Originally Posted By: Binnie_Coll
in my reading of the mob, and looking at pics, I ran across a pic taken in the thirties of joe DiMaggio with "Richie the boot Boiardo" powerful new jersey boss, also in the book "five families" selwyn raab says that on the day of albert Anastasia's murder joe DiMaggio was in a hotel with him and santos trafficane.to what extent was joe DiMaggio's mob ties? anyone??


Probably not much, other than mob guys screwing Marilyn Monroe while he was married to her. Joe beat Marilyn frequently, including on the very night she took the famous photo where the steam blows up her dress. Joe was, as Marilyn described him in the HBO movie Rat Pack, a fuddy duddy. I suppose he might have met some of the Lanza guys in SF, considering he was from their neighborhood, North Beach.

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