Introducing the newest Audioboom original podcast, Truth vs Hollywood. Join Film lovers David Chen and Joanna Robinson as they do a deep dive into well known films and discuss how similar they are to the actual story. The discussion also features interviews with experts, historians, and people who were involved in the real stories. Truth vs Hollywood premieres 6/12. Subscribe to Truth vs Hollywood (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truth-vs-hollywood/id1510582080) on Apple Podcasts: 

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Introducing: Truth vs Hollywood

Mobbed Up chronicles the rise and fall of organized crime in Las Vegas through the eyes of those who lived it: ex-mobsters, law enforcement officials, politicians and journalists. From back alleys to bank vaults, dimly lit basements to the neon glow of the Las Vegas Strip, this 11-part narrative true crime series transports listeners to the 20th-century criminal underworlds of Chicago, Kansas City and Las Vegas. The first two episodes are available now, and future episodes will be released weekly. Mobbed Up is a production of the Las Vegas Review-Journal and The Mob Museum. For more information, visit www.reviewjournal.com/mobbedup.

Introducing: Mobbed Up

Life's Little Mysteries is the newest Audioboom original podcast and co-production with Live Science. This podcast is for everyone and anyone who loves science and wants to know more about everything around us. Join hosts Mindy Weisberger and Jeanna Bryner of Live Science every Monday as they give you the low-down on all things big and small that truly make you wonder. Life's Little Mysteries has new episodes every Monday. Subscribe (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lifes-little-mysteries/id1496044775) to Life's Little Mysteries on Apple Podcasts

Introducing Life's Little Mysteries

In Upstate New York, 200 miles from the bustling gang-run city, something new was born. As the rich headed upstate for summer vacations, a gangster had a vision of a gambling paradise, and turned Saratoga Springs into the casino hotspot of the late 1800s. Our Sponsors for this episode are: Purple (https://purple.com/) (text MAFIA to 84-888) Best Fiends (https://bestfiends.com/) Sony Pictures' The Traitor (https://www.sonyclassics.com/thetraitor/) Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni (http://damianobaldoni.altervista.org/index.php/en/) . Music in this episode is ”Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; “River Meditation” by Jason Shaw (https://audionautix.com/) ; “Backed Vibes Clean,” “Night on the Docks,” “On the Cool Side,” “I Knew a Guy,” “Rollin at 5,” and “Hard Boiled,”  by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/) ;  “Bankrupt” by Jahzzar (http://www.betterwithmusic.com/) ;  "Gates" and “Old All” by Sergey Cheremisinov (https://www.s-cheremisinov.com/) ; “Thoughts About Future” by Parvus Decree (https://archive.org/details/PD_Aeon1) .; and “Gray” by  Rafael Archangel (https://rafaelarchangel.bandcamp.com/) . Sound Effects from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/home/) by RTB45,  (https://freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/402306/) eliasheuninck, (https://freesound.org/people/eliasheuninck/sounds/170464/) klankbeeld (https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/502009/) , craftcrest (https://freesound.org/people/craftcrest/sounds/349038/) , unfa, (https://freesound.org/people/unfa/sounds/211146/) Ramston, (https://freesound.org/people/Ramston/sounds/156950/)   (https://freesound.org/people/Ramston/sounds/156950/;) arnaud coutancier (https://freesound.org/people/arnaud%20coutancier/) , (https://freesound.org/people/bmccoy2/sounds/159757/) and bmccoy2 (https://freesound.org/people/bmccoy2/sounds/159757/) . Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk (https://www.freesfx.co.uk/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) .

