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Interesting read. Thank you. Do you know how the Genovese (Luciano) took control of the west side docks (and eventually NJ) from the likes of Eddie McGrath and the Irish mob? I've always been interested in the history of the mob's waterfront corruption. I know the Brooklyn docks were always Gambino...

So merlino is acknowledging the mafia? He said Natale got made. Did he say he's made? That could be a problem with other family's. The old secret society, can't identify yourself as a made guy unless another made guy introduces you. Where do they film the youtube show? In Philly or florida. It’s 20...

Awesome. Pre-ordering as soon as it's available. Never get tired of reading about Jersey, probably because of my favorite tv show. Can't wait to put this next to Garden State Gangland.

I can't wait for the "Gamble Responsibly" t-shirt! A t-shirt with Joey Merlino on it saying "Gamble Responsibly" might be the great t-shirt of all time.

Enjoy the podcast. He has to be retired being this open on a podcast. He's not talking about the life but he seems to be taking dead aim at the FBI and federal prosecution, not to mention informers in general. He laid out the domestic violence cases against a lot of informers. Seems like he's kind o...

Especially since the dismantling of the Waterfront Commission, there are journalists and law enforcement officials talking about the potential comeback of the mob in ports of New Jersey/New York and waterfront racketeering ala the ole' days. I think structurally it's impossible and no one has expla...

RIP Thief is my all time favorite movie. It's also a stealth Outfit movie. For those interested you can stream Thief for free on the Tubi channel (also free). I'm watching it now. Never seen it before. Pogo Directed by Michael Mann (Miami Vice). I wish Mann had done more movies about the bad guys.

The movie the offer about how godfather was made is coming out. That should be pretty good Giovanni Ribisi as Joe Colombo lmao Colombo wasn't a very physically intimidating guy, and his venture into politics, which the show gets into according to the trailer, was unusually intellectual for a mobste...

Experience and consultation with fellow travelers. Manhattan? Decades in Manhattan but NO! Yes, with sheer volume, you'll have hotties. Dig down, and everyone is from outside the U.S., Brooklyn or L.I. Brooklyn in the 80s and first half of 90s, yes. But they can't compete with the big names coming....

Thanks for the replies. What about Barney and his father? They're from Corleone, I believe? Any affiliations there between Genovese and Corleone, or is this just where Barney happens to be from?

Sorry if this has been covered, but I can't seem to find a thread that directly addresses it. Do the Genovese family have a Sicilian or Italian pipeline of recruits, transfers, racket partnerships, etc the way the Gambinos do with the Inzerillos, or anything like that? I've read that Barney is Sicil...

If this happened the way it's told, and I have my suspicions, there's a lot of chest thumping in this story, it could just show the lack of young recruits the Italians have anymore. People keep comparing this to the Bronx Tale scene, but in that scene you had the neighborhood kids chasing these bike...

There was some guy from Philadelphia, forget who, who said what he misses most about the mob is that everyone was nice. They had to be because of a protocol, made guys respecting each other, etc. He says most people in society are rude as hell and he has to interact and mingle with them now, and he'...

Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 11:22 am

SonnyBlackstein wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 11:16 am Pogo, classing David Berkowitz and Bobby Manna together is ludicrous. And you know it.

Yeah Manna has killed a hell of a lot more people than Berkowitz ever did.


Pogo

I said this once on here and I'll say again... no Italian American associated with cosa nostra will ever get released early. It allows the public perception of being tough crime. Then you have musicians like Kanye and drake running a free Larry hoover benefit concert tour or some sh*t with the full...