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The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Episode 1: Vincent "The Chin" Gigante

The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Jeff Nadu

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In the first episode Jeff takes a look into the life of Vincent Gigante, also known as "the Chin" who was an American mobster who was boss of the Genovese crime family in New York City from 1981 to 2005 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Sit Down, a Mafia History Podcast.

0:17.0

On today's show, we delve into the sworded tale of Vincent the Chin Giganti.

0:24.0

Here's your host, Jeff Aydon.

0:29.0

What's up everybody? Welcome into the Sit Down, a Mafia History Podcast.

0:34.0

I'm your host, Jeff Aydon, and yes, I know. Usually you call me the Big Man on campus,

0:39.0

but we're not talking sports betting now. We're talking about the mob.

0:42.0

We're talking about mob history, and that's what the show is.

0:45.0

I'm really excited about doing this. I've been wanting to really get a show going,

0:50.0

talking about the mob, talking about organized crime, history for a long time.

0:54.0

It's always been something that's really been kind of a passion of mind.

0:58.0

We finally got some time here. It's starting to be spring in the Pennsylvania area,

1:04.0

and summer's a long couple of months.

1:07.0

I felt like this was a great time to really get this out, get it on iTunes, get it on Spotify.

1:12.0

Every week you're going to get your dose of mob history,

1:17.0

and we're really going to get into cool, really interesting characters.

1:21.0

Really, everybody from John Gotti, to Vincent Giganti, to Al Capone,

1:25.0

to lesser-known people, like Danny Green, and a guy like Michael Dorosa,

1:31.0

and guys that maybe you're not as familiar with, but really kind of a daily,

1:37.0

or sorry, a weekly look into what the mob is, what it's been to this country,

1:41.0

and kind of the obsession that popular culture has with it.

1:46.0

We're going to do not only biographies, we're going to get into Q&As,

1:49.0

we're going to take your questions. What do you want to know about the mob?

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