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  • North Brook Inn And Sallys Steakhouse Part 1
    Mar 17 2026

    When the head chef of sally's steakhouse leaves to start his own restaurant the North Brook Inn, it launches quite excessive and unexpected events.

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    53 m
  • Dirty Helen
    Mar 10 2026

    a readers question about a famous call girl in Milwaukee known as Dirty Helen leads to the discovery of a biography written by her. In this 2 part series Gavin takes on on the history of Dirty Helen and the significant people and things that occurred in her life

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    34 m
  • Tamara Rand and A Vegas Casino
    Mar 3 2026

    Learn about the Mafia buying a casino using 500K of Tamara Rands money. Instead of paying her back she winds up dead.

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    Gavin Schmitt is the leading historical expert on the mafia in Wisconsin. He has written several books on the subject and regularly speaks across the country.

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    49 m
  • The Free Masons, The Mafia, and the Catholic Church
    Feb 24 2026

    A question from a listener about wether the Free Masons and the mafia ever worked together (spoiler: it appears they did not). But in Gavin research of the questions he discovers the Catholic religions hatred of the free masons and we discuss some of the terrible things the church has said about the Masons over the years

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    Gavin Schmitt is the leading historical expert on the mafia in Wisconsin. He has written several books on the subject and regularly speaks across the country.

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    24 m
  • Phil Valley Ben Barwick and Local 122
    Feb 17 2026

    Learn the story of John Balistreri became a part of the Local Restaurant Bar Union and hear John reflect on his experiences

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    Gavin Schmitt is the leading historical expert on the mafia in Wisconsin. He has written several books on the subject and regularly speaks across the country.

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    38 m
  • Biker Gangs and the Mafia
    Feb 10 2026

    In this short segment we discuss any connections between the Mafia and Biker gangs in Milwaukee.

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    15 m
  • Rocco Youse and Del Chemical Part 2
    Feb 3 2026

    Hear the conclusion of the Rocco Yous story

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    55 m
  • Internet Archive
    Jan 27 2026

    Upon a listeners request Gavin dives into how he is able to post all the files he has access to the internet archive and we both encourage you to it all as well :)

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    Gavin Schmitt is the leading historical expert on the mafia in Wisconsin. He has written several books on the subject and regularly speaks across the country.

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    15 m