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"Good story!.I always like reading about Crazy Joe.I wish they would put the movie about him on legit dvd.For any interested readers there was a movie based on Joe's life called "Crazy Joe" starring Peter Boyle that came out around…"

"Great article as usual!.Believe it or not I still have the People magazine with John Gotti on the cover "The Real Godfather"...I need to get it framed as my own bit of mob memorabilia.Also liked you put in a story on Joey Gallo,one of my…"

"Good story with a twist of humor!.I don't want to knock any fellow readers' fav' shows (personally I'm an SOA junkie),but a lot of this stuff is beyond-ridiculous "reality" TV.If it's The Mob give me a documentary…"

"I think you will enjoy the book,Kim,it's pretty decent.Well written and has some comical flair in parts.I like Mafia history myself and write most of my comments from memory.I was going to mention "Richie The Boot" who was rumored to…"

"My favorite characters in the series were Richie Aprile,supposedly based off real-life gangster "Crazy Joe" Gallo in part,Uncle Junior,and Paulie.One of Joe Gallo's cousins was a member of the NJ Family,which I thought was kinda'…"

"Hard to believe Tony's gone,isn't it?.Gotta admit he wasn't my favorite Sopranos character,but you had to admire Tony or as he told Christopher "You may not like me,but you WILL respect me" (or something like that)...Now my…"

"This should be an interesting book if it has all that background info as several books have been written about Whitey and his World,but concentrate on him after prison and his rise to power.My personal favorites are "Paddy Whacked" and…"

"Wishful thinking on the Senator's part.You just can't jail someone for being a gang member,BUT you can for unlawful assembly or consorting with known felons,if they have previous convictions.I doubt this'll end the gang,but will…"

"Not surprising as these two are coming to light as bigger rats than Valachi and Gravano ever were with the fact they were informants while being "gangsters" adding insult to injury."

"Pretty good article!.A lot of history uncovered there.Other Egan's Rats alumni were infamous as hired guns with the most notorious,of course,being Fred "Killer" Burke,one of the suspected triggers in the St. Valentine's Day…"