Episode 32: Barney Bellomo

The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Jeff Nadu

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 32 of the Sit Down, Jeff and Blackjack delve into the life of Genovese boss Liborio "Barney" Bellomo. Barney was a prodigy, rising up the ranks being made by 20, a captain by 30 and a boss by 33, gaining the trust of Vincent Gigante. He was a born leader, and according to the government is still very much in control of the most powerful Mafia family in the country. A legend and a fascinating person. We start the show with a Q/A with your sent in questions. Bellomo bio begins at 32 minutes. As always thanks for listening and if you enjoy the show, please give us a deserved rating and leave us a comment! FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMYV0eyKQFhNZwLXpx7I0Ng FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @thesitdown7 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.
0:15.9	Here's your host, Jeff Nado.
0:20.1	What's up everybody and welcome in to another edition of The Sit Down on a Mafia History
0:25.7	Podcast.
0:26.7	I hope you're having a great night wherever you are and it's time for that time of the
0:31.7	week that we all look forward to.
0:33.9	Another episode of The Sit Down is here and we got a really good show today planned
0:39.4	for you.
0:40.4	I get the question all the time.
0:41.4	I get this DM to me.
0:42.7	I get, you know, Twitter spaces really anywhere that you have these people that don't
0:48.5	know much about them or even people that do know a lot about the mob.
0:51.2	They'll ask me, is the mob still around today?
0:54.8	It surely is and we're going to talk a little bit about it today.
0:58.2	We're going to talk about one of the most powerful people, at least in the eyes of the
1:01.8	federal government in the entire country when it comes to the mob.
1:05.9	According to the government, the alleged head of a Genofacy crime family, we're going
1:09.5	to talk about Barney Blombo today.
1:10.9	A lot of people don't know who Barney is.
1:13.0	They don't know anything about him.
1:14.3	But if I told you Blackjack Fletcher or coast that he was one of the more powerful people
1:18.8	in America when it comes to the Mafia right now, would you believe me?
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