Dubious Scarfo quote

[Ivan]

All right, I have run into a couple people online who claimed that back in the 50s, someone was harassing Nicky Scarfo's wife, so Scarfo shot the guy to death and then shouted "I love killing people!".

This puts a smile on my face but I've been unable to substantiate it. Anyone know if it actually happened?

[brianwellbrock]

Looooool. If I just saw somebody ice somebody in broad daylight and than yell "I love killing people" Id get the fuck out of that town.

[Sol]

Looooool. If I just saw somebody ice somebody in broad daylight and than yell "I love killing people" Id get the fuck out of that town.

Hahahaha, It's time to get the hell out of dodge buddy.......Soliai

[Wiseguy]

Leonetti talked about something similar when they were putting Falcone's body in the trunk and Scarfo said "I love this."

[JeremyTheJew]

Iv heard a few accounts that were similar. The plumber guy, Salerno someone ,said while killing falcone hewanted personally in bc he loved it.

[Ivan]

Leonetti talked about something similar when they were putting Falcone's body in the trunk and Scarfo said "I love this."

Salerno the Plumber said in the same hit Scarfo stood over the body and said "I love this. I love it."

[Pete]

Leonetti talked about something similar when they were putting Falcone's body in the trunk and Scarfo said "I love this."

I always thought that quote was taken out of context. The true quote was "I love this the big shots dead" he wasn't saying he loves killing people he was saying he loves the fact that this person who he didn't like was dead.

[B.]

Leonetti talked about something similar when they were putting Falcone's body in the trunk and Scarfo said "I love this."

I always thought that quote was taken out of context. The true quote was "I love this the big shots dead" he wasn't saying he loves killing people he was saying he loves the fact that this person who he didn't like was dead.

Yeah, it was said in context with Falcone being dead. There is no doubt that Scarfo enjoyed a good hit, though, so maybe it was a little bit of both.

As for the original quote in this topic, I've never heard of anything like that.

[Benny Squint]

While I doubt even a borderline clinical moron like Scarfo would proudly make such a proclamation, there are people out there who do in fact truly enjoy killing others.

[toto]

How many homicides happened in the time Scarfo was boss? I wonder how he compares with Angelo Bruno or John Stanfa.

[Ivan]

How many homicides happened in the time Scarfo was boss? I wonder how he compares with Angelo Bruno or John Stanfa.

Phil Testa, Nicky Scarfo, and John Stanfa seem to have been roughly equally violent. Bruno was violent but spread it out a bit more.

[Pogo The Clown]

Correct. Natale and Merlino also racked up a lot of bodies during their brief run on the street. It was only after the Merlino indictment of 2000 that the level of mob violence began to taper off in Philly.


Pogo

[Ivan]

Correct. Natale and Merlino also racked up a lot of bodies during their brief run on the street. It was only after the Merlino indictment of 2000 that the level of mob violence began to taper off in Philly.

I think that "Homicide John" was probably the most violent of the bosses if you go by number of hits relative to the size of the family at the time relative to the amount of time involved.

Of course I'm not actually going to calculate that.

[Wiseguy]

Here is a list during the Bruno era posted a while back.

Dominick “Reds” Caruso/1962 (Body Not Found) - The hit was carried out by Nicky Scarfo, Salvatore Merlino, Santo Idone, Santo Romeo and Anthony Casella. Soldier Anthony “King Kong” Parella was also involved in the hit. Scarfo dumped the body and had then 9 year old Phil Leonetti ride with him so it wouldn’t look suspicious.

William Dugan/1963 – This was the longshoreman who was stabbed to death by Nicky Scarfo. The hit that got him banished to AC. Not Mob Related

Ferdinand Iacono/1963 – Associate

Robert DeGeorge/1969 – Associate – Killed by Joseph “Chickie” Ciancaglini. Frank Sheeran was also involved.

George Feeney/1970 – Associate - Killed by Ralph Natale.

?????/1970 – Killed by Nicholas “Nick the Blade” Virgilio. It was the stepfather of the girl he was dating. Not mob related. This was the hit that Judge Edward Helfant screwed him on.

