S2 Ep7: Albert Anastasia (Part 1)

Mafia

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🗓️ 8 August 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Albert Anastasia was chosen by Lucky Luciano to be the head of Murder, Inc. where he violently enforced the modern Mafia as the head of their killing squad. And the employees of Murder Inc. were not only good at their jobs: but took pride in their work. Our sponsor for this episode is SimpliSafe.

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0:00.0	Much of Albert Anastasia's life was spent on a murderous spree.
0:06.0	He is one of the craziest and most violent mob bosses in history, yes.
0:12.0	They were looking at absolutely naked homicidal power.
0:16.0	Chosen by Lucky Luciano to be the head of murder and corporate.
0:20.0	He violently enforced the modern mafia.
0:24.0	His brutality knew no bounds.
0:26.0	He killed more people than some serial killers.
0:29.0	No one felt safe around him, not even the mob bosses.
0:34.0	Nothing makes you more nervous than to be around a psychopath.
0:37.0	This is Mafia.
0:47.0	Albert Anastasia was born in Italy in 1902, one of 12 siblings.
0:52.0	As so many before him, he came to the US with absolutely nothing.
0:59.0	Ernest Volkman is the author of Gangbusters, the destruction of America's last Mafia dynasty.
1:05.0	Albert's real name is Ombetto Anastasia, so he was born.
1:10.0	Absolute poverty in Italy dropped out of school around the 4th grade.
1:17.0	And he and his two brothers worked as deck hands on tramp steamers all over the world.
1:24.0	Misurable, miserable work.
1:26.0	And occasionally they would visit Brooklyn.
1:29.0	And he looked out and he saw people actually working on the dock.
1:34.0	Which was in shock, contrastingly when nobody seemed to have a job.
1:38.0	And he decided that was for him.
1:41.0	So he simply jumped ship along with his two brothers.
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