Season 170 Episode 6210
Get CELEBRITIZED with Guest Ori Spado - The Accidental Gangster
Special guest: Ori Spado, He started out as an insurance man who pioneered the extended warranty business for new car dealerships. This part of his life has nothing to do with organized crime but Spado started in New York where he made connections with some of the early gangsters like John “Sonny” Franzese Russell Bufalino, Meyer Lanskey, and Frank Costello. These men were gangsters who also had a head for business and saw the potential in Ori. He got into trouble with his insurance business by trying to grow too large and too fast. After that failed, he moved to Hollywood taking his business and organized crime connections with him. Ori now lives his life passionate telling his story in hopes that if he can keep just one person from entering the life of crime, it was well worth it. Ori is now the Best Selling author of "The Accidental Gangster" - (Soon to be a motion picture,) which is about his true-life crime story and how he became one of the most respected gangsters in Hollywood. This book follows Ori’s life from New York to Los Angeles where he became a fixer to Hollywood’s elite and became friends and rubbed shoulders with notorious Mob bosses like Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, John Gotti, Sonny Franzese, Jimmy Caci, and more. It’s a fascinating and exciting tale of the underdog persevering thru all of life’s obstacles!
