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You can find Chicago: A Gangster History Part 1 here.

By Puparo

SOUTH SIDE RALPH SHELDON BEER WAR WITH SALTIS MCERLANE

Saltis McErlane gang

4 October 1925 was the Ragens Colts Club House (Ralph Sheldon headquarters) machine gunned and died bystander Charles Kelly and wounded was Thomas Hart

Saltis McErlane gang

13 October…

In Memoriam:



This corner is dedicated to the Palermitan judges Giovanni Falcone (born 1939) and Paolo Borsellino (born 1940). They grew up in the borough Kalsa near Palermo's harbor where Falcone lived in Via Castrofilippo and Borsellino in Via della Vetriera. Some children they played with or went to school with became members of…

Long before Al Capone strolled into town, Chicago was teeming with gangsters and mobsters. In this piece, Puparo details the city’s criminal history starting in the early 1900s and working his way up to Al Capone and his cronies. Digging in his archives, Puparo wiped the dust off of old names, familiar places, and violent gangland executions. Any feedback and comments are…

Like most big cities, St. Louis has a long criminal history filled with pickpockets, robbers, bootleggers, mobsters, and gangsters. Puparo has put together a comprehensive text of all the information available on St. Louis’ gangland, describing wars, hits, murders, and alliances that occurred in the city from the 1900s up until now.

Any feedback, comments, or extra…

That’s how good of a television series The Wire was. After reading news reports about the deaths of two men who were an integral part of the HBO show, all one could think was: “No, not again!” I may be exaggerating, but The Wire was so good, so alive, that its characters felt like real people. So when the actual people involved with making the series pass away. It hits…

The Genovese Crime Family is seen as the most secretive and successful mob group in New York and maybe even the country. Also known as The Westside, today the Genoveses are the largest crime family in the Big Apple and have managed to keep the number of turncoats to a minimum.

The family has a long and bloody history. A history that Puparo has decided to…

Back to overview of Camorra history chapters

Till 1986 there were in Naples 18 camorragangs: the families Graziano, Ammaturo, Cutolo, Zaza, Galasso, Licciardi, Contini, Nuvoletta, Bardellino, Giuliano, Misso, Alfieri, Cava, Mariano, D’Alessandro, Gionta, Moccia en Nuzzo- Fabbrocino. Because of Cutolo’s conviction his capos had their own gangs and it exploded when more and…

The text and chapters below have been collected and written by Puparo. Any new information is much appreciated and can be left in the comments.



Chapters:

• Early Camorra History (scroll to bottom)…

CONCLUSION

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Veglie

Boss Francesco Santolla and son Romualdo Santolla (18 when killed in may 1996)



Veglie boss Francesco Santolla’s son Romualdo Santolla killed

Im may 1996 was in Veglie Romualdo Santolla (18) killed by Luigi Vergine to hurt his father Francesco Santolla the boss of Veglie.…

TARANTO

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Taranto SCU bosses

Paolo De Vitis and his son Salvatore De Vitis are trustees of Taranto boss Antonio Modeo. Antonio Modeo his stepmother Cosima Ceci and Antonio Modeo’s half brothers are Gianfranco Modeo, Riccardo Modeo and Claudio Modeo who become his enemies.



Taranto’s SCU bosses the…