Gangsters Inc.'s Blog Posts Tagged 'Mobster' (27)
Gambino Capo Bartolomeo Vernace Found Guilty
By David Amoruso
After more than thirty years, Gambino capo Bartolomeo “Pepe” Vernace finally faced the music this past week as he was found guilty of a 1981 murder and various racketeering charges. His victim was an innocent bar owner who had nothing to do with the mob. Vernace on the other hand began rising rapidly through the underworld as he managed to…
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The Man in Black: Gaspare Magaddino
By Thom L. Jones
Top end of Cypress Avenue, Ridgewood, right on the Brooklyn-Queens boundary line. Friday evening, November 10th 1967.
It’s a quiet Jewish, Italian community. Like every neighborhood or district in the biggest city in America, it has stories to tell if you listen hard enough. Tongue-numbing Dutch names like Onderdonk jostle for space with simple…
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Mob Hit in South Philadelphia
By David Amoruso
The Philadelphia crime family is finally returning to its dysfunctional roots. After a decade of relative peace and quiet under the guidance of boss Joseph Ligambi, South Philadelphia was shocked on Wednesday by the first mob hit in years.
On Wednesday, around 3 p.m., gunshots were heard across Iseminger Street in Philadelphia. Gino DiPietro, 50, was…
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Goodfella Henry Hill dead at 69
By David Amoruso
His death didn’t come as a surprise. Former mob associate-turned rat Henry Hill died in a hospital on June 12 at the age of 69. He leaves behind his fiancée Lisa Caserta and her son Nate. Nate told the Los Angeles Times that Hill died of complications of heart problems related to smoking. Not the cause of death many people would have expected for Hill…
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Los Angeles Capo Jimmy Caci Has Passed Away
By David Amoruso
Longtime mobster Vincent “Jimmy” Caci passed away on August 16, 2011. He was 86 and died of natural causes. Caci’s criminal career started in the 1940s and led him from Buffalo to Los Angeles where he would become a captain in the local La Cosa Nostra Family headed by Peter Milano. …
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Colombo Boss: Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli
By David Amoruso
“I’m going to hell!”
The above is a quote attributed to Colombo Crime Family leader Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli. According to the FBI, Gioeli uttered the words to a…
Added by Gangsters Inc. on May 16, 2011 at 8:30am — 3 Comments
Genovese Capo Sentenced to 10 Years For Murder Conspiracy
By David Amoruso
“Anthony Palumbo’s decades long crime spree has finally come to an end. He is going to prison which is exactly where he belongs.” Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, could not have been any more clear and direct in his statement about Genovese mobster Palumbo (photo above).
Today, Anthony “Tony…
Added by Gangsters Inc. on May 5, 2011 at 5:30pm — 2 Comments
La Primula Rossa: The Story of Luciano Leggio (Part 3)
Part One - Part Two - Part Three
By Thom L. Jones
Following Leggio’s acquittal in the second trial, although he was subject to…
Added by Gangsters Inc. on March 5, 2011 at 4:30am — No Comments
The Rat Infested Mob
By David Amoruso
Frank Costello: Fucking rats. It's wearing me thin.
Mr. French: Francis, it's a nation of fucking rats.
- From The Departed
Last month, 127 mobsters were arrested in the…
Added by Gangsters Inc. on February 6, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments
Gambino Crew Pleads Guilty To Racketeering And Prostitution
By David Amoruso
It was one of the most disgraceful busts in American La Cosa Nostra history when fourteen Gambino Family mobsters were charged with pimping out underage girls. Though they were also charged with other crimes such as murder and extortion, it was their…
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Genovese Soldier: George Barone
By David Amoruso
When George Barone died late last year, an adventurous life came to an end. He was a hero of the second world war. A founding member of the Jets street gang made famous in the musical West Side Story. And spent decades as a Genovese mobster who ruled the docks and was a favorite hitter for family boss Tony Salerno. To top it off, Barone became a… Continue
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Mobsters In Prison: A Story From Behind Bars
By Seth Ferranti (www.gorillaconvict.com)
Goodfellas, the Godfather, Donnie Brasco, The Sopranos- Hollywood's obsession with mobsters dates all the way back to the turn of the century. A litany of wise guys have gained fame and notoriety and eventually been incarcerated by the feds. Beginning with Al Capone and…
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Whack Out on Willie Moretti
He went to church every Sunday in Deal, New Jersey, with his wife and three daughters. The kids in the neighbourhood called him 'cump.' He had a home there on five acres, where he raised prize ducks, that was valued at $400,000. By to-days standards, many millions. He was short and squat with thinning hair, brushed straight back and whenever you see a photo of him, he's wearing the most hideous, hand-painted silk ties.One of a kind was Willie… Continue
Added by Gangsters Inc. on November 18, 2010 at 7:36am — 20 Comments
Hit in Harlem: The Life and Times of Eugenio Giannini
By Thom L. Jones
By all accounts he wasn’t that nice a person.
Described as small, lecherous and ugly, with a temperament to match, it’s hard to find anything redeeming in a life like his, cut short by the mid forties. He played one shady card too many, and found out the hard way that the mob doesn’t tolerate rats or double-crossers. It was only because of Joe Valachi that he made more than just a mention in the New York daily papers: another gangster taken for a one-way… Continue
Added by Gangsters Inc. on November 17, 2010 at 9:53am — 4 Comments
The Color Purple: Detroit's Early Mob
Whatever they amounted to as a bunch of criminals, the derivation of their name is intriguing enough in itself. There seems to be more versions of its origin and meaning, than combinations of a Rubik Cube.
One story goes that two Hastings Street shopkeepers, whose places had been targets for the gang, said something like:
'These kids, they’re tainted, they’re rotten, purple, like the colour of bad meat, they’re the Purple Gang.'
Detroit… Continue
Added by Gangsters Inc. on November 17, 2010 at 9:01am — 1 Comment
Being Ernest: The Life and Hard Times of Ernie 'The Hawk' Rupolo
I think he is one of my favourite mobsters of all time. The one-eyed killer who couldn't shoot straight.
Most people have never heard of him. He never achieved any immortal status as a big player in the Mafia crime families of New York, although he longed for and lusted after it. He was probably the rule rather than the exception when it came to setting the standard for the street hoodlums that made up the rank and file of organized crime. A grifter,… Continue
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Unrest within the New York Mob
By David Amoruso
Posted June 25, 2007
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On Tuesday morning, June 5, Robert DeCicco got in his father's fiancé's Cadillac DeVille after picking up a prescription at Dolinsky's Pharmacy. As he sat in his car another car rolled up beside him.… Continue
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Gambino Boss: John "Junior" Gotti
By David Amoruso
Posted: March 10, 2007
Updated on: August 12, 2008
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"I know my father loved me, but I got to question how much, to put me with all these wolves. This is the world you put your kid in? So much treachery. ... My father couldn't have loved me, to push me into this life." –… Continue
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Gambino Boss: John Gotti Sr.
By David Amoruso
Posted in 2001
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John Gotti was born October 27, 1940 in the Bronx, New York. When Gotti was twelve he and his family move to a rough neighborhood in Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, Gotti took to the streets more and more and he finally dropped out of school in the 8th grade. On the streets Gotti got involved with gangs and committed… Continue
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Gambino Boss: Paul Castellano
By David Amoruso
Posted in 2001
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Paul Castellano was born Constantino Paul Castellano in Brooklyn on June 26, 1915. His parents were from Sicily and had traveled to the United States to give their children a better life. Castellano's father was a butcher and also controlled a small gambling operation. Castellano was the youngest of three children… Continue
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- The Color Purple: Detroit's Early Mob
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