Episode 35: Benny Ong and Chinatown

The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Jeff Nadu

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 35 of the Sit Down, Jeff delves into the life of Chinatown godfather Benny Ong who ruled the Chinese neighborhood in New York City for decades. He ran extortion, controlled gambling and prostitution and was able to navigate through multiple power grab attempts and vengful rivals. A fascinating time in New York City, check it out. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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	What do I do?
0:01.2	What do I do?
0:02.4	What do I say?
0:03.6	What do I say?
0:30.0	Heard about Magpie.
0:31.1	The vegan pie truck that needed a bit of help from Gold Daddy.
0:33.5	One day the owners are like,
0:34.8	this business hasn't reached this potential.
0:37.2	And the other one goes,
0:38.2	we need a bigger piece of the pie.
0:40.0	And then it hits her.
0:41.2	We need Gold Daddy.
0:42.1	Look, we can get it the main name and create an online store
0:44.8	so we can sell to more customers.
0:46.8	Now they've gone from serving a couple of pies
0:49.2	to vlogging nationwide.
0:51.0	And now everyone's like,
0:52.4	vegan pies are the new thing around here.
0:55.1	Wait, no me!
0:56.5	Till the next step on your business journey with Gold Daddy.
1:11.2	Welcome to The Sit Down.
1:13.8	A mafia history podcast.
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