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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr

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I am a soon to be retired Duke Medical Center library researcher, who enjoys writing. I have been writing on Wikipedia for years and have begun to write
ebooks. My pastimes include selling books on EBay, genealogical research, baseball (Pittsburgh Pirates), collecting antique furniture and coins, and spending time with Kingsley, my cocker spaniel.

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Philip "The Stick" Kovolick Jewish Mobster Meyer Lansky Associate by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,310. Language: English. Published: November 12, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime, Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws
Philip Kovolick fled New York City for Florida after a police bust at a restaurant on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Kovolick took up residence in Hallandale, Florida. His body was discovered in a steel drum there in 1972. Kovolick was active at horse racing venues and was even asked for tips about Hialeah races by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Kovolivck was a source for crime writer Hank Messick.
Dante "Danny" Gasbarrini Stefano Magaddino Associate Hamilton, Ontario by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,240. Language: English. Published: November 9, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime, Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws
Danny Gasbarrini was among the mobsters who succeeded Canadian Mafia don Rocco Perri, who died in 1944. Perri was replaced by a trio of bosses, i.e. Anthony "Tony" Sylvestro, Calogero Bordanero and Santo Scibetta. These hoodlums took direct orders from Stefano Magaddino in Buffalo. Gasbarrini was also a Magaddino associate. He joined John Papalia after he returned to Hamilton from Montreal.
Gennaro "Jerry" Angiulo Raymond Patriarca's Underboss New England Mafia by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,410. Language: English. Published: November 6, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Gennaro Angiulo was a top aide to Mafia don Salvatore L.S. Partriarca. In March 1985 Angiulo was a key defendant in a financial sector trial involving the First National Bank of Boston. In July of '85 Angiulo was tried with six associates on gambling charges. One of Angiulo's co-defendants was Ilario "Larry" Zannino. Angiulo faced a possible forty-five year imprisonment for the banking charge.
Settimo "Big Sam" Accardi Bloomfield, New Jersey Mobster by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,090. Language: English. Published: November 3, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime, Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws
"Big Sam" Accardi lived in Bloomfield, New Jersey. A mob enforcer, Settimo was originally from Vita, Italy. He entered the United States in 1926 from a port in France. A target of immigration officials beginning in November 1952, Accardi was deported to Italy. Before justice dept. officials in the John F. Kennedy administration sought his return, he was a narcotics trafficker for the U.S. Mafia.
Eduardo Aronica Brooklyn Gambino Soldier by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,220. Language: English. Published: October 31, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Eduardo Aronica was a 20th century mobster who is closely associated with the Carlo Gambino syndicate. A soldier, he lived in a Gambino controlled area on East 9th Street in Manhattan. Reputedly, Aronica had ties to fellow Sicilian mobsters Pietro Stincone and Salvatore Curto. All three were originally from Canicatti, Sicily. Aronica was also linked to Joseph Biondo whose 1939 wedding he attended.
Frank Miceli Gambino Family Soldier From Elmwood Park, New Jersey by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,370. Language: English. Published: October 28, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
As a witness in Boston Federal Court in 1970 mob informant Vincent Teresa turned evidence against Gambino soldier Frank Miceli. Teresa published two books that were co-written with a writer from Newsday. Teresa believed that Miceli would hunt him down. He once wrote that Miceli would look for him for as long as he had breath in his body. The two men were part of a banking ruse involving bonds.
Anthony "Skunge" Granza Gambino Family Soldier by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,370. Language: English. Published: October 26, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime, Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws
Anthony Granza was a Gambino soldier who lived in the Bronx. In the 1950s he was among the most wanted men being pursued by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. He specialized in buying one to two ounce quantities of heroin for $600 per ounce. Granza was also most often seen in expensive clothes. His attire was embellished by expensive diamond rings and wrist watches. Busted by a fed agent on 1/22/51.
