Mafia

While Costello made his mafia money through gambling, Vito Genovese found something more lucrative: drugs. The brash and homicidal Don Vito was put in and out of exile from the United States - but when he returned at last, he went after Costello's mafia seat. And Costello, though unwilling to fight back, soon found himself on Don Vito's short hit list. Our Sponsors for this episode are: Parcast's Natural Disasters (https://www.parcast.com/naturaldisasters) Audible (https://www.audible.com/mafia) (Text MAFIA to 500-500) Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni (http://damianobaldoni.altervista.org/index.php/en/) . Music in this episode is “Soldraconis” and ”Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; “Dark Alleys,” and “Imminence” by  Kai Engel (http://www.kai-engel.com/) ; “Angst” by Xenojam (https://www.google.com/search?q=xenojam&oq=xenojam&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61j69i60l2.1647j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) ; “Fading” and “Computations Altmix” by Scott Buckley (https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/) ; “Night on the Dock,” and “Covert Affairs”  by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/) ; “Wastelands” by Sergey Cheremisinov (https://www.s-cheremisinov.com/) ; and “Like an Empty Sky” by Daniel Birch & Ben Pegley. (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Daniel_Birch__Ben_Pegley) Sound Effects from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/home/) by Soundholder (https://freesound.org/people/Soundholder/sounds/425364/ ) , miastodzwiekow, (https://freesound.org/people/miastodzwiekow/sounds/110416/) iainmccurdy (https://freesound.org/people/iainmccurdy/sounds/433772/) , manychefsbroth (https://freesound.org/people/manychefsbroth/sounds/151876/) , ramston (https://freesound.org/people/Ramston/sounds/156950/) , CarlosCarty (https://freesound.org/people/CarlosCarty/sounds/427705/) , shall555 ( https://freesound.org/people/shall555/sounds/72197/) , Leoctiurs (https://freesound.org/people/Leoctiurs/sounds/428185/) , JakLocke (https://freesound.org/people/JakLocke/sounds/261292/) , Robinhood76 (https://freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/sounds/367591/) , CastleofSamples (https://freesound.org/people/CastleofSamples/sounds/144997/) , davidmenke (https://freesound.org/people/davidmenke/sounds/319750/) , and timb12957 (https://freesound.org/people/timb12957/sounds/158782/) . Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk (https://www.freesfx.co.uk/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) .

Vito Genovese had been biding his time for 4 years to take over the Luciano crime family. But when an old crime came back for him, the position was taken over by Frank Costello. Costello, the Prime Minister, had high-reaching connections and an approachable bearing. Costello was an agreeable leader who got along with everyone; until Genovese came back into the picture. Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni (http://damianobaldoni.altervista.org/index.php/en/) . Music in this episode is “Soldraconis” and ”Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; “Dark Alleys” by  Kai Engel (http://www.kai-engel.com/) ; “Hard Boiled,” and “Waltz Tschikovsky Op 40,” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/) ; “Like an Empty Sky” by  Daniel Birch (https://www.danielbirchmusic.com/) and Ben Pegley; “Fading” by Scott Buckley (https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/) ; and “Fog”  by Sergey Cheremisinov (https://www.s-cheremisinov.com/) . Sound Effects from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/home/) by arnaud-coutancier (https://freesound.org/people/arnaud%20coutancier/sounds/418299/) , kolezan (https://freesound.org/people/Kolezan/sounds/246117/) , miastodzwiekow (https://freesound.org/people/miastodzwiekow/sounds/110416/) , and odditonic (https://freesound.org/people/odditonic/sounds/187706/) . Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk (https://www.freesfx.co.uk/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) .

