THE BLACK HAND FORUM

To Everyone: I don't know if this has already been reported somewhere else on this Forum today, and, if so, my apologies in advance. Ralph DeLeo, the one-time alleged street boss for the Colombo Family, was arrested today in Massachusetts, according to Tim White of WPRI 12 News. No details other tha...

Dear B:

Thank you for the information and the quick reply! Much appreciated! Your explanation sounds more than reasonable.

Regards,

BeatiPaoli

To Everyone (especially the Mob Archeologists): I am continuing to plod through Valachi's "The Real Thing." I am around page 333. There was something he wrote that confused me. I am going to write the passage verbatim: "I was shocked that there was no record on Buster when I say no re...

To B.and JoelTurner:

Thank you very much for the timely replies and the information! I appreciate it very much!

I must admit plodding through these 900 "pages" is time consuming, but certainly interesting and worth it!

Regards,
BeatiPaoli

To Everyone: I am plodding through Joe Valachi's stream-of-consciousness tome "The Real Thing" as presented on that fine site MafiaHistory.com. During the first 160 "pages", he often refers to the "Irish mob." From the context, I don't think it is an actual mob made up ...

To Everyone: Thank you all for the detailed and interesting information! I feel vindicated placing the question here, in that I received substantive responses to the question.

Regards,

BeatiPaoli

To Everyone: Forgive me. I realize this should be in the TV/Movies section (where I initially wrote this), but this is somewhat timely, since the movie is to be released next month. Respectfully, where did the title "Alto Knights" come from? I am, for the most part, well aware, as everyone...

To Everyone: What is the "Mafia del Nord" ???

Regards,
BeatiPaoli

To Everyone:

I would certainly consider it.

Regards,
BeatiPaoli

To Mike68 and Chin_Gigante: Thank you for the quick replies and information! Deeply appreciated.

Regards,
BeatiPaoli

To Everyone: Respectfully wondering, in light of information, etc., that the Philadelphia Family has conducted initiation ceremonies this century, I was wondering if anyone on this Forum knew what the ceremony comprised, e.g. traditional burning of the saint card, private conversation only, meeting ...

To NickleCity and B.: Thank you much for the information and the quick reply! Then, I was not that off target saying late 1968. I will have to re-read the Triangle Exit again.

Again, many thanks!

Regards,
BeatiPaoli

To Everyone: This may have already been addressed in some thread on this Forum, and, if it has, my apologies in advance for the repetition. I am interested to know a good, approximate, earliest date for the formation of the "Rochester Family", the earliest date it became "independent&...

To MichaelGiovanni: Thank you for the reply! Perhaps he should.

Regards,
BeatiPaoli

To Everyone: Please pardon my ignorance, but did Michael DiLeonardo ever write a book? And if not, why not? I am asking this question because, as an older member of this Forum, I have only recently started to experience the technological phenomenon known as "podcasts," which I find extreme...