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111,123. Among the giants of organised crime in the 1930s Lepke Backalter quietly built a fortune on the backs of an army of workers, and created the marriage between corruption and labor unions in America. Then the Mob double-crosssed him. (Gangs US: New York & Mafia US: New York & Murder Cases & New York & Mafia: US) Mobsters s1e3: Louis Lepke, Bio 2007
111,124. He stepped out of Sing Sing just as Americans were getting used to a new word in their vocabulary – Prohibition. (Gangs US: New York & Mafia US: New York & Murder Cases & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,125. The future was not breaking heads on the picket line but in dominating the unions themselves. (Gangs US: New York & Mafia US: New York & Murder Cases & New York & Mafia: US & Trade Union) ibid.
111,126. His men simply came into their union headquarters with guns drawn and opened fire. When the shooting was over, a dozen were dead, and Lepke had another union under his belt. (Gangs US: New York & Mafia US: New York & Murder Cases & New York & Mafia: US & Trade Union) ibid.
111,127. He planed nothing less than a murder spree to kill every witness that might testify against him. (Gangs US: New York & Mafia US: New York & Murder Cases & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,128. Lepke and his associates were found guilty of murder. (Gangs US: New York & Mafia US: New York & Murder Cases & New York Mafia: US) ibid.
111,129. Sammy the Bull Gravano was the Mob’s perfect killer. No questions. No mistakes. No guilt. He built a construction empire in New York City and became underboss to John Gotti, the infamous dapper don. When the Feds closed in, Gravano made a decision that would put his boss behind bars for life and decimate New York’s most important crime family. (Gangs US: New York & Mafia US: New York & Murder Cases & New York & Mafia: US) Mobsters 1e4: Sammy the Bull Gravano, Bio 2007
111,130. Gravano was 25 when Shorty ordered him to kill another crew member. (Gangs US: New York & Mafia US: New York & Murder Cases & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,131. Sammy was just making his mark in a racket … construction. (Gangs US: New York & Mafia US: New York & Murder Cases & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,132. He helped arrange the murder of boss big Paul Castellano in December 1985. (Gangs US: New York & Mafia US: New York & Murder Cases & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,133. ‘I began to cooperate with the government in 1991.’ (Gangs US: New York & Mafia US: New York & Murder Cases & New York & Mafia: US) ibid. testifying
111,134. The dashing trigger-happy Benjamin Siegel, better known as Bugsy, was as charming as he was murderous. In the 1940s the New York mob sent Bugsy to LA where he muscled in on the rackets and hobnobbed with movie stars. Then he fell for the movie girl Virginia Hill. (Murder Cases & Mafia: US & Gangs US: Las Vegas & Las Vegas) Mobsters s1e5: Bugsy Siegel, Bio 2007
111,135. The gamble of a lifetime: he gained control of the Las Vegas resort and casino the Flamingo. (Murder Cases & Mafia: US & Gangs US: Las Vegas & Las Vegas) ibid.
111,136. By age 21 Bugsy was already a success in spite of a rap sheet that included charges of assault, drug dealing, white slavery, bootlegging, highjacking, robbery, bookmaking and murder. (Murder Cases & Mafia: US & Las Vegas & Gangs US: Las Vegas) ibid.
111,137. ‘Hoffa did a tremendous disservice to truckers across America. Let’s face it he was corrupt.’ (Assassinations: Hoffa & Mafia: US) Mobsters s1e6: Jimmy Hoffa, Bio 2007
111,138. The union that Jimmy Hoffa built was once the biggest and most powerful in America. It was also the most corrupt. (Assassinations: Hoffa & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,139. Jimmy was dedicated to his young wife. (Assassinations: Hoffa & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,140. He would also craft a deal with the devil. (Assassinations: Hoffia & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,141. In October 1957 he was elected general president of the Teamsters by an overwhelming 72% of the vote. (Assassinations: Hoffa & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,148. ‘Genovese was violent; he liked to have bodies in the street.’ (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) Mobsters s1e7: Genovese: Portrait of a Crime Family, Bio 2007
111,149. The Genovese family is down but not out. It continues to make millions every year through rackets ranging from labor corruption to extortion to drug trafficking. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,151. He had finally had enough of the Mob and stepped down as boss. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,152. It didn’t take long for the drug racket to get Vito into trouble. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,153. Vito Genovese died in prison of heart failure at the age of 72. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,154. He would wander the streets for hours yearning to escape the family’s poverty. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) Mobsters s1e8: Frank Costello, Bio 2007
111,155. By the late 1920s bootlegging had made Frank Costello rich. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,156. He made his debut as a Mafia diplomat at a major gathering of gangsters in Atlantic City in 1929. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,157. His business deals becoming more and more legitimate. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,158. ‘All I know I stole.’ (Murder: Costello & Mafia: New York & Gangstas: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid. Costello
111,159. He went to a psychiatrist. (Murder: Costello & Mafia: New York & Gangstas: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,172. He worked for years as a foot soldier in the New York Mafia. Then he revealed its secrets to the nation. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) Mobsters s1e9: Joseph the Rat Valachi
111,173. His performance was mesmorising. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,174. ‘What do I get out of it? Nothing but misery.’ (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid. Valachi
111,175. Between 1919 and 1923 the gang burglarized hundreds of New York businesses. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,176. Only one Mob boss built his crime empire on the strength of his word: Mayer Lansky the casino king, the quiet Godfather, the very image of humility and modesty. (Gangs US: Florida & Mafia: US & Miami) Mobsters s1e10: Meyer Lansky, Bio 2007
111,177. Lansky turned a natural genius for numbers into a multi-million dollar gambling empire. (Gangs US: Florida & Mafia: US & Miami) ibid.
111,178. Lanksy dressed and lived quietly. (Gangs: US & Mafia: US & Miami) ibid.
111,183. ‘He would walk the streets in a bath-robe; he would urinate in public.’ (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) Mobsters s1e12: Vinnie the Chin Gigante
111,184. Gigante might be very sane and very dangerous. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,185. Vito Genovese took Vinnie under his wing. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,186. In 1959 prosecutors convicted the 30 year old Gigante and his mentor 62 year old Vito Genovese of heroin trafficking. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,191. For 30 years Joe Bonanno’s authority in the underworld went unchallenged … He witnessed the rise and fall of the Mob and lived to tell the tale. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) Mobsters s1e13: Joe Bonanno
111,192. Bonanno arrived in New York in 1924. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,193. By the time he was 25 years old Joe Bonanno was a successful bootlegger and a rising leader in the New York underworld. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,194. At the age of 26 is a Mafia boss. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,195. The most respected man in the Mafia. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.
111,196. Joe agreed to be exiled from New York. (Murder Cases & Mafia US: New York & Gangs US: New York & New York & Mafia: US) ibid.