The latest episode of Mob Talk Sitdown hit YouTube on Friday and it features exclusive video of one of the Philadelphia's best-known mobsters.
The latest report from veteran journalists George Anastasia and Dave Schratweiser focuses on mob boss turned government witness Ralph Natale and includes never-before-seen tape of Natale talking about his chilling plans in the 1970s to carry out a hit in a very public place, and how that murder was foiled. And Natale details a meeting of Pennsylvania's top Mob bosses, including Angelo Bruno and Russell Bufalino.
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Watch the latest report (and past episodes) below, and subscribe to their YouTube channel to see future episodes:
NEW EPISODE
EPISODE 1
EPISODE 2
"Easy to Kill" – the words of mob boss Joey Merlino on surveillance tape. The impact. The defense. Does it have implications for his future? Anastasia and Schratwieser discuss the case.
EPISODE 3
There's new trouble for the Philly Mob: the FBI's elite Squad One is looking into unsolved murders. The hits just keep coming for the wiseguys. Schratwieser and Anastasia have the latest on whether there's a new cooperator and what it will take to make the Fed's case.
EPISODE 4
In a Mob Talk Sitdown exclusive, the former head of the FBI's elite Organized Crime Unit in Philadelphia breaks down the career of former-cop-turned-mobster, turned FBI informant Big Ron Previte, who just passed away at the age of 73. Former FBI agent John Terry has the inside story on Previte.
EPISODE 5
Retired FBI Agent John Terry, one-time head of the organized crime squad in Philadelphia, talks about how a potential white collar crime investigation could be just as effective as a criminal racketeering probe targeting the local mob. It's all about following the money, he says. Plus, he says conflict could be brewing among the Philly Mob's three factions.