Did The Mafia Kill JFK?

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

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🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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*Declassified Club exclusive: ⁠SUBSCRIBE⁠⁠⁠ to listen to the full series* Was the assassination of John F. Kennedy a Mafia plot? Or is this just another bonkers conspiracy theory? Listen as David and Gordon are joined by former White House Communications Director and host of The Rest Is Politics: US, Anthony Scaramucci, to discuss his theory on how the Mob killed JFK. ------------------- Join The Declassified Club: Start your free trial at ⁠⁠therestisclassified.com⁠⁠ - go deeper into the world of espionage with exclusive Q&As, interviews with top intelligence insiders, quarterly livestreams, ad-free listening, early access to episodes and live show tickets, and weekly deep dives into original spy stories. Members also get curated reading lists, special book discounts, prize draws, and access to our private chat community. To sign up to the free newsletter, go to: ⁠⁠https://mailchi.mp/goalhanger.com/tric-free-newsletter-sign-up⁠ ⁠ ------------------- Order a signed edition of Gordon's latest book, The Spy in the Archive, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠via this link.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order a signed edition of David's latest book, The Seventh Floor, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠via this link.⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ------------------- Email: [email protected] Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@triclassified⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Social Producer: Emma Jackson Producer: Becki Hills Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	For exclusive interviews, bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to series,
0:09.0	first look at live show tickets, a weekly newsletter, and discounted books,
0:13.1	join the Declassified Club at the rest is classified.com. Kennedy's not going to make it to the election.
0:26.8	He's going to be hit.
0:28.3	Santo Traficante, the top Florida mobster to an FBI informant in August 1962.
0:34.4	You know what they say in Sicily.
0:35.8	If you want to kill a dog, you don't cut off the tail,
0:38.3	you cut off the head.
0:39.3	Carlos Marcello, Mafia boss in New Orleans, to an acquaintance that same month, explaining
0:44.3	why President John Kennedy, not Attorney General Robert Kennedy, would be killed.
0:49.3	There is a price on the President's head.
0:51.3	Somebody will kill Kennedy when he comes down south.
0:55.0	Bernard Tregley, a New Orleans restaurant owner, allegedly associated with Marcello, within hearing
1:01.0	of one of his employees in April, 1963.
1:04.0	Well, welcome to the rest is classified club members.
1:07.0	I'm Gordon Carrera.
1:08.0	And I'm David McCloskey.
1:09.0	And that was me doing my best Italian mob accent.
1:14.6	I don't think they were all Italian mobsers, but we'll come to how good they were.
1:17.6	We'll get them rated by an expert at a minute because we are in the second part of our special
1:22.2	bonus series on the assassination of President Kennedy.
1:25.1	I reminded that on the main pod, we've done a six-parter leading
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