Frank Costello and the Honest Cabbie

Gangland Wire

Gary Jenkins: Mafia Detective

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

A few days after D-Day in June of 1944, the Prime Minister of the New York Underworld, Frank Costello took a short cab ride. When he exited the cab, he left behind two envelopes containing $27,200.00 in hundreds and fifties. Probably gambling receipts because he was known as the slot machine king of New York City. The honest cabbie was named Edward Waters. He found the envelope and turned it into the NY police. After the story hit the papers, Costello made a claim alleging this was his money and it was from a debt he collected from a friend. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia wanted to make a point and fought Costello, claiming the money should go to the police pension fund. A court case followed. Don’t forget to listen to Aaron on the Big Dumb Fun Show. To go to the store or make a donation click here To rent Gangland Wire, the documentary, click here To subscribe on iTunes click here, please give me a review and help others find the podcast.

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0:00.0	Hey, Wiretappers, listen to this entire podcast, which is a shorty, about 20 minutes long,
0:07.3	because at the very end, I attach an original song about Frank Costello by our good friend from Portland, Casey McBride.
0:19.2	Gangland Wire True Crime Stories is produced at the Big Dumb Fun Show Studio 4.
0:26.9	And now here's Gary Jenkins.
0:32.5	Hello, all your wiretappers out there.
0:34.7	Welcome to the classic old ice house in Midtown, Kansas City.
0:39.7	I'm here in the studio with my good friend and co-host, Aaron. Say hello, Aaron.
0:44.5	Hello, Aaron. Well, if the sound's a little bit funny on this, I'm not sure how this is going to work out.
0:50.2	It might be a little bit funny. Don't worry about it. We're doing a Facebook live at the same time. I see Ben Ellickson is on. Hey, Ben, I showed this Chicago flag. You might notice that,
0:58.5	Ray Speckman. I wonder if the... We still have our bottle. The problem is on my end.
1:06.2	You know, you can't see. I don't know. I just got something that said that it wasn't working and it started working again immediately.
1:14.2	So maybe it's cutting in it out.
1:15.6	Or is it cutting in and out, Ben?
1:19.2	I mean, we're going to record this podcast no matter what.
1:21.9	Well, you're recording on your Zoom and I'm recording over here.
1:25.8	And then obviously the actual video, if it's recording, is getting the audio from the speaker kind of next to it.
1:31.9	Well, I can't tell it.
1:33.0	Nobody's telling us anything in the live and the Facebook live.
1:35.9	It looks like it's still going.
1:38.3	Maybe if somebody's watching, they can say, yeah, you're still live.
1:41.7	We can still see you. We can still hear you.
1:45.9	Sounds and looks good here.
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