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Tom Hunt

@tom-hunt.com

Writer/researcher of U.S. organized crime history. Publisher of Informer journal, MobHistory.substack.com, WritersOfWrongs.com & Mafiahistory.us. Husband of Anna. Dad of 3 grown kids. Resident of Whiting, VT. linktr.ee/thomashunt (He/Him/His)

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David Amoruso @gangstersinc.bsky.social · 2d ago

Jalisco Cartel boss linked to murder of popular mayor arrested after being injured in shootout with authorities gangstersinc.org/2026/11/11/j... - #Crime #Jalisco #Mexico #Narcos

Jalisco Cartel boss linked to murder of popular mayor arrested after being injured in shootout with authorities - Gangsters Inc. | www.gangstersinc.org

Authorities in Mexico arrested a regional leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) last week. Rafael “R2” Alvarez headed a cell linked to murders, drug trafficking, and extortion of avocado ...

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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 19h ago

#OTD (Nov 12) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #HighlandNY #Pittsburgh #ConeyIsland #Massachusetts #NewJersey #Florida #KearneyNJ #BuffaloNY #Brooklyn #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 12...
• in 1908, New York mafiosi bring printer Antonio Comito to Highland NY to begin work on counterfeit currency.
• in 1909, after a year in hiding, Ignazio Lupo returns to New York City.
• in 1915, Leopold Lauritano is acquitted of heroin possession charges in Brooklyn.
• in 1917, Giuseppe Martinico is arrested in Manhattan for the Nov. 11 Brooklyn murders of Antonio Mazzara and Antonio DiBenedetto.
• in 1919, a coroner's jury exonerates suspects Orazio Leone, J.C. Catalano and Joseph Catalano of the murder of Pittsburgh Mafia boss Gregorio Conti.
• in 1936, Louis Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro are sentenced to two years in prison following anti-trust convictions.
• in 1941, informant Abe Reles fatally falls from a sixth floor window at the Coney Island Half Moon Hotel. Raymond L.S. Patriarca is sentenced to Massachusetts prison for robbery and assault.
• in 1952, an FBI informant says Albert Anastasia and Anthony Strollo arranged the election of Anthony Provenzano as president of Teamsters New Jersey Local 560. In Florida, Eddie Coco is sentenced to life for a 1951 homicide.
• in 1958, the bullet-riddled body of longshoreman Joseph Barbito is discovered inside an automobile at Kearney NJ.
• in 2015, Vincent Asaro is acquitted of racketeering and related charges in Brooklyn federal court.
• in 2016, Buffalo-area labor racketeer Leonard Falzone dies of natural causes at 81.
Image of Abe Reles.

Tom Hunt @tom-hunt.com · 19h ago

#OTD (Nov. 12) in 2016, longtime #BuffaloNY area labor racketeer Leonard F. Falzone died of natural causes at age 81. buffalomob.blogspot.com/2016/11/leon... #MafiaHistory #History #Skystorians

Leonard Falzone (Jan. 26, 1935, to Nov. 12, 2016)

Brief biographies of figures from the DiCarlo-Magaddino Crime Family of western New York and key individuals from other U.S. Mafia organizations.

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Writers of Wrongs @writersofwrongs.bsky.social · 2d ago

#OTD (Nov. 11) in 1917, a #Mafia feud appears to be the cause of a double-murder in the #Castellammarese colony of #Williamsburg, #Brooklyn. www.writersofwrongs.... #NewYork #MafiaHistory #History #Skystorians

Two killed at Castellammarese colony in Brooklyn

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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 2d ago

