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The Golden Era of Clubs, Club Drugs, and Mafia Crews in NYC Nightlife to Miami and Back

2023/3/28
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主持著名true crime播客《Crime Junkie》的播音员和创始人。
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Danny Gold: 本期节目讲述了90年代纽约和迈阿密夜生活中的毒品、俱乐部和黑手党之间的复杂关系，以及主要人物彼得·盖蒂安、克里斯·帕西耶洛和迈克尔·卡鲁索的故事。节目内容基于Frank Owen的《俱乐部》和Michelle McPhee的《迈阿密黑手党》等资料。 Sean Williams: 节目深入探讨了90年代曼哈顿蓬勃发展的夜总会场景，以及摇头丸和电子音乐的兴起。彼得·盖蒂安作为夜总会大亨，他的场所Limelight成为毒品交易和性乱的中心。迈克尔·卡鲁索，最初是DJ，后成为毒枭，与黑手党成员合作，控制着Limelight的毒品交易。克里斯·帕西耶洛，一个黑手党成员，在纽约参与了多起犯罪活动后逃往迈阿密，成为夜总会大亨。 Sean Williams: 节目详细描述了帕西耶洛的犯罪生涯，从偷车到参与谋杀案。他与多个黑手党团伙合作，最终背叛他们。在迈阿密，他结识了名流，过着奢华的生活，但他的黑手党关系最终被曝光。联邦调查局发起“小凯撒行动”，逮捕了大量黑手党成员，帕西耶洛最终与政府合作，他的证词导致多名博纳诺家族成员被捕。他服刑六年后获释，并重返迈阿密夜总会行业。

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The 1990s saw Manhattan's dance club scene evolve with the introduction of Ecstasy and Techno, led by figures like Peter Gatien and his clubs Limelight and Sound Factory.

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In the 1990's, Manhattan's booming dance club scene was hit by two massive trends: Ecstasy and Techno. With the eye-patch wearing Canadian nightlife impresario Peter Gatien standing watch, massive clubs like limelight and Sound Factory became debaucherous drug dens ruled over by the ever-weirder club kids. Soon enough, though, a techno pioneer who would later go on to be involved with Wu Tang Clan saw the potential for massive profits and brought in roughneck junior mafia farm teams from south Brooklyn and Staten Island and things starting getting dark, quick. An infamous tabloid murder, a massive mafia bust and a lurid drug kingpin trial followed, but not before some of the major players relocated to Miami for a bit and made a name for themselves there. Once some former associates started talking, however, it all came crashing down, not just for Chris Paciello, but for the top level five family bosses he testified against.

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