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Murder Inc: The Jewish & Italian Hit Squad that Terrorized the US

Murder Inc: The Jewish & Italian Hit Squad that Terrorized the US

FromThe Underworld Podcast


Murder Inc: The Jewish & Italian Hit Squad that Terrorized the US

FromThe Underworld Podcast

ratings:
Length:
63 minutes
Released:
Apr 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In the 1920's, high level gangsters like Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky had a plan to bring some semblance of order to the underworld. Together with a few other kingpins, they formed the Syndicate: a collection of the most powerful organized crime figures across the country that operated like a corporation with a board of directors that voted on everything related to gangsters. To make sure their judgments were respected, they needed an enforcement arm. Enter Murder Incorporated.

Emerging from the Happy Maione's Ocean Hill Hooligans and Abe "Kid Twist" Reles Brownsville Troop, this collection of Jewish and Italian hit men would bring new meaning to the term "contract killer," dropping upwards of a thousand bodies across the country in a 10 year span as they carried out the Syndicate's bidding. Men like Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss, otherwise known as Pep, who had a confirmed 30 hits and might have had as many as 100, became some of the most prolific killers the world of organized crime has ever seen.

Based on the books "Tough Jews" by Rich Cohen and "Murder, Inc" by Burton Turkus.
Released:
Apr 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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