#OTD (Nov 11) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #Brooklyn #QueensNY #Harlem #California #LosAngeles #Chicago #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 11...
• in 1913, informant Clemente tells U.S. Secret Service that there are four Mafia gangs in New York, with three of them - led by Manfredi, Schiro and LoMonte - allied against the fourth led by D'Aquila.
• in 1917, Antonio Mazzara and Antonio DiBenedetto are shot to death at North Fifth Street and Roebling in Brooklyn.
• in 1925, Vito Genovese is arraigned for the murder of 'Jerry the Wolf' Scotti in Queens NY.
• in 1931, New York racketeers Lepke Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro are charged with disorderly conduct. Brooklyn rum-runner Charles Higgins is indicted for violating Volstead Act.
• in 1946, Joseph Scottoriggio, Harlem Republican leader, dies of wounds suffered in a Nov. 5 beating.
• in 1957, southern California Mafia leaders Frank DeSimone and Simone Scozzari and northern California leaders James Lanza and Joseph Cerrito take rooms at the New Yorker Hotel in New York City.
• in 1960, Anthony Accardo of Chicago is convicted of tax evasion.
• in 1961, John Guariglia, member of the John Oddo crew in the Profaci Crime Family, is fatally shot by Gallo faction gangsters in Brooklyn NY.
Image of Vito Genovese.

Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 3d ago

#OTD (Nov 10) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #Brooklyn #KansasCity #SewickleyPA #JerseyCityNJ #Chicago #LivingstonNJ #CollingswoodNJ #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 10...
• in 1913, an informant tells the U.S. Secret Service that gangsters of Manfredi Mineo's Brooklyn organization killed Giuseppe Fontana.
• in 1919, Frank Valenzi of Sewickley PA begins a prison sentence for extortion.
• in 1920, Joseph and Paul DiGiovanni of Kansas City are indicted for manufacture and possession of alcohol.
• in 1921, identifying himself as Anthony Sorge, Joseph Valachi is arrested in Jersey City NJ for weapons possession.
• in 1924, Irish mobster Dion O'Banion is killed in his Chicago flower shop.
• in 1925, Samuel 'Samoots' Amatuna, leading figure in Chicago's Sicilian underworld, is shot and mortally wounded.
• in 1930, Saverio Pollaccia of Brooklyn is arrested after a police raid at his home yields policy slips, liquor, a small arsenal and some heroin.
• in 1931, police raid a room at New York's Hotel Franconia and arrest Lepke Buchalter, Gurrah Shapiro, Bugsy Siegel, Curly Holz and five others believed to be labor racketeers.
• in 1957, a regional Mafia meeting is noted in Livingston NJ.
• in 1983, Gambino Crime Family associate Salvatore Sollena is found dead in the trunk of his Cadillac parked in Collingswood NJ.
Image of Joseph DiGiovanni.

Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 4d ago

#OTD (Nov 09) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #EastHarlem #Chicago #Brooklyn #Illinois #EndicottNY #Cleveland #ToledoOH #RochesterNY #YoungstownOH #Bronx #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 09...
• in 1916, George Esposito of East Harlem is fatally shot.
• in 1923, Anthony Indelicato is arrested in New York for armed robbery.
• in 1924, Mike Merlo, Chicago Sicilian leader, dies of cancer.
• in 1926, police make arrests after discovering two stills operating in Brooklyn.
• in 1930, Vincent Coll, suspected of robbery, and 10 others are arrested at a Bronx speakeasy.
• in 1931, Illinois and New York gangsters are arrested in connection with a Chicago kidnapping.
• in 1932, federal agents arrest Endicott NY bootleggers Santo Vultaggio, James Coppola and Anthony Novetta. In New York City, Benjamin Siegel is injured when a bomb explodes at a meeting of the Hard Tack Social Club.
• in 1945, James Licavoli of Cleveland and codefendant Ernest LaSalle plead guilty to extortion in a Toledo OH court.
• in 1950, Joe Adonis, Salvatore Moretti, Arthur Longano and James Lynch are charged in New York with gambling conspiring.
• in 1961, narcotics defendant Albert Agueci misses a scheduled court appearance in New York City.
• in 1982, Rochester NY Mafia leaders Sam Russotti, Rene Piccaretto and others are indicted for racketeering and other federal crimes.
• in 1999, Youngstown OH boss Lenny Strollo gets ten years for state crimes.
• in 2006, New York police announce the arrests of 11 people, including Genovese and Lucchese members, for running a Bronx gambling ring.
Image of Mike Merlo.

