The Gangland History Podcast: An Organized Crime & Mafia History Podcast
Jacob Stoops
4.6from 255 ratings
- 52
- Episodes
- 3
- Transcribed
- 255
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 1M
- YouTube views
About The Gangland History Podcast: An Organized Crime & Mafia History Podcast
The Gangland History Podcast, hosted by history buff and mob aficionado, Jacob Stoops. He tells the true crime biographies of real life mobsters and dives deep into the plots, sub-plots, and real facts behind Cosa Nostra as well as popular mob films and television shows. Formerly called The Members-Only Podcast.
- Publisher
- Jacob Stoops
- Category
- true crime
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 30 Aug 2021
- Latest episode
- 2 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
3 of 52 episodes have a transcript.
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
#51: Chasing Goodfellas with Ed McDonald, Former NY Federal Prosecutor, Author and Goodfellas Actor
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
#50: History of the Pittsburgh Mob (Part Five): The Monastero-Pangallo War
29 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
#49: History of the Pittsburgh Mob (Part Four): The Rise of the Monastero's
Inside a recent episode
#51: Chasing Goodfellas with Ed McDonald, Former NY Federal Prosecutor, Author and Goodfellas Actor
Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] He said that he wanted to cooperate with the feds. And we he told this parole officer that and we sort of jumped on that. And we turned Henry in May of 1980. And that's when the we were able to. get sufficient evidence on jimmy burke for his complicity in the lift on the um uh the the the waster college uh point shaving scam and um we were henry provided evidence uh of jimmy burke you know in connection with lifton's case he gave us the whole whole case but we had no corroboration for henry and we weren't going to indict anybody on the basis of henry's uncorroborated testimony So what we did was we took Henry's information and we set off on a mission to corroborate what he said, and we were successful in doing that and ultimately prosecuted and convicted five people, including Jim Burke, for the BC point shaving case. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on The Gangland History Podcast: An Organized Crime & Mafia History Podcast
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Edward A McDonald
- Daniel Edward Rosen
- Frank DiMatteo
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,198,401
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 90 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 165 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100
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- Quality
- 37
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 93
Contact The Gangland History Podcast: An Organized Crime & Mafia History Podcast
- Guest appearances
- Does not typically book guests
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