Anthony Carminati Fort Lee, New Jersey Gambino Capo by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,340. Language: English. Published: October 23, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Anthony Carminati was a Gambino capo who served before John D'Amico. Both men fell out with their peers. Carminati's underworld reputation suffered greatly because of his heavy drinking and his weakness for allowing law enforcement to penetrate his business dealings. D'Amico fell out with Gambinos after he skimmed $50,000 from his take of restaurant operations. D'Amico succeeded Garafalo as capo.
Andrew Alberti Gambino Family Soldier by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,170. Language: English. Published: October 20, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Andrew Alberti ran a number of legitimate bakery operations in the New York City area. Law enforcement dated his criminal career to the Albert Anastasia murder of October 25, 1957. Intriguingly, ex-fight manager Alberti trained a lightweight fighter named Johnny Busso. Busso had a brief conversation with Anastasia in the lobby of the Park Sheraton Hotel. Minutes later Anastasia was murdered.
Michael Scandifia Gambino Family Loanshark Murdered Near Tuxedo, New York December 1968 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,350. Language: English. Published: October 17, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Michael Scandifia was a Gambino family crime figure closely associated with brothers John and Carmine Lombardozzi. In the mid-1960s Scandifia was indicted for stealing jewels along with John Lombardozzi. The gems, valued at $88,000, were taken from a West 47th Street jeweler. The dragnet that nabbed Scandifia and NYPD Patrolman Grossman used electronic surveillance, very controversial at the time.
Salvatore "Crazy Sal" Polisi Gambino Family Turncoat by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,520. Language: English. Published: October 14, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Salvatore Polisi was in the Colombo crime family organization before becoming an associate of the Gambino organization. His contacts included Dominick Cataldo with whom he began a successful gambling enterprise. In 1971 Polisi opened the Sinatra Club at 87th Street and Atlantic Avenue in Ozone Park. In 1979 Polisi clothed his youth football team in unis purchased from the proceeds heroin sales.
Alphonse "The Professor" D'Arco Lucchese Family Acting Boss by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,500. Language: English. Published: October 11, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Anthony "Little Al" D'Arco was a principal figure in the Lucchese crime family organization, beginning in the 1980s. Also a hired killer for the mob, D'Arco sent a team of assassins to kill "Fat Pete" Chiodo. Mafiosi were worried that Chiodo would reveal mob secrets to the government. A difficult convert, Chiodo eventually turned government informant after he survived an assassination attempt.
Eugene Boffa New Jersey Bank and Mail Fraud by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,220. Language: English. Published: October 8, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Eugene Boffa was president of the Edgewater Bank of New Jersey when it collapsed in 1958. The failed bank was the creation of "boy wonder" entrepreneur Earl Belle. Belle fled to Rio de Janeiro before facing U.S. federal charges. The indictment against Pittsburgh resident Belle and his codirector, Mitchell Ostwind grew out of a federal investigation. In June '58 Boffa controlled the Edgewater Bank.
John Spurdis NYPD "Hero Cop" Mafia Associate by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,800. Language: English. Published: October 5, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
John Spurdis was cited on multiple occasions as a hero cop prior to his abrupt dismissal from the New York Police Department. On June 6, 1979 Spurdis was convicted for attempted murder in an August 1978 shooting of Yonkers pharmacist Joseph Loeb. Spurdis' expulsion from the NYPD stemmed from his association with mobsters like Joseph DiNapoli. Before this Spurdis received multiple commendations.
Matthew Ianniello Genovese Family Acting Boss by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,440. Language: English. Published: October 2, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime, Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws
Matthew Ianniello was called "Matty the Horse" from a nickname he acquired following a youth baseball game. A resident of Old Westbury, Long Island, Ianniello became acting boss for the Genovese crime family. My e-book focuses on Genovese manipulation and extortion from a Utica, New York Teamsters pension fund. The retirement fund was raided by famous mobsters like Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano.
John "Handsome Jack" Giordano Gambino Family Caporegime by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,500. Language: English. Published: September 29, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
John and Joseph Giordano were nephews of career Gambino associate Joseph "Piney" Armone. Born in Manhattan's Upper East Side, Armone was a Gambino underboss from 1986-1990. Having joined the Gambino syndicate in the 1950s Armone was scarred in a 1964 barroom fight. Shot at point blank range, its miraculous that the gangster survived. The Giordanos were prosecuted by Manhattan D.A. Morgenthau.
