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Crooked City: Youngstown, OH
- By: truth.media / Sony Music Entertainment
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Nov 1 20223 mins
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Nov 1 202239 mins
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- Janie Burns
- 12-31-22
A fascinating intersection of crime, politics and industrial decline
I loved this story. Being from Pittsburgh and having worked in the steel industry I’ve observed firsthand the devastation caused by industrial decline, and the desperation that leads people to place their blind faith in corrupt saviors like Jim Traficant (and Donald Trump). But this story gives you the world from the bottom up - from the mouths of the rank and file steelworkers and mobsters to the politicians who struggle to choose between public service and self service. From Paul Gains, the county prosecutor who pledged his life to justice and honor in spite of barely escaping a murder hit, to Jim Traficant, who enriched himself while conning the people of Youngstown with a steady diet of false hope.
But the best part of the story is the reminiscences of real-life mobsters and murderers in their own words, as they talk about their crimes as nonchalantly as talking about an ordinary day at the office. It’s the audible rendering that gives this story its authenticity.
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- leezeca
- 01-03-23
Grounds a story Born of pure drama in Reality...
I grew up with a steelworker father and grandfather a little further down the river. This helped me to understand the dynamics of our valley on over to Pittsburgh so much more than I ever thought I could care. This will w/o a doubt be the 1st podcast I introduce to my 85 yr old dad. He's a silent observer type, fascinated w/ loudmouths, and I bet he will have stories to dine out on (perhaps at Naples restaurant). I'm sending this to my brothers right now. I always wondered why so, so many people from a town made of the river seemed to die in stupid accidents on the river. He would not discuss these things with us as children.
The storytelling really helped me to understand why people still make a deferrential sign of the cross when Trafficant's name is brought up. This did him justice as man who loved his people and Youngstown. There truly was ZERO viable way for anyone to turn sheriff without getting dirty and playing dirty. The only choice was balancing the acts. Trafficant put his heart into his work and did not disappoint his voters. I witnessed his era & the news of the valley led me to believe he was 100% self-serving and oozing criminal misdeeds. I'm happy to be corrected on that matter. He talked a big game, but UNLIKE every other politico now, he fought like hell trying to bring the win home.
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