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Did you know Milwaukee had a Mafia? Many people don't realize how powerful the Milwaukee Mafia was - especially during Frank Balistrieri's impressive 30-year reign! Gavin Schmitt has been re...
Episodes
20 of 221 episodesThe Story of the Milwaukee Mafia White Book
In this episode Gavin talks about the original full length book he wrote and what you learn during the process of writing your first full le...
Franks Tax Case Finally ends
In this episode we heare about Frank fresh out of prison for his tax case goes back to court to fight the ruling one final time -- Join the...
The First ever Milwaukee Mini
In this promo Gavin talks about the release of the first Milwaukee Mafia Mini which takes a deeper look into the Black Mafia, and is availab...
Dirty Helen Followup
In this episode we revisit the Dirty Helen episode as Eric finished the book and has some things to discuss not mentioned in early podcasts....
Benni Balistrieri
In this episode we hear a side story about one of Frank's Daughters Benni and her concert promoting husband -- Join the Milwaukee Mafia News...
Speaking Venues
In this episode Gavin discusses some behind the scenes author stuff on how he goes about getting speaking events, what are some unexpected v...
The Outlaws
In light of the impending release of the Chapter of the Outlaws motorcycle club being released from prison we take a look at some brief hist...
Failures
In this episode Gavin talks about some of the failures he has had over the course of writing his books -- Join the Milwaukee Mafia Newslette...
Patrick Odonnell
In this episode we have a special guest a former Milwaukee Police Officer joins us and tell us some stories of organized crime while serving...
Barons and Bootleggers
We talk about the Book Oconomowac Barons and Bootleggers. A listener recommended book based on a previous Mafia Episode -- Join the Milwauke...
Robert Beaudry
In this episode we discuss a time when Joe writes a will with a little bit of blowback and we learn what happens when a Balestrieri tries to...
Herman Pastor and Kid Cann
In this episode we talk about connections between Herman Pastor from the Dirty Slots segment and Kid Cann a notorious mobster in the Minneap...
Leo Roethe
In this episode we here a story of a business man, who has some run in with the Mafia, as he is able to take out loans and lose 20 million d...
Milwaukee Mafia Wikipedia Page
In this episode we discuss a listener question about the Wikipedia page and whether some of the information could be inaccurate. -- Join the...
An Announcement From Gavin
A quick message about some changes coming to the podcast -- Join the Milwaukee Mafia Newsletter and get updates about the Mafia and Gavin ht...
Frank Ranney and The Teamsters Union
In this episode we take a deeper look at who is Frank Ranney and what role did he play in the Teamsters Union and how he helped the Mafia --...
Who could have replaced Jon Alioto
In this episode a listener inquiries why Frank Balistrieri took over mob boss from Jon Alioto when there relationship was not very good and...
Frank Lagalbo
In this episode we discuss the end days of a classical Milwaukee Mafia Frank Lagalbo -- Join the Milwaukee Mafia Newsletter and get updates...
What happened to the Gaurdalabene Family
In this episode Gavin answers a listener question about what led to the original Milwaukee mob boss losing control of the Mafia -- Join the...