Episode 44: Tony Spilotro

The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Jeff Nadu

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 44 of the Sit Down, Jeff and Blackjack delve into the life of Chicago Outfit and Las Vegas mobster Tony Spilotro. Tony got his start as an enforcer and ultimately a bookmaker in Chi Town before wearing out his welcome and was sent to Las Vegas to oversee the skim operations for the Outfit. Ultimately he'd wear out his welcome again getting involved with members wives, killing people without sanction and heading a burglary crew. Sometimes in the mob, going rogue gets you killed. Tony was a loose end and had to go.. A great episode. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE give us a follow on socials! 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 everyday hotel. You'll be on the second floor and your other room will be on the 14th.
0:07.0	Wait, we asked for connecting rooms? These are 12 floors apart.
0:10.0	We tried, ma'am, but technically they're only 11 floors apart. We don't have a 13th floor.
0:15.0	We can't be 11 floors away from our kids.
0:18.0	I don't see a problem.
0:19.0	Stuart!
0:20.0	When you want separate rooms, but not that separate, it matters where you stay.
0:25.0	Only Hilton offers confirmed connecting rooms at the time of booking.
0:28.0	Hilton, for this day.
0:41.0	Welcome to the Sit Down.
0:43.0	A Mafia History Podcast.
0:46.0	Here's your host, Jeff Nado.
0:50.0	What's up everybody and welcome in to another edition of the Sit Down.
0:54.0	I'm Jeff Nado.
0:55.0	Hope you're having a great week wherever you are. It's that time of the week.
0:59.0	It's Wednesday.
1:00.0	Time for another Sit Down.
1:01.0	And we got a great show plan for you today.
1:03.0	I know my coach and I, we've been talking about this one for a while.
1:08.0	We talk a lot about New York on the show.
1:10.0	We talk a lot about, you know, even Philly occasionally, but it's rare that we talk about Chicago.
1:15.0	We've done shows on Mansam de Stefano, Tony Acarto.
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