13: Bonus 06: The First Casino

Gangsters Walter Scheib and Frank Hoffman owned one of the most successful speakeasies during the prohibition. But Hoffman disappeared in the 1940s, leaving behind 2 iron safes . . . and what was inside would pull a local family into a murder mystery. Our Sponsor for this episode is: Purple (https://purple.com/) (text MAFIA to 84-888) Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni (http://damianobaldoni.altervista.org/index.php/en/) . Music in this episode is ”Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; “Rollin at 5,” “Heart of the Beast,” “On the Ground,” and “I Knew a Guy,” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/) ; “Oxygen Garden” by Chris Zabriskie (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/) ; “Imminence” and “Dark Alleys” by Kai Engel (https://www.kai-engel.com/) ; and “Angst” by Xenojam (https://www.google.com/search?q=xenojam&oq=xenojam&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61j69i60l2.1647j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) . Sound Effects from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/home/) by carloscarty (https://freesound.org/people/CarlosCarty/sounds/427705/) ,  kfosse13 (https://freesound.org/people/kfosse13/sounds/423689/) , InspectorJ (https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/400632/) , tim.kahn (https://freesound.org/people/tim.kahn/sounds/103343/) , stereostereo (https://freesound.org/people/stereostereo/sounds/117348/) , onteca (https://freesound.org/people/onteca/sounds/197771/) ,  jorickhoofd (https://freesound.org/people/jorickhoofd/sounds/161599/) ,  PeteBarry (https://freesound.org/people/PeteBarry/sounds/494209/) , constructabeat (https://freesound.org/people/constructabeat/sounds/258385/) , Sandermotions (https://freesound.org/people/Sandermotions/sounds/369002/) , Suncord_Audiolab (https://freesound.org/people/Suncord_Audiolab/sounds/476247/) , and sound_ims (https://freesound.org/people/sound_ims/sounds/131525/) . Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk (https://www.freesfx.co.uk/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) .

Bonus 01: Inside the Safes

Colombo was flooded with cash from his numerous rackets and enjoying the good life. Distress grew in the highest circles of the Mafia that law enforcement scrutiny would intensify because of Colombo’s actions. And he gained even more attention when he used the growing civil rights movement as retaliation against the FBI. Our Sponsors for this episode are: Light Stream (https://www.lightstream.com/mafia) Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni (http://damianobaldoni.altervista.org/index.php/en/) . Music in this episode is ”Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; "Fog," "Lucerna," and "She-Wolf In My Heart" by Sergey Cheremisinov (https://www.s-cheremisinov.com/) ; "Dark Alleys," "Difference," "Imminence," "January," "Snowfall (Intro)," and "Universe In Hands" by Kai Engel (https://www.kai-engel.com/) ; "Showdown" by How The Night Came; "Unanswered Questions" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/) . Sound Effects from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/home/) | Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk (https://www.freesfx.co.uk/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) .

12: Joe Colombo (Part 2)

Joseph Colombo was a mid-ranking Mafioso in one of New York’s Five Families. But when Colombo decided to break one of the mob’s most important rules, his career began to skyrocket. The FBI took notice and Colombo, once again, made a daring move. Our Sponsors for this episode are: Best Fiends (https://bestfiends.com/) Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni (http://damianobaldoni.altervista.org/index.php/en/) . Music in this episode is ”Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; "Fog" and "Lucerna" by Sergey Cheremisinov (https://www.s-cheremisinov.com/) ; "Dark Alleys" and "Scenery" by Kai Engel (https://www.kai-engel.com/) ; "Bankrupt" by Jahzzar (http://www.betterwithmusic.com/) ; "Battalion" by krackatoa (https://krackatoa.weebly.com/) ; “Waltz (Tchaikovsky Op. 40),” "On The Ground," "Deadly Roulette," and "Impact Moderato" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/) . Sound Effects from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/home/) | Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk (https://www.freesfx.co.uk/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) .

