Latest Mobs Podcast Episodes
Philly Prime Podcast: Ghost Guns & Homemade "Switches" Fuel Gun Violence / Update on the Pagans MC
Philly Prime Podcast - April 26, 2024 18:00 - 30 minutesGun violence across our region is being fueled by illegal weapons on the streets and so called “Ghost Guns”. They’re untraceable and dangerous. Now there’s trafficking in “ switches” than can make semi-automatic guns into fully automatic weapons. Edwin Torres from the NJ State Commission of Inve...
WILLIE SUTTON Ep. 1 | “Irishtown”
Infamous America - April 17, 2024 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsWillie Sutton grows up in a tough Irish neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York where he idolizes the gangsters who run the local docks. At the age of 10, he commits his first serious theft. Future crimes and false accusations force him to go on the run before he joins a gang of professional thieves. ...
Philly Prime Podcast. The Martin Taccetta Court Saga Takes A Turn
Philly Prime Podcast - April 04, 2024 19:00 - 28 minutesThe 3-decade old judicial saga for jailed Lucchese Crime Family Captain Martin Taccetta takes a turn and support for his bid to be set free gains support from non other than one time reputed Mob Boss, turned podcaster Joey Merlino. Plus the Feds go digging for bodies again in upstate New York at...
PATTY HEARST Ep. 6 | “The Truth of Patty Hearst”
Infamous America - March 20, 2024 08:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsMore than a year and a half after Patty Hearst was kidnapped, her legal saga plays out in court and in the media. In court, she portrays herself as an innocent victim who was forced to participate in criminal activities. In early media encounters, she sounds like she genuinely joined the revoluti...
PATTY HEARST Ep. 5 | “The End of the The SLA”
Infamous America - March 13, 2024 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsPatty Hearst and the other two surviving members of the SLA connect with new recruits and flee to Pennsylvania to hide from the police. Before long, the group returns to northern California and conducts a bank robbery that has fatal consequences. The FBI picks up the trail of the elusive fugitive...
PATTY HEARST Ep. 4 | “The L.A. Shootout”
Infamous America - March 06, 2024 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsThe SLA feels heat from the FBI and law enforcement in northern California, so the group moves south to Los Angeles. Patty Hearst and two other members drive to a sporting goods store to buy supplies, but the simple errand takes a dramatic turn for the worse. The trio ends up on the run through L...
Philly Prime Ep 113: Feds bring RICO case on LaForte Brothers. Plus Anthony Persiano Update.
Philly Prime Podcast - February 29, 2024 19:15 - 35 minutesFederal authorities in Philadelphia dropped a massive 60-count Racketeering indictment on Brothers Joseph and James LaForte this week after hundreds of investors and clients were allegedly defrauded to the tune of $550 Million. One of the brothers in the “LaForte Enterprise” has been publicly ide...
PATTY HEARST Ep. 3 | “The Hibernia Robbery”
Infamous America - February 28, 2024 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsAfter more than two months in captivity, Patty Hearst emerges from the shadows and helps the SLA rob a bank in northern California. The public is shocked to see images of the former college student who now looks like an armed revolutionary. A radio station receives a recording in which Patty proc...
Philly Prime Ep 112 - Gov. Shapiro: A rising star in the Democratic Party
Philly Prime Podcast - February 22, 2024 19:30 - 44 minutesDemocratic Gov. Josh Shapiro is drawing lots of attention for his new PA state budget, quick repairs to I-95 and all sorts of other key issues facing Pennsylvania. He’s even getting some mention as a potential Presidential candidate. FOX29 Political analyst Bruce Gordon joins the podcast to brea...
PATTY HEARST Ep. 2 | “The Ransom”
Infamous America - February 21, 2024 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsThe kidnappers contact Patty Hearst’s family and make a strange and unprecedented demand. The SLA wants the wealthy Hearst family to set up a food distribution program throughout California. The Hearsts quickly organize a program, but it debuts with disastrous results. And the world hears the fir...
