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Showing posts with label Detroit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Detroit. Show all posts
11 January 2020

Mysterious St. Louis mob figure brutally murdered in Detroit

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One hundred years ago tonight, a mysterious St. Louis underworld figure was found brutalized and near-death just outside of the southwestern...
12 December 2019

Exit of Hoffa foe, 'Tony Pro' Provenzano

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On this date in 1988... Courier-Post, Dec. 13, 1988 Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano, a longtime New Jersey labor racketeer an...
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02 October 2019

The Assassination of Sam Giannola

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Detroit Mafia boss Sam Giannola One hundred years ago today, Detroit Mafia boss Salvatore (Sam) Giannola was assassinated as he stepp...
05 July 2019

New Book about the Detroit Mafia

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It gives me great pleasure to present to you my fourth work; Vìnnitta: The Birth of the Detroit Mafia. This book is probably the most d...
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 ...
21 March 2019

'Sally Bugs' is killed to ensure his silence

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On this date in 1978... Briguglio A Teamsters union official, suspected of involvement in James R. Hoffa's 1975 disappearance, was...
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24 November 2018

Detroit gang feud claims Adamo brothers

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On this date in 1913... Detroit Free Press, Nov. 25, 1913. Vito and Salvatore Adamo, leaders of a Sicilian underworld faction in Detr...
20 September 2018

The Mysterious, Violent Career of Albanian gangster Joe Baktashi

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When people think of Prohibition-era gangsters, they naturally think of Chicago and New York. The fascinating exploits of iconic mob bosse...