All posts tagged: Chicago Outfit

Kim Kolton’s Crime Wire: Mobsters and More at MOB-CON!

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You can hear Crime Wire   Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Eastern.  Please visit our Crime Wire Website. Together we can make a difference. LISTEN LIVE or to the PODCAST Gangsters and G-Men, Good Guys and Bad Guys, Mobsters and those who write about them, all aboard in Vegas for the first MOB-CON! Join the show with host, Kim Kolton as she talks with Dennis Griffin, Robert Allen and Frank Cullotta all about Mob-Con 2013. Learn first hand about what’s in store for visitors of the first ever Mob Convention! You’ll meet real “Wise Guys, Goodfellas and Goombas.” Hear their incredible fascinating and true stories of secrecy, murder and mayhem. Former ”Made Men” who lived “the life” and now are willing to share its good and bad sides with you. You learn what it was like living among the underworld.  You’ll also meet the good guys who brought them down and put ’em away. Hear the stories of the dedicated law enforcement officers who chased the bad guys and put them out of business. These former FBI, Metro Police and …

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Kim Kolton’s Crime Wire: Paul Scharff, Murder in McHenry County

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You can hear Crime Wire   Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Eastern.  Please visit our Crime Wire Website. Together we can make a difference. LISTEN LIVE or to the PODCAST Crime, corruption and a mafia hit all woven into the true crime story contained in Murder in McHenry, and yet there is still no one held accountable or responsible for the 1981 double murder in a local pub 40 miles from Chicago in the sleepy little town of Lakemore, IL.  Justice is the the operative word and the looming question for two families devastated by the murders. Paul Scharff was 11 years old when his father, Ron Scharff, and employee, Patricia Freeman, were gunned down, gangland execution style, in sleepy McHenry County, just outside of Chicago.  27 years later, Paul learned the truth about the murders. A simple Mafia hit, and information involving a foot soldier turned government informant,  the truth was revealed in another author’s book! In 2007 true crime author, Dennis Griffin, completed and released a new book, CULOTTA: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster …

Crime Wire: Talking to the MOB!

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  You can hear Crime Wire Investigates Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Eastern. Please visit our Crime Wire Website. Together we can make a difference. LISTEN LIVE:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/insidelenz   It’s a Mob takeover on Crime Wire! Join host, Dennis Griffin, and a couple of his friends and former mobsters for an hour of discussion about their life of crime within the Mob.  Andrew DiDonato began his criminal career in Brooklyn in 1979 at the age of 14. In 1982 he became an associate of the Nicky Corozzo crew of the Gambino family and for the next 15 years his crimes ranged from larceny and robbery to credit card fraud, bank robbery and attempted murder. In 1997 he was on the lam from law enforcement and under a death sentence from his own crew and another organized crime family. The law caught him first and he eventually became a cooperating government witness. DiDonato is the subject of the popular book, Surviving the Mob by Crime Wire host, Dennis Griffin. After a lengthy criminal career in the Windy City with the Chicago Outfit, Frank Cullotta joined his boyhood …

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REAL WISEGUYS with Dennis Griffin Debuts on VegasKool Wednesday, January 25

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Listen LIVE: Tuesday, January 25, 9pmET on VegasKool.com Real Wiseguys is pleased to announce that we’re launching our own Internet radio show on January 25 at 9 p.m. Eastern on Vegas Kool. Mob author and historian Denny Griffin and former Gambino crime family associate Andrew DiDonato, have agreed to co-host the show for us. The debut show will focus on the soon-to-be-opened National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, commonly known as the Mob Museum. Jonathan Ullman, Executive Director of the Museum, will be the special guest. Mr. Ullman will give listeners a verbal tour of the facility and talk about what is planned for opening day. The Mob Museum is located at 300 Stewart Avenue in Las Vegas, and will open on February 14. Check their Website for additional information. Who are the REAL WISEGUYS? These Wiseguys are not actors. They are “REAL WISEGUYS” and associates. They were career criminals that were part of the Mafia, and who turned their backs on the organizations that once fueled their daily existence. The wiseguys that you will have …

MOB TALK with Denny Griffin

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    Wednesday, November 16 at 9pm ETListen LIVE: http://blogtalkradio.com/crimewire     Join famous Las Vegas True Crime and Mob Author, Denny Griffin, along with his special guests, discussing all things MOB! The popular 1995 movie Casino was a fictionalized account of the Las Vegas era of Chicago Outfit enforcer Tony Spilotro and Outfit associate Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal. One of the scenarios addressed in the film is the skimming of money from the casinos and into the pockets of several Midwest crime bosses. The skim was real, not a creation of Hollywood. On tonight’s show co-hosts Andrew DiDonato and Denny Griffin will talk with retired FBI agent Lynn Ferrin. Lynn was the Las Vegas case agent for the skim investigations called Operation Strawman. Lynn will tell us the real story about how the skim was run, by whom, and how the feds brought it down. He’ll also comment on the movie and how law enforcement was portrayed in the film. If you’re a Mob buff, a Las Vegas or Casino fan, you won’t want to miss this show. http://www.imaginepublicity.com …