THE BLACK HAND FORUM

SonnyBlackstein wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 11:30 am Everyone's going to be soooooo let down when this turns out to be Jimmy Calandra.


"I saw Anthony Spero once at his club! Wanna buy my used sneakers?!"

newera_212 wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 11:38 am

Southshore88 wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 10:15 am
- the aftermath of his Giannini crew (as well as the connections of many of his crews fathers to the drug biz)

I know it doesn't hold a candle anywhere near the list of topics you mentioned, but you should check Tom from MBA & the Button Man's interviews with Frank Fiordilino - there's 3 or 4 of them - if for anything, the info on the Giannini crew. Frank grew up with all of those guys and talks about the loose alliance they all had, and how it really wasn't a unified, cohesive crew that the media made it out to be. I'd love to hear more "real" info on the Knickerbocker/Ridgewood Bonnanos myself, but Fiordilino is as close as we got right now. Plus he tells a funny story about how he was out at a made guy's bachelor party on Myrtle Ave and Massino drove by and stopped to say hi to everyone; Fiordilino was drunk and didn't know who Massino was at the time and said "Hey Buddy, go fuck yourself!"

Wiseguy wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 3:09 pm

newera_212 wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 5:40 am

AntComello wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 3:45 am No way in hell is it Barney

It could be Barney's cousin with the same name

There's about as much chance as Chin doing an interview via a ouija board. For either Barney. Don't understand why they would even be mentioned.

newera_212 wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 5:40 am

AntComello wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 3:45 am No way in hell is it Barney

It could be Barney's cousin with the same name

Southshore88 wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 10:15 am
- the aftermath of his Giannini crew (as well as the connections of many of his crews fathers to the drug biz)

JeremyTheJew wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 11:28 amJimmy sooooooo it is something involving mssino tho for sure it sounds like

jimmyb wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 9:41 pm

Wiseguy wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 6:30 pm

jimmyb wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 12:39 pm It's not just an interview, so it takes a lot of resources and coordination to pull something like this together. He's devoting a lot of time to making it happen, that's for certain.

Not just an interview? You mean a book deal and Primetime interview with Diane Sawyer?

I would def sign up for that deal with Massino, lol.

I should have said "it's not an interview per se."

Southshore88 wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 10:15 am

jimmyb wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 9:26 am

B. wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 1:31 am Would like to ask Massino how much he actually knew about Bonanno Family history and the zip faction, or if he just saw them as being "from Italy". Easy to forget, but Joe Massino's wife was Castellammarese.

100% that's what I would ask too. Along those lines, If i could pick any underworld figure to interview---and I'm talking about my own research agenda, not the podcast, ir would be Baldo Amato.

Even if there’s less than 0% chance of it actually happening, I agree - Baldo would be an awesome interview. Even though he’s been in prison for a long time now, he was very active and in the middle of Bonnano family intrigue over the past 45+ years.

Would be fascinated to learn his opinion on:
- his days coming up under Galante (and what led him & Cesare to betray him)
- his perspective on Cesare’s rise then the events leading up to his death
- the murder of the 3 Capo’s
- the zip drug trafficking business
- the aftermath of his Giannini crew (as well as the connections of many of his crews fathers to the drug biz)

AntComello wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 3:45 am No way in hell is it Barney

jimmyb wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 9:26 am

B. wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 1:31 am Would like to ask Massino how much he actually knew about Bonanno Family history and the zip faction, or if he just saw them as being "from Italy". Easy to forget, but Joe Massino's wife was Castellammarese.

100% that's what I would ask too. Along those lines, If i could pick any underworld figure to interview---and I'm talking about my own research agenda, not the podcast, ir would be Baldo Amato.

B. wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 1:31 am Would like to ask Massino how much he actually knew about Bonanno Family history and the zip faction, or if he just saw them as being "from Italy". Easy to forget, but Joe Massino's wife was Castellammarese.

AntComello wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 3:45 am No way in hell is it Barney