Episode 29

What made the Milwaukee Mafia Different from other Mobs?

In this episode, a listener asks what makes the Milwaukee Mafia different from other mobs, such as New York and Chicago.

The answers:

  • Working as city employees while controlling the garbage industry
  • Prohibition wasn't as big of a boom for the Milwaukee Mafia as other mobs
  • Eric gets Gavin off on a tangent about the Milwaukee Mafia and Las Vegas
  • Vending machines (remember when cigarettes were sold in vending machines?)
  • And some stories that Gavin has come across he has found surprising
  • A bubble gun patent
  • A Persian rug dealer

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Note: The audio quality was updated on 01/07/2022. The content is the same, but the listening experience should be an improvement.

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Milwaukee Mafia
Milwaukee had a mafia, and they were no small potatoes.