@@djquinn11 maybe not 100% but all the clues, signs, and evidence is there without someone actually coming forward and saying he did it. However there have been books published that make a pretty strong argument for Marcello being responsible
I’d say guys like Trafficante and Marcello were probably very powerful in terms of their reach, reputation and contacts with the national syndicate. However Trafficante and Marcello didn’t really have crime families analogous to the families in NY and Chicago. It seems they were more or less smaller operations with family and close friends sitting in on the inner circle. They used their affiliations with men from Chicago and New York to protect their rackets in Tampa and New Orleans, not necessarily their own muscle. Back then, and even as recently as the Family Secrets trial against the Chicago Outfit, we see that old time mafia dons themselves had their own connections and enterprises. When the younger generation stepped up to fill guys like Marcello and Trafficante’s shoes, they couldn’t because the old timers took their shoes with them to the grave. This explains why powerhouse mafia operations like Chicago, Tampa and New Orleans imploded when their old time bosses died or retired. With nothing to really inherit, mobsters in those cities had to come up with new schemes and crimes, which led to crushing indictments as we see in the cases of Tampa and New Orleans. Even now, the Chicago mob went from nearly 300 made members when Accardo ran it to about 25. In just 12 years the organization shrunk to nearly nothing. Tampa became a Gambino hangout, which would’ve been impossible if a Trafficante organization really wielded underworld strength in the area. Tampa was a closed city, so how’d the Gambino’s show up? The Trafficante family was likely finished, reduced to a pocket of bookies, loan sharks and nightclub operators. Marcello’s family basically folded after he stepped down and his close relatives inherited all his real estate in Fat City (Metairie) and New Orleans (500 Club on Bourbon, which is now the Bourbon Bandstand). Marcello (and Trafficante) took a lot of their criminal proceeds and invested in legitimate businesses. So this explains why most of Marcello’s family members went legit over night, cashing in on Marcello’s legal enterprises. The old timers like Marcello, Trafficante and even Giancana used to “eat alone” a lot more than you’d realize from books and documentaries. Incidentally, this is one of the reasons Giancana was killed according to speculation.
I was just a little louisiana baby when all this was going down, so I don't remember it, but my moma always said Edwin Edwards was "crooked". That, unfortunately was later proved in a Federal Court trial. Governor Edwards was convicted, and did ten years for some shady casino business. Still, I always admired the man. One smooth dude; very articulate. I don't think it's any secret that louisiana politics are fascinating, even if they are ultimately the work of the devil. Really cool share, MobFax. I'm gonna show my kids.
I’m in California but I’ve always been fascinated with the underworld of Louisiana. To me, LA, CA and NY have always seen the craziest, most intriguing stories of public corruption in America.
I remember when Edwin Edwards was in a run-off for governor against former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke… There were bumper stickers on the cars throughout Louisiana saying - “ Vote for the Crook, it’s important.” The crook would go on to win.
the power these guys had in smaller cities was unimaginable. nyc cosa nostra had the most attention and wiseguys but smaller cites and even chicago had more control and corruption of they’re judicial system
Forget just new orleans marcello had all of louisiana, dallas and other parts of Texas, wire racing control all the way to California, the Mississippi and Alabama gulf coast (mostly under his control in conjunction with independent dixie mafia figures) and and the Florida panhandle stretching at least as far east as Panama city, probably further. I actually know a retired attorney from my hometown that used to see him and Santos trafficante occasionally at the Firefox lounge in Panama city (later became the black Angus restaurant) which is now closed. It had private dining rooms supposedly built from solid concrete that were impervious to planted listening devices. They ran a lot of dope into the panhandle from cuba and other waypoints when miami got too hot. His reach was so much wider than nyc and he had special privileges not even carlo Gambino enjoyed.
Marcello used to come eat at my father's grandmother's house before I was born, in the 9th Ward, which was mostly white back then. Marcello's underlings tried to get my father to join forces w/ them, but my father's aunts wouldn't allow it. In retrospect, that's probably a good thing, as I may never have been born otherwise.
New Orleans actually has a boss who's trying to rebuild the new Orleans family.and they have stayed well below the radar his name is Michael tufaro..you can find it on the internet.its pretty obscure but it's there.
