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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

LUCKY LUCIANO-Christian Cipollini

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

Dan Zupansky

True Crime, News Commentary, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2014

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Charles Lucky Luciano is one of the most researched, discussed and dissected American mobsters of all time. His name has become synonymous with NY City's high drama gangland days of prohibition bootlegging, the information of the infamous five families, and controversy over his alleged Last Testament. However, there exists many fascinating and lurid tales and theories regarding Lucky's rise and fall from the mobs top spot. Some of these stories are known, but still incited debate, such as the origins of his nickname and menacing facial scars. Other legends are not so well known to the general public

With information culled from rare news articles, government documents and numerous books written on the subject, this book will give readers a chance to discover Luciano in a way that engages the mystery of his pop culture status, while encouraging further debate over the facts that fallacies that exist about his true role in the history of the American mafia structure. LUCKY LUCIANO-Mysterious Tales of a Gangster Legend-Christian Cipollini

Transcript

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You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in true crime history,

0:17.5

and the authors that have written about them.

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Gacy, Bundy, Domer, The Night Stalker, BTK, every week, another fascinating author,

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talking about the most shocking and infamous killers in true crime history.

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True Murder, with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufansky.

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Good evening.

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Charles Lucky Luciano is one of the most researched, discussed, and dissected American mobsters of all time.

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His name has become synonymous with New York City's hydrama Gangland Days of Prohibition Bootlegging,

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the information of the infamous five families, and controversy over his alleged last testament.

1:08.0

However, there exists many fascinating and lurid tales and theories regarding Lucky's rise and fall from the mob's top spot.

1:16.0

Some of these stories are known, but still incited debate, such as the origins of his nickname and menacing facial scars.

1:23.0

Other legends are not so well known to the general public.

1:27.0

With information called from rare news articles, government documents, and numerous books written on the subject,

1:34.0

this book will give readers a chance to discover Luciano in a way that engages the mystery of his pop culture status,

1:40.0

while encouraging further debate over the facts and fallacies that exist about his true rule in the history of the American Mafia structure.

1:49.0

The book that we're featuring this evening is Lucky Luciano, mystery mysterious tales of a gangster legend.

1:55.0

With my special guest, journalist and author, Christian Cipollini, welcome back to the program,

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and thank you very much for agreeing to this interview, Christian Cipollini.

2:04.0

Dan, thank you. Always a pleasure.

2:07.0

Thank you. Always a pleasure.

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So let's just get right into this. I won't even ask you one of the questions I normally ask.

2:15.0

Why would you do a book about Lucky Luciano? I won't ask you that question.

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