521: La Cosa Nostra: The Five Crime Families of New York
The Dark Swamp: Horror Stories
The Dark Swamp: Horror Stories
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🗓️ 2 January 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | In a land not so far far away, the three bears were treating themselves. |
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| 0:31.0 | Far beneath the glitz in the glamour of the skyscrapers that dominate the skyline of New York City, |
| 0:38.0 | the gritty streets of the Big Apple are ruled by organized crime. |
| 0:43.0 | One of New York's most infamous crime syndicates is the five families, a collective of five mafia organizations, |
| 0:51.0 | or families who dictate and control large portions of the city's illegal activities. |
| 0:57.0 | They are extremely powerful and are known to be utterly ruthless with anyone who dares to stand in their way. |
| 1:04.0 | The story of the five families began in the 1920s when the American Mafia was in control of a mobster known as Joe the Boss, Messiah. |
| 1:15.0 | Messiah was the reigning godfather, or the boss of all bosses, and his crew consisted mostly of gangsters from Sicily in southern Italy. |
| 1:25.0 | Messiah's crew included the well-known underworld figure, Charles Lucky Luciano, Albert, Matt Hatter, Anastasia, Vito Genevise, Joe Adonis, and Frank Aselo. |
| 1:38.0 | Joe the boss ruled with a jealous and oppressive style of leadership, which became the source of much resentment amongst the ranks of the fledgling American Mafia. |
| 1:48.0 | However, Messiah was feared just as much as he was resented. He was known as a harsh task maker, who wouldn't hesitate to eliminate anyone. |
| 1:57.0 | He considered to be a threat to his iron-fisted control of New York City. |
| 2:01.0 | Trouble began to brew in the powerful Sicilian mobster, Don Vito Ferro, made him move to take control of Mafia operations in America, |
| 2:11.0 | commanding the operation from his home base in Castile Mar del Gafo. |
| 2:16.0 | Don Vito Ferro dispatched Salvatore Maranzano, one of his most trusted men, to infiltrate the American underworld and seize power through any means necessary. |
| 2:27.0 | Maranzano's crew included Joseph, Joe Banana's Banana, Stefano, the Undertaker, Magadino, Joseph Profacci, and Joe Aiello. |
| 2:39.0 | Salvatore operated a legitimate real estate business while he created a boot-legging empire in the shadows. |
| 2:46.0 | He soon branched into prostitution and the smuggling of narcotics. |
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