CRAZY TRUE STORY: Thomas is an expert on a top-secret mission by the CIA, Operation Mongoose, that involved hiring the Italian Mob to take out Fidel Castro in the 1960’s. He’s here to tell us the wild tale of notorious mobsters Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana, the intricate details of the US government attempts to conceal the CIA plot and every crazy story involved in carrying out this mission. Thomas Maier is an investigative journalist and the author of a book Mafia Spies and its accompanying series on Paramount+ and Showtime. 🕵️‍♂️📺 So sit back, relax, and WELCOME TO CAMP! 🏕️ JOIN CAMP LIST HERE: https://camp.beehiiv.com/ THANK YOU WHOOP Visit JoinWhoop(dot)com/Camp for a ONE MONTH FREE TRIAL with Promo Code: CAMP Intro, Edited and Produced: Christos Papastefanou TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 1:24 Operation Mongoose = CIA employed the mob to get Fidel? 16:40 CIA training Cuban exiles + Bay of Pigs 19:37 Honeypot assassination failed as well 24:39 Castro was always a step ahead + Double agents? 29:54 First meeting + Cuban Missile Crisis 35:40 From Eisenhower to JFK + Catholics hated Communism 36:43 Trying to embarrass Fidel instead 40:58 Cuban Missile Crisis resolving + JFK assassination changed things 45:21 Allen Dulles rivalry with JFK 48:09 Theories about JFK assassination + Sinatra's presence 54:02 Judy Campbell + Mob blackmail 1:03:14 Presidential Immunity for official acts is WRONG 1:06:32 What happened to Johnny Roselli & Santo Trafficante? 1:23:15 Why would Trafficante take out people? 1:25:30 What happened to Trafficante? 1:29:56 Other details about this time