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#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
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December 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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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…
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December 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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#OTD (Dec. 24) in 1992, Thomas and Rosemarie #Uva of #QueensNY became #Mafia murder victims.

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Murdered on Christmas Eve
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December 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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#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.

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Calamia caught, called killing conspirator
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December 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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#OTD in 1932, Benedetto Angelo #Palmeri, #Mafia leader in western #NewYork, dies of natural causes at the age of 54.

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Death of the Mafia's "Buffalo Bill"
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December 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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#OTD (Dec 21) in 1946, convicted counterfeiter Ignazio #Lupo is released from Atlanta Federal Prison upon the expiration of his sentence.

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Ignazio Lupo
December 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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#OTD in 2005, Vincent #Gigante, 77, longtime boss of the #Genovese Crime Family of #NewYork, passed away in the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in #SpringfieldMO.

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'Chin' Gigante dies in prison hospital
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December 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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#OTD (Dec. 18) in 1917: Pietro #Matranga is murdered in #LosAngeles.
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Gunman in green car decimates Matrangas
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December 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Barrio Azteca gang boss pleads guilty to charges related to 2010 U.S. Consulate murders in Juarez gangstersinc.org/2025/12/18/b... - #Gangs #Mexico #Crime #StreetGangs #Juarez #ElPaso #Narcos #DrugCartels
Barrio Azteca gang boss pleads guilty to charges related to 2010 U.S. Consulate murders in Juarez
A former FBI “Ten Most Wanted Fugitive” and leader of the Barrio Azteca gang based in El Paso and Juarez pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in El Paso, Texas, for his role in the March 2010 …
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December 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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#OTD (Dec 17) in 1974, a #NewYorkTimes article by Nicholas #Gage disputes the claim that The #LastTestament of #LuckyLuciano is the dictated life story of Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' #Lucania.

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Front cover of book The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano by Martin A. Gosch & Richard Hammer.
December 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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#OTD in 1912, the #EastHarlem NY terror known as “Zoppo” #Prisco was fatally shot by the bodyguard of Giosue #Gallucci.

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Extortion victim turns tables on 'The Gimp'
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December 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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#OTD (Dec 10) in 1920, #Mafia leader Salvatore #LoIacono is shot to death inside his restaurant, 247 Elizabeth Street in #Manhattan.

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Clipping from December 11, 1920, New York Tribune. Headlines: "Assassin slays cafe owner at cash register. Door of restaurant opens and three bullets whiz over wife's head, killing Salvatore Loiacano."
December 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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#OTD (Dec 09) in 1953, believed to be an informant, Dominick 'the Gap' #Petrelli is murdered in a #Bronx tavern.

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Dominick Petrelli
December 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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#OTD (Dec 09) in 1968, former bootlegger and #AtlanticCityNJ crime boss Enoch #Nucky Johnson dies of natural causes at age 85.

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Enoch Johnson
December 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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#OTD in 1929, gunmen robbed a #BronxNY testimonial dinner for Magistrate Albert #Vitale, exposing a link between officials and organized crime.

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December 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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#OTD in 2024, former #NewEngland #Mafia boss Luigi #Manocchio passed away in #BristolRI.

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Ex-New England boss Manocchio dies
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December 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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#OTD in 1928, #Cleveland police broke up a national #Mafia convention, taking a couple of dozen suspicious men into custody.

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Caught in Cleveland
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December 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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#OTD in 1904: Peter Scalise of #Pittsburgh claims he was attacked in his bed by assassins who tracked him from #Boston.

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Chased from Boston to Chicago to Pittsburgh
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December 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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#OTD in 1914: William Moore, better known by the alias Patsy #Doyle, is murdered by gangland rivals on the West Side of #Manhattan.

#CrimeHistory #Skystorians #NYC
Lost his love and then lost his life
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November 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Painting calls to mind Irish-American gang bosses of the #Prohibition Era. We take the opportunity to launch a series on the careers of rum-runners Daniel #Walsh and Charles "Vannie" #Higgins.

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Painting calls to mind Irish-American gang bosses
Rum-runners Charles Higgins and Daniel Walsh are remembered for their exits
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November 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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#OTD in 1971, former #NewYork #Mafia leader Joe #Adonis died of natural causes in Italy.

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Joe 'Adonis' Doto dies in exile
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November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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#OTD in 1913, #Detroit #Mafia leaders Vito and Salvatore #Adamo are murdered on their way home.

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Detroit gang feud claims Adamo brothers
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November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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#OTD in 1961: #Thanksgiving Day hunters in #PenfieldNY (just outside #RochesterNY ), discovered the beaten, mutilated and burned remains of a male #murder victim.

#MafiaHistory #Magaddino #Skystorians
Magaddino's wrath
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November 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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#OTD in 1939, former #Chicago Outfit boss Al #Capone left prison and headed to a #Baltimore hospital.

#MafiaHistory #Skystorians
Out of prison, into hospital
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November 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM