THE BLACK HAND FORUM

If Petey Tuccio hadda been supervising this, we wouldn't be here today talking about "what if"!! The place would be an ashtray! Maybe they brought in Gino "Hot Pants" Gabrielli to do the job? Boy, does that kid know how to light a match! Top law enforcement sources report that Gi...

Dominick Ricigliano is a recent example. I wrote about it on my website:
https://thecolombomafia.com/the-godfath ... and-part-2

Ctrl-F "Ricigliano" to find the relevant parts.

A common defense of the Italian-American LCN is that they protect the community. The idea is that if the Mafia governs a neighborhood, petty street crime is curbed because the Mafia bosses protect their own. Here is one quote from a Bensonhurst resident in November 1992, published in the Charlotte O...

He said he's had terminal cancer for the past ten years, that was part of his decision for cooperating. Why was this never brought up at his sentencing, or by any of the numerous sources who provided Jerry Capeci with information? Credit to Ed Scarpo for reporting back in 2019 that "sources sa...

He said he's had terminal cancer for the past ten years, that was part of his decision for cooperating. Why was this never brought up at his sentencing, or by any of the numerous sources who provided Jerry Capeci with information? Credit to Ed Scarpo for reporting back in 2019 that "sources sai...

Do Philly, DeCavs and NE have to pass round a list? Or the 5 don't give a f outside of NYC In 2010, Scoops Licata was on tape talking about how he still passed the names of guys he proposed to the Gambino and Genovese families but not to the others. One would assume it's passed around to members of...

With DeLeo it isn't just that he once cooperated before he was around the Colombos -- while he was acting boss he was also recorded telling his sister about the life, talked about meetings and a ceremony in NYC, and compared it to the Sopranos . Throw in this stuff about the DiNunzios and the guy i...

Point being maybe the knew Scarpa was a rat too. But didn't care either as long as they have someone loyal to Persico. I can't remember the exact allegations about the Persicos knowing that Scarpa was a rat. I believe that assertion was made in Peter Lance's excellent book, Deal with the Devil. But...

If the Boston Mafia does exist, the crazy thing to me is that DeLeo not only cooperated with the feds in that murder-for-hire case, he also provided information about the Boston Mafia. So if the Boston Mafia does still exist, in whatever form, that ought to be a real kick in the balls. DeLeo does a...

If the Boston Mafia does exist, the crazy thing to me is that DeLeo not only cooperated with the feds in that murder-for-hire case, he also provided information about the Boston Mafia. So if the Boston Mafia does still exist, in whatever form, that ought to be a real kick in the balls.

Big fan of your stuff, Anna!

"Cs.' does he mean Colombos or Cammarano family? Obviously he means the Cammaranos. I thought they call the Colombos the Cs? I don’t know who they is. Personally I’ve never heard anyone on the street use any of those gay nicknames some people like to use so much (the C’s doesn’t rank nearly as...

When Big Anthony Russo first asked Petillo if he wanted to be a member, Petillo said no but later clarified to another Colombo associate (perhaps a wired-up Tommy McLaughlin or one of the other handful of Colombo informants from the late 2000s) that he only turned it down because he was concerned th...

Important to note that Greg Scarpa told the FBI (these files are publicly available) that his nickname was "***** Dom." That always made me wonder about Dom's ethnicity, because I can't see them calling a non-African American person that unless it was one big inside joke. EDIT: Black Hand...

I remember Gohn was saying Cacace had his son's running around meeting with guys as soon as he was released from prison a few years ago. Thought his son died. How many does he have? Two sons, one of them (Joel Jr.) deceased. Both were connected to Ben Castellazzo although I seem to remember that Jo...