Giovanni "John" Gambino was an Italian-born American mobster. Born in Palermo, Sicily, he became a made member of the Gambino crime family in 1975 and a capodecina or captain, and head of the crime family's Sicilian faction, appointed by family boss John Gotti in 1986, according to Mafia turncoat Sammy Gravano. Together with his younger brothers Rosario (Sal) and Giuseppe (Joseph) he formed a faction in the crime family known as the Cherry Hill Gambinos for their base of operation in the New Jersey town of that name. Although they were distant cousins of family boss Carlo Gambino, they did not owe him allegiance. They were Sicilian Mafiosi, men from Palermo, whose father had brought the family to New York in 1964. The Gambino brothers ran the Cafe Valentino on 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. The Gambinos hailed from the Passo di Rigano neighbourhood in Palermo, just as the Inzerillo clan, headed by Salvatore Inzerillo. Together the Inzerillo-Gambino Mafia clan formed a transatlantic Mafia family, based in Palermo and New York. The Inzerillo clan had been on the verge of total extermination by Totò Riina and the Corleonesi during the Second Mafia War in Sicily when in 1981 the family boss Salvatore Inzerillo was killed. With the intervention of the Gambino crime family in New York, a deal was worked out that allowed the surviving Inzerillos to take refuge in the US, with the agreement that none of them, or their offspring, could ever return to Sicily. On November 16, 2017, Gambino died of natural causes in New York. #johngambino #giovannigambino #cherryhill #cherryhillgambinos #gambinofamily #gambinofamily👑 #gambinocrimefamily #johngotti #carlogambino #totoriina #inzerillo #palermo #mafioso #manofhonor #organizedcrime #mafia #straightenedout #sammygravano #italian #italy #italianmafia (at Cherry Hill, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGWfv6PqAd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Anthony Salvatore Casso nicknamed "Gaspipe", was an American mobster and underboss of the Lucchese crime family. During his career in organized crime, he was regarded as a "homicidal maniac" in the Italian-American Mafia. Casso is suspected of having committed dozens of murders, and had confessed to involvement in between 15 and 36 murders. Government witness Anthony Accetturo, the former caporegime of The Jersey Crew, once said of Casso, "all he wanted to do is kill, kill, get what you can, even if you didn't earn it". In interviews, and on the witness stand, Casso confessed involvement in the murders of Frank DeCicco, Roy DeMeo, and Vladimir Reznikov. Casso also admitted to several attempts to murder Gambino family boss John Gotti. Following his arrest in 1993, Casso became one of the highest-ranking members of the Mafia to turn informant. After taking a plea agreement, he was placed in the witness protection program, however, in 1998, it was rescinded and Casso was dropped from the program after several infractions. Later that year, a federal judge sentenced him to 455 years in prison for racketeering, extortion, and murder. Casso died in prison custody from complications related to COVID-19 on December 15, 2020. #gaspipe #gaspipecasso #anthonycasso #luchesefamily #luchesecrimefamily #mafia #organizedcrime #underboss #johngotti #sammythebull #roydemeo #newyork #gangster #covid_19 #witnessprotection #informant #serialkiller #massmurder #straightenedout #frankdeccico #mobcops #cosanostra #italian #bestafoods #bestawines (at Peoria, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp8sjzQPBiG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

On the night of November 15, 2013, a woman driving with her daughter on Ellsworth Avenue in the Bronx saw a parked Lincoln whose driver’s door was partly open. A man’s leg was extended toward the street as if he may have suffered a heart attack or been overcome with drink as he was trying to step out. The woman was preparing to offer assistance when she saw that he had a gunshot wound to the head and that blood was streaming from both his ears. The victim was Michael Meldish, who with his brother Joseph once headed the murderous Purple Gang, named after a Depression-era Detroit outfit. Some have called his killing New York’s last bonafide Mafia hit. Meldish’s crew once did dirty work for the Lucchese, Genovese and Bonanno crime families. But Meldish made the fatal mistake of refusing to pay a gambling debt owed to MattyMadonna, who was then the acting boss of the Lucchese family. Madonna, 84, ordered Meldish be taken out. Stephen Crea, the underboss, helped Madonna make the decision and relayed the order. Londonio, a made member of the family, helped set up Meldish, who was his friend. Caldwell, a mob associate, fired the fatal shot and fled the scene in a car driven by Londonio. This could go down as the last official mafia hit to have taken place. (United States) #michaelmeldish #purplegang #lucchesefamily #lucchese #luchessefamily #mattymadonna #wonderboy #mafia #gangster #newyork #ny #nypd #joecoffey #bronx #thebronx #manhattan #statenisland #organizedcrime #straightenedout #truecrime #mafiahit #contract (at Arrowhead Ranch, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqFQQTKOam9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

