Tag: Crime
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No one could touch John Gotti. Prosecutors went after the Gambino crime family boss repeatedly, only to see him acquitted. Rather than give up, they went after Gotti in his inner sanctum: the Ravenite Social Club. As the Gambinos eventually learned, an FBI surveillance team, over Thanksgiving weekend 1989, had…
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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…
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Gambino family boss Paul Castellano had a problem: he couldn’t get hot water in his shower. The mansion he had built on Staten Island’s Todt Hill was so large that water cooled in the pipes before it could reach the bathroom. The contractor he got to help him was a…
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On July 30, 1975, James R. Hoffa, President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, disappeared without a trace. In 1982, he was declared dead. No body has ever been found. A prime suspect in that disappearance was Teamsters Local 560 President Anthony “Tony Pro” Provenzano. In fact, Hoffa was actually…
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Inside a low-slung building surrounded by trees in southern Minnesota, there is an old man. Now ailing and in his 90’s, he was once one of the most powerful members of the American mafia. This building is Federal Medical Center Rochester. This man is Louis “Bobby” Manna. Manna was born…
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“See that church? Your great grandfather helped build that almost 80 years ago. He was a stonemason, the old man. Came over from Avellino with four dollars in his pocket.” Tony Soprano The camera pans down to show a beautiful church made of grey stone. Alongside it: a red Tahoe.…
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+ Crime, HBO, Jersey City, LCN, Mafia, Mob, New Jersey, NJ, NYC, Organized Crime, Sopranos, Television, The Sopranos, Tony Soprano, TV+
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On a narrow street at the edge of town sits a squat brick building. There are no windows. On the street, lookouts watch for unfamiliar faces. The few who do enter are carefully watched. Inside: the headquarters of the most powerful mafia family in this country. This is Casella’s Restaurant…
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+ NYC Area+ Crime, Genovese, Hoboken, Hudson County, Law, LCN, Mafia, Mob, New Jersey, NYC, Organized Crime, True Crime+
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A slight, bespectacled man with white hair sits behind a table, going over today’s bets. At his side: a beeper. You might not even notice it. Inside the beeper is a tiny microphone. This unassuming bookie in a nondescript storefront is about to take down the most powerful organized crime…
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As I walked up the beginning of a trail covered in red and orange leaves last fall, I saw a dark form to my left. What is that, a rock, a downed tree? As I got closer, I realized it was the shell of a vintage automobile. Coming closer, I…
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+ Bergen County, Crime, Hiking, Mafia, Mob, Mysteries, Nature, New Jersey, NJ, NYC, Ringwood State Park, Trails, Tristate+
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