tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86282815010901109302024-03-13T12:57:49.848-04:00mob speak...is the way mob guys talk. On this site you'll find a wide variety of mob-related stuff updated regularly. You can get up-to-date news on THIEF! book signings, radio and TV interviews, media info, and other THIEF! events by co-authors, Cherie Rohn & William 'Slick' Hanner. Mobwriter wants to hear from YOU.mobwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15365425300211341741noreply@blogger.comBlogger357125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628281501090110930.post-82875302046654742752016-02-04T16:35:00.000-05:002016-02-04T16:35:06.085-05:00No doubt about it...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">For more than a year we've battled an unknown assailant (s) hellbent on disrupting <strong>MOB SPEAK</strong>. Why us? We ain't that important. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The computer from which <strong>MOB SPEAK </strong>originates operates normally. Regular deep scans show it free of invading pests. But some rat regularly blocks <strong>MOB SPEAK</strong> posts and our administration's access to the site, plus a lot more BS. Attempts to post on <strong>MOB SPEAK </strong>using other laptops and tablets have also failed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Our computer gurus have thrown up their collective hands as to those responsible for the corruption and how they operate. Ouside experts are equally stymied. That's why you've seen almost no new <strong>MOB SPEAK</strong> posts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Well, we may have lost the battle for now, but not the war. And when we catch who done it, they better have eyes in the back of their heads. Trunk music might be too good for them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>MOB SPEAK </strong>will make a comeback.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This just out from Seth Ferranti: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have a Kickstarter going right now for a comic book that I adapted from one of my true crime books. So far we have raised almost $3000 and our goal is $5000. Please check out the Kickstarter page and back the project. This comic is going to be ground breaking and the art is amazing. But judge for yourself. I appreciate your assistance and also feel free to share. Thanks. Check out this short video on the project. Here's the link to contribute. There's 12 days left to back the comic-</span><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/…/supreme-team-a-comic-about-cr…" onclick="LinkshimAsyncLink.referrer_log(this, "https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/702020282\/supreme-team-a-comic-about-crime-crack-and-hip-hop", "\/si\/ajax\/l\/render_linkshim_log\/?u=https\u00253A\u00252F\u00252Fwww.kickstarter.com\u00252Fprojects\u00252F702020282\u00252Fsupreme-team-a-comic-about-crime-crack-and-hip-hop&h=3AQFIClYdAQH8tRrWPi-RS_56obGRATvPzAQRH3eoXk3U1w&render_verification=0&enc=AZMg_sMXOHzLkZoGVyqTu2iMv2iGYasO3NFRAzMJiJLCYApW8_2s69c2I0piJeCz6YnBTX-eCkVsVm7BRhgjlsqgfAqloMd_FYUcWjOP1wHyfTNcOtaV7852ejin7NJxurJMw0wnwwM-gIIxAY3X-fgB6hb70uXSwxp455VYd8nP8f4LnGBmls8vWoG3RfO22qBb8Hbadhkhi6vBa8QKOQ2F&d");" onmouseover="LinkshimAsyncLink.swap(this, "https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/702020282\/supreme-team-a-comic-about-crime-crack-and-hip-hop");" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">https://www.kickstarter.com/…/supreme-team-a-comic-about-cr…</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">And here's the link to the live radio interview about the comic book that aired Aug. 17, 2015:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Date: Mon., Aug. 17. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Mob Speak</strong> interviews many whose controvertial histories evoke both sympathy and scorn from its readers. That's fine. We welcome the opportunity to give voice to those from all aspects of our society. By acting as an impartial conduit as much as possible, <strong>Mob Speak</strong> allows readers to draw their own conclusions...maybe even learn from the behavior of others. Of course, we all have biases. And "yours truly" is no exception. I simply lay it out ahead of time because it's the truth. I admire this guy who served time in the "Belly of the Beast" for over 20 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In the interview that follows, <strong>Mob Speak</strong> talks with Seth Ferranti, a guy whose life has been radically altered by his time in prison. I borrow from Seth's own website, <a href="http://www.gorillaconvict.com/">www.gorillaconvict.com</a>, rather than try to explain where Seth is coming from:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Seth Ferranti is a multi-media writer and journalist who pens amazing true crime and prison related stories for vice.com and thefix.com among others. He started his career in journalism while incarcerated and is now continuing it in the real world. In 1993, after spending two years as a top-15 fugitive on the US Marshal's most wanted list, he was captured and sentenced to 304 months under the federal sentencing guidelines for an LSD Kingpin conviction and committed to the custody of the Attorney General. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">A first-time, non-violent offender, Ferranti served 21 years of his 25-year mandatory minimum sentence. His case was widely covered by The Washington Post and Washington Times, and his story was profiled in the pages of Rolling Stone and Don Diva magazine. He is currently working out of St. Louis, Missouri. During his incarceration Ferranti worked to better himself by making preparations for his eventual release back into society. Ferranti earned an AA degree from Penn State, a BA degree from the University of Iowa and an MA from California State University, Dominguez Hills through correspondence courses.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I got locked up in 1993, when the War on Drugs was at its height. As a first time, non-violent offender I got a 25 year sentence for a Continuing Criminal Enterprise charge. This is a charge usually associated with likes of Pablo Escobar type dudes, big time drug kingpins, but for some reason the Eastern District of Virginia used it on me. They claimed the amount of LSD found in my case, about 120 sheets or twelve thousand hits of acid, was the largest seizure in Northern Virginia ever, but in truth I wasn't a drug kingpin. I was just a kid, barely out of my teens, who was selling LSD and marijuana at several East Coast colleges.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For a twenty year old I was making good money, but in the big scheme of things I was just a small time drug dealer. When I got busted I had only been selling drugs for a couple of years at the most. There was no criminal organization, or gang or cartel, it was just me driving around to the colleges my friends attended and hitting them off. I was more addicted to the lifestyle than to the drugs, but I partied a lot, like most college kids do, a lot of marijuana, LSD and alcohol. It was a nice life while it lasted and a viable career choice I thought at the time, until I got busted and was sentenced to more time than how old I was under the federal sentencing guidelines and mandatory minimums Congress enacted in the late 80s as a result of the crack epidemic.