Meet the Families – The Gambino Family
Title: Meet the Families – The Gambino Family
Original Publication Date: 6/7/2023
Transcript URL: https://share.descript.com/view/N78OGme4bhq
Description: In this episode of Organized and Punishment, Mustache Chris and Steve unravel the captivating history of the #GambinoCrimeFamily, an infamous Mafia organization that left an indelible mark on American organized crime. From its humble beginnings to its rise to power, we delve into the story of this notorious family. Under the leadership of Carlo Gambino, the Gambino crime family established itself as a force to be reckoned with. From Prohibition-era bootlegging to involvement in various criminal activities, #CarloGambino's reign witnessed the family's ascent to prominence. Tune in as we explore the shadows of the #GambinoCrimeFamily and its impact on the criminal underworld.
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Begin Transcript:
[00:00:00] Welcome to Organized Crime and Punishment, the best spot in town to hang out and talk about history and crime with your hosts, Steve and Mustache, Chris.
Here we are again with another five families in five episodes. I am Steve and I'm joined by our partner in Crime Mustache, Chris. Today we are telling the story of one of the most famous or possibly infamous Mafia families, the big one, the Gambino family. Of all the families, the Gambinos are likely to be the family.
Most people are familiar with. That being said, the Gambinos have one of the most complicated histories of all the families, and they were central in some way or in some way connected to almost all of the stories that we will tell in this first season of organized crime and punishment. So let's get [00:01:00] started.
Chris, just overall, what's your thought about the the Gambino family? When you think of like the stereotypical mafia guy from the movie, it's like the Gambino family. This is what I would think of, right? Uh, wearing the, maybe because this is more so like John Gotti, like wearing the flashy suits and you know, talking to the media and stuff like that.
I don't know. Out of all the families, I say the Gambino family, family's probably the most fun to read about. Yeah, I think we're gonna see that they're the most, I guess you might saw, say, the most varied. They're, they're into the real, in the, in the trenches kind of crime stuff, but they're also in the highest of high finance and white collar crime.
They really, uh, they, they embraced all of it, the blue collar to the white collar crime, but, Let's go, uh, and talk about the kind of the, the origins. And again, we're, we're gonna go deep into history with this one, but we're just going to really skim over it. All of these with all of the [00:02:00] episodes. We're gonna go into some deep dives into the very earliest of the mafia, but where does this Gambino family set its roots?
The Gambino family can trace his origins back to the Qui gang, which is, uh, they were part of the Igna, uh, which was led by, uh, sorry, Ignasio, uh, Lupu, who was, uh, like a newly arrived, uh, Sicilian immigrant in New York, who ba basically ran, uh, Little Italy, his nickname was The Wolf. Right. So that kind of gives you an idea of the type of character this guy was.
Yeah. But he ended up finding himself in jail. Uh, for, had some, it was a massive, uh, counterfeiting money scheme. And I think one, well eventually we're gonna get into it cuz it involves like a very famous It
