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Posted on 1/3/25 at 6:22 am to TigenPenn
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How Powerful was Carlos Marcello?
Name another mob boss that put a hit on a sitting President and got away with it. I'll wait.
Posted on 1/3/25 at 7:39 am to Stealth Matrix
Carlos was a tomato farmer.
“HE” put those 8 great tomatoes in that little bitty can.
“HE” put those 8 great tomatoes in that little bitty can.
Posted on 1/3/25 at 7:46 am to Decisions
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It’s truly the most naturally valuable piece of real estate in the Western Hemisphere.
Uh no, the river is important but modern dredging has allowed ports like Mobile and Houston in the Gulf to compete and even pass NOLA.
Real estate that averages 3-6’ below sea level would never be viewed a “most valuable in Western Hemisphere”.
Even seen places like Manhattan, West Palm Beach, etc.?
Posted on 1/3/25 at 7:52 am to 62zip
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You're absolutely right - thanks for pointing that out so that I could make the appropriate correction.
In reality it’s sort of a mythical quote that has been attributed to a number of people, but not actually verified for any one.
Posted on 1/3/25 at 8:01 am to TigenPenn
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Been told by someone who worked for him he was the most powerful mafia figure in the country.
Entire Country?
No
South ?
Definitely
Posted on 1/3/25 at 8:08 am to Dragula
He had juice with the Commission in NYC and the guys in Chicago. Most powerful....probably not, but no one was willing to cross him in that world especially in the late 50s and through the early 70s.
Posted on 1/3/25 at 8:43 am to TigenPenn
Meh, he ran a casino in Jefferson Parish for a bigger fish in NY.
As far as control it was the French Quarter and Jefferson Parish, but not New Orleans outside the French Quarter. My wife was a next door neighbor with him in Metairie Club Gardens. Mo in law said no issues and he wasn't a member of the Metairie Country Club.
As far as control it was the French Quarter and Jefferson Parish, but not New Orleans outside the French Quarter. My wife was a next door neighbor with him in Metairie Club Gardens. Mo in law said no issues and he wasn't a member of the Metairie Country Club.
Posted on 1/3/25 at 8:49 am to Oates Mustache
I went fishing at Sammy Damarcos place several times in Houma. Who was he exactly? My dad never told me.
Posted on 1/3/25 at 9:09 am to shagnasty 2
My grandmother had pictures of Carlos and my grandfather all over her house. One would assume from the pictures that they were related or very close friends. My grandfather died before I was born and Carlos a few years after. All my grandmother and parents ever knew (or would say) was that my grandfather worked for Marcello.
Posted on 1/3/25 at 9:13 am to TigenPenn
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How was that possible from NOLA?
Port.
Posted on 1/3/25 at 9:15 am to Stealth Matrix
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Name another mob boss that put a hit on a sitting President and got away with it. I'll wait.
If you think he had free reign to make that decision without consulting New York you are naïve.
He was powerful but not untouchable like many want to believe.
Posted on 1/3/25 at 9:17 am to CitizenK
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Mo in law said no issues and he wasn't a member of the Metairie Country Club.
Yeah no shite. They weren't letting Italians join that club no matter who they were back then
Posted on 1/3/25 at 9:19 am to Fun Bunch
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This post was edited on 1/3/25 at 9:31 am
Posted on 1/3/25 at 9:20 am to Vacherie Saint
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NOLA was one of the most powerful and influential cities in America through the 30s
....hoodrats have entered the chat
Posted on 1/3/25 at 9:21 am to TigenPenn
Interesting fact:
Carlos was an avid musician and near professional level violin and cello player. Also a pianist but preferred the string instruments.
He would often sit in with the local symphony under the stage name Marc Cello (the cello was his concert instrument of choice).
Carlos was an avid musician and near professional level violin and cello player. Also a pianist but preferred the string instruments.
He would often sit in with the local symphony under the stage name Marc Cello (the cello was his concert instrument of choice).
This post was edited on 1/3/25 at 9:22 am
Posted on 1/3/25 at 9:25 am to TigrrrDad
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He would often sit in with the local symphony under the stage name Marc Cello (the cello was his concert instrument of choice).
"Sir, you can't just sit in with they symphony whenever you want, these are profe...oh, Mr. Marcello, please forgive me I didn't recognize you, have a seat in first chair"
Posted on 1/3/25 at 9:27 am to TigenPenn
Not in the country. But certainly gulf coast.
Posted on 1/3/25 at 9:27 am to shagnasty 2
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went fishing at Sammy Damarcos place several times in Houma.
Several Houma families of Italian descent were mob connected. Heard a rumor of Marcello’s enforcer keeping gators fed in the swamps off Bourg Larose Highway.
Posted on 1/3/25 at 9:27 am to 4x4tiger
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....hoodrats have entered the chat
Speaking of, they should just say frick it and let the mafia regulate crime in the Quarter again.
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