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
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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...
I whole heartily agree that the policy change is a good thing. People want to know about living mobsters as much or more so than the deceased, because...
PL, Thanks for the message. I just added an article about Anthony Spilotro to the website. http://www.onewal.com/maf-art11.html - T ... People want to know...
GANGSTEROLOGISTS This group is intended for the use of writers, historians, and collectors interested in the topic of true crime and their reciprocal exchange...
It seemed to me that it might be handy to have a map of western Sicily available while doing Mafia research. So, I drew one up and posted it on the American...
A student in Germany wrote recently, asking about how the Mafia moved from Sicily to the United States. Because there is so much speculation about this topic,...
Two important Ohio racketeers died in the past few days. Angelo "Big Ange" Lonardo, probably far more significant as a government witness in the 1980s than he...
Thomas, Thought this might interest you. After Lonardo killed Salvatore Todaro he dissappeared. Cleveland Police had no success tracking him down. Somehow he...
Charles, Your grandfather was certainly highly regarded by his law enforcement peers for his toughness and dedication. It is apparent that those traits also...
In an effort to address the desire for current organized crime news, a "MobNews" blog and a related RSS news feed have been established. While this Yahoo group...
