Springfield, Massachusetts, 2003. Mob boss Alfonso “Big Al” Bruno is shot dead in a parking lot, shocking the community. How does an “untouchable” man get killed?

This is Up Against The Mob: The Springfield Crew. Host Elie Honig tells the story of the shocking murder of mob boss Al Bruno, and the rise and fall of a powerful faction of the Genovese crime family. New episodes drop every Wednesday starting March 1st.

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