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Podcast: True Crime Reporter
Episode: This Is Not The Godfather – It’s the Brutal Truth About the Mob
Description: By Robert Riggs
The Godfather. Goodfellas. The Sopranos.
Hollywood entertained us with polished fiction—honor among thieves, loyalty bound by blood, men of principle wrapped in tailored suits.
But the real mob? It was darker. Colder. Predatory. The smile came first. The knife came after.
This is the true story of how FBI Special Agent Mike Campi helped dismantle the Genovese crime family—the oldest, largest, and most insidious of New York’s five Mafia Families.
Founded by Charles “Lucky” Luciano in 1931. Consolidated under Vito Genovese in the late 1950s. The fam...