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">What was supposed to be my American dream turned into a real life nightmare? I was from the suburbs and I didn't know anything about the federal drug laws or conspiracy or prison. I wasn't a gang banger or a tough guy or any of that. I didn't see prison as a rite of passage and my idea of prison life came from watching movies like The Shawshank Redemption. I never carried a gun or beat anyone up in my life but for some reason I was branded public enemy number one and made the scapegoat for all of society’s ills, or at least that was how it seemed to me. As I sat facing the reality of doing hard time, I decided to take my chances on the lam and I took off. I was always kind of a rebel at heart and the outlaw life seemed romantic to me. I didn't think I was Tony Montana from Scarface, more like Jeff Spicoli from Fastimes at Ridgemont High, But despite being a stoner I had a little Catch Me If You Can in me and going to federal prison wasn't in my plans. <span id="goog_387589272"></span><span id="goog_387589273"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My case was from 1991 and for two years I was a fugitive from justice or maybe we should say injustice but it’s all relative now. I had been getting loads of weed out of Dallas since the late 80s and I settled in the Arlington area while I was on the run. I had some friends at the University of Texas and I quickly settled back into a drug dealing routine, eventually driving loads of pot up to Saint Louis, Missouri. Where after a short time I got caught and extradited back to Virginia. For some reason the US Marshals had put me on their Top 15 Most Wanted fugitive list and my capture was given national priority. Like I was Whitey Bulger or something. Go figure. Again I was never quite sure why, but that's how it all went down.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">At the age of 22 I was sent to federal prison to start doing my time. I don't have any vicious penitentiary war stories to tell you, but the medium security prisons I was housed at were rough enough. Back in the 90s they called them gladiator schools and you could get shanked, cut or cracked in the head with a lock on a belt. I found out it was about respect and I carried myself accordingly. I managed to stay busy, stay out of trouble and stay out of the way. But eventually I got comfortable in prison and I started doing the same things I was doing on the street, smuggling marijuana. Except this time I was smuggling it in through the prison's visiting room. I would swallow 10-15 marble sized balloons full of kind bud and smoke to my heart’s content. I was still in shock at my 25 year sentence and was self-medicating to numb myself so I didn't have to feel the reality of my situation. I also sold the weed and made a decent living as a prison hustler. I did this for my first 9 years in the belly of the beast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Eventually I got a clue and stopped smuggling and smoking weed. Around 2002 I decided I had to start working toward my future. I still had a lot of time left to do, with a 2015 release date, but being stuck in the netherworld of corruption and violence, the idea of being a career prison gangster didn't appeal to me. So I made a choice, a choice to do everything I could to prepare myself for my inevitable release. To that end I started taking college correspondence courses and earned an AA degree from Penn State, a BA from the University of Iowa and an MA from California State University. All from prison. I was locked up but that didn't mean I couldn't accomplish something positive. It was hard work getting those degrees from here but I did it, despite the lack of cooperation and accommodation from the Bureau of Prisons. Because rehabilitation isn't their goal, warehousing men is what they do. If you want to do better for yourself, you have to take that into your own hands and that is what I did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was always big into sports and working out. I played in the intramural basketball, soccer, softball and flag football leagues. Prison sports were rough but I made sure I always represented. I was known as a go hard white boy who was a good but not great athlete. I channeled my anger at my sentence into sports and my studies and it helped me tremendously to stay focused and in shape. I started spending more time in the prison library. I was out of the mix, away from the politics and all the drama that goes down in prison. After several years of this type of behavior I was transferred to a nice, tame, low security prison where it wasn't all about the politics and who was running the yard and bringing in drugs and getting punked out or checked in. It took a minute to get used to the low security prison, because I was used to cells and the lows were cubicles and open dorms, but I adjusted and it’s been about 8 years now that I have resided in a low. Less tension, politics and a generally more accommodating atmosphere. </span></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCIdfwPZFjXSE2BmX2uoUkVSb-Kl-AtxZlntlyJBVscobM6WmK0teZo8aeUkIlH1prejCrYk30O2EYK2GzItPmLli7SVKpvhAI-chMGHsVSgSYs9Cdv0mYik3d7ZU1Br3KNojfNFioNnn/s1600/prison+stories.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCIdfwPZFjXSE2BmX2uoUkVSb-Kl-AtxZlntlyJBVscobM6WmK0teZo8aeUkIlH1prejCrYk30O2EYK2GzItPmLli7SVKpvhAI-chMGHsVSgSYs9Cdv0mYik3d7ZU1Br3KNojfNFioNnn/s1600/prison+stories.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I decided to start writing articles and books about prison life and true crime. My first book <em>Prison Stories</em> was well received and brought me a lot of accolades. I went on to author over 500 articles that were published in magazines and on the Internet and I have authored 7 books to date, all true crime, with more on the way. With the help of my girlfriend, who I married in 2005, I started a website, blog and publishing house from prison. Over the years my website, books and writings have generated a lot of interest and helped me to establish a career from here. You can check out my website at gorillaconvict.com. I write books about gangsters and I have covered all of the street legends that rappers like Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Nas and LL Cool J rhyme about. I have been locked up with a lot of these dudes in the feds and done interviews with them and got the exclusive stories to share with the world. My site also has tons of prison stories, interviews with gang members and covers the crack era and life in the belly of the beast like no other site on the Internet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have written for magazines like Vice, Don Diva, and F.E.D.S. and my work on prison basketball have appeared on hoopshype.com and in Slam. I have also written for thefix.com, the dailybeast.com and Maxim on how to smuggle drugs into prison, how to make hooch and how to make body armor in case you are expecting to get in a knife fight. I have used my time productively and made a career as a writer from here so that I have a future when I get out. It hasn't always been easy as I have been locked up in the hole, put under investigation, had my property seized and destroyed and been shaken down and harassed repeatedly, due to my writing efforts, but despite the hassles it has been worth it, because I have a future. And in prison that is the biggest thing, hope for a better life in the future. I am not coming home from prison, after almost 21 years of incarceration, with nothing. I have prospects, opportunities and options. But I have worked hard for all that awaits me. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have rehabilitated myself in effect. The Bureau of Prison hasn't had anything to do with it. But that's life on the inside. You fight for what you want and if you fight hard enough, you get it. Because in here nobody is going to give you anything for free. I have overcome tremendous obstacles, sometimes self-imposed, to be in the position I am now and I have worked hard throughout. As my time is coming to an end it is a new beginning for me. I have my wife, I have my career, I have my publishing house and my website with a lot of writing credits on my resume. I also have my music, I have wrote tons of songs and will be performing under the name, White Boy Mafia, when I get out. I recorded some songs back in FCI Manchester in 1996 that hopefully they will play a little of for you all to listen to. Remember that name, White Boy Mafia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I go home in a couple of months and I am ready for the world. I am hungry for it, Just imagine, 21 years, I have done it and it still doesn't seem real to me. But it is real and when I walk out that gate I suppose it will all hit me. I have had a long journey but it is almost over now. I go to a halfway house on August 1 of this year. Just a couple of months left now. The first thing I want to do when I get home is to make love to my wife, eat a Dominos or Pizza Hut pizza and take a bath. I have plans to start taking the content I have created into the visual realm. So be on the lookout for a series of documentaries from me and visit gorillaconvict.com. Look for some music releases from White Boy Mafia also. If you like my work or music please feel free to drop me </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">a line at gorillaconvict.com and friend me on Facebook at Seth Ferranti and you can order all my books on gorillaconvict.com. Thanks to Gavin for setting this up and I hope to be playing in Deep Ellum sometime soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>MS:</strong> I'm sure there will be many interviews that will describe the "business side" of your time </span><br />
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in prison. <strong>Mob Speak</strong> takes a different tack. We'd like to know a bit more about your thoughts and feelings through what must have been and still is an emotional roller coaster. Seth, what were your first thoughts when you stepped out of the halfway house and you knew you were out for real?</span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SF: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I felt free to a certain extent. At least more
free than I had been for a long time. It still amazes me sometime when I am
driving around and I am like I am free. No more prison. Prison and being
confined and restricted was a part of my life for so long it almost became
engrained in me so it is a little like being unleashed but I wouldn</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">t trade it for the
world. I need appreciated life like I do now. Being free is awesome. After all
those years of being confined it is hard to believe and I have to almost pinch
myself sometimes but it is real and I am free and I am living life and pursuing
my goals and ambitions. But I know also it can be taken away in a heart beat, I
am still on probation and at the beck and call of the federal probation office
but they have been very cooperative so far in letting me pursue my career
objectives. But there is still that fear in the back of my mind knowing that
they can lock me up again for whatever they want at any time. I don</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">t let that consume me
though I just live my life and work and grind and move forward.</span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>MS: </strong>After almost 21 years in prison, what's surprised you more than anything on the outside?</span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SF: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just the choices. I was kind of overwhelmed just
walking into a store like Walmart or even the local 7-11 or gas station. So
many choices. What do I want? It<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>took a
minute to study everything and remember what I like and to try out new stuff. I
had to really redefine myself and who I am. In prison you just take what you
are given and your choices are so limited. So I had to decide- I like this
soda, I like this food, I like this beer, I like this candy bar, I like this
type of fruit, this is what I like to eat. Its almost like I had to retrain
myself for everything that life has to offer. And the technology, that is a
whole other conversation to say the least.</span></span></strong><br />
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MS:</strong> One of your hallmarks is your ability to detach yourself when talking with and writing about serious criminals serving life sentences. In another piece you said, and I paraphrase, part of the reason these guys would confide in you is because you clearly were after the truth, not the legend. How has that philosophy affected you and what you do?</span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SF: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I think that its just about treating these dudes
like people. Ok they are legends and have all this hype about them but at the
end of the day they are people. No one can live up to the legend. I would always just let
them be people and try to humanize them instead of portraying them as the
vicious gangsters that the prosecutors made them out to be. Its one thing to be
celebrated and mythologized but quite another to be humanized and I think that
is what I do really good. I glorify and I romanticize and I am clearly
intrigued by these men and their exploits but at the end of the day I write
cautionary tales, more so as I go along. I look at the underlying factors and
give conclusions as to why things are the way they are. I think that is why I
have gotten a good response. Plus the fact that I was in there with them. I did
my time. I stood up. They respect that. I just try to be myself. It is the only
person I can be and that comes across in my work and my relationships.</span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>MS: </strong>Did you ever feel nervous that your safety might be at risk? I was going to ask some other questions along the same lines, but they might compromise you. So I'll stop there.<br />
<strong>SF: <span>I write the truth so if someone wants
to come at me for that go ahead. I am a man too at the end of the day and I can
handle myself accordingly. I don’t put stuff out there that the feds or
prosecutors haven’t already put out there. I am not an
investigative journalist or whistle blower. I am not trying to expose anything.
I am just trying to make sense of it all. Like why did I have to serve a 25
year sentence for a first time nonviolent offense? That is my underlying
premise in everything I write, whether you see it or not, it is there. If you
can read between the lines you can see that in everything I write. I feel
justified and righteous in what I do and I keep it within the code. If someone
doesn’t appreciate that then they can see me
whenever and however they want. I don’t
walk in fear and I cower from no man. Not to say that I am some tough guy, I’m not. But I’m not a cautious person either. In my
youth I was bold and reckless, now I just consider myself confident and
determined and that comes across in how I carry myself, how I respond to people
and how I conduct my career and writings.</span></strong></span><br />
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<span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>MS: </strong>Have you encountered people who don't support your publishing true crime stories about mobsters you met in prison? What's your reaction?</span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SF: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have and they are entitled to their opinion.
Just because your opinion differs from mine doesn</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">t mean that we are beefing. I can respect your outlook
on things and life and my writing. But just respect mine also. I don</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">t control you and you
damn sure don</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">t
control me. At the end of the day I can do what I want. Most of the times I go
right to the sources and I get the stories from them. I have even shelved
projects that dudes decided they didn</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">t want to come out for whatever reason. I keep my word
but I don</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">t
put up with any BS either. You don</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">t have to like what I do, I am not sensitive. I do
what I do because I like to do it. I have a passion for it. What I write about
can be controversial and if someone has something negative to say about it I
don</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">t
take it personal. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I don</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">t sweat the small
stuff and its all small stuff. No harm, no foul. But cross the line and like I
said I got that side to me too. I have put that person away since I rejoined
society but he is there if I need him.</span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>MS: </strong>Aside from sheer entertainment, are there any messages your stories impart to the genereal public?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>SF: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cautionary tales- if you get in these big drug
organizations that murder and kill people you are getting life in prison if you
re not killed yourself in the street. It all sounds good in a rap song or looks
enticing in a movie like Scarface or American Gangster but at the end of the
day the reality is death or jail. You can</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">t beat it, you can</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">t win. I try to show what it is really like. These
legends doing life in prison would rather be on the street and working at the
post office. Life in prison is not something to glorify. A mans principles or
his sacrifices are something to glorify but doing life in prison and being away
from your family and causing unnecessary [?] on yourself and your community that is
not cool. Its like a gamble, they rolled the dice, came up for a little bit,
but ultimately the house always wins.</span></strong><br />
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<strong>MS: </strong>Okay, Seth. Let's use <strong>Mob Speak</strong> to talk about your current projects and what you hope to accomplish. You're website </span><a href="http://www.gorillaconvict.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.gorillaconvict.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> touches on some of your plans, but I'm sure you'll have more to add.</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWm8wLXpZZNWLW0bHTdUs-JJBDquNbwn6f7Hh-EEyIa3eVIuvq_V4MggBbtkZQZ9_EnoDP6L33kRLjNGpUvLFwWFZeBIvRzkH771rc61KBB2gpH8Nz_8aXDfRuWJ7SRbDUbuzP5Ap3_jUF/s1600/cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWm8wLXpZZNWLW0bHTdUs-JJBDquNbwn6f7Hh-EEyIa3eVIuvq_V4MggBbtkZQZ9_EnoDP6L33kRLjNGpUvLFwWFZeBIvRzkH771rc61KBB2gpH8Nz_8aXDfRuWJ7SRbDUbuzP5Ap3_jUF/s1600/cover.jpg" height="320" width="246" /></a><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SF: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My new book <em>Crack Rap and Murder: The
Cocaine Dreams of Alpo and Rich Porter </em>is out now in digital or print versions.
You can order it on gorilla</span></span></strong><a href="http://convict.com/"><span class="Link"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">convict.com</span></strong></span></a><span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
or amazon.com. I am working on tons of things. I got a comic book and graphic
novel coming out on The Supreme Team. I sent the cover artwork into my dude
Supreme and he called me and asked me, ‘Who
is that dude supposed to be on the cover?’ And I told him ‘You.’ And he just laughed. He knows me and trusts me. My ultimate
goal is to get a move on The Supreme Team made. I am also about to completely
revamp my site. We will start posting more content- video, music and writing. I
am growing my brand.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span><br />
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<strong>MS: </strong>Aside<strong> </strong>from wanting to spend time with your wife, Diane, who supported your publishing and other efforts while you were in prison and continues to do so, what fun things have you done since your exit? Was that pizza wish granted, Seth?<strong>SF: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The first thing I ate when I got out was a
pizza. I have continued to eat pizza and get slurpees and my favorite, the
shamrock shake. I went to Puerto Rico. I have been going to the Comic Cons,
shooting video and just living life. I workout everyday, I got a mountain bike,
and I love to walk my dogs and spend time with my wife, going out to eat, going
to movies and even just taking a walk. That is what my life is about. Simple,
nothing to fancy. I love to work, I love to create, and I love to take care of
my wife and house and dogs.</span></strong><br />
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<strong>MS:</strong> What have you learned from your experience in prison?</span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SF: <span>Not to take life for granted. I have
learned a lot about people too. Its not about beating the system its about
getting in where you fit in. I felt like the dude from The Matrix all those
years, just plug me back in. We have a great country, somethings are fucked up,
but its still a great country and I am proud to be an American. I buy into the
system and I will do what I have to do to succeed legitimately. I am plugged
back into The Matrix. I tried the counterculture. I was the outlaw hero. I was
off the grid and look what all that got me. Much better this way. Everything
can’t be how I want it. I don’t control anything but I do control myself and my own
actions and how much effort I put into my work. So I worry about that and let
the young men worry about all the revolutionary ideas. I am just going with the
flow.</span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span><strong>MS: </strong>Thanks for delivering a fascinating interview, Seth. Your candor rings out loud and clear. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />mobwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15365425300211341741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628281501090110930.post-50329444977688940642015-04-18T15:00:00.000-04:002015-04-18T15:00:11.542-04:00Seth Ferranti: Ex-Prison Inmate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coming soon: An exclusive interview with Seth Ferranti, newly released from prison after serving 20+ years. Seth received the maximum mandatory sentence as a first-time non-violent offender.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seth is also a multi-published author of true crime books. Read more on </span><a href="http://www.gorillaconvict.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.gorillaconvict.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. And check back for Seth Ferranti's interview here on <strong>Mob Speak.</strong></span>mobwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15365425300211341741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628281501090110930.post-86263885422035986562015-03-23T16:48:00.001-04:002015-03-24T23:42:14.119-04:00BJ Dealers School + Poker Cheat + White Chick = THIEF!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Mob Speak </strong>announced an upcoming subject several posts ago. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">So, what <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>does</em></span> a casino dealers school, a poker cheat and a curious white chick with
a dubious past have in common? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">It goes like this...years ago yours truly, the white chick with a dubious past, worked as TV station manager and on-air personality (Bambi Lin) for an indie TV station in Santa Fe/Albuquerque, NM. Talk about a fun job. Then boom. The TV station sold and I found myself in the unemployment line. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Well, Indian casinos were popping up all over the state like wigwams. I interviewed seven blackjack dealers who agreed to talk with me and found out they made pretty decent tip money. Barely knowing how to hold a deck of cards, I had to enroll in a casino dealers school. It was there I met William "Slick" Hanner, one of my teachers. He carried around a yellow tablet with 28 pages of his handwritten "life story," searching for some sucker to make it into a book. Naturally he had no money to pay anyone.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">We think it was an "act of God" that convinced me to take on the task because I'd never written anything other than a shopping list, let alone a book about gangsters. Plus, I didn't know the first thing about the crazy, complicated publishing world. With all that stacked against me, I was determined to write the true tale of a zany card mechanic who went through life like a speeding freight train about to derail at any minute. Something I can't explain drove me to write the book then get it commercially published. It was sort of like a passive death wish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Almost overnight (actually nine grueling years later), Slick was ready to kill me out of frustration when we finally landed a publishing contract with Barricade Books. A year later, <strong><em>THIEF! The Gutsy, True Story of an Ex-Con Artist </em></strong>hit bookstores.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As for my blackjack dealing abilities, you can read about that in earlier posts...like the time I was auditioning (that's how prospective dealers get hired) and one of my fake red fingernails flew off and hit a player between the eyes. Or the time I was auditioning as a roulette dealer, spun the ball a little wildly, it flew out of the wheel and hit the floorman in the crotch. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Listen, I really don't have to make this s--t up. It follows me around like the dog crap you step in and can't shake off. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">That's it for now.</span><br />
mobwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15365425300211341741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628281501090110930.post-80241188563093199992015-03-09T12:01:00.002-04:002015-03-09T12:01:56.146-04:00Greed, Mob Ties, Vengeance...<span style="clear: right; color: black; float: right; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's one person who definitely knows who killed Bugsy Siegel and that person is Sandra Lansky, Meyer Lansky's daughter. As everyone knows, Meyer Lansky and Siegel were thick as thieves from childhood. I hope Sandra is one of the panelists mentioned below. In our book <strong><em>THIEF!</em></strong>, co-author Slick has plenty to say about Ben Siegel's murder. Courtroom Conversations could prove interesting.</span><br />
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mobwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15365425300211341741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628281501090110930.post-28068053943237159302015-03-06T12:11:00.000-05:002015-03-07T09:28:02.448-05:00Slick's Las Vegas Then & Now: 27th in Series<div style="text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been quite a while since MOB SPEAK posted an excerpt from Slick's colorful take on "Old Las Vegas" versus "New Las Vegas." Here it is from its 1940s heyday to mega-corporate 2009:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Las Vegas Then and Now</span><br />
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<strong>Then:</strong> Crime and murder rates low<br />
<strong>Now:</strong> Crime and murder rates high<br />
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<strong>Then:</strong> Mobsters ruled<br />
<strong>Now:</strong> Wall Street, mega corporations and real estate <br />
developers rule<br />
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<strong>Then:</strong> Lido de Paris<br />
<strong>Now:</strong> Magic Shows; Cirque du Soleil<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Onetime mayor, Oscar Goodman <br />
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<strong>Then:</strong> Mob took care of cheaters<br />
<strong>Now:</strong> Law takes care of cheaters<br />
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<strong>Then:</strong> Evening gowns and men's suits<br />
<strong>Now:</strong> Tank tops and flip flops<br />
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<strong>Then:</strong> Seven-card stud <br />
<strong>Now:</strong> Texas Hold’em<br />
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<strong>Then:</strong> Thick smoke everywhere<br />
<strong>Now:</strong> Smoking banned almost everywhere<br />
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<strong>Then:</strong> Hookers in every bar<br />
<strong>Now:</strong> Overpriced strip clubs, fake escort ads and <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Stardust</td></tr>
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bordellos allowed only outside county limits<br />
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<strong>Then:</strong> $.49 breakfast<br />
<strong>Now:</strong> Better eat at home<br />
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<strong>Then:</strong> Movie Casino<br />
<strong>Now:</strong> Movie 21<br />
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<strong>Then:</strong> Drive anywhere in Las Vegas in 10 minutes or less<br />
<strong>Now:</strong> Try to get anywhere in one day<br />
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<strong>Then:</strong> Las Vegas jumping with movie stars<br />
<strong>Now:</strong> See movie stars in movies<br />
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<strong>Then:</strong> Comped Room, food, booze<br />
<strong>Now:</strong> Players card<br />
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<strong>Then:</strong> Free entrance to beautiful, clean Lake Meade<br />
<strong>Now:</strong> Pay to see what’s left of Lake Meade<br />
<br />mobwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15365425300211341741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628281501090110930.post-62086268450352011252015-02-25T18:25:00.000-05:002015-03-06T16:02:52.254-05:00THIEF! Life with the mob, prostitues and gamblers<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhCx4LrVmTjl8xBsG0K4rR5tSNVRfrQR-U5xgVeSd51QNtdkdDcAemjQ5ygxPAXId2igp4y90wHS3x9yVGSiE1UKt2bx2XJzSzT7o6-6hsA4JuyM6uBOMflTf9qqAQ4STQjEY1Oi2O8SM/s1600/cover.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhCx4LrVmTjl8xBsG0K4rR5tSNVRfrQR-U5xgVeSd51QNtdkdDcAemjQ5ygxPAXId2igp4y90wHS3x9yVGSiE1UKt2bx2XJzSzT7o6-6hsA4JuyM6uBOMflTf9qqAQ4STQjEY1Oi2O8SM/s1600/cover.gif" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we said in the last post, the website for our book <strong><em>THIEF! The Gutsy, True Story of an Ex-Con Artist</em> </strong>by William "Slick" Hanner and (yours truly) Cherie Rohn will be trunk music on March 1, 2015. After that, <strong>MOB SPEAK</strong> will take up any slack. So look for more <em><strong>THIEF!</strong></em> postings right here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In case you didn't know, <strong><em>THIEF!</em></strong> is the true tale of a 1930's Chicago kid who gets into hot water with the mob, prostitutes and gambling figures. The book chronicles Slick's roller coaster life as a con-artist and mob associate from the 1930s through the early 1990s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those in the know say it best. One-time Nevada whorehouse madam, Lora Shaner, alleged that Slick "conned for kicks, gambled with gusto, stole for sustenance and womanized for fun in every hotspot in the country." We're talking about Chicago, Miami, Havana, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and anywhere that greedy suckers yearn to make an easy buck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On one occasion, Slick's plan to increase his take as a limo driver for the Chicken Ranch bordello in Pahrump, Nevada, goes up in smoke. Let's just say that as Jerry Lewis's bodyguard, Slick wasn't supposed to be moonlighting. Taking calls on his cell phone from guys itching for a lay during Jerry's TV rehearsals leads to some hilarious highjinks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coming up: What does a casino dealers school, a poker cheat and a curious white chick with a dubious past have in common? </span><br />
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Hey, pay attention all you goombas.On March 1, 2015, our website <strong>Thief True Story</strong> will be rubbed out, knocked off, iced, clipped. (I think you get the message.) <span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>MOB SPEAK</strong> will take over all posts. So if you want to stay connected, make sure you add <strong>MOB SPEAK</strong> to your favorites. </span></div>
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Yeah, I know it's like <strong>MOB SPEAK </strong>has gone into the Witness Protection Program or something, but we've been underground for good reason. No details at this time.</div>
