The Mountain Mafia

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Western Fringe

Heidi Beedle

16 episodes

1 week ago

Western Fringe is a podcast about the weird history of Colorado. westernfringe@protonmail.com

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Western Fringe is a podcast about the weird history of Colorado. westernfringe@protonmail.com

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The Mountain Mafia

Western Fringe

46 minutes 33 seconds

3 years ago

The Mountain Mafia

We talk about the Smaldone crime family. Bloody shootouts in Pueblo during the 1920s, gory gangland killings in Denver in the 30s, weird mob connections to Harry S Truman and Colorado Governor Ralph Carr, among others. Things get weird with mentions of Anton LaVey and Clyde Smaldone's take on "conspiracy theories" surrounding the JFK assassination.

Sources:
Smaldone: The Untold Story of an American Crime Family by Dick Kreck