David Amoruso @gangstersinc.bsky.social · 7d ago

Mexican judge arrested over $2 million bribe to free drug kingpin Ryan Wedding’s right-hand man gangstersinc.org/2026/11/06/m... - #Canada #Mexico #Corruption #Crime #Judge #Narcos

Mexican judge arrested over $2 million bribe to free drug kingpin Ryan Wedding’s right-hand man - Gangsters Inc. | www.gangstersinc.org

A Mexican judge was arrested in Colombia on suspicion of accepting a $2 million bribe to release a Canadian drug trafficker described by United States authorities as the second-in-command of an intern...

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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 5d ago

#OTD (Nov 08) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #NewOrleans #Brooklyn #Dallas #NiagaraFallsNY #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 08...
• in 1889, New Orleans mafioso Frank Romeo is charged with assaulting his wife.
• in 1915, Frieda Horner and Margaret Everdeane are indicted for perjury in connection with recent testimony against Gophers gang leader Owen Madden.
• in 1918, children playing in Brooklyn NY find the body of Gaspare Candella in a discarded barrel.
• in 1919, Dallas Mafia boss Carlo Piraino is charged with stealing $2,500 worth of Liberty Bonds.
• in 1930, Benny Gallo is shot to death in his Brooklyn restaurant.
• in 1936, Louis Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro are convicted in New York federal court of anti-trust violations in the fur-dressing industry.
• in 1961, the FBI learns that the Mafia Commission supports crime boss Joseph Profaci's planned retaliation against the rebellious Gallo faction.
• in 1962, FBI installs electronic surveillance inside the Niagara Falls NY funeral home used as a headquarters by regional Mafia boss Stefano Magaddino.
• in 2007, Marguerite Cutolo testifies in court that she last saw her husband William Cutolo on May 26, 1999, when he left to meet with Colombo Crime Family boss Alphonse Persico.
Image of Stefano Magaddino.

Tom Hunt @tom-hunt.com · 6d ago

Started the weekend with a couple of perfect waffles. #waffle1751 5/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 30 🥈 #wafflesilverteam wafflegame.net #Games #Waffle

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The waffle-shaped daily word game.

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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 7d ago

#OTD (Nov 06) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #Chicago #Connecticut #Tampa #Pennsylvania #Bronx #Wyandotte #Michigan #NewOrleans #Boston #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 06...
• in 1906, Chicago Mafia leader Mariano Zagone is wounded in an assassination attempt.
• in 1912, Owney Madden of Manhattan's Gophers Gang is shot and wounded by Hudson Duster gangsters.
• in 1913, 'Chicago Joe' Buonomo is convicted of the 1912 Connecticut murder of Jennie Cavalieri and is sentenced to death.
• in 1926, Tampa mafiosi Santo Trafficante and Antonio Diecidue return after a trip to Cuba.
• in 1928, Arnold Rothstein dies of gunshot wounds suffered two days earlier.
• in 1929, attorneys for Al Capone, imprisoned in Pennsylvania, file their sixth appeal of his year sentence for weapons possession.
• in 1930, grape dealer Natale Durso is fatally shot in the Bronx.
• in 1931, bootleggers Joseph Rivett, Charles Tear and John Pelkey are killed in Michigan's Wyandotte Massacre.
• in 1933, Lepke Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro are indicted for antitrust violations.
• in 1957, a U.S. tax court orders payment of $175,000 back taxes by the New Orleans-area Beverly Club, operated by Frank Costello, Philip Kastel, Carlos Marcello and others.
• in 1968, racketeers William Grasso, Ralph Tropiano and Lawrence Pellegrino go on trial for extorting the Connecticut garbage collection industry.
• in 1976, Colombo soldier Salvatore Albanese is imprisoned for violating terms of an earlier suspended sentence.
• in 2008, former FBI agent John Connolly, accused of working with Boston gangsters, is convicted of second degree murder.
Image of William Grasso.

