Hello, Everyone is aware that the widely circulated photo of Salvatore Messina has been masquerading as the visage of Salvatore Maranzano for decades. But no...
But they didn't know until the FBI came along the structure of the Mafia families. They knew that Joe Profaci was important in the underworld, and some...
The very worst sources for accurate information are often these so-called "documentaries."Â I only watch them for the entertainment, not informational,...
One thing posters here need to realise is that a great deal on organized crime on the internet is either fully wrong or partly wrong. I can't begin to count...
A touch of sarcasm or/and wit? ________________________________ From: Tom <tphunt@...> To: americanmafia@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, 1 August 2011,...
Sure Dave. And another thing that´s rejectable is that you can still find articles on the net describing a recent boss as "boss of bosses". Numerous of times...
Tell me about it. What is true, and this is in Bonanno, is that some Commission members were "more equal than others."Â They commanded more respect and their...
... The way I see it, "defacto" Boss of Bosses was the member of the Commission who represented the majority faction on the Commission. Any Boss perceived as...
Yes, there was a lot of "political" manoeuvring on the Commission, and Bonanno alludes to this. Gambino would be one of the powerful ones. One of the...
I'm sorry Niccolo, Goran and everyone else. I believe I dropped the ball on this one. Became distracted with other stuff. I'd welcome anyone's assistance on...
An eerie looking cleaned-up image of dead Maranzano’s face and other images I processed from the originals. - Tom An eerie looking cleaned-up image of dead...
Cheers, Tom. The time on the clock on the wall matches the time that they found Maranzano, according to the New York Times, and the position of the limbs in...
I know that Bonanno made him seem like Rudy Valentino in his looks, but doesn't look like it to me from the images we have. ________________________________ ...
Have to check, but there is a separate sketch of the wound locations on Maranzano. Doesn't show his face though. ________________________________ From: Tom...
We can be pretty sure that the photos are of Maranzano. I don´t doubt that. But it´s hard to see his face. No offence Tom, but maybe a professional artist...
Lol... Yeah. But...It doesn´t necessarily mean that Bonanno was lying. He could have been describing what he had HEARD about Maranzano prior to comming to...
... Maranzano seemed pretty good looking looking only at the images Tom cleaned up. His nose looked large and aquiline. But then again....I have always had the...
... From the style of Maranzano's face, if I were to pick out an actor in the USA who resembled that, it would be... Richard Lynch And this is based on the...
The coroner's report says he was 5 feel 8 inches tall, scale weight 218 pounds, strong, bony frame, a tendency to obesity, prominent dark brown eyes, teeth...
Hi everyone. I am new here and do not know too much about the mafia. But, I have an article from a newspaper in Cleveland Ohio in 1940 with a picture of a...
I don't know how to open files tabs ... ________________________________ From: cangemi.taitai <cangemi.taitai@...> To: americanmafia@yahoogroups.com ...
