THE BLACK HAND FORUM

Scarfo had Mexican Mafia with him when he was down in Texas. They were his "Pistoleros" and he "wishes he had 10 of these motherf#ckers"

Direct quotes from the book.

Season 1 of the Crimetown podcast is entirely about Cianci, the Patriarca Family, and Providence corruption in general. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crimetown/id1170959623 Great podcast, def recommend if you want a detailed, entertaining account of the Buddy Cianci story. AGREED! SO worth ...

Side note: My family is from Northeastern PA. Carbondale...near Scranton. Way back in the 50's and 60's my grandfather had a skill game in his small grocery store (with poker and dice in the back you already know!). It was like a pinball machine mechanism and youd have to use different levels of pow...

Educate me...this is something I never understood about the illegal machines....Shouldn't they be SUPER EASY for law enforcement to get off the street? I mean, as prevalent as they are (and ask a dozen people that drink at bars and get gas at gas stations and they'll probably be able to rattle off 5...

...just got to thinking...I've never heard a peep about mafia presence in Baltimore or DC....Was there ever any?