Former Mob Boss and a Colombo Soldier: Expose the Truth Behind the Last Mob War

🍾 Join Me In Celebrating My 75th Birthday, Sign up for this free event here!: http://celebrate.michaelfranzese.com/ 🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/ 💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ I sat down with Greg Scarpa Jr. last week, and he told me a story I almost couldn’t believe. Now I’m sitting down with a second man who lived it from the other side, and he’s corroborating every word. Frankie Steele was a Colombo associate during the Persico-Orena War. He was 21 years old in the safe houses, in the wired cars, in the murder trials that put him away for over a decade. He’ll tell you exactly how the war started, how an FBI agent named Lin DeVecchio fed Greg Scarpa Sr. the addresses of the men they were trying to kill, why every trial after his ended in acquittal, and why my friend Michael Sessa is still rotting in a prison cell 34 years later for a murder he didn’t commit. This is the puzzle nobody could finish telling — until now. Two of the three living men who know the whole story are sitting in front of you. Listen to what they have to say. Former Mob Boss and a Colombo Soldier: Expose the Truth Behind the Last Mob War 🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on... 🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/ 🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb 📧 Interested in partnerships? [email protected] 00:00:00 - Introduction: The Puzzle 34 Years in Making 00:06:38 - Sitting Down With Frankie Steele 00:07:51 - Why Michael Sessa Is Still in Prison 00:08:40 - The 48 Jurors Who Acquitted Everyone Else 00:10:14 - The Prosecutor Clique 00:10:38 - "I Don't Want to Be Found Hanging in My Garage" 00:11:58 - How the Colombo War Really Started 00:13:25 - The Hit That Walked Jimmy Angelina to His Death 00:15:54 - Carmine Sessa Becomes Consigliere 00:16:50 - "You're Gonna Get Killed" 00:17:10 - The Night It All Changed 00:18:36 - The Burning of the Car 00:19:24 - The Choice: Dead or Life in Prison 00:20:01 - The Two Factions Form 00:22:55 - The Crew That Dominated the War 00:25:29 - "This Was Not 'The Godfather'" 00:26:53 - Why Greg Knew Where Everyone Was Hiding 00:28:02 - The FBI Agent Who Became an Accomplice 00:30:43 - The Murder Michael Didn't Commit 00:32:00 - The Hot Dog Guy Who Disrespected His Mother 00:33:50 - The Wired Car That Caught Everyone 00:36:11 - Michael Self-Surrenders Without Knowing 00:37:23 - The Indictment Was Written to Hide the Truth 00:39:17 - DeVecchio Lies Under Oath - pulled from every trial 00:43:01 - "Everyone in the Eastern District Knew" 00:43:53 - The Daily News Article That Almost Got Out 00:46:01 - The Three Trials That Acquitted Everyone 00:48:16 - Level 43: Life Until Death 00:49:19 - The Hit Set Up by an FBI Agent 00:51:30 - Inside the Judge's Chambers 00:54:00 - The Judge Who Knew Too Much 00:57:00 - The Appeal That Wasn't Answered for Seven Years 00:59:09 - Nikki DeCarlo Slips Him a Note 01:00:10 - "Don't Let Anyone Fly TWA" 01:00:33 - The Wild Lewisburg Operation 01:01:42 - Three Years in the Hole 01:02:48 - Four Months on the Jet Fuel Therapy Plane 01:04:01 - Arriving at Terminal Island 01:04:37 - Why They Wouldn't Make Greg Jr. Credible 01:05:30 - "Michael Is the Only One Left" 01:06:35 - The Sacrifice Michael's Daughter Lost Family For 01:07:43 - "He's the Only FBI Agent Ever Charged With Murder" 01:09:00 - The Coverup That Won't Die 01:10:51 - The Killer Who Did Four Months 01:12:20 - Why the Government Can't Let Him Out 01:13:23 - Surrounded by the ABs 01:14:09 - Frankie had Michael Franzese's bag 01:17:05 - The TV Series Locked in a Closet Since 1998 01:19:16 - Why Frankie Is Doing This Now Backbone Media Group