THE DEATH OF MARANZANO
Maranzano devises a plan to eliminate Lucky Luciano and Genovese, but things take a nasty turn.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
7 Des 20227min
MARANZANO BOSS OF BOSSES
The true story about The History of The American Mafia continues. In this episode we see how Maranzano takes over , proclaiming himself Boss of Bosses and a “renovation” of the mafia in America.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
18 Nov 20226min
SALVATORE MARANZANO
In 1927, he landed in America, at the age of 43, one of the most important protagonists in the history of the American mafia. He was a completely different criminal from previous or later Italian American gangsters. The underworld portrayed him as a true leader. Salvatore Maranzano was a cultured and ambitious character. We must consider him the last of the second wave bosses. At first glance, he certainly did not look like a mobster. He was a distinguished person, he could easily have been mistaken for a banker.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
12 Nov 20228min
VITO BONVENTRE AND COLA SCHIRO' 'THE ORIGINS OF THE BONANNO FAMILY.
Originally, the Bonanno mafia family was led by VITO BONVENTRE and COLA Schirò '. We have already dealt with the first talking about the case of the Good Killers, the Castellammaresi fighting against their rivals from the Buccellato family. BONVENTRE was born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, in 1875, second cousin of Joseph Bonanno arrived in the USA in 1906. He became a successful smuggler in Brooklyn and a prominent member of Nicola Schiro's crime family. Probably he was also for a short time Schiro's successor at the top of the mafia family of the same name. Vito Bonventre seems to have played an important role in the elimination of the members of the Buccellato family in the United States. In 1921 in New Jersey he was also suspected of the murder of Camillo Caiozzo (the Good Killers case). According to Bonanno, Bonventre became the richest member after Cola Schiro in the Brooklyn family of the same name in the late 1920s.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
1 Nov 202212min
SALVATORE D'AQUILA
In 1910, after the arrest of the head of the bosses Giuseppe Morello and his brother-in-law Ignazio Lupo known as the wolf, for the crime of counterfeiting and the subsequent conviction, a power vacuum was created at the top of the first Mafia family in New York. To fill it the mafia families elected D'Aquila, Salvatore meant Totò or Zio Totò who at that point was considered as the boss of the American mafia bosses. He was born in Palermo in 1873. He arrived in New York in 1904 as an importer of cheeses. D'Aquila began his career in the underworld as a soldier of Giuseppe Morello and Ignazio Lupo and operated in the Bronx.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
21 Okt 202210min
THE CASTELLAMARESE WAR PART 2
After the death of Mineo Lucky Luciano had become one of the most important collaborators of Masseria. The first misunderstandings began between the two. Masseria did not trust anyone except Sicilians to make criminal deals. Luciano, on the other hand, did not have these limits. Among his best allies were two Jews like the two criminals Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel. Luciano could not stand Masseria's refusals to his innovative ideas to expand the business into new criminal activities such as prostitution, gambling and trade unions. The Castellammarese war had caused deaths on both sides.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
10 Sep 20227min
THE CASTELLAMARESE WAR PART 1
The Castellammarese War is an important stage in the history of the American mafia, since it coincides with the birth of a new form of organized crime that will be known as the "Cosa Nostra". The new organization will be American and no longer just Sicilian, but also Campania, Calabrian, Irish and Jewish.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
28 Aug 202210min
THE CASTELLEMARESI MAGADDINO AND PALMERI
Who are the protagonists of the Castellammarese clan, and what led them to the war that characterized significantly the American Mafia.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
13 Aug 202212min
