The Moth

Crying Uncle

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A young journalist’s magazine assignment leads him to an uncle and the mob.

Storyteller

Eric Konigsberg

Featured on

June 21, 2010

Recorded Date

January 16, 2006

“When I was 26 years old, I was assigned a magazine story about a mafia murder case.”

Photo by David Polenberg
Eric Konigsberg

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