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Merlino is the boss in Philly. The crap he pulled to get to the top only to supposedly step down and live an honest life. Give me a break. That smirk on his face says it all. And his clinical hatred of rats is another hint. He brags about doing time, never informing. And now he supposedly walks awa...

SonnyBlackstein wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 4:48 pm Reported multiple molitov cocktails inside.

How do you fuck that up.

maybe they used plastic bottles

I think it's important to not overlook networks. A massive reason LCN was able to control heroin distro in the US was due to their networks with OC in Italy, and via those guys, the Corsican mob. They just had the connections to make that happen. As Scott mentioned, the SA cartels (and later Mexican...

17 murders by the mafia in one year still sounds like a huge amount to me, being an American and everything. When was the last time the American Cosa Nostra killed 17 people in one year? Probably in the 80s or early 90s I guess, when all five families in New York would still often kill several peop...

Unrelated in the context of Fino but related in the sense of OG Pod - is Buccellato gone? Haven't seen him on any of the vids in quite a while. I did some googling but couldn't find anything.

Ivan wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 10:21 am

Beatty wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 9:47 am The real thing taking out the mob here is a demographic shift

Hipsters taking over South Philly, I take it?

That's a nice free-range chicken you got there. Would be a shame is someone fed it some GMO soy beans.

At 68, he's got plenty of life to live and memories to be made. That shouldn't be the case for someone who took that exact right from 75+ people. What would have been honorable morally was for him to disclose the details of these murders so the families get closure. I'm sure the families are sicken...

Merlino was inducted by Stanfa in September 1992. Then the war broke out in 1993 and Merlino went to prison for violating his parole. By the time he got out in November 1994, the Stanfa faction was all in prison and he and Natale had the backing of the Genovese and Gambino families to take over Phi...

They were at war with Stanfa before anyone in that crew was actually made, right? I wonder what their plan was had they been successful in getting rid of Stanfa. Anyway, who gave Natale his button? Merlino? Wouldn’t that mean he was the boss already? And then he installed Natale as a front boss? Tha...

I would love to see more mob movies made about families outside of NYC or about Irish gangsters in Boston. There's so much history all over the country that there's plenty of great stories to tell. Something that always drives me nuts is how EVERY mafioso in a movie sounds like they're from NYC. I g...

Googling your own name and "mafia" or "organized crime" or "genovese crime family" AT ALL let alone on your own friggin' phone when they Feds have busted you once before and you know are on the look out to bust you again is some Ivy League brainpower if I've ever seen i...

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I wonder how much of potential longevity they may have is tied to how active their brains are. Countless retirees just fall into dementia after they retire because they plop in front of the tv and just stop doing anything. These gangsters are probably always thinking of scores, who might be trying t...

Obviously calling it a "complicated" relationship is probably the best summary but was he subservient to them or did he run his own race and only work with them when it was called for? Boston and NE is such a weird place in general within the scope of OC. Just seems like a giant mish-mosh ...