Reading this quote in the Agro thread got me thinking about the more, for lack of better word, famous making ceremonies. I kno about the Jr Gotti, Scars, Skinny Dom one. Any others come to mind?? Thanx!!

The greatest one is the one caught on tape, virtually from start to finish..

New England LCN, 1989

http://res.providencejournal.com/hercules/extra/2007/mob/images/mobceremony.pdf

yea that is some crazy shit azguy, thanks. Can anyone name any ceremonies that happened in NY in which more than one big names/heavy hitters were being made?? Who was Gotti Sr made with again?? Also, there seems to be a discrepancy as to when the books reopened. Ive heard 75, Ive also heard 76 after Gambino passed. I know they made a few exceptions to the rules when the books were closed also, like Gaggi I believe?? Anyone got any concrete facts?? Thanks!

Arnold “Zeke” Squitieri
Alphonse “Funzie” Sisca
Joseph “Joey Cigars” Francolino
Louis “Big Lou” Vallario
Edward “Eddie” Lino
Carmine “Top Tomato” Scaindra
Anthony “Tony Pep” Trentacosta
(Separate ceremony)
Joseph “Old Man Joe” Paruta

These guys were all made in 86 , some big hitters in this group

Gotti I think was made in the same ceremony as ange ruggiero , Peter mosca. Possibly Louis milito and sal Franco

Wasn't Gaggi made in the 50's before Anastasia's hit anyway?

In October 1960, Gaggi committed his first murder for the Gambino family. He served on a hit squad that murdered mobster Vincent Squillante, the man who probably killed Scalise. According to Montiglio, Gaggi described the murder: “We surprised him (Squillante) in the Bronx. We shot him in the head, stuffed him in the trunk, then dumped him for good.” In this case, “dumped him for good” meant that they hauled the body to the basement of a building, loaded it into a trash incinerator, and cremated it. After the Squillante murder, Gaggi was inducted into the Gambino family.

Indeed. Sciandra would only have been around 33 at that point, never knew he was made back then. Anyone know when he became Capo?

Found this list earlier of the Gambino's.

1950:
Hugo Bassi
Frank 'Frankie Brown' Bongiorno
Vincent 'Jimmy the Blonde' Corrao
Leonardo Grillo
Carmine Lombardozzi
- Couple others

1953:
Anthony “Fat Andy” Ruggiano

Likely candidates for the 1950, 1953 and 1954-1957 ceremonies.
Paul “Big Paul” Castellano
Aniello "Niel" Dellacroce
Joseph “Joe” N. Gallo
Frank “Frankie Loc” LoCascio
Steven Armone
Joseph “Joe Piney” Armone
James "Jimmy Brown" Failla
Anthony “Little Tony” Carminiti
Stephen "Steven Coogan" Grammauta
Salvatore "Toddo" Aurello
Louis “Louie” DiBono
Joseph "Joe" Arcuri
Vincent “Bozzi” DeCicco
Anthony Scotto
Mario Traina
Frank Corbi

1960:
Anthony “Nino” Gaggi

1975:
Giovanni “John” Gambino

January/February 1976:
Frank “Frankie D” DeCicco
Joseph “Joe Butch” Corrao
Joseph “Joe the Cat” LaForte
Thomas “Tommy” Gambino - ?
Thomas "Tommy the Toupee" Bilotti - ?
+3-4 others

Later in 1976:
Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano
Eugene “Gene” Gotti
John Carneglia
Augustus “Gus” Corrao
Charles “Charlie” Aurello

Spring 1977:
Nicholas “Nick” Corrozzo
Leonard “Lenny” DiMaria
Frank “Frankie the Hat” DiStefano
Thomas “Tommy” Agro

June 24, 1977:
Gregory “Greg” DePalma
Roy Demeo
+ 8 others

Late 1977:
John “Johnny Boy” Gotti
Angelo “Quack Quack” Ruggiero
Peter Mosca

Other’s made in 1977: (some of these could have been in some of the above ceremonies)
Robert “DB” DiBernardo
Salvatore “Sal” Franco
James “Jimmy” Palmieri
Louis “Louie” Milito

1982:
Robert "Bobby Cabert" Bisacia
Carmen “Pee Pee” Campisi

Mid April 1986: (Funeral of Frank DeCicco)
Peter Gotti

1986: (Some of these could have been in the Mid April Ceremony)
Arnold “Zeke” Squitieri
Alphonse “Funzie” Sisca
Joseph “Joey Cigars” Francolino
Louis “Big Lou” Vallario
Edward “Eddie” Lino
Carmine “Top Tomato” Scaindra
Anthony “Tony Pep” Trentacosta
(Separate ceremony)
Joseph “Old Man Joe” Paruta

