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Podcast: True Crime Uncensored with Burl Barer and Mark Boyer
Episode: A "Family" Business == Award winning author Dennis Griffin, famous for his "mob books" is back with a new book and great stories
Description: Joe Silvestri was a tough kid from the mean streets of New York. He went from street brawler to wearing a tux at the glamorous Copacabana. He eventually provided “muscle” for the Mob, a highly respected and feared fixer—the guy you went to if you had a problem that needed to be resolved. He followed Mob protocol when having a sit down with an adversary: You never break bread with the enemy.
Award-winning Mob author Dennis Griffin joins forces with Joey “the Fixer” Silvestri to tell a tale of a bygone era when organized crime dominated New York Ci...