On This Day in 1924 Joe Colombo was Born
On this day in 1924 the future Colombo Crime Family boss, Joe Colombo was born in Brooklyn. He was born into the mob and followed…
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On This Day in 1924 Michele Greco was Born
On this day in 1924 Michele Greco was born. Known as The Pope because of how he could mediate between different mafia families its no…
On This Day in 1923 George Meegan was Killed
On this day in 1923 George Meegan, a Chicago bootlegger, and a Southside O’Donnell member George Bucher, were killed by Frank McErlane.
On This Day in 1922 Salvatore La Barbera was Born
On this day in 1922 the Sicilian mobster Salvatore La Barbera was born. La Barbera had the pleasure of sitting on the first Mafia Commission…
The Roaring Twenties Mobster Slang
The roaring 20’s was an age where Prohibition was enforced across the US bringing radical social and political changes. The Jazz age had touched down…
Philip Rastelli: Born On This Day in 1918
On this day in 1918 Philip Rastelli was born. He was a former boss of the Bonanno Crime Family, having become boss in the fall…
John Nardi: Born On This Day in 1916
On this day John Nardi was born back in 1916. Nardi was a Cleveland Crime Family associate who switched sides in a 1970’s gang war,…
On This Day in 1914 Antonio Giordano was Born
On this day in 1914 the boss of the St. Louis Crime Family was born. Antonio Giordano rose to become boss of the family in…