For decades the mafia had New York City in a stranglehold with law enforcement

seemingly powerless to intervene.

It uses terror to extort people.

But the murder of Carmie Galante marked the beginning of the end.

It sent the message that we can prosecute these people.

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Welcome to Noble Blood, a production of I Heart Radio and Grim and Mild from Aaron Manky.

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On the morning of August 1st 1980, a Spanish nobleman and his wife, the Marquise and Marchiness of Arquillo,

had just moved into their summer chalet in Soto Grande right outside of

Madrid where they would spend the entire month of August. But neither of them, Maria Lour des Erquillo, nor Manuel de la Sierra

Torres, her husband, came down for breakfast that morning.

When the Marquise's driver arrived at the chalet, he told the cook how strange it was that they had slept in so late.

They called them on the internal line in the house, and no one answered. When they went up to the

Marquise's room they found that Maria Lordes orquillo and Manuel de la

Sierra Torres had been murdered.

Aside from the cook, there hadn't been any other domestic workers in the house.

Maria and Manuel had encouraged them to take the previous afternoon and evening off. and

the

Man well had encouraged them to take the previous afternoon and evening off.

The cook would later tell the police

that she hadn't heard anything.

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