The Story of Michael Franzese Christian Conversion

Gangland Wire

Gary Jenkins: Mafia Detective

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins looks into the conversion experience of several mobsters in this and two future shows. In this video, he tells listeners about Michael Franzese. Additionally, Gary tells about Ernie Davino, a now-deceased member of Tony Spilotro’s Las Vegas Hole in the Wall gang, and his Christian conversion experience. Michael Franzese is the son of Colombo Family Capo, John “Sonny” Franzese. Check out my interview with S.J. Peddie back on April 11, 2022. Gary learns that Michael Franzese was a very successful member of the Colombo Family, like his father. Michael’s particular road to success led him to the famous gas tax scam. He created numerous small corporations. he would use one corporation to start selling wholesale gasoline to retail outlets in the NYC area. In New York, the retailer collects all the gas tax and pays it to the wholesaler along with the price of the gasoline. The wholesale distributor is supposed to pass the gas tax to the State and city governments. Franzese’s corporation failed to pass along the tax. When the governmental agencies started pressing for their money, he abandoned that corporation and started the same business under the name of another corporation and did the same procedure. He earned millions with this scheme. He earned so much that he went to Hollywood and got into the film business and high-end nightclubs. It was from this high point that he ended up in solitary confinement, where a Christian Correctional Officer passed a bible through the food slot in his small cell. A lonely and dejected Micahel Franzese started reading and had a conversion experience. 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	Well, hey, all you wiretappers out there.
0:02.3	Welcome back to another installment of Gangland Wire.
0:06.1	Your host, Gary Jenkins, retired intelligence unit officer from the Kansas City Police Department.
0:12.7	We're going to go back east to New York City.
0:15.7	Michael Franchise.
0:17.0	Now, you all know Michael Francheese.
0:18.7	If you're any kind of a mobbed at all, you know Michael Franchisei by now.
0:23.6	Uh, he's got he's really good. I'll tell you right now, I think a rising tide floats all boats and I'm not really trying to make money off of this. Uh, and he's making a whole living off of his. And then that's, you know, that's, that's his thing.
0:38.9	So, but and he's good.
0:41.6	But he was, I'm going to tell you about his conversion experience.
0:44.9	You know, lots of times, you know, you know, about all their mob experiences.
0:47.7	And, and, you know, he did this and he did that.
0:51.2	And his dad was sunny franchisee.
0:53.6	And I did the whole show on him you know
0:55.5	bob legend in in new york city but i want to talk about a little bit about where he came from
1:01.3	and his conversion experience now michael franchisee was younger than i am about six years old
1:07.8	younger than i am he's born in may of uh 1951 in the Brooklyn borough, the borough of
1:13.6	Brooklyn, New York City to John Sonny Franchise, who was a Colombo crime family underboss,
1:21.9	and his mother was Christina Capo Bianco Franchise.
1:28.6	Now, there were some rumors that have gone around.
1:31.6	If you must wrap this mob stuff much at all,
1:34.5	you'll know that maybe Michael was not the blood child of Sonny Franchise.
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