Reformed mobster and son of notorious Chicago Outfit enforcer and hitman Frank Calabrese Jr. sits down with former undercover agents Giovanni Rocco and Dutch McAlpin to share his story of family, violence, addiction and life inside the Chicago Outfit. In this candid conversation Calabrese Jr. shares the intimate details surrounding his decision to leave the world his father pressured him into and how he risked his life to escape.

Frank Calabrese Jr. is a former member of the Chicago Outfit and coauthor of the bestselling book Operation Family Secrets: How a Mobster’s Son and the FBI Brought Down Chicago’s Murderous Crime Family. He was a key government witness whose testimony in the Operation Family Secrets trial devastated the Chicago Outfit and sent his father Frank Calabrese Sr. to prison for life. No longer living in fear of his father, see Calabrese Jr. at one of his weekly speaking engagements at The Mob Museum in Downtown, Las Vegas, Nevada in 2024. For more information on his regular WednesdaySunday appearances, visit https://themobmuseum.org/eventsposts...

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:06:43 The family business
00:23:11 Frank Jr.'s biggest earner
00:26:35 Wanting out of the Outfit
00:33:42 Father vs. son
00:40:06 Anger and liquor make people talk
00:50:54 How to have a sitdown
1:04:43: Tony Spilotro's demise
1:08:14 Uncle Nick saves Frank Jr. from his first hit
1:12:39 Breaking the cycle

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