What mafia story would you want to see a series of

Not a movie, but a mini series or full fledged tv show ala Narcos?

Myself….

Scarfo’s rise and fall

The rise of Carlo Gambino in the 1930s and whatever we know of his first ten years as Boss

Gemini Lounge. Could be a sleazy as all hell and gruesome show. Add in DiB since he was into porno with DeMeo, DiB is interesting in and of himself for the Geraldine Ferraro connection

Scarpa is prime material for a show.

Take any one of the 5 Families and do a long series beginning with its very first boss all the way to present times.

Philadelphia from 1957 at Appalachian till Scarfos fall. Detroit from 1936 till Nove Tocco turning informant and Witness.

Just take the whole book "Blood & Honor" and make a movie out of it......Scorsese would or (could have) a field day w/ that one....also.".The Plumber" ..Vincent Falcone's story would be an interesting flick..

The story of Murray Humphreys and Sidney Korshak.

1)The story of philly from Bruno murder in 1980 to the natale flipping and rhe rise of Merlino;
2)All 3 Colombo wars;
3)the ABC war in Rochester

A series on The Outfit, starting with Accardo becoming boss running through Mo Mo getting hit in the basement.

Honorable mention-

1- Philadelphia- from Bruno getting hit through scarfo being convicted.

2- a series on Pittsburgh & Cleveland families beginning in 60s running through their war for Youngstown in the 70s & 80s to the big Pittsburgh mob trial of 1990. Cleveland’s big convictions came in the early 80s I believe.

Pittsburgh Mob, wasn't that the Mob that was run for decades with only an under boss? lolol

The life story of Mr Las Vegas Moe Dalitz.

Any one of those would be good, I just wish they would do it right, accurately as possible, and have the right cast. I don't want to see John Leguizamo as Gotti or Tyler Perry as Joey Merlino.

The rise and fall of Frank Cali.

May be boring but a story on Joe Arcuri.

Serving under five bosses;

Vincent Mangano; Albert Anastasia; Carlo Gambino; Paul Castellano and John Gotti…

When was he made again?

Frank Cali never really fell, unless you count being killed by some lunatic as a "fall." The dude served very little time in his entire Mafia career.

How on earth could Tyler Perry play Joey Merlino?

Moe Dalitz--father of Vegas, the ultimate legitimized gangster.

There is a transcript of a 1964 conversation between Dalitz and the late heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston. “If you hit me, ni**er, you’d better kill me,” Dalitz is quoted as saying, “because if you don’t, I’ll make just one telephone call and you’ll be dead in 24 hours.”.

Excellent choice. Maybe people don't realize that back in his time Moe Dalitz was a two hoodlum. He and his Jewish-based mob ran a very lucrative crew, referred to as "The Little Jewish Navy" for their successful exploits as rum runners and bootleggers hauling branded booze in from over the Great Lakes in Canada to supply Cleveland and vicinity,

He cleaned hissed up real good after they made their investments into Vegas. After years out front he became a revered, respected businessman.

Agreed.

George Anastasia's Blood & Honor would be the perfect tale to tell. Another good one would be Gaspipe and the mafia cops

I would love to see any Pittsburgh story FOH because I’m biased, so I picked the Pgh-Cleveland Youngstown war era because I think any fan of that genre would find that interesting.

Only time will tell.

Ya never know fellas, ya just never know...anythings possible ;-)

You may be in for a pleasant surprise.

Already said that buddy... look above...or "The Plumber" about Vincent Falcone.. awesome books..

Dalitz cleaned up in more ways than one. He was drafted in WWII and ended up as a captain in the Army--organized and ran laundries. You can see his commendation from the Army in the Mob Museum in Vegas.

Easy, Montreal without question. Current times so it would be easier to film as well. No bullshit series like they had either

They could do a Godfather-style show on Vito Rizzuto, from his immigration all the way to his death. Oh and show the part where he teamed up with other Mafiosi in Sicily to invest in a $6 billion bridge connecting mainland Italy to Sicily to launder money. About how he was revered all over the world. I was disappointed in that show Bad Blood, what a failure, they didn't do Rizzuto any justice.

