THE BLACK HAND FORUM

My father had a club on Crescent avenue in the Bronx for about 25 years until he passed in 2000. Different times brought different waves of activity. 1970''s was much more of a "wiseguy hangout" then gradually became more and more of a working guy zip place. True that there was always some...

I grew up with Memoli. IMHO he'll never get straightened out since he's known to have a bad drug problem. I know the other kid Anthony D'Angelo...was always a "good kid" but hung around Memoli and got dragged into this bullshit life. Sounds like D'Angelo is jammed up real bad. NJ doesn't f...

Crea became Underboss in 1993 and then became the Acting Boss in 1998, after DeFede’s conviction. Crea was into labor racketeering, he had a lot of money. According to Pennisi, Crea was also seen as the leader of the Lucchese Family by members, even though Matty was the Acting Boss but Vic put him ...

Crea was born and raised in the Arthur Avenue section of the Bronx. Made a ton of cash in the 70's and 80's with construction and development.

Most people (Americans anyway) will pronounce it "Mirror" but it's supposed to be "Meara" and in Stella and Meara. Lefty seems to be using the short i, but leaving off any sound of an ending R.

I passed there while shopping in the neighborhood sometime during the summer and saw him sitting outside the pizzeria next door. I was kind of shocked to see him there, but he looked good. Like someone said earlier, a bit thinner, but he was always a massive guy.

You're very welcome Soliai.

Very young guy too....I think he was only in his late 40's. A shame.

Pennisi clearly has the most hatred for Big John, there has to be at least 5 videos dedicated solely to him You really can't blame him. If what JP says is true, and I don't doubt him, Big John made a play for JP's girl. That's a MAJOR no-no in the life. But some pathological pricks play that game. ...

In one of the wiretaps in the Gambino Campos case, loose-lipped Vinnie Fiore was heard telling another guy, "I got it from very reliable sources, Ernie Muscarella is the official street boss now". That was probably 2-3 years ago. I'm sure that didn't ring too well with any of the powers th...

Does anyone know what fraction of a gram of fent might be used just to make one pill? I”m guessing they must’ve been making hundreds of thousands of them and distributing it wholesale to individual dealers. Does the monetary take from that compare to the pill pushing from the last decade, or is it ...

Just finished Gleason's book and it coincided with the 20th anniversary of John's passing. I always wondered who gave up the apt to the FBI. And when I listened to the tapes it always amazes me when Gotti and Gravano talk about the Castellano hit in front of Frankie Locs and deny knowing who did it...

Yes. In Garcia's story he said first that DePalma screamed back at Vicini "You're shelved, that's it, you're on the shelf" as they were leaving. Then when they were in the car, he went over the story they were going to go with, specifically because Petey Chops was a made guy and Vaccaro hi...

Petey Chops getting his head cracked with the candelabra in Bloomingdales by Robert Vaccaro after talking shit to Greg DePalma. Interestingly, DePalma yelled at Vicini AFTER getting cracked "You're shelved". I wonder if that was to cover Vaccaro for putting his hands on another friend and ...

All prior messages were accurate regarding Joe Loc and Nick Melillo....he wasn't a Bronx guy, but from Queens. Like Johnny Scootch mentioned, he was very active in carting and garbage industry citywide. I mentioned him because he was a fixture at the club next door to my house when all the wiseguys ...