#OTD (Dec. 27) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #NewYork #Pittsburgh #Atlanta #Buffalo #Milwaukee #Brooklyn #Narcotics #Valachi #HazletonPA #Mafia #MurderInc #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 26) in organized crime #history. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians #NewYork #Brooklyn #LasVegas #NewOrleans #NewEngland #Florida

#OTD (Dec. 25) in the #history of organized crime. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians #NewOrleans #YoungstownOH #ProvidenceRI #BrooklynNY #Texas #LasVegas #Chicago #ButnerNC

Merry Christmas to you all! gangstersinc.org/2025/12/11/a... - #Christmas #Xmas #TrueCrime #Crime #Santa #MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays

On #ChristmasEve in 1992, Thomas and Rosemarie #Uva of #QueensNY were murdered in what looked like a mob hit. It took a little while to figure out why. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

On #ChristmasEve in 1992, Thomas and Rosemarie #Uva of #QueensNY were murdered in what looked like a mob hit. It took a little while to figure out why. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians #NYC

#OTD (Dec 23) in 1879, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State John Hay signs an extradition order for suspected Sicilian #Mafia figure Rosario #Meli, then imprisoned in #California. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 23) in 1948, John #Stoppelli is charged with violating federal #narcotics laws. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 23) in 1928, Dutch #Schultz, initially charged with robbery with a gun, is convicted of disorderly conduct and receives a suspended sentence. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 23) in 2013, #Montreal #Mafia boss Vito #Rizzuto, 67, dies of natural causes. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 23) in 1967, #Boston area nightclub owner William #Bennett is murdered. Police suspect Francis #Salemme, Stephen #Flemmi (shown) and Hugh Shields. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 23) in 1970, Reputed #NewYork crime boss Joe #Colombo is convicted of two counts of #perjury due to lying about his criminal record to a state agency. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 23) in 1922, Frank #Yale of #Brooklyn donates tons of coal to be distributed to the needy through St. Rosalia Church. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 22) in 1948, Leonard #Calamia, suspect in the #SanFrancisco murder of Nick #DeJohn, is arrested by #FBI agents in #NewMexico. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 22) in 1943, Paul #Ricca, Johnny #Rosselli (shown), Louis #Campagna, Charles #Gioe and other #Chicago mobsters are found guilty of conspiring to extort the motion picture industry. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 22) in 2021, #YoungstownOH crime figure Ronald #Carabbia dies at the age of 92. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 22) in 1973, Johnny #Dioguardi (shown), Vincent #Aloi and two others are convicted of stock fraud. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 22) in 1999, former #FBI agent John #Connolly is indicted for aiding organized crime figures in #Boston. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 22) in 1938, Daniel H. Coakley, aide to #Massachusetts Governor Hurley, is widely blamed for arranging the pardon of career criminal Raymond L.S. #Patriarca (shown). #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 22) in 1927, Filippo #Mazzara, #Mafia leader in #Buffalo NY, is shotgunned to death. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 22) in 1903, Ignazio #Lupo marries Salvatrice #Terranova in #Manhattan, with Giuseppe #Morello and Nicolina Salemi serving as witnesses. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 22) in 1965, the U.S. Justice Department notifies Peter #Maas (shown) that he has been authorized to edit for publication the extensive memoirs of turncoat mafioso Joe #Valachi. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 21) in 1944, a federal jury in #Pittsburgh cannot reach a verdict in a #bankruptcy conspiracy case, with Giacomo #Cancelliere the sole remaining defendant. Charges are dismissed against mobsters Vincenzo #Capizzi, Michael Bua, Giuseppe Landolina and others. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 21) in 1932, #Buffalo area mafioso Angelo 'Buffalo Bill' #Palmeri dies of natural causes in his car in front of his Jersey Street home. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 21) in 1926, #NewYork insurance broker Albert #Levy is shot and wounded as he travels in a car through Central Park. Brothers Eddie and Jack #Diamond, James Walsh and Salvatore #Lucania are suspects. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 21) in 1961, Joseph #Gallo of #Brooklyn is sentenced to serve between seven years-three months and fourteen years-six months for conspiracy and attempted extortion. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 21) in 1938, the governor of #Massachusetts pardons Raymond L.S. #Patriarca, allowing him to go free after serving just a few months of his three- to five-year armed robbery sentence. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 21) in 1935, #NewYorkCity Mayor Fiorello #LaGuardia temporarily bans the sale of #artichokes in the city to eliminate a criminal monopoly thought to be taking in $1 million a year. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 21) in 1952, Luigi #Manocchio of #RhodeIsland is arrested for assault, robbery, illegal weapon possession and driving a stolen car. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

Looking into #SecretService records to identify the early 20th Century enforcer of the #Morello #Mafia. A new MobHistory Substack post. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 21) in 1946, convicted counterfeiter Ignazio #Lupo is released from Atlanta Federal Prison upon the expiration of his sentence. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 20) in 1917, #LosAngeles police seek #Mafia gunman Mike #Marino in connection with the recent slaying of Pietro #Matranga. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 20) in 1920, Joe #Ruggero of #Dallas is killed in the Campanella-Ruggero-Restivo feud. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 20) in 1930, #Chicago underworld leader Frank #Nitti pleads guilty to evading $153,823 in income taxes and is sentenced to 18 months in federal prison. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 20) in 1980, the Cadillac of missing #YoungstownOH mobster Charles #Carabbia is found in #Cleveland. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 20) in 1923, #Chicago bootlegger Johnny #Torrio pleads guilty to possessing, transporting and selling real beer. He is fined $2,000. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 20) in 2001, #Colombo Crime Family leader Alphonse T. #Persico pleads guilty in #NewYork to federal racketeering, loan-sharing and money-laundering charges. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 19) in 1898, Antonio #Rosso fatally shoots Francesco #DiFranchi (shown) outside a #SanFrancisco saloon. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 19) in 1879, a #NewOrleans grand jury indicts Tony #Matranga for the November murder of Leon #Sincino. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 19) in 1917, the father of murdered Pietro #Matranga - a former #LosAngeles #BlackHand gangster who became an informant - refuses to identify his son's remains. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD in 2005, Vincent #Gigante, 77, longtime boss of the #Genovese Crime Family of #NewYork, passed away in the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in #SpringfieldMO. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 19) in 1904, the #Louisiana Supreme Court affirms the death sentence of Sam #Aspara, convicted of the 1903 #Mafia murder of Antonio #Luciano. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 19) in 1932, #Chicago underworld leader Frank #Nitti is shot and seriously wounded in a conflict with detectives in his flour company office. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 19) in 1881, President Chester A. #Arthur provides a report to Congress on the circumstances surrounding the deportation of suspected Sicilian brigand Giuseppe #Esposito (shown). #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 19) in 1979, #Chicago gangster Dominic #Nuccio - locally famous as one of the North Side's 'Three Doms' - passes away. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 19) in 1906, Police Commissioner Theodore #Bingham (shown) devises a secret detective force within #NYPD to be led by Detective Sergeant Joseph #Petrosino. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 19) in 1919, young Arthur #Flegenheimer (later 'Dutch #Schultz') is convicted in #NewYork of unlawful entry and sentenced to the city reformatory. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 19) in 2005, 77-year-old Vincent 'the Chin' #Gigante, boss of the #Genovese Crime Family in New York, dies at the federal prison hospital in #SpringfieldMO. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 18) in 1917, Pietro #Matranga, #LosAngeles fruit merchant, is shot to death at Eastlake Avenue and Henry Street. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 18) in 1920, New York crime figure Frank #Scalise is arrested at #NewRochelleNY for burglary. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians