THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MAFIA

Petrosino was now aware that he was not just a simple employee of the New York Police Department. The policeman felt the responsibility. He probably became a celebrity was the most famous Italian American in the USA. He was troubled by the growing intolerance of Italians on the part of public opinion. In 1904 he began to work out a plan to stop the growing spread of Black Hand crimes.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.Dello stesso autore leggi POLVERE DI STELLE

In many of the podcasts you have listened to, the name of one of the greatest policemen of all time often recurs, whose exploits are now remembered and narrated. This is Joe Petrosino. He is not a literary policeman, fruit of the imagination of a skilled crime writer, but he lived and died as a hero. He was not only a great investigator but he represented the ransom for many honest Italian immigrants who came to America to escape from hunger and misery.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.Dello stesso autore leggi POLVERE DI STELLE

Despite the arrests carried out by the New York Police Department against members of the Morello gang, the investigations into the crime of the barrel do not seem to bring decisive elements for the resolution of the case. The turning point came with the arrival of an anonymous letter. In which it was written verbatim:“I know who the man found in the barrel is. He came from Buffalo to get some money ... he was convicted of selling counterfeit banknotes. The police have arrested the right people, get inmate Giuseppe Di Primo to Sing Sing, promise him freedom, and he will tell you many things, do as I tell you and you will know everything. We salute you. Your friends S.T. "Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.Dello stesso autore leggi POLVERE DI STELLE

Music by Syon (Thomas Nicosia) Prelude in Em. On April 14, 1903, a barrel with the body of a man came to New York on East 11th Street. The victim had his throat cut from ear to ear, and his head was almost detached from the trunk with eighteen stab wounds to the neck. The body had been compressed into the barrel with the head resting between the knees. The suspects of this murder, who were also arrested, were the most representative members of the Banda Morello, which was the first Mafia family in New York.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.Dello stesso autore leggi POLVERE DI STELLE

Once the secret service agents had a clear idea of ​​the organization that dealt with the counterfeiting and the sale of fake dollars, they began to plan the capture of the members of the Morello gang. The difficulty of the operation was due to the timing for proceeding with the arrest and searches. In fact, it was necessary to undertake the raids at the same time in several places in order not to benefit the members of the gang not involved in the first instance. The director of intelligence gathered all the men in New York to make as many raids as possible at the same time.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.Dello stesso autore leggi POLVERE DI STELLE

In January 1909, media were procured for printing the counterfeit dollars. Therefore Comito and the men on the farm began printing Canadian $ 5 proof bills. Immediately after obtaining the first Cinà and Cicala prints, with printed proofs, rolled up in a newspaper, they left for New York to have their quality checked. After three days they returned with the new arrangements. The counterfeiters were told to print more tickets in a darker shade. Counterfeiting Canadian banknotes was very complex and tiring.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.Dello stesso autore leggi POLVERE DI STELLE

Music by Syon (Thomas Nicosia) Prelude in Em. The crimes for which the Morello gang was suspected were numerous and varied. Most of these went undiscovered but three murders were initially attributed to New York's first Mafia family. In reality in all three cases the accusations failing to stand in the courts ended up exonerating the members of the coterie.In this podcast we will deal with two of the three bloody facts. The third, that is, what will come down to our days as the "Case of the crime of the barrel" we will deal with in another podcast in a very thorough manner.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.Dello stesso autore leggi POLVERE DI STELLE

Music by Syon (Thomas Nicosia) Prelude in Em. Giuseppe Morello was another and dangerous, he used to wear a .45 caliber pistol on his belt and a knife tied to his left leg, the tip of which was covered with a small cork to avoid injury while walking. He arrived in the United States of America in 1982. He was born in Corleone in 1867. He escaped from Sicily because he was suspected of a murder and abigée and was also convicted of the crime of counterfeiting coins and spending false coins. In the period between 1898 and 1899 Morello most likely resumed the activity of forger. He could make use of a network of small drug dealers and some workers capable of mixing inks and making clichés for printing.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.Dello stesso autore leggi POLVERE DI STELLE

Music by Syon (Thomas Nicosia) Prelude in EmIt is not the American dream that pushes Italian migrants to reach the American shores. Therefore to understand the phenomenon it is necessary to ask two questions.Who were the migrants? Why were they willing to risk their lives, and that of their loved ones, by traveling in inhumane conditions in the third class of ocean liners for about two weeks?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.Dello stesso autore leggi POLVERE DI STELLE

Music by Syon (Thomas Nicosia) Prelude in EmIn the early years of the twentieth century a wave of terror unprecedented in peacetime crossed the United States. The members of the secret organization threatened to kill the members of the Italian community if they did not agree to pay. The acolytes of the black hand burned or blew up the houses, kidnapped the children of the victims, so much so that in 1899 in Brooklyn it was already a habitual phenomenon. There were cases in which the torturers, armed with guns and knives, faced in broad daylight on the street the victims. The leaders of the Black Hand were originally members of the Sicilian Mafia. Many of the worst criminals had emigrated, along with the many honest Italians, to the USA.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.Dello stesso autore leggi POLVERE DI STELLE

Music by Syon (Thomas Nicosia) Prelude in Em.By 1900, the center of economic development was New York, one of the most prosperous and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Eighty percent of the biggest billing companies in America were based in this metropolis. Everything was happening in those streets, in fact you crossed the capitals from Wall Street with the labor of Italian migrants landed by the transatlantic at Ellis Island.In the island were waiting for a hundred inspectors and health officers inside a huge center for immigration.By 1910, the number of Italians living in New York was nearly half a million, two-thirds of whom were men. They lived in promiscuity and in the almost total absence of hygiene.The neighborhoods in which immigrants went to live were the oldest in the city, occupied by two generations before by the Irish. It was Elizabeth and Mulberry Street.The only advantage over those who worked in Italy was the salary. Decidedly higher in the United States of America. Even if life cost much more Italian immigrants, enduring tremendous deprivations, were able to put something aside and then send it home.Immediate were the clashes with the Irish community already present in New York. The two communities immediately began a real racial conflict.In those years, the Irish controlled the metropolis through Tammany Hall, an Irish political organization. It was clear that social political control was carried out with violence.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.Dello stesso autore leggi POLVERE DI STELLE

Vito Cascioferro. can be considered the link between criminal organizations from Sicily with those already branched in the United States. His unwavering ambivalence allows him to build a network of trafficking, connivance, favors, murders, also making use of popular support that sees in him a champion of the oppressed, at that time he becomes in the eyes of his countrymen a Godfather.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.Dello stesso autore leggi POLVERE DI STELLE