BLOOD AND SAINTS: The Colombo War That Turned Brooklyn Churches Into Mafia Killing Floors

When Carmine Persico ordered a hit on his own cousin during Sunday mass, the third Colombo war began—a 3-year bloodbath that saw 12 bodies dumped on church altars, FBI agents bribed with gold-plated crucifixes, and a mob wife using her son’s confirmation party to poison 3 rivals. With never-broadcast NYPD surveillance footage and interviews with the turncoat who wore a wire under his priest’s cassock, this episode uncovers how the Colombos pioneered the "sanctuary hit."