Writers of Wrongs @writersofwrongs.bsky.social · 7d ago

#OTD (Nov. 6) in 1912, twenty-year-old #gangster Owen #Madden is seriously wounded in a shooting at a #Manhattan dance. www.writersofwrongs.... #NewYork #History #Skystorians

Jealousy nearly kills a Gopher

News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.

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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · last wk.

#OTD (Nov 05) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #NewOrleans #LosAngeles #Denver #Bronx #CiceroIL #Harlem #ApalachinNY #KansasCity #LasVegas #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 05...
• in 1903, Secret Service agents in New Orleans trail visiting New York Mafia boss Giuseppe Morello.
• in 1917, Rosario 'Sam' Matranga is found shot to death in his car at Los Angeles CA.
• in 1921, New York mafioso Ignazio Lupo receives a warrant of sentence commutation.
• in 1928, gunmen in Denver make an unsuccessful attempt on the life of gangster Eddie Diamond.
• in 1930, Salvatore Maranzano gunmen shoot down Joe Masseria allies Al Mineo and Steve Ferrigno in the Bronx.
• in 1931, mafioso Salvatore LoVerde is shot to death at Cicero IL.
• in 1946, Harlem Republican leader Joseph Scottoriggio is severely beaten in a daylight attack on Election Day.
• in 1953, U.S. officials begin an effort to deport gangster Jack Parisi.
• in 1957, Joseph Barbara of Apalachin NY places a large order for meat in preparation for an underworld convention.
• in 1971, forced to leave Israel, Meyer Lansky tries without success to find sanctuary in Switzerland, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru and Argentina.
• in 1975, Ralph Picardo begins secretly providing FBI with information on crime figures linked with the Teamsters union.
• in 1981, a federal grand jury at Kansas City MO indicts 11 men, including Mafia leaders Nick and Carl Civella and Carl DeLuna, with conspiring to skim money from the Tropicana casino in Las Vegas.
Image of Meyer Lansky.

Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · last wk.

#OTD (Nov 04) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #NewOrleans #EastHarlem #Brooklyn #Bronx #Chicago #PhoenixAZ #Philadelphia #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 04...
• in 1886, future U.S. Mafia boss of bosses Giuseppe Masseria is born in Menfi, Sicily.
• in 1913, Giuseppe Fontana is fatally shot in East Harlem.
• in 1915, two witnesses are arrested for testifying falsely against New York gangster Owen Madden.
• in 1918, the remains of murdered Gaspar Candello are left in a barrel in Brooklyn.
• in 1922, mafioso Francesco Puma is shot to death in front of 508 E.12th Street in Manhattan.
• in 1926, Peter Heslin of New York is sentenced to die for first degree murder.
• in 1927, a Manhattan magistrate frees Jacob Shapiro and Louis Buchalter, suspects in the killing of 'Little Augie' Orgen.
• in 1928, Arnold Rothstein is shot and mortally wounded at the Park Central Hotel in Manhattan.
• in 1930, Joe Valachi spots Giuseppe Masseria and Steve Ferrigno entering a Bronx apartment building.
• in 1955, Willie Bioff, government witness in a 1943 case against the Chicago Outfit, is killed in a Phoenix AZ bombing.
• in 1959, 'Frankie Shots' Abbatemarco is murdered at a saloon in Brooklyn.
• in 1963, New Orleans crime boss Carlos Marcello goes on trial on a federal conspiracy charge.
• in 1971, the scheduled deportation of New York crime boss Carlo Gambino is canceled after a heart attack puts him in the hospital.
• in 1977, federal agents electronically eavesdrop on a conversation among Philadelphia mobsters Philip Testa, Nick Scarfo, Frank Narducci and Harry Riccobene.
Image of Arnold Rothstein.

David Amoruso @gangstersinc.bsky.social · last wk.

Heavily armed gang steals up to 50 kilos of gold from French factory, shakes off police using metal spikes gangstersinc.org/2026/11/04/h... - #France #Robbery #Crime #TrueCrime #Gold

Heavily armed gang steals up to 50 kilos of gold from French factory, shakes off police using metal spikes - Gangsters Inc. | www.gangstersinc.org

A heavily armed gang raided a jewelry workshop in the French city of Besançon on Tuesday morning. The five robbers, wearing bulletproof vests, made off with an estimated 20 to 50 kilograms of gold. In...