Angelo Amico Rochester, New York Mafia Boss by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,520. Language: English. Published: September 26, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime, Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws
On October 2, 1987 Angelo Amico was indicted for extortion in connection with an extortion operation that began in late October 1984. The indictment included several mobsters who were charged with violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). The ranks of the Rochester LCN had been considerably thinned by a combo of court convictions and inter family fighting.
Raymond Wean Bonanno Family Enforcer and Government Informant by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,480. Language: English. Published: September 22, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
My e-book looks at a Bonanno family theft ring during the 1970s. The criminal outfit robbed trucks. It also plotted a theft at the home of Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, the twin sister of the Shah of Iran. The ring was based in Maspeth, Queens where Bonanno capo Joe Massino made his home. The robbery of the Shah's sister was foiled by an alert security guard. Wean later turned government informant.
Anthony "Whack Whack" Indelicato Bonanno Family Soldier by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,640. Language: English. Published: September 19, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Bonanno family boss Carmine "Lilo" Galante was murdered by masked gunmen who surprised him while he was dining at Joe and Mary's Restaurant. The date was July 12, 1979. Moments earlier Galante had been relaxing while sipping wine and smoking a cigar at the garden eatery in Brooklyn. Along with several accomplices Bonanno family soldier Anthony "Whack Whack" Indelcato was indicted for the murder.
Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso Lucchese Family Underboss by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,510. Language: English. Published: September 16, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso was implicated in the August 10, 1989 murders of two East Northport, New York garbage carters. The victims, Robert Kubecka and Donald Barstow, were killed in their business offices on the morning of August 10th. The case resulted in a significant reward of compensation to the murdered men's families. As informants Kubecka and Barstow were supposed to have been protected.
Salvatore Avellino Lucchese Family Caporegime by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,730. Language: English. Published: September 13, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
On the morning of August 10, 1989 two carting industry managers, Robert Kubecka and Donald Edward Barstow, were gunned down in their offices in East Northport. The murdered men had cooperated willingly with federal investigators. Kubecka had worn a wire and also advised federal agents regarding the bugging of Salvatore Avellino's 1982 Jaguar. The victims' families were awarded a large settlement.
Angelo Lapietra Chinatown Caporegime Chicago Outfit by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,470. Language: English. Published: September 10, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Angelo Lapietra was a caporegime for the Chicago Mafia, known as the Chicago Outfit. Working directly for boss Joseph John "Joey Doves" Aiuppa, Angelo's base of operations centered around 26th Street and Chinatown. Turk Torello, a West Side underboss, was also his superior. My e-book discusses a number of clandestine crimes carried out by the Calabrese Crew, run by Nick and Frank Calabrese.
Murdered Members of Teamsters Local 560 Hoboken, New Jersey by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,300. Language: English. Published: September 7, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Local 560 in Hoboken, New Jersey is an intriguing study of one family's dominance of a union. The Provenzano brothers controlled Local 560 until Anthony Provenzano's conviction in the murder of union treasurer Anthony Castellito. Castellito disappeared following a Local 560 meeting in June 1961. Never seen again, his slayers murdered him with piano wire. Several more Teamster dissidents also died.
Asia Booth Clarke Sister of Abraham Lincoln's Assassin by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,250. Language: English. Published: September 4, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » North America » USA, Nonfiction » Children's Books » History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Asia Booth Clarke fled her Philadelphia and her native country in the aftermath of her brother John Wilkes Booth's assassination of President Lincoln. My research indicates that she never even came home for a visit. Married to Edwin Booth's acting partner John Sleeper Clarke, she compiled memoirs and biographies in her years in England. Her sons Creston and Wilfrid were both stage actors.
