God’s Banker I 3. The Grandmaster

Crooked Minis

Crooked Media

Documentary, History, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

A dawn raid on an Italian warehouse uncovers a secret far-right society, P2, just months before a planned coup. Prosecutor Giulano Turone, who led the raid, reveals how this discovery brought down Italy's government and exposed Roberto Calvi as P2's financier. Calvi, desperate to save himself, turns to God. Friends of the Pod get early access to the entire first season of Shadow Kingdom: God's Banker before it drops for everyone else—ads included. Get early access to the full season now by joining Crooked’s Friends of the Pod at crooked.com/friends. Hear this episode in Italian by subscribing to Il Banchiere di Dio wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.3	As the sun rose on a spring day in 1981, police officers and unmarked cars drove south from Milan,
1:00.2	past fields, farms, and small towns, until they arrived at a mattress factory and knocked on the door.
1:08.9	These men were working with Judge Giuliano Turone.
1:12.7	Turone was famous for investigating the mafia in Milan, Calvi's hometown.
1:17.3	He was convinced Calvi was involved with the mob.
1:20.5	Torone retold the story to me.
1:22.3	Roberto Calvi was the money-laundry man of the Corleonesi, Luciano Ligio, Salvatoreina, etc.
1:36.1	But on this day, Torona wasn't actually investigating Calvi. No, instead, he'd received a tip
1:42.4	that bordered on conspiracy theory,
1:44.5	that in this factory town, there could be evidence linking the mafia
1:49.3	with an illegal underground branch of the Freemasons.
1:55.6	He took the tip seriously, hand-picking officers for his team,
2:00.4	and keeping the raid confidential, even from other
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