Once Hoffa got out of prison he was on a mission to regain his rightful place as Teamsters president, but a lot of people didn’t want that to happen. Jimmy Hoffa has become a touchstone of pop culture lore due to the factors surrounding his unsolved disappearance. But to really understand who Hoffa was and […]
Street Lit & True Crime
Real Life Goddfella
Real Life Goodfella Eugene “Nick the Blade” Gesuale was a notorious Capo in the Genovese Crime Family who was the infamous “Pittsburgh Connect” in the movie Goodfellas. When people think of the Italian Mafia they usually think of New York, but at one time the Five Families had factions in cities all across the nation. […]
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Boss Behind Bars
Carmine “The Snake” Persico was a gangster’s gangster. A stone-cold killer who maintained his position as boss of NYC’s Colombo Crime Family despite being sentenced to 139 years in prison in the 1980s. Carmine “The Snake” Persico’s status in the American Mafia is something of an anomaly. He’s still alive, not a rat, and was […]
Maggots…Faggits and Cowards
part 2 We going to FREEZE right now…… to bring up to speed to all those who is lost and don’t know who this MAGGOT, FAGGIT and COWARD Preacher is….. You may be from another planet or just isn’t in tune…but I’m tell you about this character…. Clarence ” Preacher” Heathley…also called ” The BlackHand […]
Whack Jersey: The Story Behind the New Jersey/New York Mafia war between factions of the Lucchese Crime Family
The order came down, “Whack Jersey.” It was as unprecedented as it was insane. But from the New York side at the time it was expected. From all accounts Vittorio “Little Vic” Amuso and “Gaspipe” Casso were madmen. Power hungry and ready to murder anyone who they thought was standing in their way. Both paranoid […]
