Mrs. Mandelbaum and New York Organized Crime

Gangland Wire

Gary Jenkins

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime, History

4.6 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 22 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. Margalit Fox joins the Gangland Wire podcast to discuss her book, "The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum," which delves into the story of the early fence Mrs. Mandelbaum. Mrs. Mandelbaum operated a successful New York City criminal empire focusing on stolen luxury goods and bank robbery for 25 years, evading jail time. Margalit explores how Mrs. Mandelbaum treated property crime as a business, offering discounts on luxury goods to cater to the middle class. The interview highlights Mrs. Mandelbaum's organizational skills, elaborate front shop for her operations and involvement in major bank robberies. The discussion showcases Mrs. Mandelbaum's strategic planning, financial investments, and the blurred lines between legitimate business and criminal enterprises at her dinner parties. The interview provides fascinating insights into Mrs. Mandelbaum's pioneering role in early organized crime, shedding light on forgotten aspects of women's history and criminal entrepreneurship in the 19th century. #newyorkcity #organizedcrimegroups #organzedcrime

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0:00.0	Well, hey, welcome all you wiretappers out there. It's good to be back here in the studio of Gangland Wire.
0:03.9	This is Gary Jenkins, retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Sergeant. And I have another story for you today
0:10.7	from the author of The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum. Now, you guys know what fencing is. If you don't,
0:18.0	a fence is a person that buys stolen goods from a criminal and and it's extremely
0:23.4	lucrative i mean it's really really lucrative and it's hard to investigate and hard to really
0:28.2	make a case on anybody and my guest today marguerite fox has written a book about one of
0:35.3	the earliest fences in the united States who was, again, immensely
0:39.4	successful. So Marguerite, welcome. I really appreciate you coming on the show and telling
0:44.9	the guys about the talented Mrs. Mandelbaum. Thank you so much, Gary. It's my pleasure.
0:51.0	So the Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum, which was just published by Random House last week, tells the true story of the first major organized crime boss in America.
1:05.1	Now, all of us, when we think of a crime boss, we either think of Tony Soprano or if we're a certain age, we think of
1:13.2	something from the untouchables, a big, strapping, tough guy with spats and a Tommy Gun during
1:21.1	prohibition and emphasis on the word guy. However, the first big deal crime boss in America was none of those things. It was a nice,
1:35.6	Zoftig, Jewish mother of four named Mrs. Mandelbaum, who came here in steerage in 1850 with nothing more than the clothes on her back, and two decades later,
1:51.7	was running the most successful, most lucrative, one of the most extensive crime network in America.
2:00.5	She operated with complete impunity for 25 years,
2:07.7	not spending a day in jail. Her modest haberdastery shop on the lower east side of Manhattan
2:17.2	disguised a criminal empire that
2:21.6	centered on stolen luxury goods like silk and silver and diamonds and eventually diversified
2:30.4	into bank robbery. She had working for her an army of the country's foremost shoplifters,
2:40.1	housebreakers, and bank burglars whom she had personally recruited. She was so motherly,
2:49.3	with respect to her cohort, bailing them out if they were arrested,
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