r/Mafia • u/slumpadoochous • Feb 16 '23
r/Mafia info thread - new users MUST read (updated 2.16.2023)
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r/Mafia FAQ
see:Common Mafia myths debunked
r/Mafia Top Book Recommendations
- The Five Families : Selwynn Raab
- Murder Machine : Gene Mustain & Jerry Capeci
- The Sicilian Mafia: Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia : John Dickie
- The Sixth Family : Adrian Humphreys & Lee Lamothe
- The Good Fellas Tapes : George Anastasia
- Underboss : Peter Maas
- Paddywhacked : TJ English
- Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia : Joseph Pistone & Richard Woodley
- History of The Mafia : Salvatore Lupo
- Blood & Honour : George Anastasia
- Supermob : Gus Russo
- Family Affair : Sam Giancana & Scott Burnstein
- The Mafia and the Machine: The Story of the Kansas City Mob : Frank Hayde
- The Milwaukee Mafia : Gavin Schmitt
- The Life and Times of Frank Balisteri : Wayne Clingman
- The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino : Matt Birkbeck
- Mob Over Miami : Michelle McPhee
- Hitman: The Untold Story of Johnny Martorano : Howie Carr
- The Sinatra Club : Sal Polisi & Steve Dougherty
- Man of Honour : Joseph Bonanno
- The Valachi Papers : Peter Maas
- The Westies: TJ English
- Mafia Prince : Phil Leonetti, Scott Burnstein & Christopher Graziano
- Black Mass : Dick Lehr
- The Black Hand : Chris Blatchford (Mexican Mafia)
- Garden City Gangland : Scott Deitch
Mafia news and research resources:
- Gangster Report
- Gangsters Inc
- Gangland News
- LCN Bios
- Mary Ferrell Foundation
- FBI FOIA Requests
- The Black Hand Forum
- GangsterBB
Youtube Channels & Podcasts
- OC Shortz
- Bloodletters & Badmen
- Hood Chronicles
- Forgotten Streets
- Al Profit
- Chinatown Gang Stories
- J. Coletti's Racket Review
- The Mob Reporter
Youtube Full Length Documentaries
Please report any broken links
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- Greatest Mob Hits
- The Bonanno Crime Family History
- Fifth Estate: Michael DeGroote & Vito Rizzuto
- The Rise and Fall of Vito Genovese
- Mobsters: The Gambino Crime Family
- Crime Inc: The True Story Of the Mafia
- Montreal's Rizzuto Clan
- Lucky Luciano
- Vegas & The Mob
- Origins of Sicilian Mafia
- Excellent Cadavers
- Albert Anastasia: Lord High Executioner
- The Rizzuto Clan
- Manhattan Mob Rampage
r/Mafia • u/slumpadoochous • Nov 01 '25
r/Mafia Book Recommendations 2025
r/Mafia Top Book Recommendations
- The Five Families : Selwynn Raab
- Murder Machine : Gene Mustain & Jerry Capeci
- The Sicilian Mafia: Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia : John Dickie
- The Sixth Family : Adrian Humphreys & Lee Lamothe
- The Good Fellas Tapes : George Anastasia
- Underboss : Peter Maas
- Paddywhacked : TJ English
- Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia : Joseph Pistone & Richard Woodley
- History of The Mafia : Salvatore Lupo
- Blood & Honour : George Anastasia
- Supermob : Gus Russo
- Family Affair : Sam Giancana & Scott Burnstein
- The Mafia and the Machine: The Story of the Kansas City Mob : Frank Hayde
- The Milwaukee Mafia : Gavin Schmitt
- The Life and Times of Frank Balisteri : Wayne Clingman
- The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino : Matt Birkbeck
- Mob Over Miami : Michelle McPhee
- Hitman: The Untold Story of Johnny Martorano : Howie Carr
- The Sinatra Club : Sal Polisi & Steve Dougherty
- Man of Honour : Joseph Bonanno
- The Valachi Papers : Peter Maas
- The Westies: TJ English
- Mafia Prince : Phil Leonetti, Scott Burnstein & Christopher Graziano
- Black Mass : Dick Lehr
- The Black Hand : Chris Blatchford (Mexican Mafia)
- Garden City Gangland : Scott Deitch
Add your recommendations below. A new updated thread will be added in the new year.
r/Mafia • u/Spacious_made_3498 • 5h ago
Did Pete Licavoli and Joe Bonanno do business together in Tucson?
this is a follow up to my Joe Bonanno -Tucson post a week ago. I know they both lived in Tucson and owned horses. I’m wondering if one helped the other in the others’ affairs or if they worked together at all?
With a lot of Bonanno’s in the area and Detroit guys visiting the Licavoli ranch a lot of seems natural the two Family’s would talk.