Would like to see something on the Giancana era in Chicago.

Yeah, just do a long running series on Giancana's life. Or Accardo, call it After Capone.

Agree that would be awesome. Outside of Casino, there's really nothing very good out there on the Chicago outfit, which is crazy to me.

Russian Mob activity has long been source included in movie plots.
Here's another:

Definitely Montreal!

Anything Chicago Outfit after Capone would be great.

Is there any new mob tv shows/movies coming out besides Stallone’s Kansas City and the one written by Terrence Winter/Nicholas Pileggi?

The tall tales of Vic and Gas!
Rise and fall of Billy Fingers
Greg de Palma and Jack Falcone
East Harlem Purple Gang
116th Street crew

No joke, Bad Blood was flat out awful.

What something different maybe a “Where are they now”

Running story of guys that either retired or supposedly retired from LCN.
Even about guys that flipped.

Stay away from YouTubers we know where they are but the only unknowns.

Where the F is Massino?
But Fuck Idiaho?
All by himself eating milk and cookies?

Where is Vitale?
So many…..

I don’t know what do you call it a running expose
Every month you show case someone on it “Where are they NOW”

How about a segment on “SHOW ME THE MONEY”
What happened to mobsters supposed fortunes?

Meyer Lansky where is his money?
Santo Trafficante Jr what happened to his?

Marchello?
Gigante

I read somewhere that Maggidino in a town near Buffalo where it was said he practically owned the whole town.

Does his family own it now?
When he got ousted did they take it away and divide it up?

Are these families well off and wealthy now
Are the families broke?

What are you trying to say, that because no one ever found a mountain of cash somewhere it means that they didn't have any? Your questions are impossible to answer. Reminds me of that one guy in Canada who lived in a $700-a-month apartment yet had $20 million worth of possessions inside. Or how about Francesco Del Baso, who claimed to be a poor grocery store clerk yet was somehow able to gamble away $8 million at casinos. Just because people look broke, and no one's ever found a pile of money, doesn't mean they are. I remember watching an American Justice episode on Youngstown Mafia figure Lenny Strollo, where a law enforcement agent said something like, "These people don't have any money, they may look like they have money, but they don't have any money." Yet I later discovered that due to his cooperation agreement Strollo was allowed to keep his big house and $10 million in cash. So much for pretending you know how much money underworld figures have or don't have.

The pentito Rosario Naimo who emigrated to Detroit in 1968. According to a 2006 report of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, Naimo was the head of the Sicilian Mafia in the United States at the time.

In some cases yes.
And for those either they were broke or want to look broke.

In some cases they accumulated large swaths of real estate that have been passed on to their children.

I.E. would be tje Todaro’s and their wing places, they also own strip clubs and whatever else.

Look at Jr. Gotti had to spent many millions on his 4 trials
2MM each maybe.

Still hasn’t worked a day since he left prison.
Still lives in a mansion and has real estate.

Wonder what his real estate is worth.

Just one example.

The Castalleno family they own western beef and scara mix, they recently sold the White House I think.

How many millions do they have?

Would be interesting to find that out.

Something a little different than the norm stories that you read about.

What about Detroit or the Weat Side what legit businesses do they own?

A few got rich, most were middle class money wise, and quite a few wound up with little money. Just because a few had millions it does not mean all did. Castellano and Today may have made more money with their legit companies than they did through he mafia.

Scarfo's rise and fall would be good, but I would like to see it expanded to include all that was going on in Philly back in those days. The 1980's was really out of control there.

In total six oligarchs dead this year under mysterious circumstances.

Oh I see what you're saying, but again it's impossible to know. And to be honest, I don't even know if I want to know. Keep it a mystery, that's what makes it interesting. These guys don't keep financial records, so a movie or show on that topic would only be questionable guesstimates anyway.

Jace, I would say that more than a few got rich, but even more didn't. More than a few had millions, certainly not most, maybe not even half. And Castellano made a ton of money from illegal activities, don't be fooled. Better yet, even his "legitimate" business interests were crooked and mob-infested.