THE BLACK HAND FORUM

New JP reaction video up, reminding us Ricciardo was in the car on the attempted vito guzzo revenge hit. Pennisi has been throwing cold water on the idea that “Colombos are weak and on their last leg” for a while now. Indeed. Continues to say they'll bounce back even after this. Looking at this ind...

The Pernas never liked Nicky Jr, and they tolerated him because the boss did. But something happened, I think it was the announcement that the feds had been building a case against him & Pelullo, that cause Nicky Jrs stature to be questioned. The Pernas took that opportunity to go and complain ...

Looks like everybody packed up and moved to Long Island. Wonder if Castellazo's last known residence is that trailer Long Island has always had a mob presence. A lot of the old time guys lived out here. Joe Bonanno had a house on what we now call “The Heights”, in Hempstead, Long Island. LI is a sa...

In Five Families by Sewlyn Raab, he clearly says Lucky actually did nothing to help the war efforts. And what he did tell them , they already knew and were planning on using. That book is popular,Ive never read it myself.Is Raab THE authority on the mafia? I did see Raab once in a interview saying ...

He was hidden out in North Jersey, that wing of the family, took responsibility of Nicky Jr, and he was placed in the care of George Fresolone (whom goes into detail about why, and somewhat how he went from being hidden by the NJ wing of the Bruno/Scarfo Crime Family, to being made into the Lucchese...

In Five Families by Sewlyn Raab, he clearly says Lucky actually did nothing to help the war efforts. And what he did tell them , they already knew and were planning on using.

furiofromnaples wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 11:05 am The lawyer said that is not Messina Denaro but Mark L. from Liverpool.
The lawyer was arrested years ago for a drug ring involving sicilian and calabrian families.

Oh, wow. That explains a lot .

Paulywallnutz wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 5:50 pm Word on the street is this is still a Sicilian vs Calabrian thing but who knows

I don’t know about word on the street, but this was always my take on it . But who knows ..

What’s Frank Arcadi up to these days? I always found him an interesting character because he was groomed by the Cotroni faction in his early years and then went on to become one of the guys Nick & Vito confided in and brought into their circle, being Calabrian himself and Business & Blood al...

Newspapers aren't going to know about a person's death unless someone puts in an obituary or there's a police report. If someone died of natural causes, there's no police report. Obituaries are surprisingly expensive, as in hundreds of dollars for a tiny newspaper obituary. The updated Social Secur...

Chicago can seem like it’s own entity at times when compared to the typical LCN family. This was even more so in the 60s. Would Chicago have even understood in the intricacies that went into the whole banana war, and in terms of bosses rights within their families and things? Seems unlikely, to me.

I’m just remembering that Baltimore was said to be under Gambino control, not control persay, but the Gambinos specifically had ties to Baltimore, and only just now realizing the correlation with that and Stanfa choosing to hide out there.

His operations were always rumored to be large for a Jersey guy, but 65 underlings seems a lot for a Jersey based captain. Think the DeCalvacante tapes I’m referring to are from earlier, either ‘64 or ‘65, in one conversation DeCalvacante breaks news to him that the Commission wasn’t recognizing Joe...

JohnnyS wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 5:58 am So he's mixed up Asaro and Artuso.

Don’t think he did. I think “MichaelGiovanni” just was wrong.

Good writeup Ed. It's hard to believe that Bill lost his enthusiasm, since a contemporary FBI reports have him and Joseph "refusing to step aside", splitting the family into three groups, Sciacca, Zicarelli, and Bonanno. And, I personally think Joseph and Bill would have had D'Angelo kill...