THE BLACK HAND FORUM

thekiduknow wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 7:26 pm

Hired_Goonz wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 8:50 am Wow so his one source saw a guy getting thrown off of a building but then years later Henry Hill told him about seeing a different guy get thrown off a building in a different neighbourhood for the same reason. I'd say that's a crazy coincidence but the people Pileggi writes about just seem to have crazy things happening to them all the time. Like how the prosecuting attorney who got Hill to flip witnessed his first mob hit when he was a kid from his classroom window and then a couple days later was the one to discover a dead body from yet another mob hit on a basketball court. Or how Jimmy Burke's foster parents were killed in a car wreck when the father took his hands of the wheel to turn around and berate Jimmy, and then later Jimmy "did hits for mob bosses" in prison. I get the feeling sometimes that some of these legendary mob authors and journalists are determined to not let the truth get in the way of a good story.

It had been awhile since I read Wiseguy when I posted this, and even longer now, was that story one Pileggi said Hill told him? If so that's really odd to lie about, he could have just as easily written it in is without Hill having "told" him it.

InCamelot wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:51 am

thekiduknow wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 7:15 pm Hi all, I found this article written by Nicolas Pileggi in 1970 about Bonanno member Frank Mari. Not a lot of new information, but its written in the "Wiseguy" style where he describes the neighborhoods and lives of wiseguys real well. Speaking of "Wiseguy", Pileggi quotes a source who tells a story about how a group of wiseguys threw a guy off a roof for brining a knife into their neighborhood, and if I recall correctly he talks about a similar story in his book. There's also the quote about how "Being a mob boss is better than being President of the United States".

Just thought I'd share, I've been researching the Bonanno War lately and liked this little slice of life piece about Mari.

Enjoyed the article, thanks for posting it.

How goes the research on the Banana Split?

Hired_Goonz wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 8:50 am Wow so his one source saw a guy getting thrown off of a building but then years later Henry Hill told him about seeing a different guy get thrown off a building in a different neighbourhood for the same reason. I'd say that's a crazy coincidence but the people Pileggi writes about just seem to have crazy things happening to them all the time. Like how the prosecuting attorney who got Hill to flip witnessed his first mob hit when he was a kid from his classroom window and then a couple days later was the one to discover a dead body from yet another mob hit on a basketball court. Or how Jimmy Burke's foster parents were killed in a car wreck when the father took his hands of the wheel to turn around and berate Jimmy, and then later Jimmy "did hits for mob bosses" in prison. I get the feeling sometimes that some of these legendary mob authors and journalists are determined to not let the truth get in the way of a good story.

thekiduknow wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 7:15 pm Hi all, I found this article written by Nicolas Pileggi in 1970 about Bonanno member Frank Mari. Not a lot of new information, but its written in the "Wiseguy" style where he describes the neighborhoods and lives of wiseguys real well. Speaking of "Wiseguy", Pileggi quotes a source who tells a story about how a group of wiseguys threw a guy off a roof for brining a knife into their neighborhood, and if I recall correctly he talks about a similar story in his book. There's also the quote about how "Being a mob boss is better than being President of the United States".

Just thought I'd share, I've been researching the Bonanno War lately and liked this little slice of life piece about Mari.