On this date in 1999: Gerlado aka “George from Canada” Sciasia was killed in NY. Gerlando "George from Canada" Sciascia (February 15, 1934 – March 18, 1999), was a New York City mobster, and a caporegime of the Bonanno crime family, who was also the Rizzuto’s representative from New York, and was a major narcotics trafficker in Canada, and the United States. Sciascia was born in Cattolica Eraclea in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, the same area as Montreal Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto. In 1955, Sciascia immigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, later moving to the United States, to New York City three years later in 1958. In the 1990s, relations between Massino (Boss of the Bonanno Family) and Sciascia had started to sour. Scascia was becoming more independent of Massino and more aligned with Vito Rizzuto. Growing richer and stronger, Rizzuto became less willing to defer all decisions to the Bonannos. In early 1999, at a wedding anniversary party, Massino gave the following message to Salvatore Vitale: "George has got to go, it’s time to send him a receipt” The plan was for fellow capo Patrick DeFilippo to invite Sciascia to a meeting to resolve an ongoing disagreement with Graziano over a marijuana racket. Massino wanted the Sciascia murder to look like a drug deal gone wrong to avoid friction with the Rizzutos. On March 18, 1999, Sciascia received a note at his jewelry store telling him to meet DeFilippo at a location in Manhattan. There, DeFilippo told Sciascia that they were driving to a different location and the two men were picked up by mobster John Spirito. As Spirito drove the vehicle, DeFilippo shot Sciascia to death with seven bullets. The gunmen then drove to a deserted Bronx street, where they dumped Sciascia's body. #gerlandosciascia #georgefromcanada #joemassino #salvitale #bonannofamily #bonannos #bonannocrimefamily #vitorizzuto #montrealfamily #rizzutofamily #6thfamily #pattydefilippo #pattyfromthebronx #genegotti #heroin #cattolica #cattolicaeraclea #mafia #ny #straightenedout #truecrime #badblood #organizedcrime #montreal #mafia #5families (at Scottsdale, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp73NBJrtlH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Harry Joseph Bowman (July 17, 1949 – March 3, 2019), nicknamed "Taco", was an American outlaw biker and gangster who served as the international president of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club between 1984 and 1999. During his tenure as president, the club had chapters in more than 30 cities in the United States and some 20 chapters in at least four other countries. Considered one the most notorious motorcycle gang leaders in U.S. history, Bowman escalated a biker war between the Outlaws and the Hells Angels in the 1990s. He became the 453rd fugitive listed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list after he was indicted on federal racketeering and murder charges in August 1997. After 18 months as a fugitive, Bowman was apprehended by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) near Detroit in June 1999. He was convicted in Tampa, Florida, in 2001 of the murders of rival gang members, firebombings, racketeering, conspiracy and various drug and firearm offenses. Bowman was sentenced to serve two life prison sentences plus 83 years. Bowman died from cancer at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina on March 3, 2019, at the age of 69. An impromptu memorial service for Bowman at his former Detroit chapter compound the following day drew approximately 5,000 people. He was laid to rest at Bear Creek Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio on March 16, 2019. Bowman had chosen to be buried at Bear Creek as it was the final resting place of many of his Outlaws "brothers" Around 2,500 people, including Outlaws members from dozens of U.S. states and internationally, as well as crime figures from across the country, attended Bowman's funeral service at the Montgomery County Fair Grounds. #tacobowman #harrytacobowman #outlawsmc #outlaws #detroitpartnership #detroitmafia #1%er #onepercenter #biker #bikerlife #offo #mafia #organizedcrime #mc #harleydavidson #straightenedout #detroit #daytonabeach #daytonabikeweek #georgechristie https://www.instagram.com/p/CpOgVbZP7wk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