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Tom Hunt @tom-hunt.com · last wk.

#Fedora #Linux 45 has been released. Here's what's new and how to upgrade/install the operating system. fedoramagazine.org/announcing-f...

Announcing Fedora Linux 45 - Fedora Magazine

Announcing the release of Fedora Linux 45

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Writers of Wrongs @writersofwrongs.bsky.social · last wk.

#OTD (Nov. 5) in 2019, Louis #Eppolito, a former #NewYork Police detective convicted of participating in #Mafia murders, died in federal prison. www.writersofwrongs.... #NYPD #MafiaCop #MafiaHistory #History #Skystorians

'Mafia Cop' Eppolito dies in federal custody

News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.

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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · last wk.

#OTD (Nov 03) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #NewOrleans #Cleveland #YoungstownOH #Harlem ##Miami #LasVegas #Philadelphia #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 03...
• in 1903, Mafia boss Giuseppe Morello travels to New Orleans.
• in 1904, New York tong leader Mock Duck is shot and seriously wounded by a rival tong.
• in 1938, Thomas Galati of Cleveland is the fourth of five suspects to be convicted of the murder of Youngstown OH gangster Roy 'Happy' Marino.
• in 1945, agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics round up more than 100 people suspected of participating in an interstate narcotics ring.
• in 1946, a meeting of Harlem underworld figures, including Joey Rao and Mike Coppola, results in a decision to murder New York Republican politician Joseph Scottoriggio.
• in 1960, Arthur Balletti of Miami is arraigned in Las Vegas on charges of illegally bugging the hotel room of entertainer Dan Rowan and of operating as a private detective without a license.
• in 1972, the movie The Valachi Papers opens in theaters across the country.
• in 1980, Youngstown OH crime figure Vincent Prato sends a requested $25,000 bribe to Mahoning County sheriff candidate James A. Traficant Jr., who surrenders it to allies linked with the Cleveland Mob.
• in 1983, Salvatore Tamburrino, member of the Riccobene Mafia faction, is shot to death in southwest Philadelphia.
• in 2006, a mistrial is declared in the racketeering-murder trial of Colombo boss Alphonse Persico and codefendant John DeRoss.
Image of Mike Coppola.

Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 2w ago

#OTD (Nov 02) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #Tampa #JerseyCity #LosAngeles #SwanLakeNY #Pennsylvania #Brooklyn #Ohio #TrumbullCountyOH #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 02...
• in 1899, future Tampa FL mafioso Ignazio Antinori arrives in New York.
• in 1903, Secret Service agents trail New York Mafia boss Giuseppe Morello to the Jersey City NJ train station.
• in 1918, witnesses to the shooting of Stephen Ardizzono in Los Angeles state that prime suspect, Tony Matranga, was not Ardizzono's assailant.
• in 1932, the body of a murder victim recently discovered near Swan Lake NY is identified as Sam Medaglia of New York City.
• in 1937, Nicola Gentile is noted back in Sicily after fleeing narcotics charges in the U.S.
• in 1949, Gioacchino Parisi is returned under police guard from northeast Pennsylvania to Brooklyn NY to be charged with the murder of Teamsters official Morris Diamond.
• in 1960, the Ohio Supreme Court refuses to rehear an appeal of the assault and battery conviction of Trumbull County gambling boss Mike Farah.
• in 2006, the federal sentence of Genovese Crime Family leader Venero Mangano concludes.
Image of Venero Mangano.

MLB Mania @mlbmania.bsky.social · 2w ago

Red Sox, Diamondbacks Lead 2016 MLB Gold Glove Winners With Three Each The Red Sox and Diamondbacks led all teams with three Gold Glove winners apiece when the awards were announced Sunday. First basemen Christian Walker of Houston and Matt Olson of Atlanta each won the honor for the fourth time…

Red Sox, Diamondbacks Lead 2016 MLB Gold Glove Winners With Three Each

The Red Sox and Diamondbacks led all teams with three Gold Glove winners apiece when the awards were announced Sunday. First basemen Christian Walker of Houston and Matt Olson of Atlanta each won the honor for the fourth time while Boston right fielder Wilyer Abreu won the fielding honor for the third year in a row. Red Sox center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela earned the honor for the second straight season and third baseman Caleb Durbin was a first-time winner.

