Sonny, do you know where i can get Witness to the Mob in the netherlands? Dutch subs ofcourse.

It's available in 18 parts on Youtube. No Dutch subtitles, though.

I think there were a series of bad choices. The first was Don Carlo Gambino, he thought, to lead the family, need a Sicilian, chose Castellano, for this reason, and because was also his relative, instead of best Aniello DellaCroce, but it was a Neapolitan. On the death of Gambino, Castellano became boss, however, had not the qualities to be a great boss, he was a white collar that a streetman, it's attracted the hate of his own soldiers.
A typical case was DeMeo.Roy Roy was a butcher, and a serial killer, but he make a lot of money, is said he controll with the family DeCavalcante the 90% of pornography in New york.Castellano hated Demeo, but accepted the percentage on the drug (if in pubblic, he banned it), the carthefts and murders committed by his gang. But when Roy succeeded in concluding an alliance with the Westies, the the terrible Irish mafia gang, Castellano was forced to made him in 1978.
When they became uncontrollable ordered his death in 1983, and it is said that at the beginning, there was no one who had the courage to do kill him.Until DellaCroce was alive, Gotti didn't have the courage to do nothing, but to his death, there was Gotti still nothing from taking power.

Castellano's Death Certificate





Castellano's death scene photo

Arthur Kill Road, Lilo?

I see that someone in Michigan has been using the Google Map app on his iPhone .

Well done!

Did Castellano do any real time in prison during his life? I read Boss of Bosses years ago, I don't remember much of it, the parts of it still with me are about Paul and his maid Gloria, and him getting the penis pump. I thought it was distasteful the FBI even brought that kind of stuff up, it had nothing to do with Paul Castellano boss of the Gambino family. You ever notice the media tends to paint Gotti's time as boss as extremely murderous, but in reality there were loads more killings under Big Paul's reign. I think Paul had his daughters boyfriend killed for saying he looks like Frank Perdue, think Joe Massino had a part in it. Then he had his son inlaw killed for abusing his daughter.

Paul did a few months in jail as a teenger for a robbery but he didn't cooperate so that earning him respect. he also did some time after the Apalachin meeting. He was caught fleeing a spent like a year or two in jail. I agree with you about Paul's reign. Despite some peoplen claiming he didn't like violence he ordered countless murders. Even John Gotti who is known as a murderous tough guy didn't come close to the amount of murders during Paul's reign.

Yes, it shows you how bad the media can distort things. There were probably hundreds of people killed by the Gambino's under Paul's watch, but Gotti is blood lusting lunatic!

Those are all excellent points, goombah. I guess Paul really was ultimately not that quick when it came to some things. As you say, arrogant. Obviously times change but if he's the boss and gave someone a direct order to give him tapes either he should have had those tapes the next day or someone should have been digging a grave on Arthur Kill Road..

I think I misspoke about the tapes. It wasn't that Fat Ange refused to turn over the tapes. The government had them. Paul was pressing Fat Ange & Gotti to tell Paul what was discussed on the tapes. They stonewalled Big Paul, with the help of Neil Dellacroce. Don't get me wrong - it was still a big risk to not capitulate to Big Paul. He even told Gotti that if it was proven on the tapes that John Gotti was moving heroin (he was), then Paul would have him killed. Castellano referred to this rule as his First Commandment - "you deal, you die."

Because you're right, Lilo. If one disobeyed the head of the Family, that person would not be seen alive again.

I caught some bits and pieces of the Mobsters bio on Paul Castellano,he got charged with contempt, and was sentenced to five years, but only did seven months, I think he won an appeal. So big Paul did do some jail time, and kept his mouth shut earning the reputation as a stand up guy.

I guarantee if Paul was under investigation in the Commission case he would have whacked out Gotti and Angelo. Who knows maybe the mob would still be a force if that happened

Thats exactly what Paul was going to do but Dellacroce kept stalling and putting him off by saying things like "I'm working on it Paul" or "I'm still looking into it and making enquires Paul".
When Dellacroce died, Gotti knew he had lost his guardian angel and that he had to kill or be killed!