20 year ago today we lost the Dapper Don. Love him or hate him, there is no doubt the legacy he left behind. 110% Cosa Nostra to his last breath, the man ate, slept and breathed the mafia. He took a life sentence on the chin, and refused to conform even after he developed throat and neck cancer. #johngotti #gotti #gambinofamily #gambinos #gottigotti #mafia #boss #made #berginhuntandfishclub #ozonepark #theravenite #mulberrystreet #gangster #johntravolta #armandassante #paulcastellano #sammythebull #sammygravano #5families #straightenedout (at Scottsdale, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CepcZ-NLWJO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Notorious Canadian Hells Angels boss Ma Boucher has reportedly died at 69. Maurice Boucher was a Canadian murderer, reputed drug trafficker, and outlaw biker—the former President of the Hells Angels' Montreal chapter. Boucher led Montreal's Hells Angels against the rival Rock Machine biker gang during the Quebec Biker war of 1994 through 2002 in Quebec, Canada. In 2002, Boucher was convicted of ordering the murders of two Quebec prison officers in an effort to destabilize the Quebec Justice system. He served three life sentences at Canada’s only supermax prison prison in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines. Authorities transferred in June 2022 to the nearby Archambault Institution under conditions of secrecy so he could receive palliative care following the metastasis of his throat cancer. #maboucher #mauriceboucher #hellsangels #ha #🔴⚪️ #1%er #rockmachine #montreal #bonannofamily #vitorizzuto #rizzutofamily #badblood #organizedcrime #outlawbiker #straightenedout (at Scottsdale, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf2NvbQvsDB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

On this date in Mafia History: March 13th, 2019 Gambino Boss Frank Cali slain in front of his own house! Cali died at Staten Island University Hospital on March 13, 2019, at the age of 53, after being shot at about 9:20 p.m. in front of his home on Hilltop Terrace in the Todt Hill area. He was buried six days later at Moravian Cemetery in New Dorp, Staten Island. This was the first murder of a New York crime boss since the 1985 assassination of Paul Castellano, who was also boss of the Gambino family. Francesco Paolo Augusto "Frank" Cali. (March 26, 1965 – March 13, 2019), also known as "Franky Boy", was an American mobster and the eventual acting boss of the Gambino crime family. Law enforcement considered Cali to have been the Gambinos' "ambassador to Sicilian mobsters" and had linked him to the Inzerillo Mafia family from Palermo. According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Lipton, he was "seen as a man of influence and power by organized crime members in Italy" According to the Italian Polizia di Stato (State Police), Cali was also a member of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra. He was the contact for Sicilian mafiosi who traveled to New York to meet him, do business, and update him on Sicilian affairs. "He's our friend and he is everything over there", confided Sicilian mobster Gianni Nicchi to his boss Antonio Rotolo, after a trip in 2003. #frankcali #gambinofamily #inzerillo #inzerillocrimefamily #gambinofamily #newyork #anthonycomello #todthill #paulcastellano #statenisland #palermo #sicily #sicilia #mafia #organizedcrime #straightenedout #johngambino #johngotti #jackiedamico #made #boss (at Scottsdale, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpuOb7fOl2I/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Salvatore Riina aka “Toto” was an Italian mobster and chief of the Sicilian Mafia, known for a ruthless murder campaign that reached a peak in the early 1990s with the assassinations of Antimafia Commission prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, resulting in widespread public outcry and a major crackdown by the authorities. Nicknamed “the Beast” because of his cruelty, Riina was an unrepentant criminal who not only assassinated his criminal rivals on an unprecedented scale in the 1980s and 90s, but also targeted the prosecutors, journalists, and judges who sought to stand in his way. Riina died on 17 November 2017, one day after his 87th birthday, while in a medically induced coma after two operations in the prison unit of the Maggiore Hospital in Parma. The specific cause of death was not revealed. At the time of his death, he was still considered to be the head of the Cosa Nostra according to a magistrate. Riina was refused a public funeral by the church and Archbishop Michele Pennisi; he was privately buried in his hometown of Corleone. #totoriina #salvatoreriina #giovannifalcone #parma #corleonesi #corleon #mafia #italy #sicily #sicillian #cosanostra #boss #bossofbosses #omerta #organizedcrime #straightenedout (at Scottsdale, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpQcWouverw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Benjamin “lefty” Ruggiero (also known as “lefty 2 guns”) was an American mobster in the Bonanno crime family. He is well known for his friendship and mentorship of FBI undercover agent Joseph D. Pistone. When Pistone's operation was ended on July 26, 1981, the FBI intercepted and arrested Ruggiero on August 29, 1981. In November 1982, Ruggiero was sentenced to 15 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy; he was released in April 1993 before his death from cancer. He was famously portrayed by Al Pacino in the film Donnie Brasco. Ruggiero relished life as a mobster. In front of Pistone, he once explained: "As a wiseguy you can lie, you can cheat, you can steal, you can finagle, you can cause a ruckus...you can do anything and nobody can say a word about it. Who wouldn't want to be a wiseguy?" Ruggiero was the epitome of a wiseguy and had the respect of other mobsters. He had a reputation as a killer but on a daily basis was not prone to violence. Ruggiero had never served time in prison; he had been arrested many times, but never jailed. Ruggiero earned his nickname "Lefty" from tossing dice left-handed while playing craps. He got the nickname "Two Guns" because when he went out on a hit, he liked to use two guns. In April 1993, suffering from lung and testicular cancer, Ruggiero was released from prison after serving almost 11 years. He died on November 24, 1994. Ruggiero's granddaughter Ramona Rizzo appeared on the TV show Mob Wives on VH-1. #leftyruggiero #benjaminruggiero #donniebrasco #alpacino #johnnydepp #ramonarizzo #vh1 #mobwives #bonnanofamily #carminegalante #joepistone #fbi #undercover #mafia #organizedcrime #bonnanocrimefamily #5families #newyork #3caposmurder #sonnyred #sonnyblack #straightenedout #truecrime (at Scottsdale, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp3TDaEP0Ql/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Rosalino Feliz Sanchez was born in “El Guayabo", a small ranch in Sinaloa, Mexico. He was the youngest of 7 children. His parents were Santos Sanchez (?–1964) and Senorina Felix (?–1991). Chalino grew up poor and lived a difficult life. His sister, Juana, called him a curious and mischievous child who always dreamed about becoming a singer. His birth name is Rosalino, but he later changed it to his nickname Chalino. In 1975, at the age of 15, his sister was raped by "Chapo" Perez, a rich and dangerous man. Two years later in 1977, a 17-year-old Chalino saw the man at a party and allegedly shot him in revenge, killing him.After committing this act, Sanchez left for Tijuana with his gun and a Jesús Malverde chain. During his time in Tijuana, he worked as a "coyote" (an immigrant smuggler), bringing immigrants into the United States. On 15 May 1992, Chalino performed at the Salon Bugambilias, Culiacán. In the video of the incident, an audience member can be seen handing him something, widely believed to be a note telling him he would die after he was done performing. Chalino looked around nervously for a few seconds, before resuming his performance with all the passion he was known for, despite knowing this would probably be his last show. After midnight, Chalino drove away from the club with two of his brothers, a cousin, and several young women. They were pulled over by a group of armed men in unmarked cars. They showed state police ID cards and told Chalino their commandant wanted to see him. Chalino agreed and got into one of their cars while the others followed behind. At 6 am on 16 May 1992, two farmers found Chalino’s body by an irrigation canal near Highway 15, near the neighbourhood of Los Laureles, Culiacán. He was blindfolded and his wrists had rope marks. He had been shot in the back of the head. Nobody was ever arrested for Sanchez's killing… #chalinosanchez #adansanchez #sinaloa #sinaloacartel #rosalinosanchezfelix #chapo #elchapo #elguayabo #coachella #tupac #tupacshakur #truecrimeallthetime #truecrime #straightenedout #mafia #coyote #narco #culiacan #culiacán (at Compton, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWgBvJEpAnx/?utm_medium=tumblr

