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Podcast: Crimes, Killers, Cults and Beer: A True Crime Podcast
Episode: 63 Mafia! Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano: Mafia Underboss, Hit Man, and Rat
Description: We are doing a 2 episode series on the Gambino Crime family in New York City. Its not exactly a 2 part episode. Its more like 2 related episodes. In the first one, we cover the life and rise of one of the mafia's most ruthless and feared hit men, Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano, who orchestrated the hit on Gambino boss, Frank Castellano, resulting in John Gotti taking over, which leads to Sammy defecting, and turning rat for the government, in exchange for a deal that brought down the mafia as a whole. We also cover his childhood, and how he rose...