This week's episode is about Frank Lucas. Lucas ran a massive heroin operation in Harlem in the 1960s and 70s. He imported his product from Southeast Asia to get around the Mafia's stranglehold on the market in New York. 

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• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/obituaries/frank-lucas-dead.html
• https://www.businessinsider.com/how-drug-dealers-used-the-us-military-to-smuggle-heroin-2018-3
• https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/the-return-of-frank-lucas.html

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This week's episode features a very brief overview on the life of Joseph Bonanno, longtime boss of the crime family bearing his name. 

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• https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/12/nyregion/joe-bonanno-dies-mafia-leader-97-who-built-empire.html
• https://tucson.com/news/retrotucson/photos-mafia-crime-boss-joe-bonanno-sr-in-tucson/collection_3b10ff3b-290b-5a32-98d0-1850f5c0ee6c.html#1

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This week's episode is part two of our Mob Hits Series. The hits covered in this episode are: Albert Anastasia, Danny Greene, and the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. 

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• https://themobmuseum.org/blog/the-fall-of-murder-inc/
• https://gangsterreport.com/cleveland-top-5-mob-hits/
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2020/10/17/al-capone-convicted-on-this-day-in-1931-after-boasting-they-cant-collect-legal-taxes-from-illegal-money/?sh=1a90b4e1435d
• https://www.onthisday.com/articles/al-capone-public-enemy-number-one
• https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-2012/The-Chicago-Mobs-Rise-and-Fall/
• https://themobmuseum.org/blog/the-fall-of-murder-inc/

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This week's episode is going to be a little different. Instead of focusing on a particular mobster or mob family, we are going to discuss some famous mafia hits. This will be an ongoing series, so be on the lookout for part 2. 

Hits Covered in this Episode

• Paul Castellano
• Charles Binnagio
• Carmine Galante
• Ingancio Antinori

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• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/six-most-famous-mob-murders-all-time-180971714/
• https://gangsterreport.com/the-hit-list-kansas-city/
• https://tampahistorical.org/items/show/93
• https://tampapix.com/tampa1940s7.htm

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On this week's episode, we discuss the Philadelphia Crime Family. Outside of the Five Families, Philadelphia is one of the most powerful families in the history of the American Mafia.

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• https://philadelphiaweekly.com/the-scarfo-mob/
• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-13-mn-28614-story.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/13/us/reputed-mob-leader-is-acquitted-in-philadelphia.html
• https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1987-12-13-0160450065-story.html
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/little-nicky-scarfo-ruthless-leader-of-philadelphia-mob-dies-at-87/2017/01/17/6a9683c8-dcde-11e6-918c-99ede3c8cafa_story.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20131213040615/http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/6at4/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=8839389
• https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/fifteen-members-and-associates-philadelphia-mafia-indicted-federal-racketeering-and

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Charles Lucky Luciano is considered by some people to be the father of modern organized crime. He was the founder and original chairman of the mafia commission. He was the most powerful mobster in the United states before being forced to move to Italy as part of a deal with prosecutors.

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• https://themobmuseum.org/blog/when-lucianos-luck-ran-out/
• https://themobmuseum.org/notable_names/thomas-dewey/
• https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/how_prosecutors_brought_down_lucky_luciano
• https://themobmuseum.org/blog/eighty-five-years-ago-this-week-lucky-luciano-convicted-of-pandering/
• FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, February 1987, Vol 56, No.2, retrieved from: https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/sicilian-mafia-and-its-impact-united-states

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