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...
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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...
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....
... <joosub_zane@y...> ... "Made" means "initiated." A made man in the mob is one who has passed through the initiation tests and rites and been granted formal...
Good day Thomas I have another question. I hope I am not bothering by asking my questions. What type of organised crime takes place in a mafia group? What...
... questions. What type of organised crime takes place in a mafia group? What makes a mafiozo different from a normal person engaging in some of the same...
Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila reigned as the American Mafia's boss of bosses for eighteen years. He was raised to the position upon the incarceration of Giuseppe...
While Mafia historians have focused much attention on the underworlds of New York and Chicago, many lesser known communities have been hotbeds of Mafia...
Does anyone have info on this? I wonder what will eventually happen to Sammy the Bull. He's a cold blooded animal, no doubt. He's a liar, no doubt but he...
While I hold a great facination with the italian mafia, It seems like the up and coming organized crime syndicate (Russian,Chinese,etc.)are twice as cut throat...
I believe they will all ruin each others at the end. While they're at it, they will enjoy their "15 minutes of fame". Like Gotti Sr. has put it, "a day or...
jlee, Welcome to the group. I can't/won't speak specifically about anyone who remains alive. But I would caution (vaguely) against placing too much emphasis on...
Lanie, Interesting question. Thanks. In my opinion, large-scale organized crime (international cartels) cannot exist without a base of support in the...
i have a couple of questions... i was wondering if anyone knows anything about the provenzano family and which one(s) of them was active in new jersey in the...
The most well-known underworld Provenzano was Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano of New Jersey (he also resided in Florida). He was believed to be a senior member...
I should note for the record that Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano died of a heart attack on Dec. 12, 1988. He was 71 years old. Provenzano, removed from the New...
Three items were recently added to the Photos Section of the American Mafia Group on Yahoo. They are: 1. A simplistic government flow chart of the New York...
Few gangsters have cast a greater shadow on American society than Albert Anastasia of Brooklyn. For much of three decades, the man who was called "The Mad...
Continued from Part I... = Friction Between Old Friends = As the 1950s opened, Anastasia was a focal point for state and federal racketeering investigations....
Vincent Gigante ("The Chin") evaded law enforcement for many years by playing the role of mentally ill street person. He gave up the act in an April 2003 court...
Author Rick Mattix just wrote to tell me about a new book he has written with coauthor William J. Helmer. The book is "The Complete Public Enemies Almanac." It...
So would that make "The Chin" the last of the old Dons. I mean after ditching his boxing career he probably met with some of the original Commission members....
Lani, Gigante certainly was a human link between the mobs of the 1990s and the 1950s. He was definitely acquainted with at least a couple of early Commission...
Thanks for the book announcement, Tom. Bill and I have tried to cover all the major events and cases of the Twenties and Thirties and many minor ones as well...
