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"It would be neat to live in one of the mobsters' old houses.Boy,if those walls could talk.I heard that people wanted to make Al Capone's house in Chicago a historical building,but the city nixed it.Now that would be something,living in…"

"Interesting story.I remember there was a TV movie about Gus Farace I really enjoyed years ago with Tony Danza playing him.It's kinda funny,here you got stone gangsters who turn out to be CIs,rats no matter how you look at it and it's…"

"Reading you guys' comments was as enjoyable as reading the story on Lefty,sincerely.Thanks for the schooling,Leonard,hope I see more of your comments in other stories."

"That was the first fiction I've read by Mr. Jones.Great story and a good read.Thank you,sir."

"This was a fantastic story and I totally enjoyed it.I never knew much about DiBiase except in books about other mobsters,mostly the Gallo hit.I wish someone would write books about people like him and "lesser" known mobsters as well as the…"

"Good story !.Carneglia is a mob legend up there with Greg Scarpa.I'm surprised he wasn't given membership years before for all the "work" he'd put in.One of the last of the true gangsters,now reduced to a half-army of rats…"

"Not for nothing,but how can street gang punks qualify as true gangsters ?.Thugs,yeah,but they're not Mafiosi or have the class or respect of real organized crime,or maybe it's just me daydreaming of yesteryear again.Al Capone atleast did…"

"Great story on Joe Barboza.For more interesting reading on the Boston mob wars The Godson by Willie Fopiano is insightful.Also Howie Carr's Hitman.I read Hank Messick's book Barboza,but it is now rare and very costly to find."

"Great story and interview.It was refreshing to see the man protrayed as a person,not just a psychpathic mobster."