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<br />mobwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15365425300211341741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628281501090110930.post-53672429636551280042014-10-22T11:33:00.001-04:002014-10-22T11:33:13.653-04:00Rotting in Prison<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNyQyuxOs_Y-L9bfPq-atTpP-X85nk4_xzYN1WHJsVSiXPauuJrEatSttQAMJC5swVFVDcFKbltWAXxtKXzea3Jem45qcjr3l2P5UVlP5uX2OJsuOB92F18o7rvNDnXfgFPB1THKXxD_l/s1600/Ferranti+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNyQyuxOs_Y-L9bfPq-atTpP-X85nk4_xzYN1WHJsVSiXPauuJrEatSttQAMJC5swVFVDcFKbltWAXxtKXzea3Jem45qcjr3l2P5UVlP5uX2OJsuOB92F18o7rvNDnXfgFPB1THKXxD_l/s1600/Ferranti+2.jpg" height="200" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MOB SPEAK recently published a piece by Seth Ferranti </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">who vividly described his 20+ years doing time in prison as </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a first-time, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">non-violent offender. Seth is serving the final </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stages of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">his prison term. His Website, Gorilla Convict, <a href="http://www.gorillaconvict.com/">http://www.gorillaconvict.com/</a> featured K.L. Blakinger's story, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rotting in Prison.</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br />
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mobwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15365425300211341741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628281501090110930.post-16815604796853106112014-09-11T07:35:00.000-04:002014-09-11T07:36:06.992-04:00Uncensored: Inside the Belly of the Beast<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a few months, after 20+ years of incarceration, inmate Seth Ferranti will experience what some of us take for granted...a life outside prison. He was a first-time, non-violent offender who received the mandatory penalty prescribed by law. Without mincing words, Seth gives MOB SPEAK a first-hand account of what doing that time has been like. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>by Seth Ferranti</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I got locked up in 1993, when the War on Drugs was at its
height. As a first time, non-violent offender I got a 25 year sentence for a
Continuing Criminal Enterprise charge. This is a charge usually associated with
likes of Pablo Escobar type dudes, big time drug kingpins, but for some reason
the Eastern District of Virginia used it on me. They claimed the amount of LSD
found in my case, about 120 sheets or twelve thousand hits of acid, was the
largest seizure in Northern Virginia ever, but in truth I wasn't a drug
kingpin. I was just a kid, barely out of my teens, who was selling LSD and
marijuana at several East Coast colleges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For a twenty year old I was making good money, but in the
big scheme of things I was just a small time drug dealer. When I got busted I
had only been selling drugs for a couple of years at the most. There was no
criminal organization, or gang or cartel, it was just me driving around to the
colleges my friends attended and hitting them off. I was more addicted to the
lifestyle than to the drugs, but I partied a lot, like most college kids do, a
lot of marijuana, LSD and alcohol. It was a nice life while it lasted and a
viable career choice I thought at the time, until I got busted and was
sentenced to more time than how old I was under the federal sentencing
guidelines and mandatory minimums Congress enacted in the late 80s as a result
of the crack epidemic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">What was supposed to be my American dream turned into a real
life nightmare? I was from the suburbs and I didn't know anything about the
federal drug laws or conspiracy or prison. I wasn't a gang banger or a tough
guy or any of that. I didn't see prison as a rite of passage and my idea of
prison life came from watching movies like The Shawshank Redemption. I never
carried a gun or beat anyone up in my life but for some reason I was branded
public enemy number one and made the scapegoat for all of society’s ills, or at
least that was how it seemed to me. As I sat facing the reality of doing hard
time, I decided to take my chances on the lam and I took off. I was always kind
of a rebel at heart and the outlaw life seemed romantic to me. I didn't think I
was Tony Montana from Scarface, more like Jeff Spicoli from Fastimes at
Ridgemont High, But despite being a stoner I had a little Catch Me If You Can
in me and going to federal prison wasn't in my plans. <span id="goog_387589272"></span><span id="goog_387589273"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My case was from 1991 and for two years I was a fugitive
from justice or maybe we should say injustice but it’s all relative now. I had
been getting loads of weed out of Dallas since the late 80s and I settled in
the Arlington area while I was on the run. I had some friends at the University
of Texas and I quickly settled back into a drug dealing routine, eventually
driving loads of pot up to Saint Louis, Missouri. Where after a short time I
got caught and extradited back to Virginia. For some reason the US Marshals had
put me on their Top 15 Most Wanted fugitive list and my capture was given
national priority. Like I was Whitey Bulger or something. Go figure. Again I
was never quite sure why, but that's how it all went down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">At the age of 22 I was sent to federal prison to start doing
my time. I don't have any vicious penitentiary war stories to tell you, but the
medium security prisons I was housed at were rough enough. Back in the 90s they
called them gladiator schools and you could get shanked, cut or cracked in the
head with a lock on a belt. I found out it was about respect and I carried
myself accordingly. I managed to stay busy, stay out of trouble and stay out of
the way. But eventually I got comfortable in prison and I started doing the
same things I was doing on the street, smuggling marijuana. Except this time I
was smuggling it in through the prison's visiting room. I would swallow 10-15
marble sized balloons full of kind bud and smoke to my heart’s content. I was
still in shock at my 25 year sentence and was self-medicating to numb myself so
I didn't have to feel the reality of my situation. I also sold the weed and
made a decent living as a prison hustler. I did this for my first 9 years in
the belly of the beast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Eventually I got a clue and stopped smuggling and smoking
weed. Around 2002 I decided I had to start working toward my future. I still
had a lot of time left to do, with a 2015 release date, but being stuck in the
netherworld of corruption and violence, the idea of being a career prison
gangster didn't appeal to me. So I made a choice, a choice to do everything I
could to prepare myself for my inevitable release. To that end I started taking
college correspondence courses and earned an AA degree from Penn State, a BA
from the University of Iowa and an MA from California State University. All
from prison. I was locked up but that didn't mean I couldn't accomplish
something positive. It was hard work getting those degrees from here but I did
it, despite the lack of cooperation and accommodation from the Bureau of
Prisons. Because rehabilitation isn't their goal, warehousing men is what they
do. If you want to do better for yourself, you have to take that into your own
hands and that is what I did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was always big into sports and working out. I played in
the intramural basketball, soccer, softball and flag football leagues. Prison
sports were rough but I made sure I always represented. I was known as a go
hard white boy who was a good but not great athlete. I channeled my anger at my
sentence into sports and my studies and it helped me tremendously to stay
focused and in shape. I started spending more time in the prison library. I was
out of the mix, away from the politics and all the drama that goes down in
prison. After several years of this type of behavior I was transferred to a
nice, tame, low security prison where it wasn't all about the politics and who
was running the yard and bringing in drugs and getting punked out or checked
in. It took a minute to get used to the low security prison, because I was used
to cells and the lows were cubicles and open dorms, but I adjusted and it’s
been about 8 years now that I have resided in a low. Less tension, politics and
a generally more accommodating atmosphere. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I decided to start writing articles and books about prison
life and true crime. My first book <em>Prison Stories</em> was well received and brought
me a lot of accolades. I went on to author over 500 articles that were
published in magazines and on the Internet and I have authored 7 books to date,
all true crime, with more on the way. With the help of my girlfriend, who I
married in 2005, I started a website, blog and publishing house from prison.
Over the years my website, books and writings have generated a lot of interest
and helped me to establish a career from here. You can check out my website at
gorillaconvict.com. I write books about gangsters and I have covered all of the
street legends that rappers like Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Nas and LL Cool J rhyme about.
I have been locked up with a lot of these dudes in the feds and done interviews
with them and got the exclusive stories to share with the world. My site also
has tons of prison stories, interviews with gang members and covers the crack
era and life in the belly of the beast like no other site on the Internet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have written for magazines like Vice, Don Diva, and
F.E.D.S. and my work on prison basketball have appeared on hoopshype.com and in
Slam. I have also written for thefix.com, the dailybeast.com and Maxim on how
to smuggle drugs into prison, how to make hooch and how to make body armor in
case you are expecting to get in a knife fight. I have used my time
productively and made a career as a writer from here so that I have a future
when I get out. It hasn't always been easy as I have been locked up in the
hole, put under investigation, had my property seized and destroyed and been
shaken down and harassed repeatedly, due to my writing efforts, but despite the
hassles it has been worth it, because I have a future. And in prison that is
the biggest thing, hope for a better life in the future. I am not coming home
from prison, after almost 21 years of incarceration, with nothing. I have
prospects, opportunities and options. But I have worked hard for all that
awaits me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have rehabilitated myself in effect. The Bureau of Prison
hasn't had anything to do with it. But that's life on the inside. You fight for
what you want and if you fight hard enough, you get it. Because in here nobody
is going to give you anything for free. I have overcome tremendous obstacles,
sometimes self-imposed, to be in the position I am now and I have worked hard
throughout. As my time is coming to an end it is a new beginning for me. I have
my wife, I have my career, I have my publishing house and my website with a lot
of writing credits on my resume. I also have my music, I have wrote tons of
songs and will be performing under the name, White Boy Mafia, when I get out. I
recorded some songs back in FCI Manchester in 1996 that hopefully they will
play a little of for you all to listen to. Remember that name, White Boy Mafia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I go home in a couple of months and I am ready for the
world. I am hungry for it, Just imagine, 21 years, I have done it and it still
doesn't seem real to me. But it is real and when I walk out that gate I suppose it
will all hit me. I have had a long journey but it is almost over now. I go to a
halfway house on August 1 of this year. Just a couple of months left now. The first
thing I want to do when I get home is to make love to my wife, eat a Dominos or
Pizza Hut pizza and take a bath. I have plans to start taking the content I
have created into the visual realm. So be on the lookout for a series of
documentaries from me and visit gorillaconvict.com. Look for some music releases from White
Boy Mafia also. If you like my work or music please feel free to drop me </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">a line at gorillaconvict.com and friend me on Facebook at
Seth Ferranti and you can order all my books on gorillaconvict.com. Thanks to
Gavin for setting this up and I hope to be playing in Deep Ellum sometime soon.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Crime Beat Radio Show</span></strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><a href="http://strategicmediabooks.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00d44cfa5d9b4cf01640c39c5&id=d1a1db54d6&e=fac624f210"><b><span style="color: #333333;">www.artistfirst.com</span></b></a><br /><a href="mailto:crimebeat123@yahoo.com"><b><span style="color: #333333;">crimebeat123@yahoo.com</span></b></a></span><em><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Crime Beat</span></b></em><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">: Issues, Controversies and Personalities from the darkside </span></strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">on Artist First Radio Network is pleased to announce its
forthcoming schedule for June 26, 2014, through August 21, 2014. Topics covered
include Mafia History, the Pizza Bomber, Joseph Mengele, private investigation
work and more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Here is the lineup:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">August 28 — George Jung,
legendary drug dealer whose story was in featured the movie Blow, starring
Johnny Depp. <a href="http://strategicmediabooks.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=00d44cfa5d9b4cf01640c39c5&id=7ae1bd15c4&e=fac624f210" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #333333;">Read more.</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">September 4 — Tim Elfrink and
Gus Garcia Roberts, authors of Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez,
Biogenesis, and the Quest to End Baseball's Steroid Era’ Blood Sport<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">September 11 — Joanne Drayton,
author of the Search for Anne Perry. <a href="http://strategicmediabooks.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00d44cfa5d9b4cf01640c39c5&id=6632461750&e=fac624f210" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #333333;">Read More.</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">September 18 — Ruben Casteneda,
author of S Street Rising : Crack Murder and redemption in D.C. <a href="http://strategicmediabooks.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00d44cfa5d9b4cf01640c39c5&id=c046cea648&e=fac624f210" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #333333;">Read More.</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">September 25 — Mel Ayton,
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: The Warren Report and Oswald's Guilt and
Motive 50 years On. <a href="http://strategicmediabooks.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=00d44cfa5d9b4cf01640c39c5&id=cee203fcec&e=fac624f210" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #333333;">Read More.</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">October 2 — Mark Songini,
author of Boston Mob: The Rise and Fall of the New England Mob and Its
Most Notorious Killer. <a href="http://strategicmediabooks.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00d44cfa5d9b4cf01640c39c5&id=43bfb46645&e=fac624f210" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #333333;">Read more.</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">October 9 — Bryce T. Bauer,
Gentlemen Bootleggers: A True Story of Templeton Rye, Prohibition and a
Small Town in Cahoots. <a href="http://strategicmediabooks.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00d44cfa5d9b4cf01640c39c5&id=5719d38668&e=fac624f210" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #333333;">Read more.</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">October 16 — Jay Dobyns, author
of No Angel: My Harrowing undercover Journey to the Inner-Circle of the
Hells Angels. <a href="http://strategicmediabooks.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00d44cfa5d9b4cf01640c39c5&id=b8170541ea&e=fac624f210" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #333333;">Read more.</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">October 23 — Rena Kopystenski,
author of An Unbelievable Life: Agent Orange and One Woman's Fight against
It. <b><span style="color: #333333;">Read more</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On the air since January 28, 2011, Crime Beat
is a weekly hour-long radio program that airs every Thursday at 8 p.m.
