World Trade Center: The Towers the Mob Built

On the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Dan and Alana dig into a shockingly under-examined story: how the mafia profited from the World Trade Center. From its inception to collapse in Lower Manhattan, the center’s construction was fraught with incompetence and political corruption.

Sources

Grand Illusion: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11 by Wayne Barrett and Dan Collins

The Unthinkable Happened: The Fall of the World Trade Center Towers by Charlie Thornton

Manufacturing Discontent: The Trap of Individualism in Corporate Society by Michael Perelman

Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success by Michael D'Antonio

The Gotti Tapes: The Sensational FBI Tapes That Convicted America's Most Powerful Mobster by Ralph Blumenthal

Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti by Gene Mustain and Jerry Capeci

Crime Scene: World Trade Center by J. R. de Szigethy

World Trade Center Building Performance Study, FEMA, May 2002

World Trade Center Investigation, NIST

Record Briefs, New York State Appellate Court

Print sources include UPI, CBS News, PBS, Washington Post, The New York Times, the New York Daily News, Newsday, The Village Voice, Spy, New York Magazine, New York Post, The Conversation, The Militant, Wikipedia.

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The Outfit is a production of Higher Ground and Headgum.

Hosted by Dan O’Sullivan and Alana Hope Levinson

Executive Produced by Dan O’Sullivan and Alana Hope Levinson

Produced by Julia Murray

Production Assistance by Franchesca Diaz and CJ Archerd

Sound Design and Engineering by Ryan Kozlowski and Andrew Eapen

Managing Producer is Tiffany Hammond

Show theme is Bittersweet Defeat by OTE

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