This week we continue our journey through the life of Frederika Mandelbaum notorious gilded age crime boss. Ma is getting into not only the illegal silk trade but also the bank robbing business!. Funding and planning multiple bank robberies including the Oceans National Bank Heist and the Manhattan Savings Institute heist, with the help of some new criminal masterminds and partners.
We also discuss her connection with Tammany Hall and her suspiciously good ability to avoid suspicion by the police and other political figures.
We finish the episode with a bank heist gone wrong, the loss of one of her most trusted compatriots, and the ground getting a little shaky under Ma Mandelbaum's feet.
Sources:
“The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss” by Margalit Fox (2025)
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