THE BLACK HAND FORUM

Looks great!

The book La Patria Armata can be found here:

https://www.trapaninostra.it/libri/salv ... armata.htm

Thanks. Looks interesting. Will make sure to keep up with it.

Yes, the guy is a bust out loser. Nothing like his father. I know some people thought he was the one feeding some of the information to people on the internet. He got talked too, to say it lightly. He hangs out with the other bust out Joe Fosco and spends most of his time on the internet posting st...

Ivan , bro this is soooooooooo not your fault at all. You have no reason to apologize. I appreciate you brother , sincerely. Thanks man. Enjoying the site so far. BTW while I have you here my own "source" (LOL), the same guy that told me about George Brown dying, told me that Paul Carpare...

Gambino's Scars (podcast show) Gravano (podcast show, interviews) Gotti Jr. (alleged upcoming podcast) Bonanno's Cicale (podcast show, interviews) Cantarella (interviews) Colombo's Franzese. (podcast show, interviews) Scarpa jr. (interviews) Hooty Russo (had a show, Interviews) Philly Merlino (podc...

All good information. If I knew the owner in 1958 it might hekp more but then again if it was a tavern the call could have been placed to anyone in there. Such is the bane of the researcher. If you have some suspected names you can try to look them up in the Chicago city directories. https://archiv...

My understanding is that Franzese started as an acting capo, but then he was elevated to official.

in 1908 a Giovanni Carollo was allegedly burned to death in an oven by bakers and brothers Giuseppe and Vito Bonventre, and their aides Gaspare Galante and "Stadler" Lisante. In reality they allegedly strangled Carollo for getting behind on a loan and dumped his body in a sack in a vacant...

I can add that the barbershop owners were Salvatore DiBella and John Loiacono.

In 1947 it looks like it was Leies & Son at 956-58 Larrabee. The number was Michigan 6666-7., but elsewhere it has 1956 and 1958 Larrabee. There was an Alex Leies who lived on Larrabee.

In 1922 it was the barbershop where Vito Di Giorgio was gunned down.

If bonanno refused to go to the commission because 2 members were the messengers instead of three, what other instances known instances are there of that happening. I’ve never read or heard of that rule. You might want to post your question in a different thread. This one focuses on resources for d...

Great leads. Should note that two successive bosses of San Cipirello in the early 1920s were Vito Todaro and Domenico Pardo. Todaro survived a murder attempt in 1921 and came to NYC the following year where his arrival contact was Morello Family leader Giovanni Pecoraro (from Piana dei Greci and Sa...

Tony Canzoneri was a world champion boxer and a Bonanno caporegime: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Canzoneri RELATED. The thread says related. Not a mobsters whos also athletes. I know you cant wait to raise your hand but let the rest of the class answer. If you're going to be petty and get an ...

Tony Canzoneri was a world champion boxer and a Bonanno caporegime:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Canzoneri