They wanna take you for a ride: NYC Mob Tour
May 2, 2010 by Capo · Leave a Comment
NEW YORK CITY — For $50, Carla Stockton will take you for a ride.
You’ll see where John Gotti smoked cigars, where Paul Castellano chewed lead and where Arnie Rothstein bit the dust after welshing on a gambling debt. Likewise, you’ll get the dope on Crazy Joe Gallo, Dutch Schultz, Lucky Luciano, Monk Eastman and Mock [...]
Junior Gotti mobster trial set to begin
September 13, 2009 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
THE most infamous figure in New York Mafia circles is about to go on trial in a showdown that US authorities hope will finally end his Houdini-like ability to escape charges.
Jury selection is scheduled to start today in a Manhattan federal court, where John Gotti jnr, 45, is accused of a role [...]
Wiseguy/Rat over the “Hill.”
HENRY Hill, the lovable mobster played by Ray Liotta in “Goodfellas” (1990), has become a pathetic, racist drunk, according to witnesses who saw him recently. Last week, “Crazy” Sal Polisi — who testified against John Gotti at the Dapper Don’s trial in 1986, and went into the witness protection program when Gotti [...]
Beyond Gotti: New ways to make loot
The Gambino crime family has come home.
The gang of wiseguys that spawned John Gotti has returned to Brooklyn, the place where family boss Carlo Gambino gave his name to one of the world’s deadliest criminal enterprises.
The last time Brooklyn held such a distinction was when Gambino’s brother-in-law, Paul Castellano, headed the family. That ended in [...]
Mafia wanted a killer deal on Wall Street
Over the years, Wall Street has seen its share of miscreants, from Jay Gould to Bernie Madoff. During the high-tech bubble of the late 1990s, New Yorks five Mafia families realized they could steal just as easily from investors as they could from the carting industry or the Fulton Fish Market. Utilizing a time-honored “pump [...]
Lemme out, ill mobster Anthony ‘Tony Roach’ Rampino says
April 5, 2009 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
The roach wants out.
Ailing mobster Anthony (Tony Roach) Rampino, a reputed hit man for the late Dapper Don John Gotti, took a shot Friday at getting sprung from his 25-to-life prison sentence for heroin trafficking.
A lawyer for the gangster told a Manhattan judge that Rampino is in poor health and should be [...]
On this day April 2 ,1992 – Gotti Convicted
April 2, 2009 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
Mobster John Gotti convicted of murder
On this day, April 2, 1992, mob boss John Gotti was convicted of murder, dealing a serious blow to organized crime. Dubbed the “Teflon Don” for avoiding conviction, Gotti also was known for his outspoken personality and flamboyant style that made him a favorite of the New York tabloids.
Gotti rose [...]
