EPISODE · Sep 7, 2026 · 12 MIN
Albert Anastasia's Murder at the Park Sheraton Barbershop
from A History of the American Mafia Podcast: Organized Crime, Mob Families, Bosses, Gangsters, Prohibition, Criminal Trials, and the Rise of La Cosa Nostra · host Podily & Josh Linsk
In 1957 Albert “The Lord High Executioner” Anastasia was killed inside a modest barbershop on the mezzanine of New York’s Park Sheraton Hotel—a place that would become an unexpected stage for organized‑crime violence. This episode unpacks the facts: who shot him, why an everyday space mattered, how witnesses, evidence and the ensuing investigations unfolded, and what that moment meant for the underworld’s public image. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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