Episode 36: James "Jimmy Brown" Failla

The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Jeff Nadu

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 36 of the Sit Down, Jeff delves into the life of Gambino Family powerhouse James Failla. Jimmy weaved his way through multiple regimes controlling one of the most lucrative rackets in the family and becoming one of the most prolific earners in the Mob. He was cautious and once called "one of the most discreet mobster ever", and it worked, until the end. A must listen about someone who's extremely underrated in mob history, Jimmy Brown Failla. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Nadoom.
0:20.1	Up everybody and welcome in to another edition of The Sit Down, a Mafia History Podcast.
0:26.2	I am your host, Jeff Nadoom.
0:27.5	I hope you're having a great day wherever you are, and it is a busy week for me.
0:32.5	It is fight week, and I've got a lot of DMs about this.
0:36.2	What do you mean fight week?
0:37.6	Well, it's fight week.
0:39.0	I am fighting this Friday, December 10th, an amateur boxing event called Rough and Routy,
0:45.0	presented by Barstale Sports, and it's a contentious fight for sure.
0:50.5	The individual fighting, and I definitely have a beef, and we're going to hash it out
0:55.4	for a couple of minutes in the ring.
0:58.0	And for anyone that's curious, you can watch the event.
1:01.5	It is pay-per-view.
1:02.4	You can buy it at buyartor.com, which I included in the description.
1:07.5	So it's a busy week for me.
1:08.9	I've got to head down to West Virginia on Wednesday.
1:12.2	There till Saturday when I will return back to Pennsylvania.
1:16.6	But I wanted to get an episode out this week.
1:19.4	Obviously, we can't skip a week without The Sit Down.
1:23.7	People expect their mob coverage, and they're going to get it today.
1:26.8	We've got another great episode planned for you.
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