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Tom Hunt
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Writer/researcher of U.S. organized crime history. Publisher of Informer journal, MobHistory.substack.com, WritersOfWrongs.com & Mafiahistory.us.
Husband of Anna. Dad of 3 grown kids. Resident of Whiting, VT.
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Raids in Mexico as authorities close in on Olympic snowboarder-turned-narco kingpin gangstersinc.org/2025/12/27/r... - #MostWanted #FBI #Crime #Snowboarding #Olympics #Narcos #Mexico
Raids in Mexico as authorities close in on Olympic snowboarder-turned-narco kingpin
Climbing to the top of the underworld has its ups and downs. Like a mountain. One covered in snow. Luckily for Canadian drug boss Ryan Wedding he has quite some experience going up and down the slo…
gangstersinc.org
December 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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"It was hard to pick only 25. But it was easier than it used to be," Daniel Dale writes. https://cnn.it/49bMv9c
December 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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#Quiz: An assortment of absurd, useful and funny #words and #phrases entered the vernacular this year. How well do you know them?
Explore this gift article from #NYTimes. You can read it for free without a subscription.
Quiz: Do You Speak 2025?
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The #CoinLaundry’s deep dive into the ways criminals exploit the mechanisms and vulnerabilities of decentralized finance comes at a critical time in the global debate over how to stanch the flow of dirty money in cryptocurrency.

Learn about our reporting:
About The Coin Laundry investigation
The investigation reveals how crypto companies profited from crime while victims were financially ruined.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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writersofwrongs.bsky.social
#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.

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Flamingo opens with three-day gala
News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.
www.writersofwrongs.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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#OTD (Dec 26) in organized crime #history.

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#NewYork #Brooklyn #LasVegas #NewOrleans #NewEngland #Florida
Alt text On this date, December 26... ... in 1919, after obtaining thousands of arrest warrants, federal agents launch raids against U.S. communists. ... in 1920, World War I hero and former Manhattan gang leader Monk Eastman is found shot to death at New York's Union Square. ... in 1929, during testimony at a police disciplinary hearing, NYPD Inspector Joseph Donovan links the Vitale dinner holdup with the gangland murders of Frank Yale and Frank Marlow. ... in 1930, a Brooklyn magistrate frees Johnny Giustra and two other men suspected of forcing laundry workers into a union. ... in 1933, Thomas E. Dewey is replaced by Martin Conboy as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. ... in 1946, designed by racketeer Benjamin Siegel, the Flamingo Hotel Casino opens in Las Vegas NV. ... in 1959, racketeer Phil Kastel reopens the New Orleans area Beverly Club casino after leaving it closed through summer and fall. ... in 1974, New England crime boss Raymond Patriarca is granted parole after serving half of a 10-year murder conspiracy sentence. ... in 1991, New York and Florida racketeer Ettore Coco passes away.
December 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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December 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Possibly I've been writing #crime history too long. While rewatching It's a #WonderfulLife recently, I couldn't help but compile a list of legal offenses presented within the 1946 #holiday classic #movie - charges ranging from child abuse to possible homicide.

#Movies #TV
Rampant criminality in Bedford Falls
Observations and memories by Thomas Hunt, editor, organized crime researcher, Mafia history author, Informer journal publisher.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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#OTD (Dec. 25) in the #history of organized crime.

#MafiaHistory #Skystorians #NewOrleans #YoungstownOH #ProvidenceRI #BrooklynNY #Texas #LasVegas #Chicago #ButnerNC
On this date, December 25... ...in 1884, Emanuele Polizzi, later charged as an assassin of Police Chief David Hennessy, arrives in New Orleans. -.. in 1904, twins Mike and John Farah, later Youngstown OH gambling racketeers, are born in the Beirut area. ... in 1938, the Boston Globe interviews Providence RI gangster Raymond Patriarca about his recent pardon by the governor of Massachusetts. ... in 1986, mob hit men, after obtaining incorrect address information for a targeted underworld figure, murder innocent Brooklyn resident Nicholas Guido. ...in 1989, Lester Benny’ Binion, former Texas bootlegger and pioneer of Las Vegas casino gambling, dies at age 85. .. in 2012, imprisoned Chicago Outfit leader Frank "Frankie Breeze’ Calabrese, Sr., dies at the Federal Medical Center in Butner NC.
December 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Drug boss nicknamed “The Greek Escobar” caught in €100 million cocaine bust gangstersinc.org/2025/12/24/d... - #Greece #Narcos #Crime #GreekMafia
Drug boss nicknamed “The Greek Escobar” caught in €100 million cocaine bust
It was a maritime takedown straight out of a narco-thriller. Earlier this month, the French Navy, working in tandem with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Greek police, intercepted a fis…
gangstersinc.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Merry Christmas to you all! gangstersinc.org/2025/12/11/a... - #Christmas #Xmas #TrueCrime #Crime #Santa #MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays
A Mafia Christmas: Five stories, three end in murder
‘Tis the season! Merry Christmas everyone! At Gangsters Inc. we don’t do presents. We do gangster stories! Lots of ‘em! Especially for Christmas we’ve dug up five stories that show how mobsters spe…
gangstersinc.org
December 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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On #ChristmasEve in 1992, Thomas and Rosemarie #Uva of #QueensNY were murdered in what looked like a mob hit. It took a little while to figure out why.

