The Chicago Syndicate: Michael Spilotro
Showing posts with label Michael Spilotro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michael Spilotro. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Nick Calabrese, Chicago Mob Hitman who Turned Government Witness has Died #FamilySecrets

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Nick Calabrese Former Chicago mob hitman Nicholas Calabrese has died, a source said Monday. A source confirmed to CBS 2's John Drummon...
Thursday, June 25, 2020

Jimmy "The Man" Marcello, Imprisoned Chicago Mob Boss, Claims Sentence is Unconstitutional Based on #SCOTUS Decision

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The highest ranking Chicago mob boss now in prison, Jimmy "The Man" Marcello , filed a petition in federal court to have his sente...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019

The Legitimate Wiseguy Movie to be Directed by Roland Joffe' Featuring the Story of Chicago Outfit Mobster Tony Spilotro and The Kid He Mentored

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He was one of the most ruthless, feared and notorious criminals ever to come out of the Chicago Outfit: Anthony ‘Tony the Ant’ Spilotro . No...
Wednesday, May 30, 2018

John DiFronzo, Leader of The Chicago Outfit, is Dead

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The leader of the Outfit for more than a decade, notorious for his nickname and his cagey demeanor, died on Sunday-the ABC7 I-Team has learn...

Reports that John "No Nose" DiFronzo, AKA Johnny Bananas, Chicago's Top Mobster has Died

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Days earlier a “message” had been sent by Chicago mobsters, federal agents believed, when a small bomb exploded outside the home of the daug...
Friday, July 14, 2017

Family Secrets Mob Book by @JeffCoen is Indispensable to Know How Chicago Truly Works

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If you're interested in understanding the real Chicago—and there can be no serious understanding of this completely political city witho...
Thursday, November 05, 2015

Revisiting the Mob Career of Tony Spilotro

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Tony Spilotro, who would eventually be portrayed by Joe Pesci in the Martin Scorcese film "Casino," was born and raised in “The Pa...
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Monday, May 05, 2014

Review of "A History of Violence: An Encyclopedia of 1,400 Chicago Mob Murders"

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From his boyhood memories of the raid on a bookie joint under the Chicago apartment where he grew up to the murder cases he worked on as an ...
Friday, November 09, 2012

R.I.P. Wishes for True-Crime Author Edward W. Baumann

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Edward W. Baumann, a prolific reporter and author of true-crime books, worked at five Chicago-area newspapers over a career that spanned nea...
Friday, July 27, 2012

Sale of James Marcelle's Reputed Ranch Could Get Expensive for Former Owners

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Being married to the mob can get expensive. For one senior citizen couple, William and Ann Galioto, it could wind up costing them $473,485.6...
Friday, February 11, 2011

Growing Up the Son of Tony Spilotro

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The only son of Tony Spilotro talks about what it was like growing up in the shadow of one of Chicago's most notorious mob bosses. Whe...
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Tuesday, July 06, 2010

FBI Files Released on Chicago's Most Feared Mobster Frank"The German" Schweihs

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The FBI called him a "psychopath" and "an extremely ruthless, cold-blooded and malicious individual with a violent temper.&qu...
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Thursday, March 11, 2010

The Jimmy DeLeo Era Begins

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An important Illinois political story took place on Wednesday. It didn't happen in Springfield or at Chicago's City Hall. It took pl...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Where Were the Spilotro Brothers Killed?

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For 23 years, it's been a mystery just where Chicago mob boss Tony Spilotro and his younger brother, Michael, were killed. CBS 2's J...
Sunday, October 18, 2009

Widow of Mob Associate Linked to Illinois State Senator, James DeLeo

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Illinois state Sen. James DeLeo (D-Chicago) -- who has made public statements questioning the existence of the Chicago mob -- was credited b...
Sunday, September 20, 2009

John DiFronzo, Reputed Chicago Mob Boss, Connected to Two Constuction Companies That Receive Substantial Government Payments

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It’s called Omerta – the code of silence. It’s an old world Mob term that still applies here in modern-day Chicago. And when we started aski...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Family Secrets Jury Deliberations Were Systematic, Often Contentious

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The anonymous jury that decided the Family Secrets case was exhausted. After methodically working through stacks of evidence to convict four...
Sunday, July 12, 2009

City of Chicago Squeezes Widow of Man Squeezed by The Chicago Outfit

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Whether the name of Richie Urso ever makes it into the corruption trial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich next June is anybody's guess. You...
Monday, June 01, 2009

Illnois General Assembly Scholarships Have Mob Association Now

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If the Tribune's series on political clout influencing University of Illinois admissions hasn't made you angry enough, try this one:...
Monday, May 25, 2009

New Chicago Mob Order

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Last week's death of an old-line Chicago Outfit boss reveals some changes in the way the crime syndicate does business. As Chicago organ...