Remo catches Frank Sinatra at Social Club

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Gary Jenkins: Mafia Detective

Society & Culture, True Crime, History, Documentary

4.6 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Remo Franceschini was a famous mafia-busting NYPD Intelligence officer. This is another story of his vaunted career. Gary tells about how Remo worked on a Lucchese Capo named Big Sam Cavalieri. He installed a hidden microphone inside his social club on Second Avenue between 111th and 112th. Among other tidbits of information, he heard the Lucchese acting boss, Carmine Tramunti, Mr. Grebs, call Jilly Rizzo and invite him to a feast at the social club. He asked Rizzo to bring some of the NY Yankees players who frequented Jilly’s, and Rizzo replied, “Sure, and Franks in town, so I will get him.” Everybody in that world knew he meant Frank Sinatra. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Remember to click on www.BetterHelp.com/gangland for 10% off Subscribe to the Podcast for a new gangster story every week. Support the Podcast. Hit me up on Venmo for a cup of coffee or a shot and a beer @ganglandwire Click here to “buy me a cup of coffee” To go to the store or make a donation or rent Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup click here To rent Brothers against Brothers, the documentary, click here. To rent Gangland Wire, the documentary, click here To buy my Kindle book, Leaving Vegas: The True Story of How FBI Wiretaps Ended Mob Domination of Las Vegas Casinos. To subscribe on iTunes click here. Please give me a review and help others find the podcast. Donate to the podcast. Click here! GARY JENKINS 00:00 Well hey guys, I’m bringing you another story of the well known and hated and feared New York copper Lieutenant Remo Franceschini and nobody hated him more than John Gotti because Gotti knew that Remo focused a lot of manpower on Gotti and a lot of attention on Gotti especially once he ascended to become the boss of the Gambino family after they killed Paulie Castellano. The NYPD intelligence unit was not like the FBI. Now Remo Franceschini’s worked for the NYPD intelligence unit. And they investigated all five families that kind of depending on you know, where what looked fine, what looked interesting what looked possible, or if there was some crime had been committed that ...

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0:29.5	Well, hey guys, I'm bringing you another story of the well-known and hated and feared New York copper, Lieutenant Remo Francesini. And nobody hated him more
0:43.2	than John Gotti because Gotti knew that Remo focused a lot of manpower on Gotti, a lot of attention
0:50.5	on Gotti, especially once he ascended to become the boss of the Gambino family after
0:55.6	they killed Paul Castellano. The NYPD intelligence unit was not like the FBI. Now, Remo
1:02.2	Francesini worked for the NYPD intelligence unit, and they investigated all five families. It kind of
1:09.7	depended on, you know, what looked fun, what looked interesting, what looked
1:15.5	possible, or if there was some crime that had been committed that had a lot of heat on it,
1:21.6	that was maybe a mob-connected deal, then they might focus on a particular guy or particular family, but they didn't
1:28.9	just focus on one family like the Bureau has, you know, the Bonanno Squad, my friend Doug
1:34.7	Fensel worked on the Bonano Squad, and they have a separate squad, the Gambino Squad, a separate
1:39.4	squad for every one of the families at that time. Now, looking back over Remo's career, I found a great
1:45.1	story about him exposing the fact that Frank Sinatra was meeting with wise guys there in New York City.
1:52.0	He had put a wire on a phone and installed a hidden mic inside an East Harlem Social Club,
1:57.3	operated by a Lucchese family capo named Big Sam Cavaleri.
2:02.7	This club was located for you New York listeners.
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