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For a lot of Vlad interviews, he seems to only have a surface-level knowledge of the interview subject. Which becomes apparent when it’s a person or topic you’re very informed about. He does get some interesting guests though.

A Joey Merlino/Jeff Canarsie podcast feud was not something I saw coming. Hilarious.

I tend to give greater weight on subjects such as these to the feelings prevailing at the time on the street as opposed our view 20-30 years later. What I mean by that is the prevailing thought on the street was that Stanfa was involved. He was around Sindone, he bartended at Sindone's bar and like...

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention Bocchino supplying the shotgun. He was close to Caponigro and Ferrante was a Caponigro relative. This part of the story brings to mind an interesting point about Mafia Epistemology. The Bocchino and Ferrante shotgun disposal thing to me is plausible, even though Natale ...

That's not exactly what Leonetti says in his book. He says that Stanfa WAS involved with Caponigro and Sindone when they hit Ange. The evidence definitely suggests he was. Sindone went to the hospital the day after Bruno was killed and spoke with Stanfa in Italian. Stanfa was spotted in New York wi...

B. wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:52 pm This is just from memory so feel free to throw in any additions/corrections. Dack is a poster who has done his homework with this.

Great write up B. Thanks for the info. As much as I’ve researched this topic, some of this was new to me

Good article. Thank you for posting

That was more to do with him being the outsider, gone for years then installed by NY. Which led to the turf war and his indictment. I don’t recall there being any lingering animosity towards him over the Bruno hit a decade earlier.

Stanfa traveled to Newark and NY with Frank Sindone and Johnnny Simone shortly after the hit. I think one of those two was also rumored to have visited Stanfa in the hospital. Not saying this proves anything, but why would Stanfa be meeting with people who helped orchestrate the hit soon thereafter...

Before Ace of Steaks it was Talk of the Town, and I think both had the same owner. I’m guessing it’s gonna be the same as before but with Joeys name on it, and he gets some stake in the business now. Don’t know that for sure though. Kind of ironic the old owner Danny D'ambrosia was arrested with Pe...

If it comes out Stanfa was part of the Bruno hit he’d be number one on the Gambino’s to do list. This is the part I never see talked about when its suggested that Stanfa was involved. I never see any reasons for why he wasn’t taken out after or what his motivation would have been in the first place.

Before Ace of Steaks it was Talk of the Town, and I think both had the same owner. I’m guessing it’s gonna be the same as before but with Joeys name on it, and he gets some stake in the business now. Don’t know that for sure though.

Stanfa traveled to Newark and NY with Frank Sindone and Johnnny Simone shortly after the hit. I think one of those two was also rumored to have visited Stanfa in the hospital. Not saying this proves anything, but why would Stanfa be meeting with people who helped orchestrate the hit soon thereafter?

When it comes to the Bruno assassination, much has been written about Tieri, Tony Bananas, and the Geneovese-backed double cross. But to me it always seemed like there’s a missing piece to the puzzle with the Gambino side of things. One aspect to that is Stanfa, who was seemingly a Gambino family al...

Snuff confirmed that the pod is no longer affiliated with Connolly’s ActionPark Media, but didn’t go into any detail or hint at any bad blood.