11: Joe Colombo (Part 1)

Valachi took the stand and revealed some of the strangest Cosa Nostra secrets - but the Mafia wouldn't stand idly by while their rules were broken. And when he had served his purpose, even the FBI couldn't keep him safe forever.  Our Sponsors this episode are:  Upstart (https://www.upstart.com/mafia) Manscaped (https://www.manscaped.com/) (code: MAFIA) Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni (http://damianobaldoni.altervista.org/index.php/en/) . Music in this episode is ”Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; “Gagool,” “Acid Jazz,” “Heart of the Beast,” “Dances and Dames,” and “Mourning Song,”  by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/) ; “The One Great Step” by the Victor Dance Orchestra (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Victor_Dance_Orchestra) ; “Angst” by Xenojam (https://www.google.com/search?q=xenojam&oq=xenojam&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61j69i60l2.1647j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) ; “Golden Eye” by Daniel Birch and Ben Pegley (https://daniel-birch.bandcamp.com/) ; and “Thoughts About Future” by Parvus Decree (https://archive.org/details/PD_Aeon1) . Sound Effects from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/home/) by Kyster, (https://freesound.org/people/Kyster/sounds/124027/) Incarnadine (https://freesound.org/people/Incarnadine/sounds/30553/) , and lawnjelly (https://freesound.org/people/lawnjelly/sounds/156890/) . Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk (https://www.freesfx.co.uk/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) .

10: Joe Valachi (Part 2)

Joe Valachi had been in the Mafia for years, but hadn't risen much in the ranks. But when he was facing a life sentence, there was one group of people who thought he was high enough  - for information. The FBI saw in Valachi a chance to learn the mob's structure; and Valachi saw a chance to get out of jail. Our Sponsors for this episode are: LightStream (https://www.lightstream.com/mafia) Best Fiends (https://bestfiends.com/) Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni (http://damianobaldoni.altervista.org/index.php/en/) . Music in this episode is “Life” and ”Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; “Thoughts About Future” by Parvus Decree (https://archive.org/details/PD_Aeon1) ; “Gagool,” “Night on the Docks,” “Mourning Song,” “Walking Along,” “I Knew a Guy,” and “Heart of the Beast” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/) . Sound Effects from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/home/) by tim.kahn (https://freesound.org/people/tim.kahn/sounds/28445/) , Pedaling-Prince (https://freesound.org/people/Pedaling%20Prince/sounds/275698/) , edwar64896 (https://freesound.org/people/edwar64896/sounds/250934/) , cemagar (https://freesound.org/people/cemagar/sounds/120337/) , pauliep83 (https://freesound.org/people/pauliep83/sounds/33679/) , and Omar-Alvarado (https://freesound.org/people/Omar%20Alvarado/sounds/195347/) . Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk (https://www.freesfx.co.uk/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) .

9: Joe Valachi (Part 1)

While Costello made his mafia money through gambling, Vito Genovese found something more lucrative: drugs. The brash and homicidal Don Vito was put in and out of exile from the United States - but when he returned at last, he went after Costello's mafia seat. And Costello, though unwilling to fight back, soon found himself on Don Vito's short hit list. Our Sponsors for this episode are: Parcast's Natural Disasters (https://www.parcast.com/naturaldisasters) Audible (https://www.audible.com/mafia) (Text MAFIA to 500-500) Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni (http://damianobaldoni.altervista.org/index.php/en/) . Music in this episode is “Soldraconis” and ”Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; “Dark Alleys,” and “Imminence” by  Kai Engel (http://www.kai-engel.com/) ; “Angst” by Xenojam (https://www.google.com/search?q=xenojam&oq=xenojam&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61j69i60l2.1647j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) ; “Fading” and “Computations Altmix” by Scott Buckley (https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/) ; “Night on the Dock,” and “Covert Affairs”  by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/) ; “Wastelands” by Sergey Cheremisinov (https://www.s-cheremisinov.com/) ; and “Like an Empty Sky” by Daniel Birch & Ben Pegley. (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Daniel_Birch__Ben_Pegley) Sound Effects from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/home/) by Soundholder (https://freesound.org/people/Soundholder/sounds/425364/ ) , miastodzwiekow, (https://freesound.org/people/miastodzwiekow/sounds/110416/) iainmccurdy (https://freesound.org/people/iainmccurdy/sounds/433772/) , manychefsbroth (https://freesound.org/people/manychefsbroth/sounds/151876/) , ramston (https://freesound.org/people/Ramston/sounds/156950/) , CarlosCarty (https://freesound.org/people/CarlosCarty/sounds/427705/) , shall555 ( https://freesound.org/people/shall555/sounds/72197/) , Leoctiurs (https://freesound.org/people/Leoctiurs/sounds/428185/) , JakLocke (https://freesound.org/people/JakLocke/sounds/261292/) , Robinhood76 (https://freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/sounds/367591/) , CastleofSamples (https://freesound.org/people/CastleofSamples/sounds/144997/) , davidmenke (https://freesound.org/people/davidmenke/sounds/319750/) , and timb12957 (https://freesound.org/people/timb12957/sounds/158782/) . Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk (https://www.freesfx.co.uk/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) .

