Vincent A. Cianci Jr. fought the mob, and the mob won. But the young prosecutor's courtroom showdown against Raymond L.S. Patriarca, crime boss of the New England mafia, ignited his interest in something bigger in 1974: City Hall, and the power to run the entire capital city.

To get there, Cianci was going to have some help from shadowy sources. In the third episode of "Crimetown," a new podcast series about true crime and corruption in Providence, producers Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier explore Cianci's first run for mayor.

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Source: http://www.providencejournal.com/