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The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Episode 191: Joe O'Kane

The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Jeff Nadu

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In John Gotti Jr's memoir "Shadow Of My Father" he talks very graciously of a person named Joseph O'Kane. O'Kane, like Gotti Jr was from Queens and was a tough and respected gangster who ran with the likes of John Alite and other gangsters. Eventually O'Kane would have to pay for these crimes and he was hit with an ultimatum... get out of prison by flipping on Gotti or testify on behalf of Gotti. Today I break down the wild story of O'Kane and his sad end inside federal prison

Jeff Nadu is an American Mafia researcher, podcaster and content creator. He has worked at Barstool Sports and was hired personally by Dave Portnoy. His podcast "The Sitdown" with Jeff Nadu has put out hundreds of biographies on various mobsters, gangsters and criminals. He's also personally interviewed mobsters like Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, Dom Cicale, Anthony Ruggiano Jr, Gene Borrello and others as well as US Prosecutor John Gleeson and FBI Agent Joaquin "Jack" Garcia. He has been personally endorsed by former Gambino mob captain Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo and esteemed author RJ Roger. 

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1:08.7

Welcome to The Sit Down, a mafia history podcast.

1:12.4

Here's your host, Jeff Nadeo.

1:17.3

What's up, everybody, and welcome in to another edition of The Sit Down.

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Thanks for checking out the show here.

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Today, this is episode 191.

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I am your host.

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Jeff, they do.

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I hope everybody out there had a very merry Christmas.

1:39.3

I hope you have a great new year as well.

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