A lot of people say the youngest ever made guy was Harry the hunchback riccobene . Made at 17 , not sure how much truth is in that though

I mentioned this in another thread:

"I suppose it could be true that some were made into the five Families in the 1960s. But I´ve never seen any documentation of this. (The only exception being Nicky Bianco in 1963, but that was due to special circumstances.)"

This is maybe off topic,but where do the most sucesfull,secretive,smartest and toughest mafia members come from?i know this is probably a bad tread for you guys from NY,but it is very intrasting for us over in europe.. if you look at the number one family today it's east harlem/bronx,but if you look at the gambino's pre gotti it's south brooklyn and maybe little italy..what do you guys think,help appritiated (please don't mind my speeling errors)

No hairy I never posted under a different alias. Also
I know that Gallo and Illiano switched to the genovese
In 76 but they weren't made by profaci before the books were
Closed. Also it's not surprising that spero was made late
It seems the whole bonanno clan was made in 77
Except of course the old timers under joe

Thanks Dom74 for the reply....He was one crazy SOB.

Gotcha. I didn't see it so that's why I mentioned it here. Have always enjoyed your posts

^^^ Thank you DM. Same here with your posts.

I believe Vincent Aloi and his brother Benny Aloi were inducted by Joe Profaci in the late 50's. They would have been in their 20's.

anyone know when greg scarpa was made? was he was made in the profacis before columbo? the reason I say this is because he was a snitch for 30 years. so he must have been awful young when made,

Scarpa I believe was made in the late 1950's. It is the only thing I can think of, that he would have more knowledge then most informants in the 1960's about the Profaci family and some things on the other New York families at the time. He was close to both Colombo and Persico during those years. I believe Vincent Aloi was made during the mid 1950's, and Benny was made in the late 1950's.

that's sounds about right for scarpa, so, he was young when he was made. he was born in 1928, so, he was maybe 20-21
that's pretty young to be made.

I was made in 1965. Preparations began 9 months prior and were facilitated by my mother and father.

Binnie u take pride in your math,do you??

im probally wrong again. im right about 35- 40% of the time.

He was 31,30 probablly younger.Nice one Binnie

well, I got an excuse. im elderly. lol

Binnie, I found this,

"Criminal Beginnings

Born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 8, 1928, Gregory Scarpa was the second of five children born to Italian immigrants. At the young age of 7, he was forced into working with his father as a coal deliveryman. The hard labor gave Greg an itch for a better life for him and his family—a life he saw being lived by the local mobsters.

Greg's older brother, Sal, was the first Scarpa to hook up with mob associated, and Greg followed his coattails. By the age of 17, he was strong and street-smart, and he was noticed by local mobster Charlie LoCicero of the Profaci crime family.

Before long, Greg Scarpa was taking part in the mob rackets, loansharking, bookmaking and extortion, in turn earning a vicious reputation for brutally enforcing any unpaid debts. In the early 1950s, Scarpa took the final step to become a made man—he "made his bones" by killing an anonymous mark on a Brooklyn street".
http://www.biography.com/people/greg-the-grim-reaper-scarpa-21370585#synopsis

According to Scarpa himself,he was made in 1951.Very relliable source,and a great guy told me that.

That's pretty much the early fifties Alex.

Yes it is,i didn't say you were wrong.Just gave the specific year.The early 50s is also '52,'53 maybe even '54.

Sorry guys about this but it looks like the only guy who was actually made before the books were opened in 1976 is Carmine Persico´s brother Alphonse. The rest of them were most likely made in 1976 or later. Vincent Cafaro said that he was made together with Patsy Genese in El Cortile Restaurant on Mulberry Street in 1974. Cafaro must have been wrong about the year because El Cortile did not open until 1975. And before that, the place was a bedding store, not a restaurant. Scratch all those names and years except Persico´s.

I returned your email yesterday, HK.

Yep...I saw it buddy.

Aniello "Neil" Migliore is another old-timer that's still around.

On November 15, 1957, Migliore got into a car accident outside Apalachin the day after the roundup. He may have been picking up Tommy Lucchese and Carmine Galante.

HK, I always thought Tommy Gambino was made under Castellano, not Carlo?

"HK, I always thought Tommy Gambino was made under Castellano, not Carlo?"

You are most probably right. Carlo was not keen on making new members, although the ones made in early 1976, were made while he was still alive. I guess he had to.

Ice storm can't leave the house. Anyhow read them scarpa FBI files he told the FBI he was made in 50 or 51 he goes on tell them Larry in Joe hallo were made 57 and had a lot of opposition from other family's from being made. He says Allie persico was specially made when he came home from prison cause of who his family was. Also think there dad was made not sure. Only guy there's a FBI file on nick bianco who was made in the 60 tys as favor to patriarca and Colombo to help in the hallo war. 62 maybe at some eatery in lil Italy.

These names are from research done by Pogo and HK on another site. It's not a comprehensive list but it shows most of the guys still living who were made in the time period specified in the subject:

Vincent Aloi (Colombo)
Vincenzo Asaro (Bonanno)
Lawrence Dentico (Genovese)
John Franzese (Colombo)
Mario Gigante (Genovese)
Stephen Grammauta (Gambino)
Frank Locascio (Gambino)
Louis Manna (Genovese)
Charles Panarella (Colombo)
Carmine Persico (Colombo)
Salvatore Profaci (Colombo)
Anthony Scotto (Gambino)

Pogo claimed that Asaro was made in the sixties but didn't cite a source. More than likely he was made in the seventies but I still included him here.

Excellent post Pmac! I wonder why the Colombos were allowed to make Alphonse Persico in 1972, but not the other NY Families? Perhaps it´s not a question of permission but rather of choise.



Just to make sure...the Vincenzo Asaro mentioned above is not Vincent Asaro who was recently indicted, but Vincent´s uncle.