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Podcast: True Crime Uncensored with Burl Barer and Mark Boyer
Episode: SURVIVOR -- From Childhood Abuse to World Champion Boxer -- Special Guest Vinnie Curto (some explicit language)
Description: When Vinnie was fourteen, his father, an alcoholic pedophile who raped his own son, forced him to pursue a boxing career. Jimmy Curto told his son that the only way he could ever be proud of him is if he won a boxing championship. He said if Vinnie failed in that, his only other alternative would be to commit suicide. To make his point, Jimmy produced a handgun and made Vinnie hold it in his hands. It is a memory that has haunted Vinnie for years.