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Thanks for posting, but holy crap Jerry re-running a story from 6 years ago is pretty lame.

Great thread as per usual Chin, thanks for breaking this down. I remember in Anastasia's book he portrayed Luisi as a cuck for not avenging the murder of his father and brother but it turns out that his own friends did it! Crazy stuff. Did he really say that he was "eating" cocaine??

That indictment that hit the DeCavalcantes in 1999 started a chain reaction that really devastated the family, lust look at how many guys flipped. The Vinny Ocean case ? Or pre Vinny ocean? I read MADE MEN but that’s all I know for decavs Just going by memory here but not sure if Vinny Ocean was ca...

That indictment that hit the DeCavalcantes in 1999 started a chain reaction that really devastated the family, lust look at how many guys flipped.

When your captain calls you in, you have to go. No questions asked, no excuses. One rule that I don't believe is universal that Caramandi said he was told at his making ceremony was in regards to borrowing money between members. You could borrow up to $999 from another member without informing your ...

Thanks for posting. I gotta say, I don't really have any sympathy for a drug dealer and murderer like Reiter. But seeing those just-released pictures of the Haditha massacre and knowing that nobody spent even a day in jail for the brutal murder of women and children - not to mention that nobody in t...

Really enjoyed the 2 recent episodes. Was interesting to hear about the family/network connections of the few New Orleans that have been named. It sounded like B was blazing a spliff throughout this episode though lol.

It had to be denied. And trust me, one way or another (social gathering, coincidental meeting) the judge was directed that the verdict had to stand as Ricciardi, upon his cooperation, confessed there was never a meeting or meetings with Leonetti regarding Craparotta; in fact, Ricciardi stated every...

I wouldn't be surprised if they already have informants working on him in the halfway house. I can't imagine him staying out on the street too long with all the eyes he has on him.

Why exactly would Agnello "kick up" to guys in NYC at this point? What is the benefit for him exactly? Are they gonna send a crew of shooters out to Cleveland to whack him if he doesn't give the Gambino family a piece of his operation? This all sounds pretty dubious.

He was cooperating and admits to it in the Valachi Papers. Maas writes that after his final arrest he started giving investigators information about the heroin trade "but never about the Cosa Nostra" which I mean lol. Seems like he was walking a very fine line, unwilling to formally flip b...

John John Veasey swore he would have his revenge, and here we are.

Thanks for posting. I don't see how the hell Goldie testifying against Massino is "selfless and heroic". That's a worthy description of a whistleblower, not a rat who cooperates when he finds himself jammed up. How could it possibly be considered selfless when the only reason he did it was...

He talks about fat Ron a lot lol when they asked the most he ever lost betting sports he said 250k to Ron but didn’t pay lol I asked him how he knew to be so careful around him the whole time and he said “ I knew he was trying to put me in jail and I was trying to rob him “ I feel like Ron gets so ...

Has he ever talked about Previte? I always liked the story where Merlino kicked everyone out of the pool and then helped the autistic kid pretend to clean it.