#OTD in 1946, the #Flamingo casino in #LasVegas, financed in large part by underworld investments funneled through racketeer Benjamin "Bugsy" #Siegel, opened its doors for the first time. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

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

#OTD (Dec. 24) in 1992, Thomas and Rosemarie #Uva of #QueensNY became #Mafia murder victims. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec. 23) in 1948, the #FBI captured fugitive Leonard #Calamia - wanted in connection with the 1947 Nick #DeJohn murder case in #SanFrancisco - at his government job in #NewMexico. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

#OTD in 1932, Benedetto Angelo #Palmeri, #Mafia leader in western #NewYork, dies of natural causes at the age of 54. #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 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. 18) in 1917: Pietro #Matranga is murdered in #LosAngeles. Read about it on Writers of Wrongs. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

Barrio Azteca gang boss pleads guilty to charges related to 2010 U.S. Consulate murders in Juarez gangstersinc.org/2025/12/18/b... - #Gangs #Mexico #Crime #StreetGangs #Juarez #ElPaso #Narcos #DrugCartels

#OTD (Dec 17) in 1974, a #NewYorkTimes article by Nicholas #Gage disputes the claim that The #LastTestament of #LuckyLuciano is the dictated life story of Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' #Lucania. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD in 1912, the #EastHarlem NY terror known as “Zoppo” #Prisco was fatally shot by the bodyguard of Giosue #Gallucci. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 10) in 1920, #Mafia leader Salvatore #LoIacono is shot to death inside his restaurant, 247 Elizabeth Street in #Manhattan. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 09) in 1953, believed to be an informant, Dominick 'the Gap' #Petrelli is murdered in a #Bronx tavern. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Dec 09) in 1968, former bootlegger and #AtlanticCityNJ crime boss Enoch #Nucky Johnson dies of natural causes at age 85. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD in 1929, gunmen robbed a #BronxNY testimonial dinner for Magistrate Albert #Vitale, exposing a link between officials and organized crime. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

#OTD in 2024, former #NewEngland #Mafia boss Luigi #Manocchio passed away in #BristolRI. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

#OTD in 1928, #Cleveland police broke up a national #Mafia convention, taking a couple of dozen suspicious men into custody. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

#OTD in 1904: Peter Scalise of #Pittsburgh claims he was attacked in his bed by assassins who tracked him from #Boston. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

#CyberMonday discount on annual subscriptions to the MobHistory Substack. #MafiaHistory

#OTD in 1914: William Moore, better known by the alias Patsy #Doyle, is murdered by gangland rivals on the West Side of #Manhattan. #CrimeHistory #Skystorians #NYC

Painting calls to mind Irish-American gang bosses of the #Prohibition Era. We take the opportunity to launch a series on the careers of rum-runners Daniel #Walsh and Charles "Vannie" #Higgins. Free MobHistory Substack article #Skystorians

#OTD in 1971, former #NewYork #Mafia leader Joe #Adonis died of natural causes in Italy. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

#OTD in 1913, #Detroit #Mafia leaders Vito and Salvatore #Adamo are murdered on their way home. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

#OTD in 1961: #Thanksgiving Day hunters in #PenfieldNY (just outside #RochesterNY ), discovered the beaten, mutilated and burned remains of a male #murder victim. #MafiaHistory #Magaddino #Skystorians

#OTD in 1939, former #Chicago Outfit boss Al #Capone left prison and headed to a #Baltimore hospital. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

#OTD in 1957, #NewYork State Police and U.S. Treasury agents break up the party at the Joseph #Barbara estate in #ApalachinNY. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

#OTD (Nov. 13) in 1957: on the eve of the #Apalachin underworld convention, #Mafia bosses Joseph #Bonanno and Stefano #Magaddino reportedly met in #EndicottNY. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

#OTD (Nov. 12) in 1941, Abe "Kid Twist" #Reles fell to his death at the Half Moon Hotel on #ConeyIsland. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians #Brooklyn

