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Two Questions for the Outfit experts here: 1. Did the crews have there own leaders who reported to the capos? For example the Calabrese crew. Frank Sr. was def the leader but was Angelo LaPietra the overall leader and frank just the one who dispersed the information to the rest of the crew? 2. Did E...

Thanks for the update Chin! Great work as always!

In 1957 and 1958 Senator John F. Kennedy conducted hearings before the select committee on improper activities in the labor or management field. Among those questioned were investigator Sherman Willse and Vito Genovese. The Alto Knights club was briefly mentioned. https://theblackhand.club/forum/ext...

Mob history fans, I'm excited to announce that The City University of New York (CUNY) Gotham Center is offering a live, online course on The History of the New York Mafia this coming January/February 2025. We will take a serious look together at the history of Cosa Nostra in New York. Like my nonfi...

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Great post! Thank you for sharing your hard work Snakes.

Tocco686 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2024 7:48 am

DonPeppino386 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:41 am Interesting. Cant seem to find anything concrete link wise.

https://www.ibs.it/cosi-giovanni-brusca ... AzMqYkwHdK

Thanks! Hopefully it will come out translated in English someday.

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Interesting. Cant seem to find anything concrete link wise.

Ivan wrote: ↑Thu Sep 26, 2024 7:21 am Gangland these days is mostly a litany of aging, health problems, and death.

Agreed. Although, that is more or less what the Mafia is these days.

Manf wrote: ↑Thu Sep 26, 2024 7:13 am I feel like if possible media responses are influencing your decisions you probably shouldn’t be a judge.

This. What a shit excuse from the judge.

Sorry for your loss Frank

Different Plea Deals For Brothers In City Of Brotherly Love Racketeering Case The assault charge is backed up by surveillance videos on February 28 of last year. They show a short, stocky guy wearing a black medical mask, a black knit cap, black gloves, and a black winter coat over a grey hoodie, &...

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Little_Al1991 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2024 6:58 am We only have excerpts of the tapes so if any book were to focus on the tapes, it would be enjoyable

This would peak my interest the most, be it about the commission trail etc.

As far as a particular person, I would like to see a book on Tommy Ryan Eboli at some point.