THE BLACK HAND FORUM

So he wouldn't have bet into his friends books or not pay bookies if he was from NY? Sounds like Merlino would have grown up to be a piece of shit, no matter where he's from. merlino's spent what, 4 years free since being made boss 16 years ago? and got indicted the same year he was made boss. New ...

Merlino isnt as dumb as people thought Everyhing I've read and seen about him suggest that he's very clever. Read The Last Gangster. He hasn't earned anything legitimate or illegitimate. He has stolen everything he got from somebody else. He bets into his own friends books without the slightest int...

Don't know how people could say these guys are legit with a straight face.

How did a thread about Whitey Bulger writing an articulate, poignant letter to a high school student about his wasted life of crime turn into a thread about Nicky Scarfo fans getting hot and heavy over Nicky Scarfo? I'm kind of surprised. Bulger doesn't sound like an absolute unrepentant moron, like...