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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 2w ago

#OTD (Nov 01) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #BuffaloNY #Pittsburgh #YoungstownOH #Brooklyn #PittstonPA #Havana #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 01...
• in 1897, Giuseppe Pecoraro is murdered on New York's Elizabeth Street.
• in 1899, future Buffalo mafioso Joseph DiCarlo is born in Vallelunga, Sicily.
• in 1904, Kid Fitzpatrick, friend of New York gang leader Monk Eastman, is shot and killed outside a Sheriff Street saloon.
• in 1915, New York mafioso Manfredi Mineo returns to the U.S. after a visit to his native Sicily.
• in 1926, an explosion destroys the Pittsburgh candy factory of Nick Solas. Inside authorities find the burned corpse of Frank Romano, connected with the Mallamo clan of Youngstown OH.
• in 1944, Joseph Valachi is charged in Brooklyn with violating federal narcotics law.
• in 1951, Pittston PA Mafia leader Russell Bufalino visits Havana Cuba, according to the report of an FBI informant.
• in 2007, Daniel Leo, reputed Genovese Crime Family boss, admits to engaging in an extortion racket.
Image of Russell Bufalino.

David Amoruso @gangstersinc.bsky.social · 2w ago

Albert Anastasia: Made in the U.S.A. gangstersinc.org/2026/11/01/a... - #Mafia #MafiaHistory #NewYorkMafia #AmericanMafia #Crime #MurderInc #CosaNostra

Albert Anastasia: Made in the U.S.A. - Gangsters Inc. | www.gangstersinc.org

During the First World War, Albert Anastasia and his brothers, Antonio, and Giuseppe, moved to America, working on a freighter, and then illegally entered the country at the port of New York. By the t...

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David Amoruso @gangstersinc.bsky.social · 2w ago

Turkish mob boss Mekin Büyükdeniz shot dead in Spanish hospital after surviving earlier hit attempt gangstersinc.org/2026/10/31/t... - #Turkey #Crime #Hitman #Hospital #Spain

Turkish mob boss Mekin Büyükdeniz shot dead in Spanish hospital after surviving earlier hit attempt - Gangsters Inc. | www.gangstersinc.org

It was like a scene from a movie. A hitman enters a hospital and kills a mob boss with several shots to the head as he lays in his bed. Yet this actually happened. The alleged boss of the Istanbul-bas...

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T. (Tammy) Greenwood @tgwood505.bsky.social · 2w ago

My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom

Tom Hunt @tom-hunt.com · 2w ago

A ( #NEPatriots beat) writer offers his "completely unbiased" assessment of the #Bills and #Pats remaining #NFL schedules.

Who will win the AFC East? Predicting every remaining Patriots and Bills game

The Buffalo Bills were considered heavy favorites to retake the AFC East crown this season, and through the first seven weeks of 2026, all the analytics sites a

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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 2w ago

