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- Sun, Nov 25, 2018, 9:39 am
- Forum: Books and Periodicals
- Topic: Books by Thomas Hunt
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Books by Thomas Hunt
For those who are interested, I have worked on several Mafia history-related book projects: http://mafiahistory.us/pics/huntbooks.png Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia coauthored with Martha Macheca Sheldon deals with the early Mafia in New Orleans (from the 1860s on)...
- Sun, Nov 25, 2018, 8:49 am
- Forum: 1900-1920: Black Hand Era
- Topic: Detroit's Adamo brothers
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- Views: 11980
Detroit's Adamo brothers
On Nov. 24, 1913, Vito and Salvatore Adamo, leaders of a Sicilian underworld faction in Detroit, were murdered. Authorities attributed the killings to an ongoing feud between the Adamos and the Giannola Brothers of the Wyandotte-Ford City area. Read more at Writers of Wrongs: https://www.writersofwr...
- Wed, Nov 14, 2018, 7:02 am
- Forum: 1950-1957: Kefauver thru Apalachin
- Topic: Apalachin-area meetings
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- Views: 11975
Apalachin-area meetings
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zdqWqvrH8Vc/WgrBUQu9lHI/AAAAAAAAJ7U/zoz1A1dOuTIZayOgQSNurQYOq0q1iIzxACLcBGAs/s400/1957nov15p1-ElmiraNYStar-Gazette.gif Many know of the November 14, 1957, Apalachin NY Mafia convention that was crashed by law enforcement. (See: "Apalachin party-crashers exposed Mafia netw...
- Mon, Nov 5, 2018, 9:19 am
- Forum: 1930-1931: Castellammarese War
- Topic: Mineo and Ferrigno killed
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- Views: 13346
Mineo and Ferrigno killed
On this date (November 5) in 1930: Al Mineo and Steve Ferrigno, allies of Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria and leaders of a sprawling Mafia organization in the Bronx and Brooklyn, were killed by gunmen working for Salvatore Maranzano. https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wBk2NxNpo9s/WB3EKSjKFkI/AAAAAAAAHfA/fW...
- Mon, Nov 5, 2018, 9:16 am
- Forum: 1986-Current: Recent Events
- Topic: Boston's Bulger killed in WV prison
- Replies: 1
- Views: 11234
Re: Boston's Bulger killed in WV prison
Still very little information coming through official channels, though news agencies and bloggers are publishing details of the killing and identifying the killers.
Update:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2018/11 ... lling.html
Update:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2018/11 ... lling.html
- Fri, Nov 2, 2018, 10:11 am
- Forum: 1963-1970: Post-Valachi
- Topic: Altamura killed on Halloween 1967
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Altamura killed on Halloween 1967
Thomas "Enforcer" Altamura headed loan sharking rackets in South Florida for the Gambino Crime Family in the 1960s. He was murdered during a turf war with Bonanno-linked Anthony "Big Tony" Esperti early on Halloween, 1967. https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NS_QNmNgQ8U/W9xQeuhD6nI/AAAAAAAAKjs/aL_AJAxZql4rQD...
- Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 6:31 pm
- Forum: 1986-Current: Recent Events
- Topic: Boston's Bulger killed in WV prison
- Replies: 1
- Views: 11234
Boston's Bulger killed in WV prison
James "Whitey" Bulger was found dead on the morning of Oct. 30, 2018, within a high-security federal prison in Hazelton, West Virginia. Reports indicate that Bulger, 89, was beaten to death by other inmates at the prison one day after being transfered there. Federal authorities are investigating. Bu...
- Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 9:48 am
- Forum: 1900-1920: Black Hand Era
- Topic: Killing of 'Tough Chick' Monaco
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- Views: 13060
Killing of 'Tough Chick' Monaco
On this date (October 29) in 1911, Frank "Tough Chick" Monaco is stabbed to death by Nellie Lener as he attempts to rob a safe in the home of Lener's mother. The incident is regarded as the opening of a feud between underworld forces in the East Harlem Italian colony. Read: "Owner's killing is start...
- Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 6:59 am
- Forum: 1920-1933: Prohibition Era
- Topic: Ignazio Lupo sentence commuted
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- Views: 13461
Ignazio Lupo sentence commuted
On this date (Oct. 29) in 1921, the United States President commuted the counterfeiting sentence of New York City Mafia leader Ignazio Lupo. https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HzK5yckFTKk/WBR3HhmHuQI/AAAAAAAAHcQ/JpBpyCtcK5sL56TwkPoAkCQjA7GDCthmgCLcB/s1600/lupo.jpg Read: U.S. President commutes sentence of M...
- Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 8:29 am
- Forum: 1860-1900: Early Years
- Topic: Raffaele Agnello of New Orleans
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- Views: 13784
Raffaele Agnello of New Orleans
On this date (Oct. 28) way back in 1868, New Orleans Sicilian leader Litero Barba was killed. Initially blamed on an African-American political figure (Barba had been a member of the J.P. Macheca-led Innocenti gang that terrorized African-American political rallies), the murder was later attributed ...