I Was Just the Weed Guy: George Martorano
Ridiculous Crime
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Born into a mob family, "Cowboy" George Martorano was pretty much destined to run afoul of the law. A non-violent guy in a roiling sea of brutality, he sold a whole lotta weed (and an even greater quantity of quaaludes). Like many drug smugglers, he wound up behind bars. But a life sentence for a first time, non-violent offense? Ridiculous.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.8 | Ridiculous crime is a production of IHeart Radio. Hi, Zarin. Hi, Elizabeth. Hi, Zaron. What's you doing, girl? I'm just sitting here. Nice. So we're both just kind of sitting here, reading our notes and going over stuff. You're reading notes. I'm just staring at the wall. Oh, that's what you were doing. I thought you were like, you know, pontificating this internally. |
| 0:22.7 | No, I'm on standby mode. |
| 0:23.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.4 | I'm just staring at the wall. Oh, that's what you were doing. I thought you were like, you know, pontificating. No, I'm on standby mode. Yeah. I'm on standby mode. You're on rest mode? Uh, how are you? I'm, dude, girl, I'm good. You feeling good? Yeah. How about you? Completely. I'm over here. I'm eating good. It's good. I'm eating over here. Uh, I'm good in case you're wondering. |
| 0:39.1 | I did ask. |
| 0:39.7 | I know. |
| 0:40.8 | Do you want to know what's ridiculous? |
| 0:42.4 | I do. |
| 0:43.0 | Well, Elizabeth, but let me tell you what's ridiculous. |
| 0:47.0 | Have you ever heard about, like, a kid getting on the Alexa and then ordering stuff |
| 0:51.8 | that they want? |
| 0:52.9 | Yes. |
| 0:53.6 | So, like, there's this one kid in Texas who, I guess they went on Alexa or they talked to Alexa |
| 0:58.6 | and they ordered a $160 dollhouse and four pounds of sugar cookies. |
| 1:04.2 | And there was another six-year-old. |
| 1:05.6 | Apparently there's just six-year-olds who do this. |
| 1:07.3 | Yeah, that's about the right age for that. |
| 1:08.8 | They're in Utah and they ordered $350 of Barbies and then a toy pony from their mom's |
| 1:13.4 | Alexa account. |
| 1:14.7 | But it's funny when kids do it, but what if it's your pet parrot? |
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