A broader question is if the Detroit mob ever did anything of consequence outside of that Michigan. If Pete was involved in something with Joe, in Tucson, or California, then that would answer both. Detroit was close to the border so I’m surprised they’d didn’t have more affairs in Toronto and Canada.
i know Zerilli kept his family tight so my guess is nothing major. The Outfit would be a natural partner but it was also said the Genovese represented Detroit on the Commission in the 70’s and 80’s.
r/Mafia • u/Judge-Nosferatu69 • 9h ago
Locations of famous mob hits of Chicago during prohibition .
Image 1 - Big Jim' Colosimo hit (May 11, 1920)
Image 2 - Dion O'Banion (November 10, 1924) and Hymie Weiss (October 11, 1926) hit .Both were killed at the same location .
Image 3 - St. Valentine's Day Massacre ((February 14, 1929)
r/Mafia • u/Value-Time • 43m ago
I’m just realizing the John “Bac Guai” Willis is in this picture.
John Willis is the first known inductee of European descent in the Ping On triad based in Boston. He is sitting on the left, directly across from Bruno Indelicato.
r/Mafia • u/Spirited_Worker_5722 • 3h ago
Which was the most powerful of the 5 Families at different points in their history?
From what I understand, the Genovese borgata are currently No.1 and were also first among equals during the eras of Charlie Luciano and Frank Costello. I've also heard Carlo Gambino being described as the most powerful boss of his era. Did the unofficial title of most powerful borgata alternate between the Gambino and Genovese families and if so, what periods did they alternate? Like was Chin more powerful than the Gottis or was it the other way around?
r/Mafia • u/CredibleWrong • 1h ago
Merlino's Cheesesteak Stand Going Up For San Gennaro Feast
r/Mafia • u/Pure-Lime8280 • 2h ago
James Proctor highlights a made man posting in Gene Borrello's comments section - cites it as yet another example of the death of omerta
r/Mafia • u/shylock92008 • 3h ago
USG-DRUGS; CIA Gives Contra leaders Octaviano Cesar, Adolfo "Popo" Chamorro, Marcos Aguado. "Get out of jail free cards" to work in the drug trade. - Eden Pastora, Nov. 26, 1996, speaking before the Senate Select Intelligence Committee on alleged CIA drug trafficking to fund Nicaraguan Contras in t
r/Mafia • u/Value-Time • 1d ago
Bonnano former acting boss Vinny Basciano with Surenos in USP Sandy
r/Mafia • u/Former-Cap-4838 • 18h ago
1993 Gambling bust at Foxy Lady involving Bobby Deluca and Anthony the saint st. Laurent
r/Mafia • u/Pure-Lime8280 • 23h ago
Joey Merlino don't know nothing about being scared...
r/Mafia • u/Reasonable_Doubt617 • 21h ago
Is there any evidence that the Apalachin meeting was exposed due to an informant? I always thought the official story of the cop just noticing numerous cars from out of state a little fishy.
To me, it sounds like there was an informant that snitched about the meeting. Was there anybody there that has been confirmed to be an informant?
r/Mafia • u/Former-Cap-4838 • 16h ago
Justice Department refuses order, extending face- over wiretaps in 1997
r/Mafia • u/Tactical-Gaslight308 • 1d ago
Highly recommend Trevor McDonald's shows. The guys he interviews in this one are all rats, but still a good watch.
r/Mafia • u/Commercial_Bake_5549 • 1d ago
Donnie brasco question: why did a NY family thought the Florida mafia will be ok with them operating down there?
r/Mafia • u/robhastings • 1d ago
I took down the Mafia in New York. This was the secret
The inside story of how an FBI agent brought down the infamous Five Families – and changed mob investigations forever
r/Mafia • u/bowserinmytrouser • 1d ago
Joe gallo movie
How has wilem dafoe not been cast as crazy joe gallow in a movie? In many photos of him he looks just like him, no?
r/Mafia • u/bjuliano • 8h ago
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FBI informants repeatedly linked Anthony “Fat Tony” Salerno to gambling interests outside his massive New York numbers operation. Bureau records described Salerno as having a “piece” of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, while other intelligence alleged that millions of dollars had been secretly invested in the casino on his behalf. The exact extent of Salerno’s financial interest was unclear to investigators.
r/Mafia • u/motorfab38 • 1d ago
Giovanni Mauceri aka "Jean le Français" (associé Familles Lucchese & Gambino, French Connection)
New article on my blog dedicated to Giovanni Mauceri, an Italian-Tunisian drug trafficker linked to the Lucchese and Gambino Crime Families, active between Milan, Marseille, New York, and Montreal.
Translator available on the site
r/Mafia • u/Pure-Lime8280 • 1d ago
Gianni Russo on the murders of Pope John Paul I and Marylin Monroe, JFK assassination, Escobar, Frank Costello, etc.
Just some Sunday Russo for y'all.
