mastodon 4.7.3Writers of Wrongs is a collection of articles, excerpts and announcements provided by writers of crime history. It includes posts from Chriss Lyon, Christian Cipollini, Daniel Waugh, Debby Applegate, Ellen Poulsen, Gavin Schmitt, John DuMond, Patrick Downey, Richard N. Warner, Robert Walsh, Rose Keefe and Thomas Hunt (site moderator).
#OTD (April 16) in 1957, former #Chicago mob boss Johnny #Torrio passes away in #Brooklyn. His passing was unnoticed by the press for weeks.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/04/death-of-former-chicago-gang-chief-goes.html
#NewYork #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (March 21) in 1978, 'Sally Bugs' #Briguglio is shot to death in lower #Manhattan.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/03/sally-bugs-killed-to-ensure-silence.html
#NewYork #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (March 19) in 1943, Frank #Nitti takes his own life after learning he and six other #Chicago Outfit leaders have been indicted for #racketeering conspiracy.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/03/74-years-ago-chicago-boss-suicide.html
#OTD (March 15)in 1981, #Philadelphia #Mafia boss Philip #Testa was murdered in a bomb blast at his home.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2022/03/remote-bomb-shreds-philly-boss-testa.html
#OTD (March 13) in 2019, the reputed boss of the #Gambino Crime Family was fatally shot outside his #StatenIsland home.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/03/gambino-chief-shot-killed-at-his-home.html
#NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (March 20) in 1912, the murder of an #EastHarlem woman marks the beginning of the #MurderStable legend.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2018/03/owners-killing-is-start-of-murder.html
#NewYork #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (April 4) in 1961, U.S. immigration agents arrest #NewOrleans #Mafia boss Carlos #Marcello and deport him to #Guatemala.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/04/deported-to-guatemala-due-to-fake-birth.html
#OTD (April 8) in 1962, #Genovese Crime Family leader Anthony “Tony #Bender” #Strollo stepped out of his #FortLeeNJ home, telling his wife Edna he'd be back in a few minutes.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2020/04/going-out-for-few-minutes.html
#OTD (April 6) in 1950, Charles #Binaggio and Charles #Gargotta are found murdered inside a #KansasCity political headquarters.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/04/67-years-ago-bullets-take-kc-political.html
#OTD (April 23) in 1978, #RochesterNY #Mafia underboss Sammy Gingello is murdered in a car-bombing.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2018/05/1978-murder-of-rochesters-sammy-g.html
#OTD (April 20) in 1872, #NewOrleans #Mafia leader Joseph #Agnello is fatally shot aboard a moored schooner.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/04/the-murder-of-new-orleans-boss-joseph.html
#OTD (April 19) in 1951, the body of Philip #Mangano is found in a marsh at #BergenBeach, #Brooklyn.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/04/66-years-ago-mangano-murder.html
#NewYork #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (May 7) in 1909, the killing of #Chicago #Mafia leader Mariano #Zagone had been anticipated by a #SecretService agent six years earlier.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/05/chicago-fatal-shooting-no-surprise-to.html
#History #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (May 6) in 1890, an early morning ambush in #NewOrleans wounds three men and reignites the Provenzano-Matranga #Mafia feud.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/05/127-years-ago-ambush-in-new-orleans.html
#History #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (May 3) in 1938, #Detroit area mafioso Joe #Tocco dies at #WyandotteMI General Hospital of a gunshot wound suffered the previous night.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/05/michigan-mobster-joe-tocco-succumbs.html
#History #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
#OTD (April 30) in 1970, #Mafia boss Joseph #Colombo responded to the arrest of his son by organizing protest marches at #FBI headquarters in #NewYorkCity.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/04/mafia-boss-leads-protests-at-fbi.html
#NewYork #NYC #History #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social