#MafiaHistory #Skystorians
Mob-robbing couple killed on Christmas | American Mafia
Thomas and Rosemarie Uva repeatedly robbed New York Mafia social clubs until Christmas Eve 1992, when the Gambino Crime Family put a stop to the stickups.
mafiahistory.us
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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#OTD (Dec 23) in 1879, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State John Hay signs an extradition order for suspected Sicilian #Mafia figure Rosario #Meli, then imprisoned in #California.

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Rosario Meli
December 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Wishing you joy and peace this #holiday season and all the best in 2026.

#Christmas #NewYear #Santa
Small Santa, sleigh, reindeer silhouetted against a brightly colored morning sky over purplish mountains. Text: "Merry Christmas!"
December 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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#OTD (Dec 23) in 1970, Reputed #NewYork crime boss Joe #Colombo is convicted of two counts of #perjury due to lying about his criminal record to a state agency.

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Joe Colombo
December 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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writersofwrongs.bsky.social
#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
Calamia caught, called killing conspirator
News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.
www.writersofwrongs.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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gangstersinc.bsky.social
Chicago middleman convicted in Mexican drug cartel money laundering scheme gangstersinc.org/2025/12/23/c... - #Chicago #Mexico #MoneyLaundering #Drugs #Crime #PrivateJet
Chicago middleman convicted in Mexican drug cartel money laundering scheme
A Chicago man who helped move dirty drug money for a Mexico-based trafficking organization was convicted earlier this month following a week-long federal trial in Chicago.
gangstersinc.org
December 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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#TCM will show four #Reiner #movies on the night of January 28, 2026:
- The Princess Bride,
- When Harry Met Sally,
- Stand By Me,
- This Is Spinal Tap.

#TV #Television
TCM Sets Full Evening of Programming to Honor Rob Reiner, Including Network Premiere of ‘The Princess Bride’
The network will host four of the late filmmaker's film in January, including the premiere of 'The Princess Bride.'
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December 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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All the way from #Skeldale House: The holiday #YuleLog from #AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall
Cozy Fireplace with Dogs | All Creatures Great and Small Set (ambience)
YouTube video by MASTERPIECE PBS
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December 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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#OTD (Dec 22) in 1943, Paul #Ricca, Johnny #Rosselli (shown), Louis #Campagna, Charles #Gioe and other #Chicago mobsters are found guilty of conspiring to extort the motion picture industry.

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Johnny Rosselli
December 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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#OTD (Dec 22) in 1999, former #FBI agent John #Connolly is indicted for aiding organized crime figures in #Boston.

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John Connolly
December 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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#OTD (Dec 22) in 1903, Ignazio #Lupo marries Salvatrice #Terranova in #Manhattan, with Giuseppe #Morello and Nicolina Salemi serving as witnesses.

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Marriage certificate of Ignasio Lupo and Salvatrice Terranova, dated December 22, 1903.
December 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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#OTD (Dec 22) in 1965, the U.S. Justice Department notifies Peter #Maas (shown) that he has been authorized to edit for publication the extensive memoirs of turncoat mafioso Joe #Valachi.

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Peter Maas
December 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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#OTD (Dec 21) in 1932, #Buffalo area mafioso Angelo 'Buffalo Bill' #Palmeri dies of natural causes in his car in front of his Jersey Street home.

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Angelo Palmeri
December 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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#OTD (Dec 21) in 1926, #NewYork insurance broker Albert #Levy is shot and wounded as he travels in a car through Central Park. Brothers Eddie and Jack #Diamond, James Walsh and Salvatore #Lucania are suspects.

#MafiaHistory
🗃️ #Skystorians
Police lineup shows Eddie and Jack Diamond, Walsh and Lucania.
December 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM