Stick ‘em up Geoffs we’re mobbin’ through some wild stories this week from glamorous mobster funerals to some startling connections behind the most notorious members of the criminal underworld. We’ve got an obituary for an icon, one for gangster brains and of course we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls! Buy our book: prh.com/obitchuary Get your Merch: wonderyshop.com/obitchuary Come see us live on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com Join our Patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter New episodes come out every Thursday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening! Write to us: obitpod@gmail.com Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807 Sources: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3771076/Florida-man-19-gets-arrested-trying-partake-flash-mob-dressed-dinosaur-holding-Airsoft-gun.html https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-gangster-stories/kate-gardner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Rothstein https://www.famously-dead.com/criminals/arnold-rothstein.html https://themobmuseum.org/notable_names/benjamin-bugsy-siegel/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lasvegas-siegel/ https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/culture/celebrities/19-facts-you-need-to-know-about-gotti https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/john-gotti https://untappedcities.com/2023/07/14/10-secrets-of-ozone-park-queens/3/ https://oddstops.com/location.php?id=297 https://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/the-gambino-godfather-of-howard-beach-john-gotti/article_bbee22e3-8a47-5cb6-9ce2-2661821cb90d.html https://nypost.com/2002/06/16/its-petal-to-the-metal-in-flowery-procession/ https://www.papaverofuneralhome.com/community/farewell-to-john-gotti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John_Cemetery_(Queens) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gotti https://www.cnn.com/2002/US/06/12/gotti.funeral/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-13-na-gotti13-story.html https://qns.com/2002/06/curious-crowd-maspeth-for-dapper-dons-wake/ https://qns.com/2002/06/middle-village-cemetery-last-stop-for-john-gotti/ https://nypost.com/2019/03/19/a-ranking-of-the-most-notable-mob-funerals-in-nyc-history/ https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/16/nyregion/gotti-s-funeral-procession-takes-in-his-old-haunts.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/church-denies-gotti-a-funeral-mass/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/21/disgust-in-rome-at-mafia-dons-glamour-funeral-complete-with-godfather-music https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205570/Residents-Rome-left-furious-mafia-boss-Vittorio-Casamonica-given-Hollywood-style-funeral.html https://www.ncronline.org/news/world/italian-catholic-church-scrambles-explain-role-lavish-mafia-boss-funeral https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205570/Residents-Rome-left-furious-mafia-boss-Vittorio-Casamonica-given-Hollywood-style-funeral.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casamonica_clan https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/11/21/Thousands-of-people-passed-Friday-by-the-glass-covered-mahogany/6704532933200/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flukey_Stokes https://www.newspapers.com/image/1025795549/?article=043acad8-d3f5-40d7-b878-f9c19bbbd4b5&terms=gangster https://www.vox.com/technology/2024/2/28/24086217/willy-wonka-glasgow-scotland https://hyperallergic.com/874652/children-in-tears-at-disastrous-willy-wonka-factory-experience/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/1025795549/?article=043acad8-d3f5-40d7-b878-f9c19bbbd4b5&terms=gangster
Stick ‘em up Geoffs we’re mobbin’ through some wild stories this week from glamorous mobster funerals to some startling connections behind the most notorious members of the criminal underworld. We’ve got an obituary for an icon, one for gangster brains and of course we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!
Buy our book: prh.com/obitchuary
Get your Merch: wonderyshop.com/obitchuary
Come see us live on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com
Join our Patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter
New episodes come out every Thursday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers.
Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok
Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening!
Write to us: obitpod@gmail.com
Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes
PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807
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