Johnny Chechitelli talks about making Crooked City, interviewing Mark Batcho in prison and walking through a murder. Also, highlights from the Youngstown Mob group posts this week and a shout out to Gary Jenkins and Gangland Wire Podcast.
The Steel Valley Syndicate talks about the time Nick Saban and Bob Stoops’ uncle were part of a Youngstown robbery. Plus, rare pictures of Pittsburgh made man Brier Hill Jimmy Prato, a preview of the latest Crooked City podcast episode, the...
This week we’re talking about Youngstown’s connection to the legendary Crime Inc documentary, Frank Sinatra’s hate for The Godfather and his attempts to disassociate himself from the mafa. Also, Paul Gains’ debut in the...
The Steel Valley Syndicate discuss episode 13 of the Crooked City podcast, “The End of Omerta,” as well as the upcoming podcast series “The Vegas Player with Jimmy Mulidore.” Also, the Youngstown Mob Facebook group’s...
This week on The Vice Squad Podcast, author Rick Porrello writes about his own family’s organized crime history in Cleveland, Ohio as his grandfather and great uncles waged a war with their former friends and fellow bootleggers, the Lonardo...
The Vice Squad Podcast Episode 2: The Torso Murders. From Cleveland to Youngstown to Pittsburgh, a serial killerwreaked havoc along the railyards from the 1920s to the 1940s. Sometimes known as “The Mad Butcher,” this murdererchopped up...
The debut episode of The Vice Squad Podcast. Episode 1: Mahoning Valley Mob. In our first episode, we’re giving you acondensed history of organized crime in the Mahoning Valley. Future episodes will air bi-weekly, and will dive deeperinto...