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Re: Crime reporter Selwyn Raab passes away

by B. » Sun Mar 09, 2025 5:31 pm

Ed wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 9:45 pm You could do worse than learning about the mob from Saab. God bless.
Well said.

RIP Raab.

Re: Crime reporter Selwyn Raab passes away

by jmack » Thu Mar 06, 2025 3:32 pm

Wiseguy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 10:21 am
Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 8:05 am Death just shows the ultimate absurdity of life.


Pogo
It's all a series of distractions 'til you die.
At least you don’t have to pummel his ass.

Re: Crime reporter Selwyn Raab passes away

by AnIrishGuy » Thu Mar 06, 2025 2:19 am

RIP, one of the greats.

Re: Crime reporter Selwyn Raab passes away

by funkster » Wed Mar 05, 2025 8:29 pm

Sometimes would forget he was still alive. Truly one of the originals.

Re: Crime reporter Selwyn Raab passes away

by Ivan » Wed Mar 05, 2025 8:11 pm

johnny_scootch wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 7:04 pm
Raven wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 4:41 pm His Five families book was one of the first mafia books I’ve ever read when I was in my teens. I still flip through it. RIP
I bought The Westies and Goombata on the same day at a Waldenbooks only a couple months after they both came out, they were my firsts.

But Five families and the first Carl Sifakis Mafia Encyclopedia were the jewels of my mob book collection early on.

RIP S. Raab
Man that's some nostalgia right there. Going to Waldenbooks at the mall and making a beeline for the True Crime section, that was me as a teenager 30 years ago.

Those old "mafia encyclopedias" were fun. I like the one that lists every mob killer as having done like 50~100 hits. :lol:

Re: Crime reporter Selwyn Raab passes away

by Pmac2 » Wed Mar 05, 2025 7:58 pm

5 families is the greatest mob book I'll even say true crime book ever written. it's 20yrs old and since massino flipped and a few others there stuff that could have been corrected, but the best ever.

Re: Crime reporter Selwyn Raab passes away

by Wiseguy » Wed Mar 05, 2025 10:21 am

Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 8:05 am Death just shows the ultimate absurdity of life.


Pogo
It's all a series of distractions 'til you die.

Re: Crime reporter Selwyn Raab passes away

by Pogo The Clown » Wed Mar 05, 2025 8:05 am

Death just shows the ultimate absurdity of life.


Pogo

Re: Crime reporter Selwyn Raab passes away

by SonnyBlackstein » Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:28 pm

Wow.

He wrote the Bible. Glad he had a good run. RIP.

Re: Crime reporter Selwyn Raab passes away

by 7digits » Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:15 pm

RIP! One of the best. That generation is almost gone now. His series on the Garment Center in the 1970s was groundbreaking for the time and era! Much, much respect for him and his works!

Re: Crime reporter Selwyn Raab passes away

by Ed » Tue Mar 04, 2025 9:45 pm

I love the expression, "His prose tended to stray from elegance." You could do worse than learning about the mob from Saab. God bless.

Re: Crime reporter Selwyn Raab passes away

by johnny_scootch » Tue Mar 04, 2025 7:04 pm

Raven wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 4:41 pm His Five families book was one of the first mafia books I’ve ever read when I was in my teens. I still flip through it. RIP
I bought The Westies and Goombata on the same day at a Waldenbooks only a couple months after they both came out, they were my firsts.

But Five families and the first Carl Sifakis Mafia Encyclopedia were the jewels of my mob book collection early on.

RIP S. Raab

Re: Crime reporter Selwyn Raab passes away

by KCMOb » Tue Mar 04, 2025 6:45 pm

RIP Five Families is an absolutely incredible book.

Re: Crime reporter Selwyn Raab passes away

by Raven » Tue Mar 04, 2025 4:41 pm

His Five families book was one of the first mafia books I’ve ever read when I was in my teens. I still flip through it. RIP

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