It's a Very Outfit Christmas this holiday season, as Dan and Alana bring you their own version of yuletide cheer: 'twas (not quite) the night before Christmas 1977, when a crew of burglars, stung over their own gift-giving, played Santa in the home of Outfit overlord Tony Accardo…and ended up on a permanent naughty list. Grab some cookies, pour some eggnog, and settle in for the bloodiest tale in Christmas history.

Sources:

Hillel Levin, "Boosting The Big Tuna," Playboy, 2007.

The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Reader, Chicago Magazine, Time Magazine.

William Roemer, Accardo: The Genuine Godfather.

Jeff Coen, Family Secrets: The Case That Crippled The Chicago Mob.

Fred Pascente & Fred Reaves, Mob Cop: My Life of Crime in the Chicago Police Department.

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The Outfit is a production of Higher Ground and Headgum.

Hosted by Dan O’Sullivan and Alana Hope Levinson

Executive Produced by Dan O’Sullivan and Alana Hope Levinson

Produced by Julia Murray

Production Assistance by Franchesca Diaz and CJ Archerd

Sound Design and Engineering by Ryan Kozlowski and Andrew Eapen

Show theme is Bittersweet Defeat by OTE

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This week, Dan and Alana take on an age-old mystery: why are straight men so obsessed with Goodfellas? They’re joined by Allie Kahan, content manager at Headgum, for a deep-dive into their favorite scenes, classic Scorsese-isms, and the surprisingly queer heart of the mob-movie canon.

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The Outfit is a production of Higher Ground and Headgum.

Hosted by Dan O’Sullivan and Alana Hope Levinson

Executive Produced by Dan O’Sullivan and Alana Hope Levinson

Produced by Julia Murray

Production Assistance by CJ Archerd and Franchesca Diaz

Sound Design and Engineering by Ryan Kozlowski and Andrew Eapen

Show theme is Bittersweet Defeat by OTE

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This week, Dan travels back to the land of his birth--Long Island, New York--for a fragrant stroll past one of the Mafia's biggest moneymakers: garbage. As he and Alana find out, the garbage industry was a critical source of money to New York's Five Families, the cost passed on to everyone else. Until one honest garbage hauler--Robert Kubecka--decided to do something about this stranglehold, in a saga which would dominate Long Island news for years.

Sources

"Garbage, Dentists, and Mobsters – Resource Capital Group’s LCN Connections," Mafia Book Reviews, 2022.

Alan A. Block, Space, Time, and Organized Crime.

Alan A. Block & Frank R. Scarpitti, Poison for Profit: The Mafia and Toxic Waste in America.

New York Newsday, New York Daily News, New York Post, The New York Times.

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The Outfit is a production of Higher Ground and Headgum.

Hosted by Dan O’Sullivan and Alana Hope Levinson

Executive Produced by Dan O’Sullivan and Alana Hope Levinson

Produced by Julia Murray

Production Assistance by Franchesca Diaz and CJ Archerd

Sound Design and Engineering by Ryan Kozlowski and Andrew Eapen

Show theme is Bittersweet Defeat by OTE

Like the show? Rate The Outfit on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and leave a review.

Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok.

Advertise on The Outfit via Gumball.fm

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