THE BLACK HAND FORUM

Sub topics since not direct with the OP's but: in laws- The Ruggiano's and the murder of Frank Boccia, Gravano and his brother in law, Castellano and his son in law you have the examples of Mancuso and Rastelli linked to the murders of their own wives Also family members accusing their own for murde...

There parked. A 400 count indictment i don't care if its selling half grams a the local bar . 400 times ya done son. Almost why the feds let it go on for that long. Kinda overkill. After the first 100 controlled buys think its a slam dunk case They did the same with Gotti's grandson, let it go on f...

Interesting is Joe Ida's seemingly clear role in the Dilorenzo murder yet never being charged. FBI documents have him taking part in the killing on his brothers orders, with more physical evidence linking him to the crime than Jimmy of course- who was sentenced to life for the murder and other crime...

Gravano testified that when he was initially debriefed by federal agents in 1991 regarding the Francesco Oliveri murder, he had forgotten Orazio Stantini's involvement and made no mention of him. There's no mention of him in the initial FBI file on this killing. At some point in 1992, he received a ...

Listed as an acing capo for years but Capeci had him as a Captain when reporting about his father's death in the early mid 00's. Joe Butch suffered from diabetes for over 30 years, while doing his bribery bid in the mid '90's he lost several toes to what his lawyers described as "poor medical c...

Interesting since Angela Clemente, who blew this case "open" years later, said Moran was able to identify Phillip Paradiso as the masked man the very night of the murder. Crazy to think -if her version of the story is correct- Paradiso and brother Greg both being informants at the time of ...

The last big Gambino bust in the state was in 2007 and Merola and Muccigrosso (both soldiers) were the only Gambino members indicted. Was Merola indicted as a soldier in that case? A gangland article regarding that bust has Merola as having "moved up the ladder in the Gambino organization, tak...

More evidence of Cinisi breeding some of the most influential mobsters -whether under the radar or not- throughout time. Fantastic write-up as always, B.

It was William Oldham - the mob cops detective- who also mentions Carlucci's home as the site of the murder

When was Macaluso made? He seems to have been pretty active in the mid to late 60's, name coming up in quite a few contempt cases. One of which involved Genovese members John Masiello and Alfred Cupola. Also I believe the Luongo hit took place at Genovese member Swaggy Carlucci's home, IIRC. Or some...

Angelo Spata's feast joker poker's has brought in plenty, Spata controlled more than just the Joker Poker at feasts, he controlled feasts themselves and handpicked who had rights to vend there. Pretty serious racket, all things considered. you also have the Amato crew defrauding insurance companies...

Angelo Spata's feast joker poker's has brought in plenty, you also have the Amato crew defrauding insurance companies. The Caruso's and their bouncing around different states extorting businessmen, Mike Uvino's sports betting.. .. Overall its already been mentioned by the above poster's but it seems...

Valenti didn't mention it, but Vincent Asaro's great-grandfather Girolamo appears to have been a mafia figure in Castellammare Del Golfo and early NYC, but he died in a fire in 1911 so he may not have been as familiar to the younger generations. After some digging it appears a Girolamo Asaro had be...