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Showing posts with label Castellammarese War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Castellammarese War. Show all posts
03 February 2020

'Joe Baker' gunned down on Belmont Ave.

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On this date in 1931: Mafia gunmen working for Castellammarese insurrection leader Salvatore Maranzano on February 3, 1931, ambushed Josep...
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25 November 2019

Bringing Joe Valachi's memoirs to the Web

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The 1000-plus page memoirs of Mafia turncoat Joseph Valachi are valuable source material for organized crime historians. The manuscript, e...
11 August 2019

Informer special issue on Maranzano

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A long lost photograph of Salvatore Maranzano is discovered. Informer: The History of American Crime and Law Enforcement marks the occasion...
14 July 2019

Maranzano-focused Informer issue taking shape

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The August 2019 issue of Informer: The History of American Crime and Law Enforcement will focus exclusively on Prohibition Era Mafia leader...
31 May 2019

Detroit fish market murders spark Mafia war

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On this date in 1930... Detroit Free Press Detroit Mafia leader Gaspare Milazzo and aide Rosario "Sam" Parrino were shot to ...
15 April 2019

'Joe the Boss' murder befuddles press

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On this date in 1931... U.S. Mafia boss of bosses Giuseppe Masseria was shot to death in a back room at Gerardo Scarpato's Nuova Villa...
20 February 2019

Stroke takes the 'Artichoke King'

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Avoided the bullets of mob wars but suffered disgrace, financial ruin On this date in 1938... Ciro "Artichoke King" Terranov...
17 October 2018

Charlie Lucky's painful visit to Staten Island

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On this date in 1929... Rochester Democrat & Chronicle Salvatore "Lucky" Lucania (also known as Charlie Luciano) was sta...
22 February 2017

Nicola Gentile - Meet the Mafia's Most Elusive Yet Revealing Historical Figure

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Nicola Gentile Nicola Gentile aka Nick Gentile, Zu Cola Code Name: Joe Mollica Birth: 12 June 1885 Death: see endnotes ...
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