Salvatore Gravano, a made member of the Gambino crime family, walked into a room with a heart shaped bed. The sheets were red velvet. Mirrors lined the ceiling.
This was no romantic getaway. Gravano had just murdered the most powerful mob boss in the country. Now he was on the run.
In an engrossing episode of the Our Thing podcast, Sammy the Bull describes the murder of Paul Castellano and its aftermath.
The love nest Sammy found himself in belonged to Joe Watts, a fellow soldier. Sammy and his crew hid there after the hit, bracing for the war they were sure was coming.
Gravano, exhausted, took the couch instead. His fatigue after the hit is a strange parallel to Irish mobster Whitey Bulger, who often slept after his many murders.
This is the biggest hit of all time.
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The war never came. The Castellano hit had been conducted brazenly amid the crowds in Midtown Manhattan. Anyone who had a problem with Gotti and Gravano kept their mouths shut, afraid to meet to same fate.
John Gotti was made boss of the Gambino family in the basement of a school. A fellow mobster had a connection there.
I picture the children who came the next day, never knowing what happened.
More on the mafia:
‘THEY GOTTA GO’: GRAVANO ON THE CASTELLANO HIT
HOFFA MURDER SUSPECT TONY PRO’S UNION HALL
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