Episode 51: Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano

The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Jeff Nadu

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 51 of the Sit Down, Jeff and Blackjack delve into the life of Bonanno boss Vinny Gorgeous Basciano. Vinny grew up in Yonkers and started being mentored by mobsters in his teens ultimately becoming a bookmaker and making his ascent as an earner and tough guy in the family. He gained the respect of a Bronx capo then ultimately Joe Massino. In the end, after Massinos arrest, he would make boss but his career would be derailed and he'd have to deal with a sordid list of murders and treachery from a surprising bedfellow. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE give us a follow on socials! FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE and please subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMYV0eyKQFhNZwLXpx7I0Ng FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @thesitdown7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sit Down, a Mafia History Podcast.
0:15.9	Here's your host, Jeff Nado.
0:20.5	What's up everybody and welcome back to another edition of the Sit Down, a Mafia History
0:25.4	Podcast.
0:26.4	I'm your host, Jeff Nado.
0:27.4	We're having a great day wherever you are.
0:29.3	We are back with another episode of the show and I got to tell you, I am very excited
0:34.8	for this one.
0:35.8	I'm always excited when we record this show, but you know, over the years, there are people
0:39.7	that I want to talk about, people that I want to get into and I'm very excited for today's
0:43.0	subject.
0:44.0	If you know me, you know, one of my favorite families to talk about is Banano Crime Family.
0:47.4	We're going to do that today.
0:48.8	However, before we do that, let's welcome back our co-host.
0:52.0	We haven't talked to him in a while.
0:53.0	He was sick for a couple of weeks.
0:54.7	He wasn't feeling great, had some things going on with his day job.
0:58.9	It's our co-host, Black Jack Fletcher, Black chick.
1:02.0	People have been asking about you and they're asking where you've been.
1:05.3	We're happy to have you back.
1:06.3	How are you doing, buddy?
1:07.3	Yeah, brother.
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