Greg scarpa
Carmine galante
Matthew madonna
Louie haha (because nickname)
Quiet dom
Tony salerno
Tony ducks

Sigmund the sea monster...

scarpa was a devious rat for 50 years, he does belong on your list.. the others are great names..can not be a mobster when you work for the fbi.

Are you joking, or are you talking about Mikey Hop's kid? Both morons, both rats. The apple didn't fall far from the tree there. And anyone who says that the son didn't technically rat is fooling themselves. The old man ratted to save the son twenty years, so Steven was a party to it.

Greg DePalma did as much damage to the Gambino family as Gotti, maybe more. They should have let the Westside hit him after the Premiere Theatre. But he owed them so much fucking money over that clusterfuck that the Gambinos made him instead, just to protect their investment.

He wasn't half the earner people think he was. He had what he was wearing, driving, and what was in his pocket. Tony Baker must have been spinning in his grave for every one of Greg's fuck ups.

PB, what happened at the Premiere Theatre?

jr gotti's 'GREG' project.. sr gotti put louis r. after tony past..

PB who's 'Tony Baker'?

Cheers.

PB are you known among your real life friends as someone with a great memory? Because honestly the more I read what you write the more impressive you are. simply from you being able to recall all these people's names and then give little tidbits of info that only someone who really knows would know. Truly impressive. Have you ever considered writing a history of oc? It'd probably have to be limited in scope to the Bronx and manhatten because that's another thing I appreciate is that you don't speak on what you don't absolutely know but brother you absolutely know a lot.

"Sigmund the sea monster"??? Is this a real nickname? I thought Frankie was joking when posting this.

An old time Gambino heavy who was Harlem based. The Gambinos are hardly ever mentioned when it comes to East Harlem back then, but they were around. Anyway, Tony had a club on First Avenue, by Andy's Colonial Tavern.

Greg was there constantly and up his ass for years. Considering his attitude and ego, Greg probably figured he'd inherit the crew one day (which eventually went to Braciole, who also had a club in East Harlem at the time, on the 115th Street side of Mount Carmel Church).

Thank you. I do have a good long term memory, but I couldn't tell you what I had for dinner two nights ago. And that IS honestly something that's been mentioned to me by my family and friends .


No, that's not an option for me. But thanks again.


Thanks yet again. The easiest way to spot a bullshitter on these sites are the guys who claim to have firsthand knowledge of multiple areas. Like that asshole The Arm, who knew everyone from New York to Chicago to Florida.

The notion is absurd, and here's why: For ninety percent of wiseguys, their world is no bigger than their neighborhood (especially when the Italian strongholds were at their peak here in New York). Even today, go ask a made guy in New York if he knows what's going on in Detroit or Chicago, and he'll give you an even more confused look than he was born with.

But thanks again. All of that was nice of you to say .

Cheers Pal.



You do make me chuckle.

Skinny Joey of course, his life is a pretty amazing story.

Mine is Jack DiNorscio

Carlo Caputo, Harry Riccobene and the fictional (from the "Untouchables" TV series) version of Ciro Terranova.
By the way, could Willie Marfeo also be considered a "mobster" or wasn't he even an associate?

The arm was the guy who was going to take the war to the Colombos front doorstep right? Something about him being a one time young gun from Rochester, while at the same time knowing everything about Chicago Rockford IL and NY

Double post

Yes, that was The Arm. And like I said, a wiseguy's world is usually confined to his own neighborhood. So if a guy claims "inside knowledge" of ten different cities, he's talking right out of his ass.

Of course, the researchers are an entirely different story. Guys like Hairy, Ivy, Atardi, et al. are tireless when it comes to familiarizing themselves with the history of multiple cities. But they don't claim to be insiders. That's the difference, and it's a BIG one .

Got a lot of respect for Anthony indelicato for obvious reasons , also wild bill cutolo

Both .. always laugh my ass off at that nickname... its hilarious when Gotti makes fun of his son by mentioning Sigmund in that jailhouse video.

Even funnier is that he really looks like the t.v. character.... knew the brother Mike... used to be a really good ball player. Obviously not my favorite mobster... just crack up at that name every time.

I don't have a favorite, but I am intrigued by Tony Mirra and Neil delacroce. Probably because I haven't found vast amounts of info on them but they seem like they have a hell of a story behind them. Carmine Galante is interesting too

Anthony Corallo
Carmine Persico (His tenure of 40+ years of running the Colombo's is intruiging)

Mac Macaluso (Was Lucchese's Consigliere in the 60's and became underboss in the mid 80's, until he was forced to retire by Amuso)
Sal Catalano
Nicky Mouth Santora
Mario Gigante
Albert Kid Blast Gallo

Arthur Fonzarelli, he headed up a tough mixed race crew.

Jimmy Styles. Man knew how to dress.

Yeah the Fonze was in the milwaukee family...

Very popular rumor....only the FBI called him that. His inner circle called him Arty.

my favorite one was frank Costello, a great earner,and stressed peace, and didn't go in for a lot of violence.

unfortunately many bosses in the 70s and 80s never learned from him.

Oh yeah and carmine persico

long time reader but first time poster so first and foremost I would like to say that I come in complete peace and humbleness with no intentions of being a fire starter.

As for myself, I was born and raised in The Bronx New York and have been around (not in) the life since as far back as I can remember. I have seen and heard plenty, and I am not talking about through the grapevine either. I mention that because there will be stories and/or events that I touch upon during certain topics and others that i may chose not to share for various reasons and hope that I am respected for it, if and when it occurs.

As for my opinion on this thread, one of my favorites is Wahoo Mancuso and I believe that if there was more written about him then some worldwide may agree. When he passed away a few years back, everybody from the Bronx neighborhood that either knew him personally or just heard stories of him have said that he was a legend.

Maybe others from the Bronx can vouch and/or provide some info on him but if not then it is totally understandable. Everybody is entitled to an my opinion and that is mine.