: 30 Jan 2010 Status: Offline Points: 16134 |
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I listen most weeks, I enjoy it altho Joe can be OTT on a range of topics & too headstrong in his opinion. Dion has improved lately in getting his point across & not letting Joe completely take over.
Listened to the Roddy episode last night, nothing particular new in it, especially if you’ve read (listened) to the book.
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Roberto Baggio
Robbie Keane UNBELIEVABLE JEFF Joined: 28 Jan 2010 Status: Offline Points: 37292 |
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Topics mainly centred around loathing of Trump, The DUP, Boris and the Tories, Brexit, and speaking in support of the LBGT community.
Also a love in with Pat Gilroy and everything to do with Dublin GAA
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The Huntacha
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Listened for the first time today. The Philly McMahon and Ger Brennan episode. Seems like they cover a random range of topics throughout their podcasts.
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Jimmy Bullard - "Favorite band? Elastic."
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Roberto Baggio
Robbie Keane UNBELIEVABLE JEFF Joined: 28 Jan 2010 Status: Offline Points: 37292 |
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Anyone listen to the Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning pod?
Its entertaining and an easy listen. A bit repetitive at times (most episodes involve Brolly criticizing Trump, the Tories and the DUP). The most recent one with Roddy Collins was good, however couldn't help think that Brolly was coming across very like David Brent, giggling away to himself in the background and telling Collins to tell certain stories. Reminded me of Brent any time Chris Finch is around.
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The Huntacha
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Just a heads up on the 3 free listens they have. I listened to 1 podcast in 3 goes and that used up the free listens.
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Jimmy Bullard - "Favorite band? Elastic."
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t_rAndy
Robbie Keane Joined: 06 Feb 2008 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 26217 |
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I was always stop start in between meetings so found youtube channel very handy for it or sometimes the app. Think it's a bit of a shame that the subscriptions are not joined up and you would need to get 2 subscriptions. I know it's technically more tricky but would definitely be more attractive if you could move between the platforms .
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t_rAndy
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Is anyone going to subscribe to Eire Guide? Only 1 euro subscription but they all add up! Don't think it really justifies to invest since you get similar updatd on your feeds from elsewhere.
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darmack
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I've just started listening live in the mornings when usually I'd be listening to the podcast.
Think they also said there's a free trial for a month if you download the app.
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The dark side.. And the light
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Baldrick
Robbie Keane Peyton-tly Pedantic Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 32728 |
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If you download their app you get 3 podcasts a month for free. That’s plenty for me. Like the Sunday paper review so will download 3 of them a month and that will do me.
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AKA pedantic kunt
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t_rAndy
Robbie Keane Joined: 06 Feb 2008 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 26217 |
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Just back from in work after a week off and couldn't find off the ball and now find out it's not free to playback on their YouTube channel.
Debating now whether it's worth it. I do generally listen to about on average 2 hours a day of their content Edited by t_rAndy - 14 Aug 2023 at 5:18pm |
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