Family Ties to the Old Country Frank Cali was born in New York City in 1965 to Sicilian immigrants. Cali’s connection to Sicily would play a key role in both his personal life as well as his career as a mafioso. He married Rosaria Inzerillo, who was from a reputed Mafia family in Palermo. Cali…
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Bartholomew “Bobby” Boriello – Gotti Bodyguard and Chauffeur
In the Mafia, your friends can be a double-edged sword. Who you know can help you rise through the ranks of the mob, sometimes faster than someone with no close relationship to Mafia leadership. At the same time, being a close associate of a godfather or some controversial mafia figure can put a target on…
Thomas Bilotti
Loyal to Castellano, even in death. Few Mafia bosses had careers as short as Thomas Bilotti did. The unfortunate Bilotti spent two paltry weeks as a key underboss in the Gambino Family, only to be gunned down execution style in one of the last big Mafia wars of the 20th Century. Bilotti fell victim to…
John Gotti – The Teflon Don and Gambino Boss
John Gotti was one of the most well-known and notorious gangsters of the 20th Century. Gotti, as the leader of New York’s Gambino Family, eschewed the shadows that mafiosos typically operated in. Instead, the so called Teflon Don was brash, loud, and out front. He was a sharp dresser, and with his outspoken ways, ability…
Carlo Gambino – The End
On July 13, 1967 Gaetano “Tommy” Lucchese developed a fatal brain tumor and died at his home in Long Island. Over 1000 mourners attended his funeral including several levels of Mafia associates, politicians, and placement. Gambino organized the funeral and hand-picked Carmine “Gribbs” Tramunti as Lucchese’s successor. On June 28, 1971 Joe Colombo boss of…
Aniello “Neil” Dellacroce – Traditional Cosa Nostra and John Gotti Mentor
Aniello “Neil” Dellacroce was born in New York on March 15, 1914 to Italian American immigrants named Francesco and Antoinette Dellacroce. He had had one brother, Carmine and grew up in Little Italy, a section of Manhattan. As an adult he would sometimes wear a priest uniform to throw off law enforcement as he climbed…
Gambino Family – The most publicized of the “Five Families”
The Gambino crime family is the most publicized family of the American Mafia. It’s one of “Five Families” based out of New York that dominates organized crime in the United States. The Gambino family got its name from previous boss Carlo Gambino who controlled the family from 1959 until his death in October 1976. The…
Carlo Gambino – American Mafia Made Man at 19 Part 1 of 4
“Don” Carlo Gambino was born on August 24, 1902, in Caccamo, a province of Palermo Sicily. He had two brothers, Gaspare who was never involved in the Mafia, and Paolo who would eventually work alongside his brother in the American Mafia. In Italy, Gambino’s family belonged to the Honored Society, an Italian version of the…
Roy Albert DeMeo – Leader of the Gambino Family Murder for Hire
Roy Albert DeMeo was born on September 7, 1942 in Bath Beach Brooklyn to working class Italian immigrants. In 1959 DeMeo graduated from James Madison High School with an accomplished loan shark business bringing in hundreds of dollars each week. After leaving James Madison High School DeMeo married and fathered three children. He also continued…
Paul Castellano – Eighth Grade Drop Out to Gambino Family Boss Part I
Constantino Paul Castellano was born on June, 26 1915 in Brooklyn, New York. His mother’s name was Concetta and his father, a butcher and early member of the Mangano crime family, was named Giuseppe. Castellano had a sister, Kathryn who married Carlo Gambino, Castellano’s cousin and future boss of the Gambino crime family. Castellano had…