I'm attempting to make the reports of the Kefauver Senate Committee (1950-1951) available through the American Mafia website. Three interim reports have been...
Recent additions to the MobNews blog: - Vinny Gorgeous convicted of racketeering but not murder; - Five charged with extorting payments from NY van drivers; -...
I'm interested in your opinion: What single event contributed most to the decline of the power and prestige of the American Mafia? Some ideas are listed below,...
I'd opt for either Apalachin or Valachi. Think RICO has had a big impact too but everything else led up to it. Rick Mattix ... Poll section of this discussion...
Good to hear from you, Rick. Apalachin and Valachi are excellent answers, as both events compelled the FBI to admit the existence of and to directly combat...
I would say that the televised Valachi testimony would have benn a pivital turning point in organized crime. For example If I lived in a rural town in middle ...
Good points, Lani. Apalachin resulted in a number of convictions for conspiracy (and a number of jail terms for Mafiosi), but those were overturned on appeal....
I placed a vote on the poll, however even with my comments it was still very hard to pick one single event that caused the most damage to the underworld. All...
The American Mafia website's Kefauver Committee section now includes the two days of testimony (July 6 and 7, 1950) given by Chicago gangbuster Virgil...
Recent additions to the MobNews blog: - Brooklyn drug raids collect 150 people. - Prosecutors try to hide identity of witness against DePalma. - feature on...
In the early Thirties, Peterson was assistant to Melvin Purvis, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Chicago office, and was involved in many of the major...
Here are the latest headlines from MobNews: - FBI hunts for Jimmy Hoffa at Michigan horse farm. - Identity of undercover agent "Falcone" revealed. - Reputed...
A collection of 49 mugshots has been added to the Photos section of this group. The photos are shown in alphabetical order by the gangster's last name. They...
Here are the headlines from the past four days of MobNews: - Ailing prisoner prompted Hoffa hunt - Hoffa tip dates back to '76 - Global crime groups trade in...
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americanmafia@yahoogr...
May 23, 2006 1:05 pm
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the americanmafia group: Who do you believe was responsible for the assassination of U.S. President...
Please head over to the Polls section and express your opinion regarding the 1963 assassination of President John Kennedy. The question: Who do you believe was...
A new book that may be of interest is Mount Carmel and Queen of Heaven Cemeteries by Jenny Floro-Khalaf and Cynthia Savaglio. Many legendary Chicago mobsters...
Here are this month's headlines from MobNews: - 'Tokyo Joe' Eto died; But when? - More Mafia Cops victims sue city - Ensuring soccer integrity - Bulgaria...
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americanmafia@yahoogr...
Jul 6, 2006 11:19 am
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the americanmafia group: A growing number of mob "historians" are quoting the spoken words - sometimes...
If it's from an interview, a surveillance tape, or some similar verifiable source that's properly cited, fine. There's no need for invented dialogue, tho, in...
Rick, Just the sort of answer I would expect from a capable and experienced researcher. And I generally agree with you. I feel the need, however, to make an...
I had the opportunity recently to read one of Peter Dale Scott's books on the Kennedy assassination. It was very well researched and fairly convincing - in a...
What it seems to me is that there were so many plots against Kennedy that there is truely no real way of finding out the truth. I am sure when we have...
I was watching something on Las Vegas last week in which they made reference to Bugsy Siegal and why he was killed. I has been said for many years that it was...
I've read several of the books alleging conspiracy in the Kennedy case. Pete Dale Scott and others make some interesting connections. But I don't buy the idea...
I agree that the traditional story of Siegel being killed over the Flamingo is probably too simplistic. The truth is there were many people who, for a variety...
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philsmoving
philsmoving@...
Jul 14, 2006 10:27 am
I've long heard that the Joseph Aiello who briefly controlled the Italian mob in Chicago lived in Utica, New York, until the early 1920s. Do you have evidence...
There are many who are far better versed in this than me but I've always felt that the Flamingo was just simply the last straw there and that the wire service...
Rick, Interesting point. And it brings up a few questions: - Was the weapon ever discovered? Or was it deduced from other evidence? - Did the Syndicate at that...