Lol I wouldn’t say that family is active just cuz there’s two old guys in a van driving around shooting at ppl. That family has been defunct for decades
@@BostonsF1nest Michael Tufaro is running a crew possibly for the Colombo’s with what’s left of the New Orleans family , around a dozen guys kicking up to the Colombo’s. It’s still organised crime and the Tufaro’s have a lot of property -‘s construction investments , especially with the re-Construction of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
@@Freddy19677 That’s a copypasta that started on LSU’s blog. It’s not true. I’m from Metairie and I’m Italian American. I know Joe and Frank Gagliano and their cousins Gary etc. The mob never existed in New Orleans in the way it did in NYC and Chicago. Marcello’s organization was basically his brothers and a couple close friends. By the time Carolla took over, the organization was pretty much dead. When Joe, his dad and Carolla got roped up in the Biloxi case it was over for the NO mob. Right now Joe Gagliano drives a bus. Frank still owns Franks (at least he did before I left in 2020) and Gary and them were still with CECO Concrete. The “mob” over there is 100% done and there’s no such person as Michael Tuffaro or whatever. That was a copypasta/prank.
Carlos Marcello was one of the most powerful mafiosos to ever live
if the gov fucks had done the job we gave them, kennedy would still be alive
Very doubtful
@@just_ben1951 lol he helped assassinate JFK. I’d say he was pretty powerful
@@BostonsF1nest No evidence. Even if he was involved, he was just a pawn.
@@just_ben1951 lol you should brush up on your American history
I had visited Marcello grave and some other locations. Great vid! 😎
Thanks for another great upload 👍
Excellent Stuff, Thanks for another great Upload.💯👊
Great cars back then
Super interesting PIECE OF History!!! So good journalists!! New Suscriber!! 💪👍🤗🥇👏
Bodyguard NO ..THAT IS HIS SON LITTLE JOE DRIVING THE MAZDA..
Same Joe as the Joe Marcello of Churchill Farms?
Outstanding vid…incredibly interesting and very unique content.
Carlos Marcello ultimately served 6.5 yrs in prison behind the Brilab case, but then won an appeal. He died of repeated strokes in 1989.
He died March 1993. He was our next door neighbor
@@luckypuccino16 Lucky you huh ?
Nice man everyone says it
@@luckypuccino16 I used to live in Metairie as well - just not on Clifford
Thanks.
Rip Governor,& CARLOS MARCELLO..I MET HIM ONE TIME .WISH ID MET THE GOVERNOR..
Good video
One of the men responsible for JFK assasination
Could be but we’ll never know for sure.
Nobody knows that for sure.
...yes..any question of a doubt.....very very powerful mob chief .....
Absolutely.
@@djquinn11 maybe not 100% but all the clues, signs, and evidence is there without someone actually coming forward and saying he did it. However there have been books published that make a pretty strong argument for Marcello being responsible
I’d say guys like Trafficante and Marcello were probably very powerful in terms of their reach, reputation and contacts with the national syndicate. However Trafficante and Marcello didn’t really have crime families analogous to the families in NY and Chicago. It seems they were more or less smaller operations with family and close friends sitting in on the inner circle. They used their affiliations with men from Chicago and New York to protect their rackets in Tampa and New Orleans, not necessarily their own muscle.
Back then, and even as recently as the Family Secrets trial against the Chicago Outfit, we see that old time mafia dons themselves had their own connections and enterprises. When the younger generation stepped up to fill guys like Marcello and Trafficante’s shoes, they couldn’t because the old timers took their shoes with them to the grave. This explains why powerhouse mafia operations like Chicago, Tampa and New Orleans imploded when their old time bosses died or retired. With nothing to really inherit, mobsters in those cities had to come up with new schemes and crimes, which led to crushing indictments as we see in the cases of Tampa and New Orleans.
Even now, the Chicago mob went from nearly 300 made members when Accardo ran it to about 25. In just 12 years the organization shrunk to nearly nothing.
Tampa became a Gambino hangout, which would’ve been impossible if a Trafficante organization really wielded underworld strength in the area. Tampa was a closed city, so how’d the Gambino’s show up? The Trafficante family was likely finished, reduced to a pocket of bookies, loan sharks and nightclub operators.
Marcello’s family basically folded after he stepped down and his close relatives inherited all his real estate in Fat City (Metairie) and New Orleans (500 Club on Bourbon, which is now the Bourbon Bandstand). Marcello (and Trafficante) took a lot of their criminal proceeds and invested in legitimate businesses. So this explains why most of Marcello’s family members went legit over night, cashing in on Marcello’s legal enterprises.
The old timers like Marcello, Trafficante and even Giancana used to “eat alone” a lot more than you’d realize from books and documentaries. Incidentally, this is one of the reasons Giancana was killed according to speculation.
ANOTHER GOOD ONE MOE..
He drives like "Sonny" (Bronx Tale) in reverse @4:14 !! They probably had the same driving instructor! lol
I was just a little louisiana baby when all this was going down, so I don't remember it, but my moma always said Edwin Edwards was "crooked". That, unfortunately was later proved in a Federal Court trial. Governor Edwards was convicted, and did ten years for some shady casino business. Still, I always admired the man. One smooth dude; very articulate.