After gaining fortune and notoriety, Rothstein moved from bootlegging to drug smuggling to labor racketeering. With his connections and friendly demeanor, Rothstein was able to get out of any situation, and taught the likes of Charles Luciano, Meyer Lanksy, and Dutch Schultz to do the same. But a gambler is a gambler, and at some point there are some debts you can't get out of.  Our Sponsors for this episode are: Best Fiends (https://bestfiends.com/) The Bouqs Company (https://bouqs.com/mafia) Upstart (https://www.upstart.com/mafia) Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni (http://damianobaldoni.altervista.org/index.php/en/) . Music in this episode is ”Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; “Rolling at 5,” “Backed Vibes Clean,” “On the Cool Side,” “Night on the Docks,” “On the Ground,” “Deadly Roulette,” “I Knew a Guy,” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/) ; “daedalus” and “Snowfall” by  Kai Engel (http://www.kai-engel.com/) ; and “Wastelands” and “Breath of Death Part 1,” by Sergey Cheremisinov (https://www.s-cheremisinov.com/) . Sound Effects from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/home/) by Audionautics (https://freesound.org/people/Audionautics/sounds/136978/) , konakaboom (https://freesound.org/people/konakaboom/sounds/203536/) , pastabra (https://freesound.org/people/Pastabra/sounds/366194/) , ceberation (https://freesound.org/people/ceberation/sounds/235519/) ,  bennychico11 (https://freesound.org/people/bennychico11/sounds/44408/) , and bmoreno (https://freesound.org/people/bmoreno/sounds/147933/) . Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk (https://www.freesfx.co.uk/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) .

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. Our Sponsors for this episode are: LightStream (https://www.lightstream.com/mafia) Audible (https://www.audible.com/mafia) (text MAFIA to 500-500) Pessimists Archive Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pessimists-archive-podcast/id1104682320) Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni (http://damianobaldoni.altervista.org/index.php/en/) . 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 (http://incompetech.com/) ; “Breath of Death Part 1,” and “Wastelands” by Sergey Cheremisinov (https://www.s-cheremisinov.com/) ; and “daedalus” and “Junction” by  Kai Engel (http://www.kai-engel.com/) . Sound Effects from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/home/) by Ellary (https://freesound.org/people/Ellary/sounds/466478/) , stereodivo (https://freesound.org/people/stereodivo/sounds/101847/) , shelf-employed (https://freesound.org/people/shelf-employed/sounds/487356/) , AshFox (https://freesound.org/people/AshFox/sounds/191927/) ,  and InspectorJ (https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/336598/) . Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk (https://www.freesfx.co.uk/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) .

Three investigators try to put together the murder of Andrei Katz with the car theivery that the DeMeo crew has been doing for years without notice. And once the cops are on the case, it spells trouble for DeMeo. With rats running rampant anf family members turning informat, even DeMeo's earning power can't save him. Our Sponsors for this episode are: Best Fiends (https://bestfiends.com/) Feals CBD (https://feals.com/mafia) Parcast's Villains (https://www.parcast.com/villains) Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni (http://damianobaldoni.altervista.org/index.php/en/) . Music in this episode is “Life” and ”Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; “Unification on Multiplicity” by Ad Serpentae (https://www.discogs.com/artist/892453-Ad-Serpentae) ; “Backed Vibes Clean,” “Unanswered Questions,” “Night on the Docks” and “I Knew a Guy” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/) ; “Imminence,” “Dark Alleys,” and “River” by  Kai Engel (http://www.kai-engel.com/) ; and “Lucerna” and “Book of Mirrors,” by Sergey Cheremisinov (https://www.s-cheremisinov.com/) . Sound Effects from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/home/) by kfosse13 (https://freesound.org/people/kfosse13/sounds/423689/) , willybilly1984 (https://freesound.org/people/willybilly1984/sounds/345335/) , theshaggyfreak (https://freesound.org/people/theshaggyfreak/sounds/278889/) , Leoctiurs (https://freesound.org/people/Leoctiurs/sounds/428185/) , Ellary (https://freesound.org/people/Ellary/sounds/466478/) ,  Pastabra (https://freesound.org/people/Pastabra/sounds/366194/) , Dynamicell (https://freesound.org/people/Dynamicell/sounds/17552/) , kernschall (https://freesound.org/people/kernschall/sounds/411105/) , wertstahl (https://freesound.org/people/wertstahl/sounds/427608/) , and InspectorJ (https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/352104/) . Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk (https://www.freesfx.co.uk/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) .