PATTY HEARST Ep. 1 | “The SLA”
Infamous America - February 14, 2024 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsOn February 4, 1974, strangers burst into the college apartment of Patty Hearst and kidnap her at gunpoint. While she begins her stay in captivity, she learns about her kidnappers. They are a ragtag collection of hopeful revolutionaries who call themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army. They are...
Philly Prime Ep 111 - A Mob Case You Can Sink Your Teeth Into
Philly Prime Podcast - January 25, 2024 19:00 - 33 minutesA New Jersey judge this week ordered a full blown hearing into defense claims that dental records that could have provided an alibi for Lucchese Crime Family leader Martin Taccetta were tampered with in a 1984 murder case and a report saying so was withheld from the defense. Lawyers say the doc...
UPDATE | “Summer of 1876” Event Announcements!
Infamous America - January 24, 2024 09:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsJoin us for two upcoming events in 2024 about Chris’s book, “The Summer of 1876” February 2, 2024 – 2:00-3:00pm Presentation 3:00pm Book Signing Scottsdale, Arizona Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West Presentation and Book Signing **FREE to the public March 9-10, 2024 Tucson, Arizon...
BABY FACE NELSON Ep. 6 | “Public Enemy No. 1”
Infamous America - January 17, 2024 09:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsShortly after the Little Bohemia shootout, the celebrity criminals of the 1930s start to experience a reckoning. They fall one by one: Bonnie and Clyde, then John Dillinger, then Pretty Boy Floyd. In the autumn of 1934, Lester Gillis, aka George “Baby Face” Nelson, becomes the third man to carry ...
Philly Prime Ep 110 - E-A-G-L-E-S Dave Talks Birds with Bill Colarulo Jr
Philly Prime Podcast - January 11, 2024 20:00 - 45 minutesEagles, Eagles, Eagles. Love em or hate em, they are the talk of the town this week. A bad run of losses and an upcoming playoff game vs.The Tampa Bay Bucs has everybody tossing around opinions. Bill Colarulo Jr., Host of The Legalhandstotheface podcast and Philly Sports Power Hour, joins the sh...
BABY FACE NELSON Ep. 5 | “The Little Bohemia Shootout”
Infamous America - January 10, 2024 09:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsAfter two robberies that featured gun battles, the Nelson-Dillinger gang needs some time to cool off. Baby Face Nelson heads out west to do a little business, and then reunites with the gang at the Little Bohemia Lodge in Wisconsin. Unbeknownst to the gang, FBI Agent Melvin Purvis has organized a...
BABY FACE NELSON Ep. 4 | “The Dillinger Connection”
Infamous America - January 03, 2024 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsAfter the messy Grand Haven job, Baby Face Nelson looks for a new crew. It’s the fall of 1933 and newspaper headlines are dominated by the most infamous criminals of the era: Bonnie and Clyde, George “Machine Gun” Kelly, Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, Alvin “Creepy” Karpis and the Barker Family, Joh...
BABY FACE NELSON Ep. 3 | “The Grand Haven Heist”
Infamous America - December 27, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsBaby Face Nelson flees to the West Coast to avoid a manhunt in the Midwest. He works for prominent gamblers in Reno, Nevada and a bootlegger in California, but he misses his family in Chicago. He meets famous robber Alvin “Creepy” Karpis and takes Karpis’s advice to form a new crew in St. Paul, M...
Philly Prime Ep 109 - New Mayor & New Police Commissioner
Philly Prime Podcast - December 26, 2023 19:00 - 30 minutesA Changing of the Guard At Philadelphia City Hall. Mayor Jim Kenney in his final weeks in office as Cherelle Parker gets ready to take control of the city. A new Police Commissioner and promises to crack down on gun violence top the new mayoral agenda. FOX29 Political Analyst Bruce Gordon joins ...
Philly Prime Ep 108 - Fairmount Park Rapist Suspect in Custody. 20 year old Cold Case Cracked
Philly Prime Podcast - December 21, 2023 20:00 - 29 minutesIn an amazing twist of fate and some great detective work, Philadelphia Police now believe they have the alleged Fairmount Park rapist in custody, 20 years after he first struck. Elias Diaz was arrested for a series of slashing incidents over the weekend in Pennypack Park. Investigators say DNA...
BABY FACE NELSON Ep. 2 | “Escalation”
Infamous America - December 20, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsLester Gillis – known as George Nelson, nicknamed Baby Face Nelson – wants to graduate from home invasion to bank robbery. His crew targets small-town banks with varying degrees of success, and their streak doesn’t last long. Nelson gets arrested and sent to prison, but he proves he’s resourcefu...
BABY FACE NELSON Ep. 1 | “Home Invasion”
Infamous America - December 13, 2023 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsLester Gillis shows a restless spirit at a young age and soon begins his criminal career with a gang that specializes in home invasions. His crew makes a name for itself during Chicago’s crime wave of 1930, and he receives the nickname that sticks with him for the rest of his short life. Join Bl...
Philly Prime Ep 107 - Bloods Bombshell, Big Drug Bust Involving Bloods 5-Star General
Philly Prime Podcast - December 07, 2023 19:00 - 32 minutesThe Feds swoop in and bust Bloods Street Gang 5-Star General Edwin Spears with 500lbs of pot, 28lbs of Coke and 1,000 cartridges of THC. Arrested boarding a chartered jet to London. What lead to the arrest, where did the drugs come from and where could this arrest lead. Plus a look back at Spea...
Philly Prime Ep 106 Philly’s New Mayor….Johnny Doc goes on trial
Philly Prime Podcast - November 09, 2023 19:00 - 42 minutesPhiladelphia has a new Mayor-Elect. Cherelle Parker, who this week won election to replace Jim Kenney. Fox29’s Jeff Cole’s been covering the campaign and has interviewed Parker on a multitude of topics. He joins us to talk politics, Parker’s crime/gun violence plan and her other top challenges. ...
HOLLYWOOD MURDER Ep. 6 | Black Dahlia, Part 4
Infamous America - November 08, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsInvestigators and prosecutors build a case against Dr. George Hodel for the murder of Elizabeth Short. But for an unknown reason, it doesn’t lead to an arrest or an indictment. Dr. Hodel moves on with his life, even as he is suspected of multiple crimes, including multiple murders. Decades after...
Philly Prime Ep 105: Merlino/Stanfa Mob War. Expressway Mob Hit
Philly Prime Podcast - November 02, 2023 19:00 - 34 minutesIt was a Mob hit that rocked Philadelphia. A daring, rush hour drive by shooting on the infamous Schuykill Expressway. The target was Mob Boss John Stanfa. The shooters, allegedly his rivals from the Merlino Mob faction. Now 30 years later, one of the cops assigned to the case delivers new deta...
HOLLYWOOD MURDER Ep. 5 | Black Dahlia, Part 3
Infamous America - November 01, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsInvestigators struggle to find clues which will lead them to the killer. Suspects are interviewed and cleared. And then, the presumed Black Dahlia killer contacts a Los Angeles newspaper and provides chilling information about the crime and the victim, Elizabeth Short. But the investigation stall...
HOLLYWOOD MURDER Ep. 4 | Black Dahlia, Part 2
Infamous America - October 25, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsThe police and the press continue to learn more about the life story of murder victim, Elizabeth Short, and the information now includes the fact that she had been nicknamed “Black Dahlia” while working as a waitress. Investigators trace her movements up to the day she disappeared and interview t...
HOLLYWOOD MURDER Ep. 3 | Black Dahlia, Part 1
Infamous America - October 18, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsOn January 15, 1947, a dead body is discovered in a vacant lot on the edge of downtown Los Angeles, California. A young woman was brutally murdered and police identify her as Elizabeth Short. Investigators and newspaper reporters race to uncover the details of her life story. The press have a gor...
Philly Prime Ep 104 Gino Marconi Murder
Philly Prime Podcast - October 12, 2023 20:00 - 23 minutesOn April 10,1999 little known mob associate Gino Marconi stepped out onto his front porch on 20th Street near Porter Street followed by a female friend and was promptly shot to death by an assassin using a rifle. His friend was seriously wounded. The daring Mob hit has never been solved, no one h...