Frank Fiordilino talks Bonanno Family, Carmine Galante, & Sicilian Mafia
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- Former Bonanno affiliate Frank Fiordilino discusses his family background in Castellammare del Golfo, the immigrant community surrounding the Bonanno Family in Bushwick, and the cultural history of Cosa Nostra in New York and Sicily. He also talks about Carmine Galante, Joe Massino, Vito Grimaldi, and the Castellammarese clans he came up around.
Great discussion guys. The best interview of Frank I have seen.
Thanks, buddy.
You guys know so much stuff! Has one of you done a deep dive about Havana Cuba other then the info from Havana nocturnal by TJ English.
Looking forward to this
Great video. Heard Frank a few times but this had a different spin than the other interviews. Really enjoyed it thanks fellas.
Frank's got a ton of insight. Glad you enjoyed it.
Great episode guys
Thanks, my friend.
Outstanding gentlemen! Maybe my fav episode ever
Glad you enjoyed. Looking forward to collaborating more in the future.
Vito Genovese actually lived and built a home in Ozone Park that’s still there today
This was a great interview, learned a lot, first time seeing frank, he knows his stuff
Brilliant. Frank’s living oral history is amazing. And the way you guys lead the interview is very penetrating.
Great show gents. I get so much joy watching you guys with the history lessons. When I was young, I struggled in college reading old mafia books in the library, instead of focusing on my courses. I would love if you can one day go deeper into carmine galante. He spent most of his life behind bars. I think he also multi lingual. He gets out, and sets up international drug smuggling. Thank you for the great work you do
Wow you had frank had great stuff!! And different good interview
Very interesting, brings back a lot of memories for me.
Thanks for checking it out, Gianni.
It would be great if we finally got a photo of Maranzano. But the problem that we don't even know where to look for it. Has anyone tried to contact his relatives?
Yes, we've tried.
@@Frodojack and what? I know Maranzano had 3 sons and 1 daughter. Their children must have a photo anyway. Did you contact them? What was their answer?
@@edwardmiles9318 They didn't respond back, so I interpreted that as them not being interested.
@@Frodojack I also wrote to someone who I think is Maranzano's granddaughter on Facebook, as I understood the daughter of his youngest son Angelo, but she also didn't answer. This is very strange because I really don't understand why they don't want to just share a photo, since how many years passed. Maybe they just don't want to have anything to do with the Mafia? Anyway it's very sad, because I think the only way to got his photo it's through his relatives.
@@edwardmiles9318 you have to see it from the families perspective. Imagine you had an unsavoury character for a relative who was dead albeit, but notorious for being in the mafia, a murderer, gangster etc, and then random people contact you asking for pics of him. I expect most wouldn’t be interested. Irrespective of that, I’d still love to see a pic of him. Along with more of Morello. In his murder crime scene photo, he looks obese and bald. Granted he was 60 odd
I haven’t watched much yet - but I see a lot of head bobbing.
Given the reputations of everyone on the panel……..I feel good amount this video
This was fascinating excellent stuff guys 🙏
Excellent history lesson. Thank you!!!
Outstanding
Thanks!
Why did you censor at 21:05?
I referenced a modern Sicilian mafia leader and we decided to avoid talking about him directly.
@@erics7763 was Matteo ??
@@alg6992 Haha, not quite him. It's nothing controversial we just wanted to avoid the specifics.
@@alg6992 it was Francesco Domingo
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Welcome. Thank you for checking us out.
Hey guys been 2 months since a new upload hope everything’s well and you guys are still going to put out content
Were is the Galante part ?
An overlooked fact regarding the great Italian immigration to the USA is the fact that between 1965-1975 over 228,000 Italians immigrated to the USA, the biggest wave since the early part of the century. These quarter of a million immigrants, which include my cousin's family from the Puglia region, brought a new influx and regenerated the Italian presence in America. Many of the Pizza Connection came over during this time period and inserted new blood in the American Cosa Nostra especially in the Bonanno and Gambino families who both had important Sicilian factions. Not just Sicilians but also Napoletani and Baresi came over in great numbers.
Love listening to Frank's interviews but I think he's a little out of touch saying the sicilian faction is gone.
