Jimmy Naples and Johnny Chechitelli break down their live, sold out Youngstown Mob Talk show at the Robins Theatre. The show, which took place February 9, 2023, played to a packed house of 1,400 people and included special guest Rick Porrello...
The Steel Valley Syndicate, Johnny Chechitelli and Jimmy Naples, are back with another Youngstown Mob Talk with Cigars, shot live from Cut & Toast in Struthers, Ohio. Johnny and Jimmy introduce a few new segments on the show, including the...
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 delves into one of the most daring train robberies in American history. On November 7, 1935, as the mid-west crime wave continued, infamous criminal Alvin “Creepy” Karpis and his gang pulled off a heist that...
The Vice Squad Podcast Episode 3: The Jungle Inn. There was once a place in Trumbull County Ohio, just outside of Youngstown city limits, called Halls Corners, which was “conceived in infamy!” according to Youngstown Police Chief Eddie...
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...