Albert "Terry" Tarantino Genovese Family Gambling Racketeer by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,550. Language: English. Published: September 1, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Albert "Terry" Tarantino was arrested following an eight-month investigation led by an undercover investigator in New York. The probe effectively ended a gambling operation that netted $1 million annually for the mob. Identified only by his alias, Robert Shapiro, the district attorney prober, was chased out of town by organized crime operatives. A grand jury soon returned a 67-count indictment.
Genovese Family Operations 1969-1972 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,650. Language: English. Published: August 28, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Philip Lombardo emerged as the beneficiary of a power struggle in the Genovese crime family. When family boss Thomas Eboli was murdered in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in 1972, Vincent "the Chin" Gigante was the primary inheritor. My ebook discusses the Genovese family hierarchy in the aftermath of Vito Genovese's death in February 1969. A month later Albert Tarantino was arrested in New Rochelle.
Paul Briandi Buffalo White Slave Trafficker by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,340. Language: English. Published: August 25, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Paul Briandi was a soldier in the Magaddino crime family syndicate. The Magaddinos were heavily involved in gambling and narcotics trafficking. Before reaching age 30 Briandi was a trafficker of young women in a white slavery ring that operated in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls-Lackawanna area in 1935. That year he was also a material witness in the fatal shooting of an African-American dock worker.
Salvatore Bonito Buffalo La Cosa Nostra Figure by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,140. Language: English. Published: August 22, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
On December 9, 1967 Salvatore Bonito was one of forty-six men arrested in a police raid on Buffalo's Chicago Street Club. Police also seized Magaddino capos Sansanese and Cammillieri, as well as Bonito's fellow soldier Vaccaro. Many of the persons taken into custody in the sting were a mix of burglers, armed robbers and bookmakers. Originally from rural Depew, New York Bonito was a section leader.
Samuel "Sam" Lagattuta Magaddino Crime Family Associate by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,370. Language: English. Published: August 19, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Captured in a car near Buffalo City Hall, Sam Lagattuta was jailed beginning in January 1959. This ended thirteen months of life as a fugitive from justice. Lagattuta had been excluded from a subpoena that netted many other Apalachin attendees. These men had appeared in court on February 7, 1958. Lagattuta was also being pursued for missing tax records that weren't on file from 1946-1957.
Buffalo Gambling/Lottery Raid October 23, 1959 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,620. Language: English. Published: August 16, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime, Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws
A massive roundup of lottery operators occurred in upstate New York and several northeastern states in the late afternoon of October 23, 1959. The New York sweep was coordinated by State Investigative Chairman John W. Ryan. The 1959 New York Crime Commission handled the arrests of the state's central area, i.e. its key professional gamblers. Agents also struck across the border from Buffalo.
Pasquale "Pat Titters" Natarelli Buffalo Mafioso by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,780. Language: English. Published: August 13, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
In November 1967 a U.S. District Court in Buffalo, New York named Pasquale Natarelli as one of five men who planned 2 major jewelry robberies in Los Angeles. Although the robberies never occurred the conspiracy involved $500,000. Former North Tonawanda resident Pasquale Calabrese gave damaging testimony in the trial involving the conspirators. One defendant, Louis Sorgi, formerly lived in Buffalo.
Anthony Perna The Criminal Career of a Buffalo, New York Hoodlum by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,600. Language: English. Published: August 10, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Anthony Perna's career as a gangster/ mobster began in the late 1920s. In 1927 he was indicted and convicted for raping a 14-year-old girl. Before his assault conviction was overturned in 1932, Perna and an accomplice had kidnapped a Buffalo contractor. Listed as Buffalo Public Enemy #9 Perna was questioned in the 1933 murders of the Calleo brothers, alcohol distributors. Perna died in March 1968.
Magaddino Mafia Family Buffalo, New York 1963-1970 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,600. Language: English. Published: August 7, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime, Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws
John V. Cammillieri was a prominent lieutenant in the Magaddino crime family. Charged with perjury, i.e. lying to a grand jury, Cammillieri went on trial in Erie County. His court ordeal is a part of this story of nearly a decade in the life of the Magaddino group. Cammillieri was assassinated outside a Buffalo restaurant in 1974. The Magaddino syndicate was comprised of multiple ethnicities.
