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It's a Mob takeover on Crime Wire!

Join host, Dennis Griffin, and a couple of his friends and former mobsters for an hour of discussion about their life of crime within the Mob.

 Andrew DiDonato began his criminal career in Brooklyn in 1979 at the age of 14. In 1982 he became an associate of the Nicky Corozzo crew of the Gambino family and for the next 15 years his crimes ranged from larceny and robbery to credit card fraud, bank robbery and attempted murder. In 1997 he was on the lam from law enforcement and under a death sentence from his own crew and another organized crime family. The law
caught him first and he eventually became a cooperating government witness. DiDonato is the subject of the popular book, Surviving the Mob by Crime Wire host, Dennis Griffin.

After a lengthy criminal career in the Windy City with the Chicago Outfit, Frank Cullotta joined his boyhood friend and feared enforcer Tony Spilotro in Las Vegas. In 1982 Spilotro and Frank had a falling out and
the Outfit authorized a contract on Frank. Facing life behind bars or death at the hands of Outfit killers, Frank flipped and became a government witness.

In the 1995 hit movie Casino, actor Joe Pesci played a character based on Spilotro. Frank served as a technical consultant to the film and played a hit man in several murder scenes. His “Frankie” character was played by Frank Vincent.

The complete story of Frank Cullotta can be found in the book by Dennis Griffin, Cullotta.

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Denny Griffin Events! MOBSTERTHON on Coast to Coast Radio and Book Signing

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Mobsterthon! on Coast to Coast Radio

From Coast to Coast Radio, George Knapp is hosting the MOBSTERTHON with an array of former, real-life mobsters.  Joining him for the whole 4 hour broadcast is true crime author and mob historian, Dennis Griffin, Sunday, April 29, from 10 pm until 2 am Pacific.

George Knapp is a 14-time Emmy Award-winning journalist whose reporting on Nevada’s infamous Area 51 military base was selected by UPI as Best Individual Achievement by a Reporter (1989).

Other awards include the Associated Press’s Mark Twain Award for news writing and the Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting. George is an anchor and reporter for the CBS affiliate KLAS-TV in Las Vegas and he also writes a weekly column for a Las Vegas newspaper.

Dennis Griffin, former New York law enforcement officer turned author, has written several books on the true stories of the Las Vegas mob and the era in which they reigned. He has participated widely in the opening of the new Las Vegas attraction, the Mob Museum which features him regularly.  Griffin is host of the radio shows Real Wiseguys every third Wednesday, and the weekly radio show, Crime Wire on Tuesdays.

MOBSTERTHON LINEUP

10 to 11 pm – Henry Hill, the original “Goodfella”

11 to midnight – Andrew DiDonato, former Gambino family member, and Billy Cutolo, Jr., son of “Wild Bill” Cutolo, the number two guy in the Colombo crime family

Midnight until 2 am – Frank Cullotta, of the Hole in the Wall Gang,  consultant and starring in “Casino”

10 pm until 2 am – Denny Griffin, True Crime author and Mob Historian

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Book Signing by Dennis Griffin

Date: Friday, May 11

Location: the Mob Museum, 300 Stewart Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada

Time: 1 to 5 pm

Featured Books: The Battle for Las Vegas, CULLOTTA, and Surviving The Mob

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Denny Griffin Interview: Two Men and the Mob

Denny Griffin will be participating in a panel discussion on the Simon Barrett Show on Saturday at 11am pacific, 2pm eastern where they will be launching the latest broadcast in the series, Surviving The Mob.

Guests are going to be ex Gambino crime family associate Andrew DiDonato, and ex Colombo crime member Billy Cutolo Jr. Billy was in the the unique position of being the son of the number 2 guy in the Colombo family.

Also joining the panel will be crime writer and author Denny Griffin and our resident expert on Organized Crime in Central and Southern America, D. Alan Johnson.

This exciting, informative 90 minute show will be aired live on BlogTalk Radio on Saturday, June 12, at 2pm Eastern, 1pm Central time.

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Andrew DiDonato's escape from his life of crime in the Gambino family is now out on DVD produced by 2Reel Productions.  He will be co-writing his story with True Crime author, Dennis Griffin.



Dennis Griffin, Vito Colucci and Susan Murphy-Milano are members of Crime Wire, a new set of eyes which investigates crimes for families who have not received the justice they deserve.  Listen to their show on BlogTalk Radio every Tuesday evening at 9pm Eastern, and follow their blog,  Crime Wire.

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