La Cosa Nostra: The Italian Mafia --- bloody vendettas, bullets and bodies.

In the mob --- when they send for you, you go in alive, you come out dead, and it's your best friend that does it.  Badda Bing!!!  2 behind the ear … pum, pum. On this smokin’ new episode of Light ‘Em Up we take an intense look at The Italian Mafia, the Mob, also known as “La Cosa Nostra” – or as it is abbreviated in many indictments in U.S. Federal Court, “LCN” (La Cosa Nostra) -- which translates from Italian to English as “our thing”.Everybody loves a good gangster movie … from classics like The Godfather, Goodfellas or the TV series The Sopranos -- no genre has influenced the public’s perception of criminals more than gangster movies. Light ‘Em Up has gained access to exclusive Title III wiretap recordings of former Gambino Mob Family Boss John Gotti.  In this episode you’ll be able to hear directly from the late “Dapper Don”, the famed mobster, as he swears his allegiance to La Cosa Nostra. We’ve delicately scrubbed and cleaned this audio up even more than the Federal Bureau of Investigation solely for you, our fans, to hear this once in a lifetime confession and exclusive audio evidence – evidence that was used along with tons of other evidence to take down the biggest Mafiosi since Al Capone.  We investigate the origin of and define the RICO statutes (Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization) and how when the government decided to get tough with the mob – these laws had sufficient teeth to take most “wise guys” out of commission.We shine a light on the biggest cheese eatin’ rats in the modern day history of the mob: Joseph Valachi, Tommaso Buscetta and Sammy “The Bull” Gravano.  “The Bull” admitted on the witness stand to killing 19 people, implicating mob boss John Gotti in four of those murders. Hey … If I say you're a friend of mine, that means you're connected. If I say you're a friend of ours, that means you're a made guy. If I introduce you, I'm responsible for you. Anything wrong with you, I go down.Are ya’ thinkin’ about not listenin’ to this episode?Forget about it...Thank you so much to all of our subscribers.  We are currently being downloaded in over 45 countries.  This is well beyond our wildest imagination.  None of this would be possible without our tremendous guests, our extraordinary production team and YOU --- our listeners. Thanks so much, Executive ProducerPhil Rizzo      We want to hear from you!Support the show