Michael Vecchione on Gaspipe Casso

Gangland Wire

Gary Jenkins

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime, History

4.6 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this episode of the Gangland Wire podcast, Michael Vecchione, a former Brooklyn prosecutor and author, discusses his novels inspired by real-life experiences in the criminal underworld. Gary Jenkins and Michael Vecchione focus on Lucchese mobster Anthony Gaspipe Casso. These two veterans of the fight against the Mafia delve into themes of loyalty, betrayal, and the gritty realities of organized crime in New York City. Gaspipe Casso's involvement in criminal activities, intricate alliances, and obstacles law enforcement faces in solving cases are highlighted, offering a glimpse into the dark world of organized crime. The discussion underscores the challenges of investigating organized crime and emphasizes the importance of ongoing efforts to combat the La Cosa Nostra.

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0:28.6	hey welcome all you wiretappers out there it's good to be back here in the studio gangland
0:33.9	wire this is gary jenkins you, I'm a retired Ken City Police Intelligence
0:38.1	Unit Detective turned podcaster. And this has been fun, guys. This is, this is so much fun.
0:44.2	And I've gotten to know some great people doing this over the last several years. And one of them
0:49.4	is Michael Betzioni. Welcome, Michael. Thank you very much, Gary. I appreciate you having me back on. I love talking to you
0:57.4	and talking to your audience. You know, what's interesting. Like Michael and I kind of speak the same
1:02.5	language in many ways because he was a prosecutor in the Brooklyn. He was the chief of the Brooklyn
1:09.2	Rackett's Division, correct? That's correct. Yeah. I had before that, I was chief of the Brooklyn Rackett's Division, correct?
1:12.4	That's correct, yeah.
1:15.8	I had before that, I was chief of the Homicide Bureau as well.
1:23.1	And so I kind of had my hand in almost everything that went on in the DA's office when I was there.
1:25.7	So it was a very interesting experience.
1:26.6	I got to tell you, Gary.
1:28.4	I can imagine. You know,
1:34.3	Michael knows where all the bodies are buried in Brooklyn, political and really. You know,
1:38.0	it's interesting you said it because the guy we're going to talk about the gas pipe castle.
1:43.5	When I spoke to him, gave me some locations for bodies. But we'll get into that when I tell you to start.
1:48.9	Really? Let's talk just a little bit about Michael and his books. First of all, guys,
1:53.7	we've got a sell shop here, you know, and you'll be interested in these books. He was on here before with Luigi the Zip, Homicide is My Business. And that was a big seller for, at least for me. And I think it was for Michael, too.
2:03.4	And he interviewed this guy who was a Sicilian who did a bunch of hits here who just liked Michael.
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