Plus Costello retired when he was alive so it wasn't like he had an army on hand to avenge their boss. Nobody cared other than his blood relatives

Did the bombing even happen in the first place ?? A lot of people say it didn't happen and there is no real evidence either

Because getting "made" doesn't apply to the afterlife.

Plus Costello retired when he was alive so it wasn't like he had an army on hand to avenge their boss. Nobody cared other than his blood relatives

I think Mob informant Vinnie Teresa is the one who claimed that Galante bombed Costello's mausoleum. Don't think anything was ever proved. Teresa said that Galante hated Costello but never really explained why. He didn't like Gambino either, for that matter. Because Galante was a big Bonanno defender, it would seem more logical that he would have hated Steve Magaddino or Joe Colombo, since they had more to do with deposing his old boss than anyone else.

SO you're telling me that if someone bombed Carlo Gambinos grave right after he had passed , that there would have been no retribution from the family and/or other families just based off of sheer respect many had for the man?

Carlo Gambino is in a different league altogether from
Costello. Yes Costello was once very powerful but do u think someone could graze carlo's head & force him into retirement? Then take over his family? I didn't think so

As u can see, Carlo's power is alot different to Costello's & again not saying Costello didn't have power after he retired. But one can see the difference

& who was running the family for Costello after he died in terms of blood relative? Carlo
on the otherhand had Castellano plus let's not forget Tommy Gambino.

& why are we even debating whether or not anyone would avenge the bombing of frank's tomb, clearly there was no retribution. Case closed. No one gave two fuks

And ok, someone kindly posted a pic of a shotgunned Galante but that had zero to do with Costello & everything to do with money/ power (involving alive persons). Nothing to do with the deceased

Carlo Gambino is in a different league altogether from
Costello. Yes Costello was once very powerful but do u think someone could graze carlo's head & force him into retirement? Then take over his family? I didn't think so

As u can see, Carlo's power is alot different to Costello's & again not saying Costello didn't have power after he retired. But one can see the difference

& who was running the family for Costello after he died in terms of blood relative? Carlo
on the otherhand had Castellano plus let's not forget Tommy Gambino.

& why are we even debating whether or not anyone would avenge the bombing of frank's tomb, clearly there was no retribution. Case closed. No one gave two fuks

And ok, someone kindly posted a pic of a shotgunned Galante but that had zero to do with Costello & everything to do with money/ power (involving alive persons). Nothing to do with the deceased

@ Sinatra Club: Much the same as what I was saying. Costello earned until he died, and he had some heavyweight loyalists until the end. Vito died in a cage like an animal. So really, who won?

I'm sure Costello thought he won and Genovese thought he won. Just depends on how you look at it and who you ask.

It sounded like the point you were trying to make was that Costello had no power or respect after he stepped down, therefore nobody cared when his mausoleum was bombed. That just isn't the case.

Frank Costello also isn't the only former high ranking mob guy who was busted down but still had some respect and guys loyal to him. Nobody took over Costello's family, he could've gone to war, but that wasn't him. He had guys loyal to him, real tough guys who wouldn't of thought twice about gunning down Genovese and all those loyal to him, like Willie Moretti and his crew of cutthroats. He also had loyal allies who would've done the same, like Albert Anastasia. If he really wanted to, Costello would've had little problem disposing Vito Genovese, IMO. But Costello never liked the attention from law enforcement. His greatest pride was his false success at portraying himself and giving the public this image of him as a legitimate businessman, who made money through his business prowess. And once he was outed as a mob boss by the media, his attitude took a turn for the worse, it was devastating to him. So it would've been completely out of character for him to all of sudden, revert back to being a gangster first and going to war. And he didn't even need to, he surpassed Vito in earnings, had established himself in legitimate businesses. He didn't need to be the boss, and he knew it. And he told Genovese after the attempt and after he threw Gigante the bone during his attempted murder trial, that he'd be taking an early retirement and he stuck to his word.


And you're misinformed if you think nobody took the steps to retaliate against Genovese after that, or wanted to. Albert Anastasia had went to the Commission and wanted approval to go to war with Genovese for his transgressions against Costello. He was prepared, Joe Bonanno supposedly (according to his book) stopped the bloodshed by having the two mete out their differences over dinner, which he proclaimed the "Pax Bonanno".

No I am not misinformed, it's in all the mob history books that Albert wanted to avenge Costello but as we saw it didn't happen. & yes I have read that Bonanno claims to have acted as mediator between Albert & Genovese

Now I keep reading posts about how many loyal guys Costello had under him, & I'm not doubting that BUT what I'm trying to point out is nobody gave two fuks to go after Galante over it.

Whereas if Galante did that to carlo's or a modern day tough guy did that to John Gotti's grave & his son John Jr was still on the streets, there is a high chance of retribution. I mean Gotti jr tried to get Curtis Sliwa hurt just for badmouthing his father, forget about bombing his tomb

I'll say this again, quit talking about how much power Costello wielded before his death, NOBODY within his circle would touch Galante over it even if they knew he did it.

Unless Costello had very powerful blood relatives who took it "personally" as in the case of Paul Castellano/ Gotti jr as mentioned above, those still loyal to Costello would know it was bad for "business" to go after Galante. Afterall frank is dead, he's hardly going to thank his men or friends who are still living & potentially risking their lives vs a serial killing "self imposed" boss of the Bonanno's