Episode 207: John "JR" Rubeo

The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Jeff Nadu

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Today we delve into the story of Genovese associate John "JR" Rubeo. Rubeo's father was connected to the Mob and he followed in his fathers footsteps. Eventually he was arrested for selling drugs and flipped to the side of the government where he agreed to wear a wire. His sights were set on members of the Genovese Crime Family as well as alleged Philly mobster Joey Merlino.
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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sit Down, a Mafia History podcast.
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0:38.0	to share this show what's up everybody welcome in i'm your host jeff nadoo and this is episode
0:43.9	two hundred and seven of the sit down i hope everybody had a great easter sunday uh easter
0:51.2	was a good holiday you know basically uh you know anytime you don't need to buy gifts for people it's a good one so hope everybody had a good holiday. You know, basically, you know, anytime you don't need to buy gifts for people, it's a good one.
0:56.7	So hope everybody had a good time with their family and whoever you were with.
1:01.1	And yeah, you know, now it's kind of finishing out the last couple of days of April.
1:06.0	And, you know, summers, I would say what, month or so away.
1:10.7	That's kind of when, you know, end of summer memorial or end of May is Memorial Day.
1:14.7	It's kind of when summer unofficially starts.
1:17.6	You know, I was thinking the other day, like, I mean, it's already been four months since Christmas.
1:21.5	In four months from now, it'll be the end of summer.
1:24.4	It's just crazy how time flies, man. You know, uh, I know I talk about that a lot
1:29.4	sometimes on the show, but it really is amazing. You know, as you get older, how quickly time goes,
1:33.8	you know, I'm coming up on my, uh, 20 year high school, uh, graduate in high school,
1:41.3	2027. I'm not there yet, but I'm getting closer.
1:46.3	But let's get to the show today. I got a good one. We're going to talk about a guy we've never talked about before, a guy who was a cooperator over the last 10 years.
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