EST. Crime Beat presents fascinating topics that bring listeners closer to
the dynamic underbelly of the world of crime. Guests have included ex-mobsters,
undercover law enforcement agents, sports officials, informants, prisoners,
drug dealers and investigative journalists, who have provided insights and
fresh information about the world’s most fascinating subject: crime.<br />
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Crime Beat is currently averaging 160,000 listeners plus, from over 120
countries world-wide each week, and the figure is growing. All shows are
archived for 24-7 listening. Crime Beat is hosted by award-winning crime writer
and documentary producer Ron Chepesiuk (<a href="http://strategicmediabooks.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=00d44cfa5d9b4cf01640c39c5&id=c0882b252a&e=fac624f210" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #333333;">www.ronchepesiuk.com</span></b></a>) and broadcast journalist and
freelance writer Will Hryb.<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ronald Herd I1, the popular Internet radio host and regular listener of Crime
Beat, said: "Crime Beat sounds like an organized crime greatest hits
collection...I am loving it!"<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tom Hart of Atlanta,
Georgia, writes: “I am a BIG fan of your show and enjoy the variety of guests
you have on your show.</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Keep up the good
work.” Carolyn Yarema of Toronto, Canada writes, "fabulous program
guys' ... my husband Chi Chi and I never miss the show."<br />
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</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Crime Beat airs weekly
every Thursday at 8 P.M. EST on the Artist First World Radio Network at <a href="http://strategicmediabooks.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00d44cfa5d9b4cf01640c39c5&id=ef790f635e&e=fac624f210"><b><span style="color: #333333;">artistfirst.com/crimebeat</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">To contact the Crime Beat
radio program for interviews, e-mail <a href="mailto:crimebeat123@yahoo.com"><b><span style="color: #333333;">crimebeat123@yahoo.com</span></b></a> or call
803-366-5440.</span>mobwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15365425300211341741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628281501090110930.post-55103745025387575952014-08-13T17:14:00.002-04:002014-08-13T17:14:16.280-04:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's news from</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MOB SPEAK's favorite radio show:</span><br />
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George Jung, the legendary drug dealer whom Johnny Depp portrayed in the movie "Blow," will appear on the Crime Beat with Ron Chepesiuk radio show in an exclusive interview. It will be George's first radio or TV interview since his release last June. He is currently in a halfway house. We will talk about the birth of the Latin American drug trade, notorious drug kingpins Pablo Escobar and Carlos Lehder whom George knew personally, his friendship with Johnny Depp, the movie "Blow," prison life, the War on Drugs, among other topics. Show time is Thursday, August 28 at 8 pm. Stay tuned.</div>
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mobwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15365425300211341741noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628281501090110930.post-16334854054715468412014-07-29T09:22:00.000-04:002014-07-29T09:22:27.939-04:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More from the Mob Museum...</span><br />
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<b>LAS VEGAS (July 2014) – </b>On Tuesday and Wednesday, August 12 and 13, <a href="http://themobmuseum.org/">The Mob Museum</a>, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, will host the exclusive first Las Vegas screenings of <i>Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger. </i>August 12 is the one-year anniversary of Bulger’s conviction on 11 murder charges along convictions on charges of racketeering, narcotics and money laundering.<br />
The film, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, will be shown at 7 p.m. on both days with seating starting at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $20 and include Museum admission, popcorn and a non-alcoholic beverage. Museum members receive a 10 percent discount.<br />
Once ranked No. 2 on America’s Most Wanted list after Osama Bin Laden, James “Whitey” Bulger terrorized the city of Boston for years without ever being charged with so much as a misdemeanor. The infamous gangster wielded a mystique as the Robin Hood of South Boston. Separating the man from the myth, <i>Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger</i> challenges conventional wisdom by detailing shocking new allegations.<br />
With unprecedented access, filmmaker Joe Berlinger utilizes the sensational trial against Bulger as a springboard to explore corruption within the highest levels of law enforcement. Embedded for months with retired FBI agents, Massachusetts state police, victims, lawyers, gangsters, journalists and federal prosecutors, Berlinger scrutinizes Bulger’s relationship with the FBI and Department of Justice—a dynamic that ultimately allowed Bulger to reign over a criminal empire for decades.<br />
Space is limited. To make reservations for either screening call (702) 229-2734 or log onto <a href="http://themobmuseum.org/Archives/Category/Events/">http://TheMobMuseum.org/Archives/Category/Events/</a>.<br />
<time class="entry-date" datetime="2014-07-21T16:02:13+00:00" pubdate="">July 21, 2014</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"></span>| <span>Posted in: </span><a href="http://themobmuseum.org/archives/category/media/" rel="category tag" title="View all posts in Media">Media</a>, <a href="http://themobmuseum.org/archives/category/news/" rel="category tag" title="View all posts in News">News</a></span><br />
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