THE BLACK HAND FORUM

I read a lot of posts here and on a couple of other sites and there are some genuine scholars on here. The research is very in-depth, and the presentation ofnt is very well-formulated. Great site. Scott's on here posting. Cool deal. He's published; I thought it was a very good book. And let's be tru...

"What Photo is this I missed it?

Him with Perna recently.

I wonder if Philly still has their hooks in Fat Dave. Doubtful since he was under bent finger who ratted but who knows. He really ramped it up out west. FBI raids 2 local card rooms tied to illegal gambling (includes press release) http://www.kusi.com/story/30710446/25-people-face-charges-of-illegal...

How about "this thing of ours" by Danny Provenzano? Just kidding.

He has a cartoon about wiseguys coming out. True story. Soprano voiceovers

I agree with witness to the mob. Good movie. Gotti, the HBO special with Armand Assante is pretty friggin good too. Lots of wiretap talk on there too. 10th and wolf was horrible. I liked the Billy Rinnick Character, Bunchy from Ray donovan, Dash Mihok or whatever the fuck. when he's in the strip joi...

Hey thanks for this. I know he and his dad were more "racketeers" than gangsters. I have a personal interest in this guy for a couple reasons. I searched Mary Ferrell a few times but only came up with the memos listing him and his dad as members. Did you wiretaps transcripts or with him on...

My thoughts exactly. Stats on the back of the cards. Nicky Scarfo woul definitely be an MVP.

[quote="Ivan]
You know, they should make Philly mob collectible trading cards. Or Philly mob action figures.[/quote]

Thanks for the welcomes everybody. And thanks for the reply B. I read your previous post about scarfo at the table. I know john girgenti was still alive in the early 80s when testa and scarfo came into power. Was he active though? I read in some other posts that info on the 70s is a little scarce. T...

Just signed up over here. Was on another site for a couple of years and someone over there told me about here. I'm in the Philly area so, I probably won't be posting anywhere outside of those threads. I don't have much to add on this topic but I can tell you that Al Pajamas was a very low-level frin...