The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting and attempted bombing that occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States. The perpetrators, twelfth grade (senior) students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered 12 students and one teacher. Ten students were killed in the school library, where the pair subsequently committed suicide. Twenty-one additional people were injured by gunshots, and gunfire was also exchanged with the police. Another three people were injured trying to escape. At the time, it was the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history. A total of 188 rounds of ammunition were fired by the perpetrators during the massacre. Firing nearly twice as much as Klebold, Harris fired his carbine rifle a total of 96 times, and discharged his shotgun 25 times. Klebold fired the TEC-9 handgun 55 times, and 12 rounds from his double-barreled shotgun. Law enforcement officers fired 141 rounds during exchanges of gunfire with the shooters. #dylankleblod #dylankleboldmoment #ericharris #columbine #colorado #schoolshootings #420 #massmurder #truecrime #tec9 #doom #kmfdm #marilynmanson #1999 #straightenedout (at Columbine Memorial Littleton Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSIpKL8ldLZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Is Skinny Joey the “last Don”? He is one of the only old school mafioso’s left in power (Philadelphia/Atlantic city)and his reign doesn’t appear to be over anytime soon. What say you? Is Joey Merlino the last true Don left in the US? #joeymerlino #skinnyjoey #skinnyjoeymerlino #mafiaboss #mafia #italianmafia #lascosanostra #cosanostra #straightenedout #philly #philadelphia #phillymob #phillymafia #philadelphiamafia #made #nickyscarfo #angelobruno #gangster #gang #don #thastdon #mafiadon #crimeboss #druglord #power (at Scottsdale, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXJlaz8vmQJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Gary Leon Ridgway (born February 18, 1949), also known as the Green River Killer, is an American serial killer. He was initially convicted of 48 separate murders. As part of his plea bargain, another conviction was added, bringing the total number of convictions to 49, making him the second most prolific serial killer in United States history according to confirmed murders. He killed many teenage girls and women in the state of Washington during the 1980s and 1990s. Most of Ridgway's victims were alleged to be sex workers and other women in vulnerable circumstances, including underage runaways. The press gave him his nickname after the first five victims were found in the Green River before his identity was known. He strangled his victims, usually by hand but sometimes using ligatures. After strangling them, he would dump their bodies in forested and overgrown areas in King County, often returning to the bodies to have sexual intercourse with them. On November 30, 2001, as Ridgway was leaving the Kenworth truck factory where he worked in Renton, Washington, he was arrested for the murders of four women whose cases were linked to him through DNA profiling evidence. As part of a plea bargain wherein he agreed to disclose the locations of still-missing women, he was spared the death penalty and received a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. #garyridgway #greenriverkiller #greenriver #washington #serialkiller #serialkillers #truecrime #truecrimejunkie #truecrimefan #murderer #straightenedout #sicko #theworst #monster #scary #boogyman #realbadguy (at Scottsdale, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUZjXCJLr1z/?utm_medium=tumblr

R.I.P to rapper @slim400blk He was murdered in Compton tonight. Back in 2019 he survived being shot 9 times, very sad what the rap game has came to. #slim400 #slim400blk #bompton #compton #piru #bloods #blood #yg #sadboy #sadboyloko #fruittown #treetop #gang #gangster #gangviolence #settrippin #straightenedout #truecrime #truestory #news #breaking #viral #trending #topstories https://www.instagram.com/straightened__out/p/CXQOXEMrudq/?utm_medium=tumblr

On August 20th, 1989, Hollywood executive Jose Menendez and his wife Kitty were found dead in the family room of their upscale home. Police were summoned to the residence by a tearful 911 call made by the couple’s sons, Erik and Lyle. Short on leads, the brutality of the crime seems to point to a mob hit at first, but behind the scenes, detectives began to focus on suspicious behavior in the Menendez family's Beverly Hills home. Seven months after the murders rocked the neighborhood, police charged Erik and Lyle with killing their parents, leading up to one of the most shocking and unexpected trials in history.⁠ #menendezbrothers #murder #truecrime #truecrimejunkie #straightenedout #hollywood #losangeles #california #mediasensationalism #trial #menendezmurders #menendez #lylemenendez #erikmenendez (at Scottsdale, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSzSUUPlslX/?utm_medium=tumblr