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Can we get a list of made members related to Castellano? Does anybody know? Michael Franzese had a sitdown with a relative of Paul who was a made guy and was wondering how many family members he inducted or were previously inducted that were related to Large Paul.
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Extortion wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 5:29 pm Can we get a list of made members related to Castellano? Does anybody know? Michael Franzese had a sitdown with a relative of Paul who was a made guy and was wondering how many family members he inducted or were previously inducted that were related to Large Paul.
The only one I know for sure from my research is John Gambino related via marriage -- inducted by Castellano in 1976.
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Carlo son Tommy. A brother paulo
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Big nose sam cufuri was a distant cousin of carlo. I'm guessing there's a bunch.
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A list of all Castellano relatives who were mafia members would be incredibly long. He comes from a long line of Sicilian mafia members. Counting the Gambino/Inzerillo relatives alone would be a daunting task.
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moneyman wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:11 pm A list of all Castellano relatives who were mafia members would be incredibly long. He comes from a long line of Sicilian mafia members. Counting the Gambino/Inzerillo relatives alone would be a daunting task.
I think he was asking specifically for members made by Castellano.
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Maybe Peter Castellana, the meat guy. Son of Frank Castellano who was the capo of Big Paul's crew before him
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AlexfromSouth wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 10:12 pm Maybe Peter Castellana, the meat guy. Son of Frank Castellano who was the capo of Big Paul's crew before him
Would that be Pride Wholesale Meat Market and Murray Meat Packing Co. which Castellana owned with a couple other guys?
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Joe Gambino from the bronx was a cousin
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AlexfromSouth wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 10:12 pm Maybe Peter Castellana, the meat guy. Son of Frank Castellano who was the capo of Big Paul's crew before him
I thought big Paul's father was Frank castellano? Or was his father not a made guy?
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mafiastudent wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:14 pm
moneyman wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:11 pm A list of all Castellano relatives who were mafia members would be incredibly long. He comes from a long line of Sicilian mafia members. Counting the Gambino/Inzerillo relatives alone would be a daunting task.
I think he was asking specifically for members made by Castellano.
Not necessarily. Just relatives of Castellano that were made or he made personally that were related by blood or marriage.
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mafiastudent wrote:
Extortion wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 5:29 pm Can we get a list of made members related to Castellano? Does anybody know? Michael Franzese had a sitdown with a relative of Paul who was a made guy and was wondering how many family members he inducted or were previously inducted that were related to Large Paul.
The only one I know for sure from my research is John Gambino related via marriage -- inducted by Castellano in 1976.
That's common knowledge.
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mafiastudent wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 10:44 pm
AlexfromSouth wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 10:12 pm Maybe Peter Castellana, the meat guy. Son of Frank Castellano who was the capo of Big Paul's crew before him
Would that be Pride Wholesale Meat Market and Murray Meat Packing Co. which Castellana owned with a couple other guys?
Yes that's the guy.
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don-shunter wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 6:44 am
AlexfromSouth wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 10:12 pm Maybe Peter Castellana, the meat guy. Son of Frank Castellano who was the capo of Big Paul's crew before him
I thought big Paul's father was Frank castellano? Or was his father not a made guy?
no, Paul's father was Joseph. Not sure Joseph was made.
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Extortion wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 5:29 pm Can we get a list of made members related to Castellano? Does anybody know? Michael Franzese had a sitdown with a relative of Paul who was a made guy and was wondering how many family members he inducted or were previously inducted that were related to Large Paul.
Leo "The Zip" Giammona from the Lucchesse family comes to mind as candidate for the person Franzese is referring to. B and felice pointed out a while back that Giammona's wife was the daughter of Frank Castellana, who was an early Gambino captain and a relative of Paul Castellano and Carlo Gambino. Giammona was considered very powerful in his heyday because of his relation to Gambino/Castellano.
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