1987:
Salvatore “Tore” LoCascio
Ignazio “Iggy” Alonga

1988:
Giuseppe “Joe” Gambino
Richard Gotti
Anthony “Tony” Morelli
Salvatore “Fat Sally” Scala
Ronald “Ronnie One-Arm” Trucchio
Lorenzo Maminno

December 24th, 1988
John “Junior” Gotti Jr.
Michael “Mickey Scars” DiLeonardo
Dominick “Skinny Dom” Pizzonia
Bartholomew “Bobby” Borriello
Nicholas “Nicky” LaSorsa

1989:
Thomas “Huck” Carbonaro

January 17th, 1990
Thomas "Tommy Twitch/Sneakers" Cacciopoli
Anthony “Tony Pro” Proto
Richard “Ritchie from the Bronx” Martino
Dominick "Fat Dom" Borghese
John “Johnny” Rizzo

November 15, 1990: (A safe house in Queens)
Mario “Little Mario” Antonicelli
Charles “Charlie Carnig” Carneglia
John “Jackie” Cavallo
Domenico "Italian Dom" Cefalu
Vincent “Vinny Butch” Corrao
Frank “Frankie Fapp” Fappiano
Richard “Ritchie from the Bronx” Martino
Louis “Brother” Scida
Anthony Vincuillo

1990:
Nicholas “Nicky Mita” Mitarotondo
Anthony “Tony/The Genius” Megale
Orazio Stantini

1992:
Joseph “Little Joe” D’Angelo
John “Johnny Boy” Ambrosio
Carmine Agnello
Craig DePalma

1993:
Vincent “Juicy” DeModica
Samuel "Little Sammy" Corsaro

Mid 1990s:
John Riccobono (Different guy)

1996:
Joseph Isgro

1998:
Michael “Mikey Y” Yannotti
Primo Cassarino

1999:
Bartolomeo “Bobby/Pepe” Vernace
Joseph “Joey Boy” Sclafani (Sponsored by Augustus "Gus Boy" Sclafani)

2001:
Alphonse Trucchio

2003:
Andrew “Andy” Campos
Andrew “Andy Knapik” Merola
Victor Riccitelli
Robert Mormando
Vincent “Vinny” Fiore

2005:
Vincent "Vinny Basile" Pacelli
Benjamin Coniglia

2006:
Dean DiPreta- ?

2007:
Charles “Buddy Musk” Muccigrosso

2008:
Thomas Orefice
Michael “Roc” Roccaforte - ?
Anthony Moscatiello - ?
Joseph Scopo - ?
Vincenzo “Vinny Carwash” Frogiero - ?

June 14 1977- Joe Massino Anthony Spero and others were made
August 23 1982- Al D'arco made
June 8 1980- Phil leonetti Salvie Testa Chuckie and Lawrence Merlino were all inducted
October 31, 1975- Michael Franzese was made
Nicky Scarfo- 1954/55

hello to everyone, but was not Steve Coogan made under Mangano, before 1951?

Scarfo once told his nephew Leonetti that he was inducted into the crime family by Joseph Ida in 1954 or 1955. The ceremony was held at the Sans Souci restaurant and bar near the race track traffic circle in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Scarfo's cousin Anthony (Tony Buck) Piccolo and two maternal uncles Michael and Joseph were also inducted at the same ceremony. His uncle Nicholas had been inducted into the family about five years earlier.

On June 8, 1980 Phil Testa held a Cosa Nostra initiation ceremony at the South Philadelphia home of mob captain John Cappello. At the ceremony, Phil inducted Scarfo's nephew Phil Leonetti, Salvatore (Chuckie) Merlino, Robert (Bobby) Lumio, Anthony (Blonde Babe) Pungitore Sr., the father of future Scarfo soldiers Michael and Anthony, Salvatore (Wayne) Grande, Frank (Little Frankie) Narducci Jr., Anthony (Tony) Casella, the brother of drug trafficker Peter Casella and Phil's only son, Salvatore. In January 1982, at the same induction ceremony of Tommy DelGiorno, Francis Ianarella, Pasquale Spirito, Felix (Little Felix) Bocchino, Joseph (Joey Pung) Pungitore, Eugene (Gino) Milano, Albert (Reds) Pontani, Michael (Micky) Ricciardi, Gerald (Jerry) Fusella, Joseph Sodano and Happy Bellina, his son Salvatore was promoted to captain by Nicky Scarfo.