I don't think it's any secret that louisiana politics are fascinating, even if they are ultimately the work of the devil. Really cool share, MobFax. I'm gonna show my kids.
Yeah you can't forget ol fast Eddie one of the best governor Louisiana ever had
I’m in California but I’ve always been fascinated with the underworld of Louisiana. To me, LA, CA and NY have always seen the craziest, most intriguing stories of public corruption in America.
Edwards served his time behind bars PROUDLY!
I remember when Edwin Edwards was in a run-off for governor against former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke… There were bumper stickers on the cars throughout Louisiana saying - “ Vote for the Crook, it’s important.” The crook would go on to win.
One of the most powerful don
He was short fat nasty pasta eating thief he should have been jailed much earlier because scum does not change.
Not even close
Definitely was! 100%! Marcello took down JFK. That’s real power.
the power these guys had in smaller cities was unimaginable. nyc cosa nostra had the most attention and wiseguys but smaller cites and even chicago had more control and corruption of they’re judicial system
I went to school in HAMMOND LA..& yes NOLA was everywhere..
Forget just new orleans marcello had all of louisiana, dallas and other parts of Texas, wire racing control all the way to California, the Mississippi and Alabama gulf coast (mostly under his control in conjunction with independent dixie mafia figures) and and the Florida panhandle stretching at least as far east as Panama city, probably further. I actually know a retired attorney from my hometown that used to see him and Santos trafficante occasionally at the Firefox lounge in Panama city (later became the black Angus restaurant) which is now closed. It had private dining rooms supposedly built from solid concrete that were impervious to planted listening devices. They ran a lot of dope into the panhandle from cuba and other waypoints when miami got too hot. His reach was so much wider than nyc and he had special privileges not even carlo Gambino enjoyed.
Edwards accent should be in a museum
THIS WAS REAL NEWS!
RIP .
have all the people in this presentation died under questionable circumstances?
Marcello used to come eat at my father's grandmother's house before I was born, in the 9th Ward, which was mostly white back then. Marcello's underlings tried to get my father to join forces w/ them, but my father's aunts wouldn't allow it. In retrospect, that's probably a good thing, as I may never have been born otherwise.
4:10 imagine if this man starter failed
(mine has but never under assault)
I'd smoke Beth George, I was 19 in 1980 and was smokin' a yummy Mummy on the side LOL, great times, remember all this....
Tht PCP he's smoking .
@@delbertknepper5446 LOL fkn clueless snowflakes
We all have some Coca-Cola in us su we awe all mafia. Lol
Carlos Marcello was a good man. he alot for the community
Real good murderer ,what a good man
New Orleans is still active , two old wiseguys got caught in a make shift assassination van a few years ago with a hole in the van and a sniper rifle.
New Orleans actually has a boss who's trying to rebuild the new Orleans family.and they have stayed well below the radar his name is Michael tufaro..you can find it on the internet.its pretty obscure but it's there.
@@swampghost72 yes it‘s seems that the Tufaro brothers are running a small crew possibly for the Colombo’s.
Lol I wouldn’t say that family is active just cuz there’s two old guys in a van driving around shooting at ppl. That family has been defunct for decades
@@BostonsF1nest Michael Tufaro is running a crew possibly for the Colombo’s with what’s left of the New Orleans family , around a dozen guys kicking up to the Colombo’s.
It’s still organised crime and the Tufaro’s have a lot of property -‘s construction investments , especially with the re-Construction of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
@@Freddy19677
That’s a copypasta that started on LSU’s blog. It’s not true. I’m from Metairie and I’m Italian American. I know Joe and Frank Gagliano and their cousins Gary etc. The mob never existed in New Orleans in the way it did in NYC and Chicago. Marcello’s organization was basically his brothers and a couple close friends. By the time Carolla took over, the organization was pretty much dead. When Joe, his dad and Carolla got roped up in the Biloxi case it was over for the NO mob.
Right now Joe Gagliano drives a bus. Frank still owns Franks (at least he did before I left in 2020) and Gary and them were still with CECO Concrete.
The “mob” over there is 100% done and there’s no such person as Michael Tuffaro or whatever. That was a copypasta/prank.
Knocked off jfk.
With the cia
A big patsy
>>""ALL THESE PEOPLE COLLECTIVLY "", HAVE A PECULAR ODOR,,, & I DON'T MEAN "" PASTA, & TOMATO SAUCE "", PHEW !!!
Yea they smell like rancid olive oil .
Yea they smell like rancid olive oil .
Too bad the media and Fed LE no longer work like this…
Unbelievable what they did to this man