Niccolo Mainoni

A former mafioso heard a story from another mafioso, or financial liquidators found payments that they suspected may have been used for criminal activity, but there was no smoking gun, no rock-solid piece of evidence implicating any of the living defendants.

A former mafioso heard a story from another mafioso, or financial liquidators found payments that they suspected may have been used for criminal activity, but there was no smoking gun, no rock-solid piece of evidence implicating any of the living defendants.

There was one important conclusion here. In his ruling, the judge wrote this definitely was murder, not a desperate suicide. And he believed the mafia, the Masons, the Vatican, the spies were all still suspects. But he wrote too much of the evidence was speculative or tangential to convict any of the defendants.

There was one important conclusion here. In his ruling, the judge wrote this definitely was murder, not a desperate suicide. And he believed the mafia, the Masons, the Vatican, the spies were all still suspects. But he wrote too much of the evidence was speculative or tangential to convict any of the defendants.

Listening back, it felt like a horrible game of Clue, where you have the suspects, the murder weapon, the means, and the motive, yet no one goes to jail. After all these years of reporting, I wasn't sure whether to dive back into the evidence one more time or just give up. And then I realized I'd missed a key clue from the very beginning of my reporting.

Listening back, it felt like a horrible game of Clue, where you have the suspects, the murder weapon, the means, and the motive, yet no one goes to jail. After all these years of reporting, I wasn't sure whether to dive back into the evidence one more time or just give up. And then I realized I'd missed a key clue from the very beginning of my reporting.

Something that just might tie all these loose threads together. From Crooked Media and Campsite Media, this is Shadow Kingdom, God's Banker. I'm your host, Niccolo Mainoni, and this is our final episode, The Train Station.

Something that just might tie all these loose threads together. From Crooked Media and Campsite Media, this is Shadow Kingdom, God's Banker. I'm your host, Niccolo Mainoni, and this is our final episode, The Train Station.

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He worked brief stints for his dad and was just 29 when his father died. This is Carlo testifying at that 2005 murder trial. I was especially interested in what Carlo had to say because I desperately wanted to interview him for the podcast. And the truth is that I already interviewed Carlo. Kind of.

He worked brief stints for his dad and was just 29 when his father died. This is Carlo testifying at that 2005 murder trial. I was especially interested in what Carlo had to say because I desperately wanted to interview him for the podcast. And the truth is that I already interviewed Carlo. Kind of.

After talking with my friend Mario, who first suggested I look into this story, Carlo was actually the first person I reached out to. He was easy enough to track down. Neither of us were ready to do a formal interview, but we talked for hours, and I recorded my side of the conversation. And Carlo agreed to lay out his father's story so that I could investigate it in more depth.

After talking with my friend Mario, who first suggested I look into this story, Carlo was actually the first person I reached out to. He was easy enough to track down. Neither of us were ready to do a formal interview, but we talked for hours, and I recorded my side of the conversation. And Carlo agreed to lay out his father's story so that I could investigate it in more depth.

He liked that I was a lawyer and kept saying things like, and of course, as a lawyer, you know this. We were speaking in Italian, and he was going a thousand miles an hour. I kept trying to get him to tell me about what his dad was like. I was looking for personal vignettes, some way to understand Calvi on a deeper, emotional level.

He liked that I was a lawyer and kept saying things like, and of course, as a lawyer, you know this. We were speaking in Italian, and he was going a thousand miles an hour. I kept trying to get him to tell me about what his dad was like. I was looking for personal vignettes, some way to understand Calvi on a deeper, emotional level.