Looks like Sammy Gravano and John Carneglia were the youngest to get made.Gettin made at 31 was real early.Oh yeah Gene Gotti was made at age 30.Must have been big earners,all of them.

thanks for the info guys!

People can call Sammy every bad name in the book (which he probably is) but prior to ratting he was a very cunning, low-key up and comer. Had he taken over with Frankie DeCicco things would have turned out MUCH better.

We all know it's the circumstances that create a rat.

Frankie loc made in the 50s? Yeah i dont think so

Well then, you're dead fucking wrong. Frankie got made in his early 20's, before Apalachin. His Rabbi was a behemoth. Absolute fact.

Please don't troll about the Bronx, Extortion. I take it personally, I'll call you on it every time, and we both know that you're out of your depth with me. So please, pick another borough. Or better yet, another city all together .

in my opinion losing decicco was the beginning of the end for the gambinos. He was only underboss but would have kept gotti straight or got rid of him

Who was his Rabbi?Angelo Mascia or Tony the Geep?

Tommy Toupee, so f n Funnie.

I wonder if anyone actually called him that.

The LoCascios and the Mascias go way back. They're halfway related, too. Especially to the Mascias that were from White Plains. Every Mascia's nickname was Mash. Really original, right? Johnny Mash, Bobby Mash, Georgie Mash, Patsy Mash. One of them married a really nice Irish woman. They called her mashed potatoes. No bullshit .

Bobby was a HUGE fucking bookmaker. Died fairly young back in the '90s. Didn't take care of himself. I mean physically. He was a pretty sharp dresser, though.

Frankie Loc was a beast , exactly what CN needed , smart , an earner , killing wasn't first option and super low key , I'm sure he wishes he just would have stayed captain and make his millions . PB was he a traditional rackets guy ? Talk about real CN , got life , Sammy flipped and he never said a word .

That bad mouthing reason is total BS for why Sammy flipped . Sammy was selfish and greedy and those are the guys that kill and then rat . My guess is WS stays away from prospects that have those characteristics

Only thing I wish I knew is the guy was so low key his whole life , it's very surprising he would end up on those tapes . The guy had a brain and I'm sure he had to suspect that entire building was wired up .

I did hear the only reason that apt was used is cuz the big guy was sick of the walk talks in the dead cold of winter , lol

Big sportsbook, table game clubs and shy. His brother Joe, too.

Joey Loc never even gets mentioned, but he was almost as heavy as Frankie. But he wasn't as serious. Loved the ponies. Loved them like family lol. And he had a game by the zoo for fucking years. It might have been the longest running game in the same spot that I can ever remember.


So what you're basically saying is that those mohair overcoats were a complete waste of money. In the words of Jerry Seinfeld: That's a shame.

Can you imagine the stories Frankie Loc could tell? Who was it that said Frankie used to tell stories from back in the day that guys would sit and listen in awe of? I swear I read that somewhere.

Heavy/serious. Can you explain the diff please PB.

And is Joey Loc still active?

Nah, I just meant heavy with the gambling and AS a gambler. But Joe was divested into a lot of legit stuff too. He got in on things like medical imaging and MRI machines early on. Tore is a lot like him. They both took an interest in technology.

These are not just street goons. The LoCascios could have pretty much all made it legit. They're bright and business minded. A rare quality in that world.

If you want, you can email me on Joey. I'm no longer accepting pms here for obvious reasons. I'm sorry it has to be that way. But it is what it is.

Mashed Potatoes,LOL

The one making ceremony that I would really like to know about, is the one we probably have no record of, and that is the moment Lucky Luciano became a made member of the mafia.

I don't think anyone is even sure when he became made.

I don't know if charges ever resulted but back in 2000 their company (Preferred Imaging), which leased MRI equipment to doctors in New York and South Carolina, was being investigated for defrauding Medicaid out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by billing for unnecessary and non-existent MRI's.

I honestly don't even remember the case, Ivy. But it doesn't surprise me at all. They were ahead of the curve in regards to investing in technology.

And it was certainly no coincidence that when those imaging clinics started popping up in the Bronx back in the '80s, most of them were in mobbed up areas (especially in the vicinity or Eastchester Road and Pelham Parkway because of all the hospitals and medical clinics in that area).

Those imaging clinics were all independents back then, with, um, private investors. And the majority of them eventually sold out to groups like Montefiore for big, BIG money.

Was Iceman Kuklinski made before or after he shot Kennedy?