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...
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gemskybugsy
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Dec 24, 2005 10:02 pm
I recently began researching my grandfather, Vincenzo (Vincent) Busardo who was shot and killed in Brooklyn on April 7, 1923. I was reading your writings on...
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gemskybugsy
gemskybugsy@...
Dec 24, 2005 10:03 pm
I had posted a message last evening and had wanted to add to my message. In your article about Albert Anastasio you had mentioned the slim possibility that...
The Times article of April 29, 1923, states that shooting victim Albert Anastasio's address was 448 Clinton Street. That is not one of the known addresses I...
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gemskybugsy
gemskybugsy@...
Jan 19, 2006 10:45 pm
I had sent a message in December about a bootleg war going on in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn in the 1920's. I had made a reference to the NY Times...
Wondering if there's an English translation published anywhere of Nick Gentile's memoir in its entirity? If not, this is very strange as it seems to me an...
Hi Rick, I don't believe any official English translation of the Italian book has ever been published. Gentile's book isn't textbook Italian either. It appears...
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gemskybugsy
gemskybugsy@...
Feb 7, 2006 9:52 am
I had e-mailed you a few weeks ago about your article and the mention of the Sackett Street shootings on April 28, 1923. According to that NYTimes article...
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gemskybugsy
gemskybugsy@...
Feb 18, 2006 10:38 am
In response to your December reply to my e-mail I had come across some interesting information on Albert Anastasia. He had prior arrests for homicide on March...
Anthony Thomas Civella, reputed boss of the Kansas City, Mo., crime family through the 1990s, has died just days before his 76th birthday. Announcements of...
Just got a copy of Mars Eghigian's new book, AFTER CAPONE: THE LIFE AND WORLD OF CHICAGO MOB BOSS FRANK "THE ENFORCER" NITTI. Published by Cumberland House in ...
It has been the policy of the American Mafia website to avoid any comment on living persons. That policy was designed to serve several purposes. First, it was...
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gemskybugsy
gemskybugsy@...
Mar 1, 2006 6:45 pm
I am still researching Anastasio in connection with Vincent Busardo's murder. Thanks to the Brooklyn Public Library there was an article mentioning Anasatasio...
