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re: Your favorite mobsters--who ya got?
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:44 pm to LSUTygerFan
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:44 pm to LSUTygerFan
quote:
Carlos Marcello
Any of his descendants still in NO ? If so, do they have any power there?
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:46 pm to Alabamya
No idea.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:48 pm to Alabamya
They've all pretty much gone legit.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:53 pm to NIH
No they haven't...
Well some of them have but they're still involved in gambling, distribution, and laundering
Well some of them have but they're still involved in gambling, distribution, and laundering
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:56 pm to LSUTygerFan
"Mad" Sam Destefano - an absolute lunatic.
- killed his own brother
- gave his wife a gun and forced her to put it in her mouth and pull the trigger, then laughed when it didn't go off
- when agents came to his house for questioning, he would give them coffee, and piss in it before serving it
- captured a black guy and forced his wife to have sex with him at gunpoint
- supposedly worshiped Satan
- captured a guy who owed him money, burned him and tortured him for three days, before pulling him into a restaurant dining room and forcing his entire family to urinate on the guy
- killed his own brother
- gave his wife a gun and forced her to put it in her mouth and pull the trigger, then laughed when it didn't go off
- when agents came to his house for questioning, he would give them coffee, and piss in it before serving it
- captured a black guy and forced his wife to have sex with him at gunpoint
- supposedly worshiped Satan
- captured a guy who owed him money, burned him and tortured him for three days, before pulling him into a restaurant dining room and forcing his entire family to urinate on the guy
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:58 pm to TigerPanzer
quote:
Whitey Bulger
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:58 pm to TigerPanzer
Greg Scarpa, Roy Demeo, Tony Spilotro,
All of these guys were true tough guys that went out like men
All of these guys were true tough guys that went out like men
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:58 pm to jdd48
You have interesting tastes in people.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:59 pm to NIH
Suge Knight. Straight up gangster murderer.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:17 pm to TigerPanzer
Let's not ignore Frank “Frankie Three Fingers” Coppola, the Detroit mobster whose inns with the Teamsters truckers and connections to heroin suppliers in Sicily, resulted in one of the first big time heroin smuggling operations in the U.S.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:33 pm to TigerPanzer
Going with another local, Silver Dollar Sam Carolla.
"In 1929, boss Al Capone was trying to force Carollo to supply Capone's Chicago Outfit with imported alcohol and cut off Joe Aiello, a rival bootlegger in Chicago. Arriving by train in New Orleans with several Outfit mobsters to press his case, Capone's party was intercepted at the station by Carollo and several New Orleans policemen. Carollo's cops reportedly disarmed Capone's henchmen and then broke their fingers. Capone was forced to immediately board another train to Chicago without any concessions from Carollo.
For the 1933 attempted killing of a narcotics agent, he received another eight to 15-year sentence. That sentence was ended after one year by Governor O. K. Allen's full pardon.
The federal government sought to deport Carolla in the early 1940s. Despite roadblock legislation introduced by Congressman James Morrison of Louisiana in order to keep Carolla in the U.S., officials succeeded in sending him back to Sicily in spring of 1947."
"In 1929, boss Al Capone was trying to force Carollo to supply Capone's Chicago Outfit with imported alcohol and cut off Joe Aiello, a rival bootlegger in Chicago. Arriving by train in New Orleans with several Outfit mobsters to press his case, Capone's party was intercepted at the station by Carollo and several New Orleans policemen. Carollo's cops reportedly disarmed Capone's henchmen and then broke their fingers. Capone was forced to immediately board another train to Chicago without any concessions from Carollo.
For the 1933 attempted killing of a narcotics agent, he received another eight to 15-year sentence. That sentence was ended after one year by Governor O. K. Allen's full pardon.
The federal government sought to deport Carolla in the early 1940s. Despite roadblock legislation introduced by Congressman James Morrison of Louisiana in order to keep Carolla in the U.S., officials succeeded in sending him back to Sicily in spring of 1947."
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:34 pm to TigerPanzer
1. Big Petey
2. Lil Petey
3. Nicky the woman
2. Lil Petey
3. Nicky the woman
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:41 pm to TigerPanzer
Frank Lucas....."my man..."
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:42 pm to Sisyphus
That's the way you do it.
You know Capone did in retaliation?
Got syphillis and died like a senile old bitch.
You know Capone did in retaliation?
Got syphillis and died like a senile old bitch.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:45 pm to TigerPanzer
Does Barry Seal count?
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:50 pm to TigerPanzer
Lucky Luciano easily. He was so smart and powerful that Time Magazine named him one of the top 20 titans and builders of the 20th Century. He would have been very wealthy and successful in any endeavor he chose. Plus he was a good looking charismatic guy who got a ton of poon.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:57 pm to Alabamya
quote:
Carlos Marcello
quote:
Any of his descendants still in NO ?
I know his grandson (perhaps great grandson). Good guy. Sells insurance.
This post was edited on 5/6/15 at 3:59 pm
Posted on 5/6/15 at 4:00 pm to Alabamya
From what I've read Alabamya, the New Orleans La Cosa Nostra is a mystery at this point, I don't think anyone (except maybe the FBI) knows for sure what the strength of the Marcello family really is at this point, if it even exists anymore. I think after Carlos Marcello died, there wasn't really an official successor, and the New Orleans La Cosa Nostra as an organized group seems to have died with him. Sure, the made guys in his family probably still hung around and did their thing, but I'm guessing nowhere near the levels of families in Chicago, New York, etc.
La Cosa Nostra as a whole in the United States isn't what it used to be. It's a whole different generation from the one that started the American version of the Sicilian La Cosa Nostra. The values, beliefs, code of silence, everything has changed. The Feds have put so many made guys away, and a bunch of other made guys flipped on the ones who were incarcerated, so La Cosa Nostra's back is broken, although it still exists on a much smaller level. There will always be organized crime, it just seems like La Cosa Nostra had their day in the sun and is now fading away.
As far as who my favorite non-fictional mobsters are, as far as my interest in learning about them, I would say the Scarfo crime family in Philly for the absolute drama that was that family, and a personal favorite is Michael Franzese, who is no longer a mobster, but a reformed man who became a Christian in prison and is one of those men who was able to escape La Cosa Nostra and that world he was a part of. He was a capo in the Colombo crime family, and he made a lot of money for that family. I enjoy watching his interviews, he definitely knows about the life and all it encompasses.
La Cosa Nostra as a whole in the United States isn't what it used to be. It's a whole different generation from the one that started the American version of the Sicilian La Cosa Nostra. The values, beliefs, code of silence, everything has changed. The Feds have put so many made guys away, and a bunch of other made guys flipped on the ones who were incarcerated, so La Cosa Nostra's back is broken, although it still exists on a much smaller level. There will always be organized crime, it just seems like La Cosa Nostra had their day in the sun and is now fading away.
As far as who my favorite non-fictional mobsters are, as far as my interest in learning about them, I would say the Scarfo crime family in Philly for the absolute drama that was that family, and a personal favorite is Michael Franzese, who is no longer a mobster, but a reformed man who became a Christian in prison and is one of those men who was able to escape La Cosa Nostra and that world he was a part of. He was a capo in the Colombo crime family, and he made a lot of money for that family. I enjoy watching his interviews, he definitely knows about the life and all it encompasses.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 4:00 pm to TigerPanzer
The Goodfellas crew:
Posted on 5/6/15 at 4:02 pm to TigerPanzer
No such thing as the mob...
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