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Introducing Underbelly: Killing Kurt

Apr 28, 20253 min
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We’re sharing a trailer from season three of the Underbelly podcast: Killing Kurt.

Kurt Calabrese grew up in the shadow of his father, Frank “The Breeze” Calabrese Sr., a feared hitman for the Chicago Outfit. In a home ruled by violence and paranoia, loyalty wasn’t a choice... it was survival. Then came the Family Secrets Trial, exposing 18 unsolved murders and tearing the mob apart. But before the headlines, the real story started inside the Calabrese family. This season on Underbelly: Killing Kurt, Kurt Calabrese shares his story of the betrayal that took down his father, the violence at home, and the cost of growing up in the mob. From Entropy Media, listen to Underbelly: Killing Kurt. Available now wherever you get your podcasts.

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Transcript

Speaker 1

Pushkin. Hey listeners, it's Jake. We'll have news about a new season of deep Cover for you very soon. In the meantime, we're sharing the trailer from the latest season of Underbelly from Entropy Media. Take a listen, and if you want to hear more, Underbelly Killing Kurt is now available wherever you listen to podcasts.

Speaker 2

In Chicago, one of the biggest mafia trials in years began today and the name says it all, the Family Secrets Trial.

Speaker 3

These were almost like movie characters who are going to be on trial in the real world in federal court, so you had people lining up to see it.

Speaker 4

The legacy of this trial was the end of the Chicago Outfit.

Speaker 3

As we knew it.

Speaker 4

It ended right then and there.

Speaker 5

In season three of Entropies Underbelly franchise were shedding new light on a family drama so intense it led to an infamous mob trial. And it all started with one.

Speaker 1

Man, Frank Lebrieze Calabrise, longtime enforcer of the feared Chinatown Crew.

Speaker 3

He would be people, strangle them and then slit their throats. That was sort of his calling card.

Speaker 5

This man, Frank Calabrisse sor terrorized everyone, including his two sons.

Speaker 4

And his father turned him around and put a revolver in his cheek and said, I would rather have you dead than this. Obey me.

Speaker 5

Fearing death, one of the Calabrie's sons went to the FBI to help them put his father away for good. The other son, Kurt, was in the middle of it all, and he says, there is a lot the public still doesn't know. But for years he's kept the buried and it almost killed him. Now finally Kurt Calabrisse is telling his story.

Speaker 4

There was conservatively a million and a half to two million dollars there. The phone started ringing and it was the FBI.

Speaker 6

When he finds out this money's gone, he's gonna hurt me too. You can listen to Underbelly season three, Killing Kurt from Entropy Media wherever you listen to podcasts.

Speaker 4

And he took his whole family down with him, and I call it the family that destroyed the Family.

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