Larry Mazza- Former Enforcer Colombo Crime Family/Author- "The Life"

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The show begins with a brief sample of the song “The Life” from
the book- “The Life”-A true story about a Brooklyn Boy Seduced
Into the Dark World of the Mafia which was written by Larry. Did
he have any lineage in his family history that were in the Costa
Nostra? We touch on Larry’s life as a youth that included
athletics and what his first career path was. 


How a bottle of wine and some M&M’s changed his life with an
affair that ended up with an older woman who was a wife of “The
Grim Reaper” Greg Scarpa which was a deadly killer in the mafia.
Did he ever think he was getting setup by Greg when he gave his
blessing to continue the affair and the Costa Nostra rule of
sleeping with a made man’s wife. Larry explains how it finally
ended. 


What & how he got him pulled into “The Life”? What did his
grandmother say about Greg and was she correct about her
feelings? The importance of street smarts to surviving in the
mob, being proposed at age 27 to be a made man and was it a
requirement to kill someone to get made? The gradual ways he was
pulled into committing murder that includes a few stories of his
hits. How many did he commit, was part along with the number of
conspiracies he was charged with? 


During the Colombo war, it was kill or be killed that caused
Larry to murder Nicky Black that also had a hit out on Larry.
After being sentenced to life in prison how did a corruption aid
in his sentence being reduced to ten years and learn about Greg
Scarpa had been working with the FBI. Which is tighter the Mafia
family or your Blood Family? Biggest price he paid for being in
The Life, and will his book hit the big screen?


Hear about meeting the actor Armand Assante, Robert DeNiro, and
others that have led to him being in “The Irishman” and “The
Perfect Murder”. We close with the level of happiness he has
these days. 


Links:


Get Your Copy –“The Life”- https://larrymazza-thelife.com/


Video of the song- The Life:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQidGcMUvVg


Larry Mazza IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9934975/


The Perfect Murder Show:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3691462/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_


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Extra 5


Feelings when got out of Costa Nostra


Reason(s) for not being in the witness protection program


Bookmaking in prison, being a consultant, and how many stamps did
he have


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