Episode 75: Bonanno associate Gene Borello

The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Jeff Nadu

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Jeff welcomes former Bonanno associate Gene Borello to the podcast. Gene tells his story from the beginning, born into a family with ties to the Mafia from Ozone Park and Howard Beach in Queens. We talked about his teenage years getting into petty crime and ultimately becoming a bookmaker, loan shark, debt collector, home invader and earner/enforcer for the Bonanno Crime Family under capos like Vincent Asaro and Ronald "Ronnie G" Giallanzo. An action packed episode filled with plenty of stories and more. We hope you enjoy the show, please leave us a deserving rating and review! FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE and please subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMYV0eyKQFhNZwLXpx7I0Ng FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @sitdowncrimepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Jane loved crisps.
0:02.7	She ate them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
0:05.6	Even at Fancy Pants' restaurants.
0:07.6	Your crisps, Madame.
0:09.0	Years went by, but then crisps stopped doing it for her.
0:12.8	They got her thrown out of cinemas.
0:15.9	And were forever in the bedsheets.
0:19.6	crisps.
0:20.8	They're kind of like your current account.
0:22.7	Just because they were good ones doesn't mean you have to stick with them forever.
0:26.4	Maybe it's time to switch with the current account switch service.
0:30.4	Phillips presents One Blade, The Dilemma.
0:33.6	To shave or not.
0:35.6	To shave?
0:37.3	Perhaps a trim.
0:38.3	What should I sharpen up the edges?
0:39.9	The new Phillips One Blade 360 lets you trim,
0:43.1	edge, and shave more effortlessly than ever.
0:45.9	You just need to decide on your look.
0:47.6	Whether it's nobody.
0:49.0	I really don't.
0:50.0	Yep, yep.
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