The identity of the Maranzano contract killer known as “Buster from Chicago” has been debated for years.
Where Buster from Chicago was born
The bosses of the Boston Mafia
From Gaspare Di Cola to Carmen DiNunzio, the Mafia bosses who have reigned over the Mafia in Boston.
The social networks of Joseph Profaci
Joe Profaci owed his success to a network of so-called “cousins” from the old country.
Tommy Lucchese
Tommy Lucchese spent his formative years in a neighborhood dominated by the Morello-Terranova gang of Corleone. At the height of his power, some of the men closest to him were Corleonesi, people who’d worked with Giuseppe Morello, and who Tommy had known and worked with since his teens.
Three “tells” of Mafia families
The extended family of brothers Ciro and Vincent Terranova and their nephews, Jimmy and Joe “Baker” Catania, have three distinctive “tells” of Mafia families.
Chicago Joe Aiello
While Al Capone’s Outfit was fighting its way to the top of Chicago’s underworld, one of his chief rivals was the mafioso Joe Aiello.
Springfield, Massachusetts, and the Genovese connection
The Genovese crime family has had a presence in Springfield, MA, since the 1920s.
The Castellammarese War
The Castellammarese War of 1930 in New York was a colonial war. On one side was Joe Masseria, the most powerful figure in organized crime, with a coalition of allies including the Corleonesi Giuseppe Morello, Lucky Luciano (from Lercara Friddi), and Al Capone (born in New York of Italian mainland parents). On the other side were Salvatore Maranzano and the Castellammarese, backed by Don Vito Cascio Ferro, one of the most powerful men in Sicily....
Mafia Genealogy 