8: Don Vito and the Prime Minister (Part 2)

Vito Genovese had been biding his time for 4 years to take over the Luciano crime family. But when an old crime came back for him, the position was taken over by Frank Costello. Costello, the Prime Minister, had high-reaching connections and an approachable bearing. Costello was an agreeable leader who got along with everyone; until Genovese came back into the picture. Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni (http://damianobaldoni.altervista.org/index.php/en/) . Music in this episode is “Soldraconis” and ”Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; “Dark Alleys” by  Kai Engel (http://www.kai-engel.com/) ; “Hard Boiled,” and “Waltz Tschikovsky Op 40,” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/) ; “Like an Empty Sky” by  Daniel Birch (https://www.danielbirchmusic.com/) and Ben Pegley; “Fading” by Scott Buckley (https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/) ; and “Fog”  by Sergey Cheremisinov (https://www.s-cheremisinov.com/) . Sound Effects from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/home/) by arnaud-coutancier (https://freesound.org/people/arnaud%20coutancier/sounds/418299/) , kolezan (https://freesound.org/people/Kolezan/sounds/246117/) , miastodzwiekow (https://freesound.org/people/miastodzwiekow/sounds/110416/) , and odditonic (https://freesound.org/people/odditonic/sounds/187706/) . Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk (https://www.freesfx.co.uk/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) .

7: Don Vito and the Prime Minister (Part 1)

After gaining fortune and notoriety, Rothstein moved from bootlegging to drug smuggling to labor racketeering. With his connections and friendly demeanor, Rothstein was able to get out of any situation, and taught the likes of Charles Luciano, Meyer Lanksy, and Dutch Schultz to do the same. But a gambler is a gambler, and at some point there are some debts you can't get out of.  Our Sponsors for this episode are: Best Fiends (https://bestfiends.com/) The Bouqs Company (https://bouqs.com/mafia) Upstart (https://www.upstart.com/mafia) Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni (http://damianobaldoni.altervista.org/index.php/en/) . Music in this episode is ”Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; “Rolling at 5,” “Backed Vibes Clean,” “On the Cool Side,” “Night on the Docks,” “On the Ground,” “Deadly Roulette,” “I Knew a Guy,” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/) ; “daedalus” and “Snowfall” by  Kai Engel (http://www.kai-engel.com/) ; and “Wastelands” and “Breath of Death Part 1,” by Sergey Cheremisinov (https://www.s-cheremisinov.com/) . Sound Effects from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/home/) by Audionautics (https://freesound.org/people/Audionautics/sounds/136978/) , konakaboom (https://freesound.org/people/konakaboom/sounds/203536/) , pastabra (https://freesound.org/people/Pastabra/sounds/366194/) , ceberation (https://freesound.org/people/ceberation/sounds/235519/) ,  bennychico11 (https://freesound.org/people/bennychico11/sounds/44408/) , and bmoreno (https://freesound.org/people/bmoreno/sounds/147933/) . Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk (https://www.freesfx.co.uk/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) .

