The Chicago Syndicate: Anthony Casso
Showing posts with label Anthony Casso. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anthony Casso. Show all posts
Friday, September 23, 2016

Police Corruption and Cover-ups Surround "The Brotherhood - The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia"

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In 1994, an underboss of the Lucchese crime family, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, flipped. He was in federal custody, facing numerous m...
Monday, September 21, 2015

The Butcher: Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath

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Philip Carlo was a tough guy -- really . The prolific Brooklyn-born writer, spent most of his career writing about really bad people, such...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss

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Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso is currently serving thirteen consecutive life sentences plus 455 years at a federal prison in Colorado. N...
Sunday, October 12, 2014

Mafia Cops's Victim's Families Given Green-Light in Wrongful-Death Lawsuits

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A federal judge has green-lighted the multimillion-dollar wrongful-death lawsuits filed against the city by the families of seven men slain ...
Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Final Chapter for The "Mafia Cops"

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I like a mob story as well as the next guy, but "The Godfather" this ain't. Still, somebody has to sweep up after the elepha...
Monday, April 13, 2009

Mafia Turf War Breaks Out in Brooklyn

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There's a new Mafia turf war in Brooklyn - but this time, it's the prosecutors who are doing battle. Michael Vecchione , the racke...
Monday, March 23, 2009

Talk-Show Host Charlie Rose Survives Botched Mafia Hit Attempt

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Bring me the head of Charlie Rose! No, not the PBS talk-show host. The other one the legendary Mafia-busting prosecutor. Unfortunately ,...
Saturday, March 14, 2009

Mafia Cops Remain Defiant

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Louie Eppolito wanted to be a movie star and screenwriter. Stephen Caracappa wanted an off-the-record life. The men known as the "Maf...
Thursday, March 05, 2009

Pauline Pipitone Breaks Silence On The Senseless Murder Of Her Son During A Botched Mob Hit In 1986

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It happened on Christmas Day, 1986. A mafia hit man shot and killed Nick Guido on a Brooklyn street. Except it was the wrong man. The addres...
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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Can Mobster Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso Answer a Mystery Around the French Connection Case?

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In prison, far from the Brooklyn haunts where his name was scrawled in blood, Anthony Casso stews. He stews over old vendettas. He stews ove...
Monday, June 18, 2007

Mafia Cop Sends Letter from Jail Declaring Innocence

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Friends of ours: Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, Lucchese Crime Family Friends of mine: Louis Eppolito, Stephen Caracappa One of two form...
Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Old Days: Mobsters Whacked for Revenge; Now: They Evict

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If you can't settle a vendetta with blood, try real estate. Burton Kaplan, a Mafia informant in the "mob cops" case, was getti...
Monday, March 05, 2007

Mob Money Pays for Judge's Wedding

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Friends of ours: Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso Friends of mine: Burton Kaplan A Manhattan judge's lavish wedding was paid for by Maf...
Monday, October 02, 2006

Stool Pigeon in Mafia Cops Case Freed

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Friends of ours: Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, Lucchese Crime Family Friends of mine: Louis Eppolito, Stephen Caracappa, Burton Kaplan ...
Sunday, September 10, 2006

Snitch from "Mafia Cops" Case May Have Sentenced Reduced

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A former mob associate who helped convict the "Mafia cops" could have his prison sentence reduced because of his testimony, accord...
Sunday, August 20, 2006

'Mafia Cops' Had No Right To Allegedly Decide Father's Fate Says Daughter

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Friends of ours: Edward Lino, John "Dapper Don" Gotti, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso Friends of mine: Louis Eppolito, Stephen ...
Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Last Shot for "Mafia Cops": The Lawyers Did It

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Friends of ours: Gambino Crime Family, John Gotti, Luchese Crime Family, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso Friends of mine: Louis Eppolito, ...
Thursday, June 08, 2006

"Mafia Cops" to Face Life Term

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Friends of ours: Luchesse Crime Family, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, Gambino Crime Family Friends of mine: Louis Eppolito, Stephen Car...
Monday, June 05, 2006

Mafia Cops Face Life in Prison at Sentencing

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Michal Greenwald Weinstein grew up pretending her father died of cancer, or maybe in a freak accident. Either was easier to accept than the ...
Monday, May 15, 2006

La Cosa Nostra Tough Guy-Turned-Witness follows the Rules

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Friends of ours: Bruno Facciola, Luchesse Crime Family, Alphonse "Little Al" D'Arco, Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, John ...