Rosario "Roy" Carlisi Buffalo Restaurateur And Mafia Associate by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,440. Language: English. Published: August 4, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime, Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws
Rosario "Roy" Carlisi was among the hoodlums rounded up by Buffalo Police in a 1967 raid on Panaro's nightclub. Given as a wedding dinner for a Tonawanda pizzeria owner, authorities believed it was actually a La Cosa Nostra promotion. Many of the attendees were pigging out in a first floor dining room. Others were sequestered in the club's basement gambling. More than fifty arrests took place.
Dominic D'Agostino Niagara Falls Mafioso by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,840. Language: English. Published: August 2, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Dominick D'Agostino was linked to organized crime as early as the late 1920s. He was part of a drug ring that flourished in Niagara Falls and the neighboring region. Federal agents and local police cracked down on this drug operation in 1930. Narcotics were seized and brought to Syracuse where they were impounded under guard. One of the ring leaders, Archie Renda, was later tried with D'Agostino.
Armand "Tommy" Rava Gambino Family Capo by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,430. Language: English. Published: July 29, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime, Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws
Armand Rava's 1958 disappearance/murder have never been fully explained. He was reported to have been murdered during a card game. Rava's unexplained demise is typical of Mafiosi who went missing in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The most well known of these was the abduction, and presumed murder, of Anthony Strollo aka "Tough Tony" Bender. Mobster Joseph Vallachi mentioned Rava in his testimony.
New Kensington, Pennsylvania Mobster Gabriel "Kelly" Mannarino by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,620. Language: English. Published: July 26, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Gabriel "Kelly" Mannarino was a mob delegate who attended the November 14, 1957 Apalachin convention in upstate New York. Only weeks after Albert Anastasia was executed in a barber's chair at the Park Sheraton Hotel in Manhattan, the Mafia meeting is profiled at length in my e-book. Mannarino was later indicted as part of a scheme to loan and derive kickbacks from a Teamsters Union pension fund.
Rosario "Russell" Mancuso Utica, New York Mobster by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,440. Language: English. Published: July 23, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Rosario Mancuso disappeared for months beginning in January 1958. Arriving home in May, he was interviewed extensively by reporters for the Utica Observer-Dispatch. Mancuso is closely associated with the disappearance/unsolved death of Oneida hoodlum Mariano "Happy" Longo. Longo was last seen in a car in the company of Mancuso. Declared legally dead in 1964, his body was never discovered.
Jimmy Hoffa Is Shot With An Air Pistol Nashville, Tennessee December 5, 1962 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,410. Language: English. Published: July 20, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Warren Swanson was a former mental patient who'd been confined to the Camarillo State Hospital as late as January 1962. Following his release he made his way to Cincinnati. While there he claimed to have received a message to kill Jimmy Hoffa while he was reading a Bible in his hotel room. Finding an ad for an air pistol at the back of a magazine, he purchased the gun through the mail.
Frank Matula Los Angeles Teamsters Official Jimmy Hoffa Associate by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,320. Language: English. Published: July 17, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Labor, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Los Angeles Teamster Frank Matula was one of many unsavory associates of International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa. During the U.S. Senate Rackets Committee hearings in 1957 details of Hoffa's corrupt friends and colleagues came to light. Among the most prominent was a relationship with garment industry hoodlum John "Johnny Dio" Dioguardi. Hoffa and Dio organized paper unions.
John "Poppa John" Priziola Detroit Mafia Boss by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,300. Language: English. Published: July 14, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
John Priziola was one of multiple Detroit area Mafia bosses in the years between the 1930s and the 1960s. He was involved in numerous rackets, most notably the lucrative narcotics trade. Michigan's largest city became a nexus of a thriving drug trade that operated internationally. Detroit Police Commissioner, George Clifton Edwards, testified about the city's huge mob problem in October 1963.
