Originally Posted by dsd
Originally Posted by Njein
Bill O'Reilly is coming out with his book in May 2021.

https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Mob-Against-Organized-OReillys/dp/125027365X
Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America


O' Reilly , the fox moron?? Surely not him, is it?


Just starting on Lance's Deal with the devil book.
But in the first 10 pages he keeps saying Valachi was under Bonnano.
I think they were both with Maranzano at first.
But I thought Valachi was in the Genovese's

Also few pages later says Scarpa was a captain by 1961.
Wiki says born 1928. So very young if true. I'm dubious.
Too be fair ,the author does cast doubt on this.
In the Mafia son book, doesn't it say some Scappy guy is his capo


IIRC, Valachi said he was made by Joe Bonanno, but then he ended up in the Reina (Lucchese) family. Pretty sure at some point he switched to Maranzano, then when Maranzano was killed Genovese took him in.

From what I remember by reading Scarpa's FBI files, the Colombo's went through a lot of leadership shuffles in the 60s and Scarpa was a captain at one point. Pretty sure he was a soldier direct with Colombo for a while too. That's all according to Scarpa though. Scappy didn't become a captain until Persico's reign.

The Deal with the Devil book is good, a lot of information. But the author does make it seem like Scarpa was behind everything.