THE BLACK HAND FORUM

Btw, I personally believe this was the so-called 'East Coast LCN Enterprise' round-up and the cooperator, shown at 9:06, could very well be John Rubio.

John Gotti jr's friend agent Ted Otto had a prominent part in this episode.

Snakes wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2017 6:01 pm American pronunciation of Italian names is so butchered. A lot of families have had their names mispronounced so many times that they've just adopted the incorrect ways.

''Leotardo. That's my fuckin' legacy... No more, Butchie. No more of this.''

Also, I want to thank you again, Felice, for everything you've shared about the US-Sicilian connections over the years. Without you, we would only have these vague articles about "Sicilian factions" and the "Sicilian takeover" with no real details or knowledge of the relationshi...

Settineri is a made guy of the pagliarelli family, when he moved to NY he was put on the records with the Gambino family, an FBI source indicated him as soldier reporting to Frank Di Stefano, he could have been made there again Can guys get made twice? In the states and Italy? Wasn't this the case ...

I've heard this for the first time a couple of years ago, seems like the friendship is still going strong.
I wonder how DeNiro' will be as Madoff. Was a good read, thanks for posting Willy..

I cant believe sometimes how stupid these guys were. I mean they were personally threatening a debtor....talking all kinds of shit like small time gang bangers They were collecting money. How they gonna get the money without threatening ? They were made men, didn't they have goon associates for thi...

That mean muthafucka Solly, always eager to give somebody a fuckin' turban..

UTC wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2017 8:12 pm Yes, when Seagal was sitting at dinner with his little red security blankie with him. Has been a bitch since Gene LeBell choked him out.

Fake news, everyone knows it is impossible to choke out Sensei Seagal.

Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2017 9:41 am He accidentally double clicked submit. Big deal. Jesus will everybody stop riding the poor guy?


Pogo

+1

Camo wrote: ↑Sat May 13, 2017 8:09 am Wasn't he chairman of the commission at one point? Who was it if it wasn't him then out of interest?

Mangano was the first chairman until his death/disappearance in 1951. His successor was Joe Bonanno according to the man himself in his book Man of Honor.

And Billy, Luciano was not the chairman of the board in the LCN. That's a myth that neeeds to be buried once and for all. You're absolutely right HK, the chairman of the Commission was Mangano according to Joe B. I chose the the wrong words, but I truly believe that he was considered first among eq...

As head of a family Luciano even in Sicily wouldn't be just one of the guys. He would've been afforded a similar status to that which he held in NY. You really think that Sonny? Lucky was chairman of the board in the US, first among equals. Of course he would have tremendous status on the Island, b...

Kinda looks like an HGH-free Alite in that pic.

This is just speculation on my part, but I think Luciano would step on too many toes if he'd establish himself in Palermo and going into the country of Sicily, let alone Lercara Friddi, would be unbearable for a city slicker like Lucky. Naples was and is the most cosmopolitan city in the Mezzogiorno...