August 1958 Teamsters Union Business Agent Is Burning Torch Victim? by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,420. Language: English. Published: July 11, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Labor, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Frank Kierdorf's "human torch" ordeal made headlines throughout the United States in August 1958. A business agent for the Teamsters Union in Flint, Michigan, he arrived helpless near the entrance of St. Joseph's Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan. His traumatic story also involved his uncle, ex-con Herman Kierdorf. Released after questioning, Herman later fled from Oakland County authorities.
Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo Lucchese Family Boss by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 3,000. Language: English. Published: July 7, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime, Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws
The December 1966 bribery scandal involving Tony Ducks Corallo and the New York City Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity was a multifaceted kickback scheme. The fiasco proved an immense embarrassment to NYC Mayor John Lindsey. The crime began when Water Commissioner James Marcus borrowed $10,000 from Corallo. The loan contract stipulated that the loan be repaid in the amount of $40K.
William "Klondike" O'Donnell Beer Racketeer In Capone Era Chicago by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 3,050. Language: English. Published: July 3, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
The O'Donnell brothers, William "Klondike" and Myles were Chicago's equal of Dutch Schultz in New York during the Prohibition era of the 1920s and early 1930s. My e-book looks at how the O'Donnells built their business and managed it over time. Like Murray Humphries and William Three-Fingered White, Klondike O'Donnell was a Capone era survivor. Each of them encroached on Teamsters Union territory.
The FBI Closes In On Milwaukee Phil Alderisio by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,710. Language: English. Published: June 30, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
A heavyweight fight between Muhammad Ali and Ernie Terrell is discussed in my e-book about Milwaukee Phil Alderisio. Terrell was managed by Chicago businessman Bernie Glickman, who owed a restaurant and awning company. Glickman endured a frightful beating at the hands of Milwaukee Phil's enforcers at his Chicago apartment. The assault followed the cancellation of Ali-Terrell in New York City.
Brooklyn Mafia War Profaci Vs. Gallo February-October 1961 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,380. Language: English. Published: June 27, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
At one point during the Profaci-Gallo struggle for Mafia supremacy in Brooklyn several Profaci men were held prisoner in a Manhattan hotel. The Gallos asked for a meeting with Profaci and his Commission. Granted, this conclave only brought a temporary resolution to a very ugly war that erupted among underworld figures. The Gallos accused Joseph Profaci of breaking promises to them repeatedly.
Joe Gulmi Deal Broker for the Gambino Crime Family by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,510. Language: English. Published: June 24, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Joe Gulmi was a shady figure who was closely connected to the Gambino crime family. He encouraged New York area businesses to align themselves with a Gambino related law firm and to deal with Manufacturer Hanovers Trust Bank. He promised to take care of any tax troubles the businesses might incur with the IRS. These Mafia targets had no idea of the pandora's box that would soon consume them.
Harry Stromberg Alias Nig Rosen Philadelphia Mafioso by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,360. Language: English. Published: June 20, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Nig Rosen was an important Jewish gangster who was active in three U.S. cities, particularly in the 1930s and 1940s. In January 1937 four of his associates were arrested by police during a Camden, New Jersey sting. On one occasion Rosen's men were taken into custody in an Upper Darby, Pennsylvania home. They were apprehended by police raiders in the basement of a home while using adding machines.
Anthony Spilotro Chicago and Las Vegas Mafia Enforcer by
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Anthony Spilotro and his brother Michael were victims of Mafia hits in 1986. Their beating deaths occurred soon after they agreed to meet with unidentified parties. Michael ran a restaurant in Oak Park, Illinois. The Spilotro brothers were executed in Bensenville, Illinois and buried in an Enos, Indiana cornfield. Much of my research comes from the investigative reporting of writer Jack Anderson.
Anthony and Vito Giacalone Detroit Mobster Brothers by
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Anthony Giacalone may have been part of the reason that the Detroit Tigers lost a close pennant race to the Boston Red Sox in 1967. Sports Illustrated reported that Tigers' star pitcher Denny McLain's toes were dislocated in a bizarre incident near season's end. An organist and bookie in a Flint, Michigan steak house, Denny paid out funds to a disgruntled bettor who'd lost money in a horse race.
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