#OTD (Oct 31) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #StLouis #Cleveland #Chicago #BerwynIL #OaklandCA #HackensackNJ #WorcesterMA #NewOrleans #YoungstownOH #CampbellOH #Philadelphia #NewJersey #Pittsburgh #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Oct 31...
• in 1921, Egan's Rats gang boss Willie Egan is found shot to death in St. Louis.
• in 1925, Joseph Anzalone, recently acquitted of the murder of Michael LaPaglia, is indicted for the Cleveland murder of August Rini.
• in 1930, Chicago gangster Frank Nitti is located at Berwyn IL and arrested on a tax evasion indictment.
• in 1948, a raid at Oakland CA results in seizure of 12 packages of heroin and arrests of three men.
• in 1950, Joe Adonis and Salvatore Moretti, wanted on gambling conspiracy charges, surrender to a judge in Hackensack NJ.
• in 1951, the IRS files tax liens of more than $381,000 against the assets of Worcester MA gambling boss Frank Iacone.
• in 1962, a federal court rejects a request by New Orleans Mafia boss Carlo Marcello to nullify a 1938 narcotics conviction.
• in 1967, the FBI hears that the Commission is supporting Paul Sciacca and Frank Mari as new leaders of the Bonanno Crime Family. Lenny Strollo of Youngstown OH begins serving a nine-year counterfeiting sentence imposed four years earlier.
• in 1983, Ernest Biondillo of Campbell OH is sentenced to twelve years in prison for conspiracy and selling stolen goods.
• in 1986, Philadelphia mob boss Nicodemo Scarfo is indicted in New Jersey for racketeering, gambling, extortion and other crimes.
• in 2006, Longtime Pittsburgh Mafia boss Michael James Genovese dies of natural causes at the age of 87.
Image of Nicodemo Scarfo.

David Amoruso @gangstersinc.bsky.social · 2w ago

Five suspects in €40 million jewelry heist at art fair added to Europe’s Most Wanted list gangstersinc.org/2026/10/29/f... w/ @europol.europa.eu #MostWanted #Heist #Crime #TrueCrime #Serbia

Five suspects in €40 million jewelry heist at art fair added to Europe’s Most Wanted list - Gangsters Inc. | www.gangstersinc.org

Five Serbian nationals suspected of carrying out a spectacular jewelry robbery at the TEFAF art fair in Maastricht, the Netherlands, in 2022 have been added to Europe’s Most Wanted list today. Investi...

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Tom Hunt @tom-hunt.com · 2w ago

Started the weekend with a couple of perfect waffles. #Games #waffle1744 5/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 23 🥉 #wafflebronzeteam wafflegame.net

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The waffle-shaped daily word game.

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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 2w ago

#OTD (Oct 30) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #NewOrleans #Milwaukee #BergenCountyNJ #MiamiBeach #Cleveland #LasVegas #Detroit #Philadelphia #Boston #HazeltonWV #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Oct 30...
• in 1903, Secret Service agents secretly watch as New York Mafia boss Giuseppe Morello meets with colleagues and purchases train tickets for New Orleans.
• in 1922, Jacob 'Gurrah' Shapiro begins a one-year term at Sing Sing Prison for felony weapons possession.
• in 1932, a New York City judge sentences Dominick 'Dick Terry' Didato to 30 days for disorderly conduct.
• in 1935, Sylvestro Carollo, Damaso Garro and a dozen others are indicted at New Orleans for narcotics trafficking.
• in 1936, 'Prince' Angelo Guardalabene of Milwaukee dies following surgery.
• in 1950, warrants are issued to force Joe Adonis and Salvatore Moretti to appear before a Bergen County NJ gambling investigation. 'Trigger Mike' Coppola of New York purchases a large Miami Beach FL home from Cleveland mobster John 'King' Angersola.
• in 1960, private investigator Arthur Balletti is arrested for bugging entertainer Dan Rowan's Las Vegas hotel room.
• in 1961, New Orleans Mafia boss Carlo Marcello is indicted for creating a false Guatemalan birth record.
• in 1977, longtime Detroit Mafia boss Joseph Zerilli, 79, dies in a suburban Detroit hospital.
• in 1980, the body of Frank Sindone, considered a rival to local boss Philip Testa, is found in a South Philadelphia alley.
• in 2018, James 'Whitey' Bulger, former Boston underworld figure, is found beaten to death in federal prison at Hazelton, West Virginia.
Image of Joseph Zerilli.

NPR @npr.org · 2w ago

Stewart was raised by an abusive father but became best known for playing kind, paternal leaders who united families of misfits. n.pr/4zhn29Y

Patrick Stewart, a perceptive patriarch in 'Star Trek' and 'X-Men,' dies at 86

Stewart was raised by an abusive father but became best known for playing kind, paternal leaders who united families of misfits.

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