6: Arnold Rothstein (Part 2)

Before the mafia existed, at the turn of the century, there was Arnold Rothstein, known as The Brain. Rothstein would teach an entire generation of gangsters how to organize, act like gentlemen, and interact with the upper crust. And Rothstein himself, well-connected,  could get away with almost anything - including fixing the World Series. Our Sponsors for this episode are: LightStream (https://www.lightstream.com/mafia) Audible (https://www.audible.com/mafia) (text MAFIA to 500-500) Pessimists Archive Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pessimists-archive-podcast/id1104682320) Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni (http://damianobaldoni.altervista.org/index.php/en/) . Music in this episode is ”Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; “Rolling at 5,” “Night on the Docks,” “On the Cool Side,” “Dances and Dames,” “On the Ground,” “Acid Jazz,” “Walking Alone,” “Faster Does It,” “Deadly Roulette,” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/) ; “Breath of Death Part 1,” and “Wastelands” by Sergey Cheremisinov (https://www.s-cheremisinov.com/) ; and “daedalus” and “Junction” by  Kai Engel (http://www.kai-engel.com/) . Sound Effects from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/home/) by Ellary (https://freesound.org/people/Ellary/sounds/466478/) , stereodivo (https://freesound.org/people/stereodivo/sounds/101847/) , shelf-employed (https://freesound.org/people/shelf-employed/sounds/487356/) , AshFox (https://freesound.org/people/AshFox/sounds/191927/) ,  and InspectorJ (https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/336598/) . Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk (https://www.freesfx.co.uk/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) .

5: Arnold Rothstein (Part 1)

Three investigators try to put together the murder of Andrei Katz with the car theivery that the DeMeo crew has been doing for years without notice. And once the cops are on the case, it spells trouble for DeMeo. With rats running rampant anf family members turning informat, even DeMeo's earning power can't save him. Our Sponsors for this episode are: Best Fiends (https://bestfiends.com/) Feals CBD (https://feals.com/mafia) Parcast's Villains (https://www.parcast.com/villains) Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni (http://damianobaldoni.altervista.org/index.php/en/) . Music in this episode is “Life” and ”Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; “Unification on Multiplicity” by Ad Serpentae (https://www.discogs.com/artist/892453-Ad-Serpentae) ; “Backed Vibes Clean,” “Unanswered Questions,” “Night on the Docks” and “I Knew a Guy” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/) ; “Imminence,” “Dark Alleys,” and “River” by  Kai Engel (http://www.kai-engel.com/) ; and “Lucerna” and “Book of Mirrors,” by Sergey Cheremisinov (https://www.s-cheremisinov.com/) . Sound Effects from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/home/) by kfosse13 (https://freesound.org/people/kfosse13/sounds/423689/) , willybilly1984 (https://freesound.org/people/willybilly1984/sounds/345335/) , theshaggyfreak (https://freesound.org/people/theshaggyfreak/sounds/278889/) , Leoctiurs (https://freesound.org/people/Leoctiurs/sounds/428185/) , Ellary (https://freesound.org/people/Ellary/sounds/466478/) ,  Pastabra (https://freesound.org/people/Pastabra/sounds/366194/) , Dynamicell (https://freesound.org/people/Dynamicell/sounds/17552/) , kernschall (https://freesound.org/people/kernschall/sounds/411105/) , wertstahl (https://freesound.org/people/wertstahl/sounds/427608/) , and InspectorJ (https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/352104/) . Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk (https://www.freesfx.co.uk/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) .

4: Roy DeMeo (Part 2)

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Introducing: What Makes a Killer

Journey into the underworld of American organized crime and the stories behind the rise and fall of the most notorious mobsters in history. From Charles “Lucky” Luciano and John Gotti, to Donnie Brasco, “Bugsy” Siegel and Dutch Schultz–Mafia explores the lives of our greatest gangsters and the cops and attorneys who worked to bring them down.

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