THE BLACK HAND FORUM

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...

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 ...

Great find, thanks for posting. Does anyone know who in the Colombo’s this guy was around? From what I have heard, he is not "around" anyone in particular as an on-record associate. Previously hung around Dino Calabro's crew, which sort of merged with Teddy Persico's crew in the mid-2000s.

OcSleeper wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 7:15 am Wonder is that's the same Samperi who got stabbed like 3 separate times and was deported back to Italy?

Same guy I believe.

Politics are a huge factor not necessarily manpower. Look at the Castellammarese War where Valachi said the Gagliano faction was a tiny minority of the Luccheses and even when they teamed up with the Bonannos they were up against the entire Genovese Family and most of the Gambinos. But they made st...

Thanks for posting. I think it's remarkable that these guys were pulling these Hollywood style heists in the modern surveillance state. I have to say in regards to the Taccetta situation, a law that allows judges to sentence defendants for crimes they've been acquitted of is one of the most insane ...

Pmac2 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 10:34 am I wonder if Vinny asaro is still alive. Probably still scheming

I could've sworn I read that he had died but I just Googled and couldn't find any obituary or news article about his death.