All posts tagged: Surviving the Mob

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 …

The Wiseguys and Burl Barer,True Crimes Uncensored!

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True Crime Uncensored’s in house “wiseguy” and host, Burl Barer, welcomes the real deal to the show Saturday, December 17, 2pm PT, 5pm ET LISTEN LIVE SAT 2pm PT/4pm CT/5pm ET/ 1opm UK by clicking this link What do you do when the law wants you behind bars and the New York crime families want you buried? That was the life-and-death dilemma confronting Andrew DiDonato, who began his criminal career at age 14 under the watchful eyes of the local mob. By the time he was 17, the infamous Gambino family made DiDonato an associate of the Nicholas Corozzo crew. For the next 14 years, he was a loyal street soldier. But by 1996, DiDonato had run afoul of both the law and his friends, turning him into a hunted man on two fronts. Surviving the Mob written by Dennis Griffin is a cautionary tale of the harsh reality of a criminal, inmate, fugitive, and witness who, so far, has lived to tell the tale. Joining Andrew on TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED this Saturday will be Billy …

Dennis Griffin Book Signing and Mob Talk in New York

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Author Dennis Griffin will be signing copies of SURVIVING THE MOB at Barnes and Noble,  3454 Erie Boulevard East, DeWitt, NY 13214 on October 5 at 7pm ET. Griffin will hold a discussion and Q&A along with signing books. SURVIVING THE MOB chronicles the true story of Andrew DiDonato, a former member of the Gambino crime family.  You  will be astounded learning about life in the Mob from a street soldier’s perspective. Andrew  lived in a world where there are few winners or happy endings. He’ll tell you what happens when you make wrong choices in your life and start down a road from which it is very difficult to turn back. You’ll come away realizing, just as Andrew does, how lucky he is to be alive. On October 6 at 10am ET, Griffin will be at the Baldwinsville Public Library, 33 East Genesee Street, Baldwinsville, NY presenting his now famous Las Vegas and the Mob Presentation.  His presentation has been well received in the Las Vegas area, always to a packed house. Dennis Griffin has penned several books on …

Dennis Griffin Debuts MOB TALK!

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On September 21 at 9 p.m. Eastern, MOB TALK will debut on Crime Wire radio. Join co- hosts Denny Griffin and Andrew DiDonato as they and their guests take listeners beyond the newspaper headlines and into the real world of organized crime. Listeners can interact with the hosts and guest through the show’s chat room or by telephone call in. MOB TALK is presented by BEAR Media Consultants, LLC  You’ll be able to hear the show at Crime Wire Radio The Co-hosts Andrew DiDonato Born in Queens, New York in 1965, his uncle was a capo in the Genovese organized crime family, and he grew up in Mob-controlled neighborhoods in both Queens and Brooklyn. In 1983, Andrew was put on record with the Gambino crime family by one of its most respected and feared captains, Nicky Corozzo. As a street soldier in Corozzo’s crew, Andrew was involved in a wide range of criminal activity, including bank burglaries, armed robberies, extortion, bookmaking, assault, and attempted murder. On the streets and in the eyes of Corozzo and the Gambinos, he established a reputation as a fearless warrior and an excellent …

“Surviving the Mob” on Outlaw Radio! Burl Barer Talking with Andrew DiDonato and Author Dennis Griffin

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Burl Barer and Don Woldman Talk with Former Gambino Family Mobster and the subject of the new book, “Surviving the Mob,” Andrew DiDonato and Author Dennis Griffin! Listen Live This Saturday 2pm Pacific, 4pm Central, 5pm Eastern, 10pm UK via http://outlawradio.tv/listenlive.html January 29th: Dennis Griffin and former mobster Andrew DiDonato Join us live this Saturday!   What do you do when the law wants you behind bars and the New York crime families want you buried? That was the life-and-death dilemma confronting Andrew DiDonato, who began his criminal career at age 14 under the watchful eyes of the local mob. By the time he was 17, the infamous Gambino family made DiDonato an associate of the Nicholas Corozzo crew. For the next 14 years, he was a loyal street soldier. But by 1996, DiDonato had run afoul of both the law and his friends, turning him into a hunted man on two fronts. Surviving the Mob is a cautionary tale of the harsh reality of a criminal, inmate, fugitive, and witness who, so far, has lived to …