The Vice Squad

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  • THE VICE SQUAD PODCAST

    True American crime history with host and author Vince Guerrieri. Season One of The Vice Squad Pod shines a light on the seedy underbelly of Youngstown, Ohio and the surrounding region. A midwestern, rustbelt crime town on Ohio's Northeastern border with Pennsylvania. Also featuring the writings of author/retired Police Chief Rick Porrello and filmmaker/podcast producer Johnny Chechitelli along with his fellow Youngstown Mob Talk co-host/mafia historian James Naples III. Together, The Vice Squad looks back at the most infamous, daring, bizarre and mysterious crimes of the 20th century.

    Rick Porrello is an author, drummer, and former police chief with a knack for writing books that attract interest from filmmakers (To Kill The Irishman and Superthief). Grab a copy of his latest book, There's More Bodies Out There: The True Story of a Mafia Associate and a Cop who Emerge as Suspected Serial Killers. He carries the last name of one of the first families in Cleveland's organized crime lore.

    Vince Guerrieri writes for a variety of publications, including The Smithsonian Magazine, Popular Mechanics, POLITICO, Defector, and CityLab. He's also co-author of one book and the author of two more, most recently, Weird Moments in Cleveland Sports.

    Johnny Chechitelli is a filmmaker and podcast producer behind the documentary Youngstown: Still Standing and the podcast Crooked City: Youngstown Ohio. He is one half of Youngstown Mob Talk with his co-host James Naples III and is the founder of Amazing Podcast Company.

    James Naples III is a descendent of Youngstown, Ohio's famous Naples brothers. He is also one half of the Youngstown Mob Talk podcast with Johnny Chechitelli, an accomplished mob historian with a Masters degree in Professional Communication, currently teaching for Youngstown City Schools.
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  • THE ORGANIZED CRIME TASK FORCE FILES: PART 1

    THE ORGANIZED CRIME TASK FORCE FILES: PART 1
    Jun 21 2024

    Youngstown Mob Talk and The Vice Squad Podcast presents Part 1 of a brand new, exclusive 5-Part investigative series: From Burglars to Murders, Who Hit the Hitman Joe DeRose?

    This story was compiled from information contained within investigative task force files from the Ohio Attorney General’s Organized Crime Investigation Commission. Included are details about crimes which have never been publicly released. These files were provided to us by a source who wishes to remain anonymous.

    In Part 1, the series examines the murder of Joe DeRose Jr., including the Task Force's investigation into Sam Fossesca and admitted co-conspirators Charles Treharn & Ed Farris.

    Coming up in Part 2, a deep dive into the murder of Dominic Senzarino.

    The audio of this episode contains real news clips as well as AI generated voice readings of actual transcripts from the Organized Crime Task Force investigation interviews of Sam Fossesca and Charles Treharn.

    A reminder that you can also watch with video by subscribing to our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/amazingpodcastcompany
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    26 mins
  • The Vice Squad: The Life & Death of Jimmy Munsene

    The Vice Squad: The Life & Death of Jimmy Munsene
    Oct 19 2023

    James Mancini, aka "Big Jimmy" Munsene was the first notorious crime boss of Ohio's Trumbull County. Munsene controlled gambling in the county and had clubs as far away as Atlantic City, NJ before he was gunned down in cold blood, along with his nephew, in Warren on March 24, 1941. He famously went on trial for the same act of bribery on three separate occasions, even hiring the country's most famous trial lawyer, Clarence Darrow, to represent him. Once Munsene was killed, stronger organized crime interests took control of Trumbull County, and ruled it for decades, not far from Youngstown, Ohio aka Crimetown, USA.
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    20 mins
  • The Vice Squad: The Sugar War

    The Vice Squad: The Sugar War
    Oct 19 2023

    On this episode, 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 brothers. It was all over corn sugar, which was used to make booze during prohibition in America.
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    21 mins
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