S4 Ep11: Raymond Patriarca (Part 2)

Mafia

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🗓️ 21 July 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Following the retirement of Filippo Buccola in 1952, Raymond Patriarca was promoted to boss of the New England crime family. He became a dominant force in all illicit, political, and labor union activities.

After years of trying to infiltrate the New England crime family, the FBI finally succeeded when Joe Barboza, a hitman for Patriarca, became an informant. Raymond Patriarca would be imprisoned in 1969, but his greatest heist was yet to come.

Special thanks to Gary Jenkins of the true crime podcast Gangland Wire; Joe Broadmeadow, Author and Founder of JEBWizard Publishing; Tim White, Investigative Reporter and Co-Author of “The Last Good Heist,” and former Rhode Island State Police Superintendent, Brendan P. Doherty.

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0:00.0	Previously on Mafia.
0:04.4	Following the retirement of Alipo Bucola in 1952, Raymond Patriaca was promoted to
0:10.8	boss of the New England crime family. He became a dominant force in all elicits,
0:16.0	political, and labor union activities. He didn't have this big physical presence,
0:21.3	but he had the big presence in the community. People were more likely to turn to Raymond Patriaca
0:27.2	or one of his members than they were to call the cops. People would even bring like complaints,
0:32.8	like I said he was like the godfather. Additionally, Patriaca gained solid connections to the five
0:39.3	families and the commission. He had the respect of New York. There are the five crime families in
0:45.6	New York City, and very easily any one of them could have tried to control the racquets,
0:51.5	the gambling operations, prostitution, the drug trade in New England. They are the most powerful
0:56.6	crime families in the country. In the late 1950s, Raymond Patriaca appeared before the McClellan
1:02.7	committee on labor-record tearing and received national attention. As he's being questioned
1:08.0	about senators about like, hey man, what's your real job? Everyone says you're the mob boss,
1:12.6	and of course he denies that and took issue with it. He took no shit from lawmakers down in
1:17.8	Washington. He fired right back. That almost catapulted his legendary status when he was on that
1:23.6	national stage. After years of trying to infiltrate the New England crime family, the FBI finally succeeded
1:31.7	when Joe Barbosa, a hitman for Patriaca, became an informant. Raymond Patriaca would be imprisoned
1:39.9	in 1969, but his greatest heist was yet to come. Patriaca was smart. He was brutal. He was very
1:50.0	much in control of what he did. This is mafia.
2:08.0	Raymond Patriaca was released from federal prison in 1974, following a five-year sentence for
2:14.2	the murder of Providence Bookmaker Willie Marfayl. Tim White, investigative reporter for WPRI-TV
2:21.9	in Providence and co-author of The Last Good Heist, discusses Patriaca's family frustrations during
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