Baby Shacks

[JakeTheSnake630]

In my opinion he is one of the most interesting LCN figures of the last few decades. Hes been around forever, was successful on the lam for ten years, respected by other families, and is extremely intelligent and disciplined. I'm sure hes retired now but he had one of the longest runs in LCN at least in NE area. Would love to see a book come out one day. Any thoughts or hard to come by info anyone has?

[SolarSolano]

He was apparently hiding out in Cicero, IL with affiliates of the Outfit at one point, including Max Inserro. You can find some of these FBI transcripts detailing his alleged whereabouts in Cicero and communication with Rhode Island:

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... hio_Cicero

[JakeTheSnake630]

Wow thanks! Louie seems to have contacts all over the place. He was in France for a while on the lam. I think I read somewhere he lives above a business in Fed Hill. He must live comfortably though no?

[JCB1977]

Wow thanks! Louie seems to have contacts all over the place. He was in France for a while on the lam. I think I read somewhere he lives above a business in Fed Hill. He must live comfortably though no?

He was low key. Lived in an apartment with his mother above Addie’s Laundramat on Atwells Ave.

[JakeTheSnake630]

Wow thanks! Louie seems to have contacts all over the place. He was in France for a while on the lam. I think I read somewhere he lives above a business in Fed Hill. He must live comfortably though no?

He was low key. Lived in an apartment with his mother above Addie’s Laundramat on Atwells Ave.

Lived? So he doesn't live in Federal Hill anymore? I'm sure the guy is retired.

[mr white]

he's been in Florida for almost a decade..retired and left when he got out..

[RI_Guy]

ran into him about a year ago on the hill, he was up to take care of some stuff with the building, definitely lives in Florida almost full time these days, enjoying the retired life on the beach

[Hired_Goonz]

There was an episode that dealt with him on that Crimetown podcast. The episode was about Patriarca's personal nurse who ended up becoming Baby Shank's sidepiece. I believe she said that when she met him he had just recently got back from being on the lam and he was working as a maitre d' at a nice Italian restaurant in Federal Hill. I don't know what kind of criminal activity this guy was involved with during his long life in the mob but by all accounts he carried himself as an absolute gentleman at all times.

[Extortion]

Hes like 90 now

[JakeTheSnake630]

Imagine the stories that guy can tell. Of course he won't, he's LCN to the core.

[JCB1977]

he's been in Florida for almost a decade..retired and left when he got out..

He did his supervised release in Rhode Island then got permission to move to Florida.

[JCB1977]

Hes like 90 now

He turned 93 back in June

[JakeTheSnake630]

I wonder if he has any guys down there around him that take care of him, driver, etc? Or if he gets together with other retired wise guys as I’m sure there are plenty throughout the state.

[mr white]

I wonder what a guy can still do with his day when he wakes up at age 93...probably too late to sit around taking blowjobs from hot slots, your friends are all dead and what do you do with your money because your already at the beach in FL ..

[JCB1977]

I wonder if he has any guys down there around him that take care of him, driver, etc? Or if he gets together with other retired wise guys as I’m sure there are plenty throughout the state.

Louie mostly associated with “his own friends” in his private life. His closest friends were not mobsters. Lifelong friends.