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Gangland Wire

The Art of Mafia Geneology

Gangland Wire

Gary Jenkins: Mafia Detective

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6623 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Intelligence detective Gary Jenkins interviews Mafia genealogist about the art and science of searching out and documenting the family roots of various mob bosses. Justin Cascio has a great website called Mafia Geneology. Click the link to read some of the many stories Justin has learned and shared on his site. Support the Podcast Hit me up on Venmo for a cup of coffee or a shot and a beer @ganglandwireClick 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.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome all you wiretappers out there.

0:01.9

Back here at the studio of Gangland Wire.

0:03.7

I have a particularly interesting show, I think, for you today.

0:07.1

It's going to be a little bit different.

0:08.3

You know, we're not going to talk about, you know, John Gotti.

0:11.1

You know, he probably gets sick of talking about John Gotti.

0:13.5

I do.

0:14.2

And we're not even going to talk about Al Capone, although we may mention his name at some point in time here,

0:21.5

but we're going to talk about mafia genealogy and, and the origins of the mafia in Sicily.

0:28.5

There's a lot of different stories about that. I know I've heard a few of them,

0:32.8

and, you know, then in all those different stories, as any historical accounts, somewhere in the middle lies the truth.

0:40.9

Now, we never really get to the truth usually, but at least we got some different stories.

0:45.4

And we have an expert here.

0:47.6

Well, folks, we have a particularly interesting guest today.

0:51.3

Justin Cassio.

0:52.6

Welcome, Justin.

0:54.0

Thank you for having me, Gary.

0:55.9

Well, Justin has a really interesting website.

0:58.7

He does some really interesting mafia history pieces on that website.

1:03.6

It's Mafia Genealogy, and he has a Facebook page too.

1:06.6

So, you know, just Google Mafia Genealogy, and I promise you, you'll find Justin's website.

1:11.8

And same way as Facebook, just go ahead and search Mafia genealogy, and you'll find his Facebook page.

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