#OTD in 1917: Antonino Mazzara and Antonino DiBenedetto are fatally shot in the #Castellammarese Sicilian colony in #Williamsburg #Brooklyn. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

Meet Pasqualina: The Bootleg Queen of Springfield, Massachusetts youtu.be/KPzQqpB2Dn0 #MafiaBooks

#OTD in 1912, Owen #Madden, leader of the #NewYork City #Gophers gang, was shot and seriously wounded by Hudson Dusters gunmen during a dance at the Arbor Cafe. #Gangsters #NYC #Skystorians

#OTD in 1955, an explosion in #PhoenixAZ strongly suggested that someone in #Chicago had been holding a grudge against "Fat Willie" #Bioff. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (November 4), several high profile U.S. organized criminals and one suspected #Mafia informant were murdered. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (November 3) in 2019, Louis #Eppolito, 71, a former #NewYork Police detective, died at the #Tucson Medical Center in Arizona. Eppolito and former partner Stephen #Caracappa had been convicted of working with the #Lucchese Crime Family. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

#OTD (Oct 29) in 1921, U.S. President #Harding granted paroled counterfeiter Ignazio #Lupo a conditional commutation of his original 30-year sentence, permitting Lupo to travel outside the country. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Oct 26) in 1909, former #HillsvillePA #BlackHand leader Rocco #Racco is executed by hanging at New Castle PA for the 1906 #murder of Deputy Game Warden L. Seeley Houk. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

Perhaps Albert #Anastasia was fated to die “in the chair.” #OTD (Oct. 25) in 1957, thirty-five years after escaping an appointment with the #SingSing Prison electric chair, the #NewYork #Mafia boss met his end in a Manhattan barber’s chair. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

Justin Cascio's latest book is scheduled for release next month through Amazon. Pasqualina: The Bootleg Queen of Little Italy tells the story of Pasqualina Albano, #bootlegger and leader of a violent gang in the South End of #SpringfieldMA. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians #Books

#Chicago underworld boss Al #Capone was sentenced #OTD in 1931 to 11 years in federal prison. #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

#OTD (Oct 24) in 1935, Dutch #Schultz succumbs to bullet wounds suffered in #NewarkNJ a day earlier. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD in 1935: gunmen enter a #NewarkNJ cafe and open fire on Dutch #Schultz and his top men, mortally wounding them. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Oct 18) in 1930, #Brooklyn grape merchant Giovanni #Anselmo dies of gunshot wounds suffered a day earlier. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians #NYC

#OTD in 1929, Police Officer Blanke found Salvatore "Charlie #Luciano" Lucania, severely beaten and bloody, on Hylan Boulevard in #StatenIsland. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians #NYC

#OTD (Oct 17) in 1929, Salvatore 'Charlie #Luciano' #Lucania is found severely beaten and bleeding on #StatenIsland. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians #NYC

#NewOrleans Police Chief David #Hennessy was shot and mortally wounded by #Mafia assassins on this date (Oct. 15) in 1890. #OTD #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians #NOLA

Five southern #California #Mafia leaders went on trial in #LosAngeles on this date in 1980. #OTD #MafiaHistory #Skystorians

#OTD (Oct 13) in 1927, boss 'Big Joe' #Lonardo and his brother John are killed in a #Cleveland barbershop. Salvatore 'Black Sam' #Todaro takes leadership of the Cleveland Mafia. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Oct 12) in 1950, during testimony before a Senate committee, Meyer #Lansky (shown) acknowledges associating with Frank #Costello, Joe #Adonis, Frank #Erickson and Charles #Fischetti. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Oct 10) in 1957, #NewYork crime boss Joseph #Bonanno is observed in Italy, traveling under the alias of DiBella and accompanied by four men. #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

Former #NewYork #Mafia boss Ignazio #Lupo was suspected of the #Brooklyn murder of Roger #Consiglio on this date (Oct. 8) in 1930. I have my doubts. #OTD #MafiaHistory #Skystorians