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Showing posts with label Costello. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Costello. Show all posts
25 October 2019

Anastasia delayed, did not escape death in 'chair'

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On this date in 1957... Perhaps Albert Anastasia was fated to die in "the chair." The longtime New York-area underworld figure...
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11 January 2019

He did it, but they couldn't prove it

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Carmine Galante of Bonanno clan is regarded as Tresca's killer On this date in 1943... Tresca Carlo Tresca, sixty-three-year-old...
19 December 2018

'Chin' Gigante dies in prison hospital

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On this date in 2005... Vincent "Vinny the Chin" Gigante, longtime boss of the Genovese Crime Family, died December 19, 2005, ...
10 September 2018

Valachi recalls assassination of boss of bosses

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On this date in 1931... Reigning Mafia boss of bosses Salvatore Maranzano was shot and stabbed to death in his Park Avenue, Manhattan, off...
16 August 2018

'Dandy Phil' exits in his pajamas

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On this date in 1962... Shreveport Times Nancy Kemp, a private nurse caring for aging gambling racketeer Philip F. "Dandy Phil...
12 May 2018

'Lucky' transferred at request of spy agencies

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On this date in 1942... The Mafia boss widely known as Charlie "Lucky" Luciano was transferred between prisons in New York State...
16 May 2017

1929: Capone meets City of Brotherly Love

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Arrested with concealed weapon on his way home from Atlantic City peace conference May 16, 1929 - Chicago crime lord Al Capone and h...
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19 April 2017

Mafia leader's corpse found at Brooklyn marsh

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Philip Mangano murdered, Vincent Mangano missing On the morning of April 19, 1951, Mrs. Mary Gooch of 7501 Avenue X in Brooklyn, was wal...
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