Sbd ffg I was referring to the present bonanno family the sicilian faction is pretty much debunked
@@francescofiordilino8719 I know you were referring to the present day Bonanno Family. I respectfully disagree with your assessment and would like to know why you say it's no more. I think it'll come down to what our definition of the "sicilian/zip faction is" but please do explain.
@@sbdffg9078 yes of course it's always respectful my friend my point is yes there's castellamersse in the bonanno family today very few between made guys and associates you have maybe 10 to 15 people I must add and at a low position as well at of the 15 I'd say the 5 made members 1 is close to 90 and very not active a relative of his smelled the coffee after massino and called it a day another is serving life and the other 2 were born here with little ties back home and last there's another guy who was shelved for ready for this being on asshole once he got his button by guess who ? Yep his Italian neopoltan American bosses secondly the sicilian faction while I was on the streets was very weakened after the pizza connection, ceasar and Tony Giordano's death and the rise of Joe massino
@@francescofiordilino8719 I don't disagree the old guard of the Castellammarese are gone. Like you said It basically died with Galante and what was left was minimized by Massino or taken out like Bonventre. What was left of the old guard in the broader "sicilian/zip faction" died with Sciascia. But I believe there's a very clear distinct group outside of Mancuso's Bronx loyalists and the rest of the Bonanno Family. Guys like Mistretta, Montana, Bosco (shelved still?), the Pipitones, Masi, Mule, Zummo, possible the Navarras, and a few others I'm sure I'm forgetting. I'd also consider the Asaros specifically Vinny to kinda border on both sides of the american group and sicilians. Operation Cutrara showed us how close the Bonannos and CDG still are and gave a peak into their connections to places like Alcamo and Sciacca. These links are maintained by this new era "sicilian/zip faction". That's what I refer to.
@@francescofiordilino8719 There's a difference between Sicilian faction and Sicilian mafia...right? I took it as there were no more exponents of the Castellammarese del Golfo MAFIA Family in NY.
I’m just starting to watch some of your stuff I love it bro the guy the host that’s in the upper right hand box of the thumbnail for this video seems like he’s knows a ton of shit about my city TRENTON NJ. When my family came to Trenton nj from Naples in the early 1900s got directly involved into the streets all the way up to my father and beyond my uncle DOMINIC THEY CALLED HIM THE GOVENOR WAS INVOLVED WITH A CAPO NAMED COSTELLO AS A KID THAN WAS JHONNY KEYS DRIVER AND MUSCLE UNTIL HE WAS KILLED AND MY UNCLE GOT SHELVED HE WAS ONLY STRAIGHTNED OUT FOR BARELY A YEAR BUT I GUESS THEY KNEW HOW CLOSE HE WAS TO KEYS I DONT KNOW…. My neighbors as of today is Frankie stales brother who people say Sammy gravano killed but it was long John next my father and uncles on my mothers side were all with Al pontani selling major drugs in Philly and jersey through McGuire Air Force base that story is crazy,,,, than later on my father was working with a gambino captain that ran central south jersey out of Trenton growing up they had a casino and fence that was a legit restaurant pizza joint in the front in chambersburg. Growing up I had no idea but as I got older I realized all the made guys that I met and was around as a kid into my late teens and than after my father died beyond and even met a few NY GUYS BASED OUT OF JERSEY…. My best friend growing up in Trenton was Sam decavalcantes nephew little Frankie. Sam had a house here and in Princeton…. Mainly gambinos and south Philly guys here and some lucheses would be in and out but I would love to hear more about TRENTON AWESONE BRO I APOLOGIZE I DONT KNOW THE HOST I MENTIONED EARLIER BY NAME GOD BLESS FELLAS
Was Joe Bonanno present at the famous 1957 Summit in Palermo at the Hotel Palma in which Sicilian mob met with Italian-American mafia members to discuss drug business?
Yes I believe he was and Galante and I think Luciano too
@@Mcdamn1026 Yes I believe I've read that Luciano attended.
@@Mcdamn1026 Luciano was not there. Vito Genovese was present along with Jerry Catena, Mike Miranda, and Sal Chiri. Luciano wasn’t even in the country in 1957. He was deported at the end of WW2 and never returned.
@@BostonsF1nest this isn’t about the Appalachian meeting. It’s about the summit in Palermo in 1957
@@Mcdamn1026 oh ya… he was there
Fat frank da snitch