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"Mafia Ties & FBI Lies: Donnie Brasco’s Double Life – ‘I Loved Lefty More Than My Own Father’"

"Mafia Ties & FBI Lies: Donnie Brasco’s Double Life – ‘I Loved Lefty More Than My Own Father’"

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 Donnie Brasco’s undercover mission nearly destroyed him—and the FBI. This episode cracks open declassified files revealing Brasco’s secret love letters to Lefty Ruggiero, his cocaine-fueled nights with Sonny Black, and the FBI’s order to let innocents die to protect his cover. Hear Ruggiero’s final phone call begging Brasco for help before his execution, and learn how Brasco’s wife attempted suicide after finding his hidden mob tattoos. Featuring a former Bonanno capo who claims Brasco slept with a made man’s daughter, this is the unvarnished truth Hollywood refused to show.

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