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🗓️ 25 August 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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In the 1970s, Chicago Outfit enforcer Frank Cullotta led one of the largest organized crime syndicates in the U.S. In 1978, FBI agent Dennis Arnoldy led the investigation that eventually brought Frank down. In this story, Frank shares secrets from his life in the mob and the jewelry heist that brought it all to an end.
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0:00.0 | I was a wise guy. |
0:10.0 | making a wise guy. |
0:15.0 | I was making a lot of money. |
0:18.0 | Burglar rising. In Las Vegas, |
0:20.0 | you could do whatever you want with money. |
0:24.0 | But if the FBI starts working on you 24 hours a day, |
0:31.0 | it's a serious problem. He was involved in cases of burglaries and |
0:39.2 | armed robberies, arson's murder. You've got to make this thing happen. |
0:44.0 | I thought, we just can't let this large a burglary happen. |
0:48.0 | That's when the adrenaline kicked in. |
0:51.0 | I thought, this is it. This is the big one we wanted. |
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1:16.7 | So turn off your lights and close your eyes. |
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1:28.0 | From Wundery, this is locked up abroad. |
1:30.0 | I'm your host Jim Clemente. |
1:32.0 | In Vegas Mobster, Chicago outfit |
1:34.6 | enforcer, Frank Kalata, talks about his association with the notorious crime |
1:38.7 | boss Tony Spilattro. In the 1970s, Frank's gang was one of the biggest organized crime syndicates in the United States involved in extortion, burglaries, arm robberies, and murders. |
1:50.0 | In 1978, the city of Las Vegas started to crack down on organized crime. |
1:55.6 | FBI Agent Dennis Arnoldi was in charge of the investigation, eventually bringing Frank down. |
2:01.0 | In this story, Frank shares secrets from his life in the mob and the jewelry |
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