Pasquale “Jimmy Ross” Procopio/1972 – Associate

FNU “Chicago Louie” Matteo/1972 - Associate

Joseph “Joey” McGreal/1973 – Associate – Killed by Ralph Natale

Alvin Feldman/1974 – Associate (Body Not Found) – The hit was carried out by Frank “Chickie” Narducci, Santo Idone, Joseph “Chickie” Ciancaglini and Joseph Scalleat.

Edward “Butchie” Snee/1975 – Associate – The hit was carried out by Peter “Pete the Crumb” Caprio and Fulvio “Anthony/Tony" Capozzi.

Louis DeMarco/1976 – Associate - The hit was carried out by Philip “Crazy Phil” Leonetti and Vincent Falcone

Guiseppe “Pepe” Leva/1977 – Associate – Killed by Alfredo Ferraro

Michael “Mikey CoCo” Cifelli/1978 – Associate – Killed by Salvatore Merlino and Salvatore “Salvy” Testa.

Edwin Helfant/1978 – Associate- The hit was carried out by Nicholas “Nick the Blade” Virgilio and Nicky Scarfo

?????/1978 – Killed by Joseph “Joe Crutch” Curro. This was his wife’s boyfriend. Not Mob Related.

Vincent Falcone/1979 – Associate – The hit was carried out by Nicky Scarfo, Philip “Crazy Phil” Leonetti, Lawrence “Larry/Yogi” Merlino and Joseph Salerno. This one may not have been ordered by Bruno.

There was also a guy name Anthony Barrone who was killed in retaliation for his murder of a doorman that worked a mob nightclub. Not sure of the date. Think it was during or before the Scarfo era.

