I am hopeful that this group eventually will become the home to some stimulating and informative discussions on the history of the American Mafia. For now, as...
A web visitor's genealogical search caused me to dig up some information on the Riccobene family of Philadelphia last night. I have so far neglected to add...
A gentleman wrote to me a couple of days ago asking about rumors that the Russian Mafia was operating in Toronto, Canada. I'd been familiar with stories about...
The fascination with Charlie Lucky continues. A web visitor back in November was eager for some NEW information on the notorious mobster. With all the words ...
Tom Hunt
thunt@...
Jan 12, 2005 9:41 pm
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A web visitor yesterday related a story about Joe Aiello having a very young child at the time of his death and asked if I could turn up any details. I gave a...
Years ago my father had a friend-Richard [Dick] Zunt b.@ 1900,he spent 33 years in an Illinois prision on a life sentance,parolled @ 1950,he must have been...
bgl0b6
mikeselectric@...
Feb 14, 2005 10:09 pm
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... Dear "Bg10b6," I was unable to locate information on Richard Zunt's "career." But I found some background info on Ancestry.com, a service I highly ...
A web visitor who had recently viewed the movie "Mobsters" wrote to ask: "Who was the freelancer Mad Dog that killed Rothstein?" The question actually has two...
His first born son, Carlo, was born 1919 in Utica, New York. He had a few more kids when he moved with his wife to Chicago in the early 1920s. I have...
ukthesis
ukthesis@...
Apr 25, 2005 1:02 am
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His birth certificate says 24 November 1897 in Lercara Fridi, Sicily. He was fined in 1930 in Miami for pistol possession and gambling. An old friend of Joe...
ukthesis
ukthesis@...
Apr 25, 2005 1:04 am
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Below is a partial key to the map of New Orleans you should find in the Photos section of this web group. Sorry if the numbers and letters are not clear in...
Just wanted to call your attention to a very informative (you might also say "authoritative") Chicago mob website. The Illinois Police and Sheriffs News (IPSN)...
I am not sure about the details but i heard about it and was curiouse how something like that could happen in such small locations. Any information? I have...
deadmanwalking_nyc
deadmanwalking_nyc@...
Jun 20, 2005 3:28 pm
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... curiouse ... The Pittston area actually experienced a great deal of violence. Some of that occurred as the labor movement reached out to miners and ...
I wanted to know how it is possible that when you think of the Chicago mob the first thing that comes to mind Colosimo, Torrio, Capone etc. No one has much...
... Chicago ... etc. ... Lani, I'm sure you're correct about Giancana. In fact, I have felt that much more of the website should be devoted to discussion about...
Last year when I saw the Gangs of New York and read the book a bit I became really obsessed with finding out where the mafia orginated in Aerica. I went to the...
I never really cared for Capone and his tactics. In my opinions he was a street thug that got lucky. I don't feel that he was a business man. What I believe to...
... Lani, Repetto did a competent job with an enormous topic. If you're interested in a well researched view of the origins of the Mafia, see if your library...
Have you read any good Mafia books lately? Two excellent ones were released just last year and are still available in your local bookstores as well as in our...
... I have read John Dickie's Cosa Nostra. It is a very good book. And as you said extremely thorough and formal. I'm fifteen, so after reading small amounts...
Sections of the website are being overhauled. These include the bookstore, the Who Was Who and the Distinguished Crimefighters. The bookstore redesign is...
A web visitor recently asked about Leslie "Killer Kane" Kruse, a little-known figure in Chicago's underworld. Before getting into Kruse's story, I should point...
The Order Sons of Italy in America has published a report on Italian American crimefighters. I was privileged to be a part of the effort. The OSIA report...
Gaetano "Tommy" Lucchese was one of the more successful American Mafia bosses of the post-Prohibition era. Abundant evidence of his business acumen suggests he...
Hi! My father's name was Joseph Parisi and it is my understanding that he was in the mafia in the Dayton, Ohio area from the mid 1930s until his death in...
gpruleskillercat
gpruleskillercat@...
Sep 12, 2005 2:11 pm
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Hi gprules... I sent you some information in a separate e-mail. I'll check around for more. FYI - The Collier's Magazine articles you found in the Bibliography...
Efforts are apparently under way to produce a film based upon the book, "Roemer: Man Against the Mob." The Roemer story is very much an updated version of the...
Thanks Lani. Much of the information on Lucchese was obtained through New York Times coverage. Lucchese's obituary was run in the paper on July 14, 1967 (p....
