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Re: Joey Merlino

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Blood and Honor is an excellent book, one of the best written on the mob, if not the best, and essential to understanding the current Philly situation. Regardless of what one thinks of the Crow either, he carried his weight. I've seen this mentioned on the this or the old forum in the past, he may be a rat and he may have ended up living in a trailer but he was reporting directly to Scarfo when he was indicted for the Rouse extortion. You may get extra points on the internet for being the one who pulled the trigger first, but in the context of organized crime as a whole, Crow was a workhorse.
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Mikeymike12 wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2019 9:11 pm Is it 100% true that Scarfo put a 500k contract on Joey Merlino?

NO.... no LCN members paid half a ticket for a hit , Could you imagine collecting that money :mrgreen:
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Re: Joey Merlino

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Stroccos wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2019 6:01 am
Fughedaboutit wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:16 am
JeremyTheJew wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2019 12:00 am in the youtube videos posted in the general questions section. nicky the crow caramandi said that he was demoted and evdntuslly led to flip bc he turned down a contract on Chuckies kid bc he knew him his whole life.

assuming chucky was in fact merlinos dad
The Crow is full of shit when it comes to murders. In Blood and Honor it is always "I was ready to kill him, I was about to shoot but Charlie White already did".

Acts like a killer but never killed anyone.
Is blood and honor worth reading ? Think about it
I am scared to pull the trigger doesn’t sell many books

Is he the guy who was a brokester living in the trailer park ?
Good book. Informative. The stories about Crow's
early career & selling tv's are funny. I wish there was a way we
could share books with other forum members. Pass
them around and have a book club.
'three can keep a secret, if two are dead'
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Re: Joey Merlino

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Stroccos wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2019 6:01 am
Fughedaboutit wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:16 am
JeremyTheJew wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2019 12:00 am in the youtube videos posted in the general questions section. nicky the crow caramandi said that he was demoted and evdntuslly led to flip bc he turned down a contract on Chuckies kid bc he knew him his whole life.

assuming chucky was in fact merlinos dad
The Crow is full of shit when it comes to murders. In Blood and Honor it is always "I was ready to kill him, I was about to shoot but Charlie White already did".

Acts like a killer but never killed anyone.
Is blood and honor worth reading ? Think about it
I am scared to pull the trigger doesn’t sell many books

Is he the guy who was a brokester living in the trailer park ?
Yeah he is the brokester lol

It is a very good book, just have to get past his over selling of him as a killer in every hit he talks about being involved in
"I wanna hear some noise." "Tell Salvie to clean the boat, the whole boat top to bottom" -Nicodemo "Nicky" Scarfo Sr"
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Re: Joey Merlino

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dack2001 wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:00 am Blood and Honor is an excellent book, one of the best written on the mob, if not the best, and essential to understanding the current Philly situation. Regardless of what one thinks of the Crow either, he carried his weight. I've seen this mentioned on the this or the old forum in the past, he may be a rat and he may have ended up living in a trailer but he was reporting directly to Scarfo when he was indicted for the Rouse extortion. You may get extra points on the internet for being the one who pulled the trigger first, but in the context of organized crime as a whole, Crow was a workhorse.
I like Leonetti's book better I think
"I wanna hear some noise." "Tell Salvie to clean the boat, the whole boat top to bottom" -Nicodemo "Nicky" Scarfo Sr"
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Stroccos wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2019 6:01 am
Fughedaboutit wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:16 am
JeremyTheJew wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2019 12:00 am in the youtube videos posted in the general questions section. nicky the crow caramandi said that he was demoted and evdntuslly led to flip bc he turned down a contract on Chuckies kid bc he knew him his whole life.

assuming chucky was in fact merlinos dad
The Crow is full of shit when it comes to murders. In Blood and Honor it is always "I was ready to kill him, I was about to shoot but Charlie White already did".

Acts like a killer but never killed anyone.
Is blood and honor worth reading ? Think about it
I am scared to pull the trigger doesn’t sell many books

Is he the guy who was a brokester living in the trailer park ?
Truly excellent read Stroccos. It was one of the first I read and read it again about 3 years ago. I prefer the Leonetti book for the tremendous insight into Scarfo.
"I figure I’m gonna have to do about 6000 years before I get accepted into heaven. And 6000 years is nothing in eternity terms. I can do that standing on my head. It’s like a couple of days here."

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