Paul Davis On Crime: Patrick Bet-David

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Thursday, July 2, 2020

The Real Donnie Brasco: Legendary Undercover FBI Special Agent Joe Pistone's Video Interview

Legendary retired FBI Special Agent Joseph Pistone, who went undercover with the New York Bonanno Cosa Nostra organized crime family, was interviewed by Patrick Bet-David on YouTube.com

You can watch the video interview via the below link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v-X06Q04w4

I interviewed Joe Pistone for the Philadelphia Inquirer when I reviewed his book The Way of the Wiseguy and I later interviewed him for my Crime Beat column.

You can read my Philadelphia Inquirer review below and you can read my Crime Beat column on Joe Pistone via the below link:

www.pauldavisoncrime.com/2010/01/look-back-at-joseph-pistone-aka-donnie.html

Note: You can click on the above to enlarge.

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Former Philadelphia-South Jersey Cosa Nostra Crime Boss Ralph Natale's Video Interview

Former Philadelphia-South Jersey Cosa Nostra crime family boss Ralph Natale discussed Jimmy Hoffa's murder and the history of organized crime in Philadelphia with Patrick Bet-David on YouTube.

You can watch the video interview via the below link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AB0PHFoaZU

I reviewed Ralph Natale’s book, Last Don Standing for the Washington Times and I interviewed the former mob boss-turned government witness.

You can read my Crime Beat column and Q&A with Ralph Natale via the below link:

www.pauldavisoncrime.com/2017/04/my-crime-beat-column-my-q-with-ralph.html

Saturday, June 27, 2020

Once A Mafia Prince: Patrick Bet-David's Interview With Philip Leonetti, The Former Underboss Of The Philadelphia-South Jersey Cosa Nostra Organized Crime Family

Patrick Bet-David interviewed Philip Leonetti, the former underboss of the Philadelphia-South Jersey Cosa Nostra crime family who became a government cooperating witness and the author of Mafia Prince: Inside America's Most Violent Crime Family and the Bloody Fall of La Cosa Nostra.

You can watch the interview via the below link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_K0FIVZP_w

I reviewed Mafia Prince for the Washington Times and I interviewed Philip Leonetti.

You can read my review of Mafia Prince via the below link:

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/4/book-review-mafia-prince/#pagebreak

And you can read my Crime Beat column and Q&A with Philip Leonetti via the below link:

www.pauldavisoncrime.com/2013/01/crime-beat-column-mafia-prince-q-with.html

Paul Davis

Paul Davis is a writer who covers crime. He has written extensively about organized crime, cybercrime, street crime, white collar crime, crime fiction, crime prevention, the military, espionage and terrorism. His 'Crime Beat' column, which covers crime news, crime issues and crime prevention in South Philadelphia, appears weekly in the South Philly Review, and his 'On Crime' column, which covers crime in the Greater Philadelphia region, appears weekly at Philly Daily and Broad and Liberty. He is also a longtime contributor to Counterterrorism magazine and writes their online 'Threatcon' column, which covers crime, espionage and terrorism. Paul Davis' crime fiction appears in American Crime Magazine. His work has also appeared in the Washington Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Weekly and other publications. As a writer, he has attended police academy training, gone out on patrol with police officers, accompanied detectives as they worked cases, accompanied narcotics officers on drug raids, observed criminal court proceedings, visited jails and prisons, and covered street riots, mob wars and murder investigations. He has interviewed police commissioners and chiefs, FBI, DEA, HSI and other federal special agents, prosecutors, judges, public officials, WWII UDT frogmen, Navy SEALs, Army Delta operators, Israeli commandos, military intelligence officers, Scotland Yard detectives, CIA officers, former KGB officers, film and TV actors, film writers, directors and producers, journalists, novelists and true crime authors, gamblers, outlaw bikers, and Cosa Nostra organized crime bosses. Paul Davis has been a student of crime since he was a 12-year-old aspiring writer growing up in South Philadelphia. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy when he was 17 in 1970. He served aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Kitty Hawk during the Vietnam War and he later served two years aboard the Navy harbor tugboat U.S.S. Saugus at the U.S. floating nuclear submarine base at Holy Loch, Scotland. He went on to become the civilian administrative officer of a Defense Department command in Philadelphia, where he oversaw security, safety and other programs for the command's military and civilian employees, and served as an investigating officer, while working part-time as a newspaper crime reporter and columnist. He retired in 2007 after more than 37 Navy/DOD years of service and became a full-time writer. From 1991 to 2005 he was a producer and on-air host of "Inside Government," a public affairs interview radio program that aired on Sunday mornings on WPEN AM and WMGK FM in the Philadelphia area. You can read Paul Davis' crime columns, crime fiction, book reviews and news and feature articles on this website. You can read his full bio by clicking on the above photo (by Brittany Davis-Pearson). And you can contact Paul Davis at pauldavisoncrime@aol.com.

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