THE BLACK HAND FORUM

There was one Colombo (I thought Franzese though he may have cooperated / left the life by then) who said when it came out publicly that Scarpa was a CI, Allie Persico told him both he and his father had known for years. The member was disgusted they knew and still kept him around. I believe it cam...

It was an empty apartment, right? Valachi told the FBI that the Genovese ceremonies he attended were typically in empty apartments as well.

There was one Colombo (I thought Franzese though he may have cooperated / left the life by then) who said when it came out publicly that Scarpa was a CI, Allie Persico told him both he and his father had known for years. The member was disgusted they knew and still kept him around.

Scarpa was a suspected informant for many years but his murderous reputation may have saved him. At one point Joe Tomasello told him people were gossiping about him being a rat so he recommended Scarpa kill someone to prove them wrong. Carmine Lombardozzi is an interesting case as he was a CI since ...

Yeah it is looking like Cammarata was a Chicago member for a time given he was obviously already a member at 1928 Cleveland and can be directly connected to Nicola Diana and Vincenzo Cutaia. The relationship to Diana is interesting too since Cammarata attended Cleveland with two of the most importan...

I will always respect and support Capeci but along these lines he published a eulogy for that guy Augie Cataldo who has only been publicly ID'd on Pinterest and called him a Genovese captain, a former member of the Rampers, and a relative of the other Cataldos with the Colombo and Lucchese Families....

Calogero Marsala was with the Arcuri crew. You might be thinking of Pasquale Marsala, different guy.

Yeah, ol' Paulie Stripes was a big joke on the RealDeal. Wikipedia was still fairly new then and people didn't know to be skeptical so we'd get a lot of people asking about him. As for Ask Andy, a lot of fun was had when Ivan seemingly got him "whacked". I don't even remember what it was a...

With the deeper history we have to do a certain amount of guesswork when suspecting someone of membership and in many cases we are likely right but it's interesting when someone has all the signs of membership only to find out they were never made. Stresses the importance of inside sources who can c...

Curious if Acquista had any interaction with the Arcuri crew too. They were both in the same parts of Queens, the Arcuris were described in an FBI report as employing zips in construction, and the crew had members from the same part of Agrigento. The Arcuris were from Alessandria della Rocca but the...

Appreciate you doing that, Scott.

JohnnyS wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 11:18 am You're welcome Scott.

Yeah this was your scoop yesterday.

Keep up the excellent work. We appreciate you.

The D'Agatis get overshadowed by their relatives but were an extremely important family in Villabate. Gene's great-uncle Giulio D'Agate (original spelling) was boss of Villabate in the 1910s-1920s before his murder and Gene's grandfather Vincenzo was a Villabate member going back to the 19th century...

Excellent. Total support.

Interesting Costanzo was a Philly-based Pittston member. Caramandi talked about another guy who was a Pittston associate who lived in Philly as well.