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Belief with no evidence: There's probably several more smaller families that died out before the 1930s, like the Birmingham family, that we may never learn about. My guess is there may have been a separate family in Galveston, Houston, or Bryan, Texas before the 1930s. Then, maybe the few remaining...

Frank Renella

Frank Renella and I think Lenny Patrick is in there

Scott Burnstein's Day Off. "Pittsburgh? Pittsburgh?" "My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from a guy who knows a kid who's going with the girl who saw him with the LaRocca family at 31 Flavors last night. I think it's serious." That is quality comedy...

Great info. Good question whether Gulotta alone was responsible for giving her money or whether he was tasked with collecting money from other members and making sure she received it. Were Gulotta and Vince particularly close, related in any way, etc.? There was no specific mention whether Gulotta ...

Great info. Good question whether Gulotta alone was responsible for giving her money or whether he was tasked with collecting money from other members and making sure she received it. Were Gulotta and Vince particularly close, related in any way, etc.? There was no specific mention whether Gulotta ...

Re: pensions, keep in mind too this is an organization that was originally based around kinship and longstanding hometown relationships so it would be presumed that elder/sick members or the relatives of deceased/incarcerated members would receive material assistance from other members given there ...

- If it's true part of the ruse was that Tony Spilotro would be promoted to capodecina, the timing doesn't seem to have coincided with an existing capodecina needing replacement (that I'm aware of). There is a tendency to assume Chicago captain promotions were always in direct succession within sta...

Why beat these guys to death though and have so many crew bosses there? Why not use a gun or make it quick and cleaner? There were more bosses there than Nick C's own making ceremony. Unless Spilotro was that suspicious and paranoid at the time that this was the only ruse that would work - I just t...

B. wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2025 1:09 pm Scardino and Sciortino are both surnames that produced US mafia members from Camporeale. You always have to wonder if there's a distant relation.

Charles Vince, Rockford LCN capo, had parents from Camporeale and his original surname was Vinci as well.

Six arrested in Camporeale

Magaddino said Gambino was named acting boss because he was already the consigliere, too. As Bill Bonanno said, traditionally the consigliere was often the acting boss This makes perfect sense to me now because I long suspected in Rockford that Phil Caltagerone was the early consigliere- this is re...

Same. He used to answer any questions you had for him via email. I cant remember if it was in one of his videos but i asked him about Joey Aiuppa and if he had an any day to day cause he was out for year before he died and he told me no, he was basically locked out by the admin at the time and that...

Newyorkempire wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 8:34 am Who would you guys want as some of the special guests to speak?

Since it'll be in Chicago, John Binder is a natural for any speaking engagement.

How many of you guys are ready to show your faces at an in person conference? Let's say Chicago? Open Bar? I'm thinking 2026. Don't be scared, it would all be in good fun. We can wear name tags so everyone gets to know the other more intimately. Guest speakers could include the usual suspects. Let'...