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Mafia

S3 Ep5: Arnold Rothstein (Part 1)

Mafia

Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Before the Mafia existed, at the turn of the century, there was Arnold Rothstein, known as The Brain. Rothstein would teach an entire generation of gangsters how to organize, act like gentlemen, and interact with the upper crust. And Rothstein himself, well-connected, could get away with almost anything - including fixing the World Series.

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Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni. Music in this episode is ”Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; “Rolling at 5,” “Night on the Docks,” “On the Cool Side,” “Dances and Dames,” “On the Ground,” “Acid Jazz,” “Walking Alone,” “Faster Does It,” “Deadly Roulette,” by Kevin MacLeod; “Breath of Death Part 1,” and “Wastelands” by Sergey Cheremisinov; and “daedalus” and “Junction” by Kai Engel.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

When it comes to helping those that really need it, action is louder than words.

0:07.0

So here's what we've been doing at British Gas.

0:10.0

Over the past year, we've given 50 million pounds in energy debt support, including grants

0:16.2

to help with bills, and we're keeping homes powered with emergency energy credit.

0:22.0

That's enough talking.

0:24.0

Let's get on with the doing.

0:25.0

British Gas.

0:27.0

eligibility criteria apply.

0:32.0

He was the man who was a gangster before gangsters existed, and with a finger in every pie,

0:38.0

he was almost invincible.

0:40.0

He had a lot of connections in the baking industry, had a lot of connections with politicians.

0:44.0

He was extremely influential with Tammany Hall, a major political organization.

0:51.0

Arnold Rostin was known as the brain for his skills with numbers,

0:55.0

and for knowing how to find a good business venture.

0:59.0

He was not a crude or violent person who could not make his way in the upper world.

1:04.0

He was the kind of man who had the skills to be successful in the upper world.

1:09.0

He probably had a hedge fund today.

1:11.0

He became infamous for creating one of the biggest sports scandals in history,

1:15.0

and for rubbing shoulders with the upper crust.

1:18.0

The White Sacks players were unhappy, because their own child's comisky was a cheap skate.

1:25.0

So what happened was Rostin heard that there could be big dough for the players

1:30.0

if they double-crossed comisky.

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