Post-Bruno

1. Angelo "The Docile Don" Bruno (March 21, 1980) - boss; murdered
2. Antonio "Tony Bananas" Caponigro (April 17, 1980) - consigliere; murdered
3. Alfred Salerno (April 17, 1980) - Caponigro's driver; murdered
4. John "Johnny Keys" Simone (September 19, 1980) - captain; murdered
5. Frank Sindone (October 30, 1980) - captain; murdered
6. John McCullough (December 16, 1980) - head of Roofers Union Local 30; murdered
7. Edward Bianculli (December 1980) - associate; murdered
8. Philip "The Chicken Man" Testa (March 15, 1981) - boss; murdered
9. Harry Peetros (May 26, 1981) - member of Greek mob and LCN associate; murdered
10. Chelsais Bouras (May 27, 1981) - boss of Greek mob; murdered
11. Jannette Curro (May 27, 1981) - Bouras' girlfriend?; murdered
12. Frank "Frankie Flowers" D'Alfonso (1981) - assoicate; wounded
13. Frank "Frankie Stale" Stillitano (1981) - Gambino associate; murdered
14. John Calabrese (October 6, 1981) - associate; murdered
15. Vincent "Tippy" Paneta (January 4, 1982) - associate; murdered
16. Michelle A. Podraza (January 4, 1982) - Paneta's girlfriend; murdered
17. Frank "Chickie" Narducci (January 17, 1982) - captain; murdered
18. Dominick "Mickey Diamond'' DeVito (February 24, 1982) - associate; murdered
19. Rocco Marinucci (March 14, 1982) - associate; murdered
20. Frank Monte (May 13, 1982) - consigliere; murdered
21. Harry "The Hunchback" Riccobene (June 8, 1982) - soldier; wounded
22. Salvatore "Salvie" Testa (July 31, 1982) - captain; wounded
23. Harry "The Hunchback" Riccbone (August 21, 1982) - soldier, wounded again
24. Michael "Mickey Diamond" DeVito (1982) - soldier; murdered
25. Robert Hornikel (January 27, 1983) - associate; murdered
26. Pat "Pat the Cat" Spirito (April 29, 1983) - soldier; murdered
27. Frank Martines (October 14, 1983) - associate; wounded
28. Salvatore "Sammy" Tamburrino (November 3, 1983) - associate/soldier; murdered
29. Robert Riccobene (December 6, 1983) - soldier; murdered
30. Salvatore "Salvie" Testa (December 10, 1983) - captain; wounded
31. Enrico Riccobene (December 14, 1983) - associate; suicide
32. Salvatore "Salvie" Testa (September 14, 1984) - captain; murdered
33. Michael Micali (September 18, 1984) - associate; murdered
34. Frank "J.R" Forlini (February 7, 1985) - associate; murdered
35. Frank "Frankie Flowers" D'Alfonso (July 23, 1985) - associate; murdered
36. Steven "Steaks" Vento (May 27, 1986) - associate; wounded
37. Nicodemo "Nicky" Scarfo Jr. (October 31, 1989) - soldier; wounded
38. Louis "Louie Irish" DeLuca (May 24, 1990) - associate; murdered
39. Felix Bocchino (January 29, 1992) - soldier; murdered
40. James "Jimmy Brooms" DiAddorio (May 29, 1992) - associate; murdered
41. Francesco DiGiacomo (November 29, 1992) - associate; murdered
42. Joseph "Joey Chang" Ciancaglini (March 2, 1993) - underboss; wounded
43. Michael "Mikey Chang" Ciancaglini (August 5, 1993) - soldier; murdered
44. Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino (August 5, 1993) - soldier; wounded
45. Billy Shear (1993) - associate; murdered
46. Mario "Sonny" Riccobene (January 28, 1993) - associate; murdered
47. Rod Colombo (1993) - associate; murdered
48. Joseph "Joey" Stanfa (August 31, 1993) - soldier; wounded
49. Frank "Frankie" Baldino (September 11, 1993) - associate; murdered
50. Leon "Yonnie" Lanzilotta (1993) - associate; wounded
51. Michael Forte (1993) - associate; wounded
52. Gigi Capello (1993) - associate; murdered
53. Joseph Pugliese (1993) - associate; wounded
54. William Gantz (1994) - associate; murdered
55. John "John John" Veasey (1994) - associate; wounded
56. Nicasio Zagone (January 19, 1994) - nephew of John Stanfa; murdered
57. Michael “Mikey Ice” Brennan (December 1994) - associate; murdered
58. Ralph Mazzuca (February 24, 1995) - associate; murdered
59. William "Billy" Veasey (October 5, 1995) - brother of John Veasey; murdered
60. Frank Russo (1995) - associate; murdered
61. Joseph "The Nodder" Sodano (December 7, 1996) - captain; murdered
62. Anthony "Tony Machines" Millicia (1996) - associate; wounded
63. Michael "Dutchie" Avicolli (1996) - associate; missing (presumed dead)
64. Bobby Matonis (1997) - associate; murdered
65. Anthony Turra (March 18, 1998) - associate; murdered
66. Guerino "Gino" Marconi (April 10, 1999) - associate; murdered
67. Patricia Miley (April 10, 1999) - Marconi's girlfriend; wounded
68. Ronald "Ron" Turchi (October 26, 1999) - captain; murdered
69. John Beebee (February 2001) - associate; wounded
70. Adam Finelli (October 30, 2001) - associate; murdered
71. Raymond "Long John" Martorano (January 17, 2002) - soldier; murdered
72. John "Johnny Gongs" Casasanto (November 23, 2003) - associate; murdered
73. Rocco Maniscalco (June 10, 2010) - associate; murdered
74. Gino DiPietro (December 12, 2012) - associate; murdered

[B.]

The hit that got him banished to AC.

As we know, this isn't true. Aside from what people like Leonetti have said, I also posted info a while back from the 1960s that talked about Bruno directly advocating for Scarfo, Chuck LNU (Merlino), and Louie Matteo and trying to help their case.

Also, I think people have to consider the way that most mob contracts are issued. Rarely does the boss simply "order" random murders. Normally someone has a grievance about someone and it gets carried up the chain of command to the boss, who may or may not agree that murder is the solution. It's true that sometimes a boss will issue a contract on a particular person, but usually he just approves contracts that are brought to him.