The Rise of Tony Accardo and Ross Prio

Gangland Wire

Gary Jenkins: Mafia Detective

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins tells how Tony Accardo started in the Circus street gang stealing from stores, pedestrians, and loading docks in Chicago’s Loop. Accardo caught the eye of Al Capone during prohibition and was brought in as a bodyguard. He was able to recruit and manage his own crew with Ross Prio and the three Doms, Dominick DiBella, Dominic Nuccio, and Dominick Brancato. From this power base, Accardo started his rise. His first real show of ambition was when he decided he should become the president of the Unione Siciliana. He used this deadly crew to murder the sitting president, Vincent Benevento. From this point, Anthony Accardo was taken very seriously by both the Sicilian faction and the non-Sicilian faction in the Outfit. He was smart enough to keep Ross Prio and Paul Ricca close to him when he took over as the boss. 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.

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0:00.0	Where'd you get those shoes?
0:02.0	Easy. They're from DSW.
0:04.0	Because DSW has the exact right shoes for whatever you're into right now.
0:09.0	You know, like the sneakers that make office hours feel like happy hour,
0:13.0	or the boots that turn grocery aisles into runways.
0:17.0	Basically, DSW has all the styles that show off the many sides of you, from Daydreamer to
0:22.0	multitasker and everything in between, because you do it all, in really great shoes, of course,
0:28.7	and your style can't be defined by just one pair. Lucky for you, DSW has tons of options,
0:35.8	so you can turn any mood into a whole look.
0:38.7	Find the latest shoes and must-own trends for everything you do, from the brands you love,
0:43.9	like Nike, Ugg, Birkenstock, Adidas, Steve Madden, and more.
0:48.3	Oh, and they just so happen to be the perfect price.
0:51.5	Find a shoe for every you at your DSW store and always at
0:56.1	DSW.com. Well, hey, all you wiretappers out there. We've got a story about Anthony Big
1:04.6	Tuna Accardo. I always wondered, you know, we'll talk about him a lot. We know that you know his nickname is joe batters because
1:13.6	supposedly when he was a gunsel or a driver or whatever for al capone which he started back in the
1:21.0	old days i'll go back into that a little bit that he once beats somebody to death with a bad and
1:26.3	al capone said well you're a real Joe batters, aren't there?
1:29.5	Aren't you?
1:30.3	Of course, there also is the big tuna thing,
1:32.6	and that comes from his love of fishing for those huge big fish,
1:37.7	you know, Marlin and tuna and fish like that,
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