#OTD (Mar 28)
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#KansasCity #Boston #Chicago #Milwaukee #MilanMI #NewHavenCT #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Tom Hunt's posts relating to the #history of American #OrganizedCrime (#MafiaHistory). (He/Him/His)
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#OTD (Mar 19)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#KansasCity #Brooklyn #Chicago #YoungstownOH #Pittsburgh #ProvidenceRI #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
William #Flynn of the U.S. #SecretService made a long and somewhat hazardous journey to #Kingston, Ontario, in February 1903 to meet with an imprisoned informant.
A MobHistory Substack article.
#OTD (Apr 16)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#EastHarlem #Buffalo #ElmontNY #ApolloPA #Texas #Baltimore #Chicago #NewarkNJ #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Apr 06)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Chicago #Brooklyn #LosAngeles #Arkansas #KansasCity #Bronx #LaTunaTX #RhodeIsland #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (March 29) in 1960, the first edition of the #Nevada List of Excluded Persons (later known as the #BlackBook ) was distributed to #casino operators.
Read about it:
https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/black-book-is-born?r=12oapz
#LasVegas #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Mar 29)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#KansasCity #Chicago #NewCastlePA #NewOrleans #Pittsburgh #LasVegas #Brooklyn #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (March 28) in 1892, George Emile Jeandemange, later known as gangster 'Big Frenchie' #DeMange, is born in #Manhattan. Read more about Owney Madden's pal #BigFrenchie.
https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/more-on-owneys-pal-jeandemange?r=12oapz
#NYC #OwneyMadden #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Mar 22)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#HillsvillePA #EastHarlem #Brooklyn #EndicottNY #Chicago #Wisconsin #LosAngeles #KansasCity #MilanMI #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Mar 17)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#NewCastlePA #NewEngland #WorcesterMA #Providence #LosAngeles #Pennsylvania #KatonahNY #Milwaukee #Philadelphia #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (April 20) in 1872, #NewOrleans #Mafia leader Joseph #Agnello was killed in a gunfight at the Picayune Tier.
https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/bloody-ends-of-early-nola-bosses-5f4?r=12oapz
#OTD (Apr 14)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Brooklyn #Chicago #KansasCity #Tampa #Havana #Cuba #Detroit #YoungstownOH #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Mar 31)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#PittstonPA #LosAngeles #YoungstownOH #NewarkNJ #ProvidenceRI #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Apr 12)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Milwaukee #Detroit #LosAngeles #SanFrancisco #FortLeeNJ #QueensNY #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Apr 07)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#AsburyParkNJ #LongIslandCityNY #Brooklyn #Bronx #Arkansas #Chicago #Rome #NewOrleans #LewistonNY #Baltimore #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Mar 30)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Baltimore #SanDiego #YoungstownOH #ProvidenceRI #Brooklyn #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Mar 23)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#NewOrleans #Brooklyn #NewHavenCT #Baltimore #NewJersey #Milwaukee #California #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Apr 22)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#NewOrleans #Baltimore #QueensNY #HotSpringsAR #HammondIN #Buffalo #RhodeIsland #Massachusetts #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Mar 27)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#EastHarlem #LongIslandCity #Pittsburgh #Chicago #Brooklyn #LosAngeles #NewEngland #Buffalo #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Apr 04)
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#Chicago #LaTunaTX #California #McNeilIsland #NewOrleans #Guatemala #Pennsylvania #Poconos #NewEngland #Brooklyn #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (April 23) in 1978, Salvatore "Sammy G' Gingello, leader in the #Mafia of #RochesterNY, was killed in an early morning car-bombing.
https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/sammy-g-was-early-a-b-victim?r=12oapz
#OTD (Apr 05)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#NewOrleans #StatenIsland #EastHarlem #BuffaloNY #YoungstownOH #Pennsylvania #Chicago #Guatemala #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Apr 18)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#LosAngeles #Colorado #Brooklyn #Chicago #Arkansas #Louisiana #Florida #Ohio #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Apr 11)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Colorado #NewOrleans #NewJersey #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Apr 01)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#PittstonPA #NewOrleans #EastHarlem #Brooklyn #CiceroIL #Pittsburgh #HotSpringsAR #KansasCity #YoungstownOH #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Mar 21)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Chicago #SanDiego #KansasCity #StLouis #Philadelphia #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Mar 16)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#SuffolkCountyNY #GreenwichVillage #Chicago #YoungstownOH #StatenIsland #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Mar 18)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#YoungstownOH #Brooklyn #Bronx #Pittsburgh #Chicago #LosAngeles #NewCastlePA #Milwaukee #Montreal #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Apr 15)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Brooklyn #BraintreeMA #ConeyIsland #Poconos #Pennsylvania #Cleveland #YoungstownOH #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Mar 24)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#LosAngeles #PuebloCo #Denver #Colorado #KansasCity #WarrenOH #Chicago #WhitePlainsNY #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Apr 02)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Chicago #Cuba #Brooklyn #KingstonPA #Connecticut #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Mar 25)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Brooklyn #NewJersey #Cleveland #WorcesterMA #KansasCity #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
While a bloody feud raged in #NewOrleans, the #Mafia boss in #NewYork was squarely focused on underworld discipline. Here's Part 4 of a series on the MobHistory Substack.
https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/new-york-mafia-boss-uses-violence?r=12oapz
#OTD (Apr 13)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Boston #AthensGA #BuffaloNY #Brooklyn #YoungstownOH #RhodeIsland #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
James "Whitey" #Bulger, late #Boston underworld figure, reportedly penned this manuscript while he was a fugitive in California around 2008.
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/27900376/bulgermanuscript2.pdf
#OTD (April 9) in 1966, Joseph #Valachi attempts to take his own life while held in federal prison at #MilanMI.
https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/michigan-move-led-to-valachi-suicide?r=12oapz
#OTD (Apr 20)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#NewOrleans #Bronx #BuffaloNY #Brooklyn #YoungstownOH #ProvidenceRI #Massachusetts #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Apr 09)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#EastHarlem #YoungstownOH #MilanMI #Philadelphia #NewJersey #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Apr 21)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#NewOrleans #NewJersey #Philadelphia #Chicago #KansasCity #Guatemala #StamfordCT #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Apr 17)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#LosAngeles #Chicago #Brooklyn #HotSpringsAR #Philadelphia #Bronx #SpringfieldMA #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (April 1) in 1869, a #NewOrleans #Mafia feud claims the life of boss Raffaele #Agnello.
Read about this:
https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/bloody-ends-of-early-nola-bosses-7b5?r=12oapz
Sixth (and final) part of this series on the #NewOrleans connections of #NYC #Mafia boss Giuseppe #Morello is now available.
#NewYork #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Apr 03)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Chicago #LaTunaTX #Texas #CampbellOH #YoungstownOH #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Apr 23)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#QueensNY #Buffalo #Brooklyn #WestNewYorkNJ #RochesterNY #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Mar 17)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#NewCastlePA #NewEngland #WorcesterMA #Providence #LosAngeles #Pennsylvania #KatonahNY #Milwaukee #Philadelphia #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Mar 26)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Brooklyn #KansasCity #Chicago #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Apr 08)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#NewOrleans #Brooklyn #Bronx #StatenIsland #TucsonAZ #LasVegas #RhodeIsland #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Mar 20)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#NewEngland #Boston #Havana #Cuba #KansasCity #LasVegas #Milwaukee #Philadelphia #NewJersey #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (Apr 19)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#RhodeIsland #EastFishkillNY #Chicago #Missouri #Brooklyn #WestDeerPA #Pittsburgh #QueensNY #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
While a bloody feud raged in #NewOrleans, the #Mafia boss in #NewYork was squarely focused on underworld discipline. Here's Part 4 of a series on the MobHistory Substack.
https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/new-york-mafia-boss-uses-violence?r=12oapz