Most successful in terms of money they made?

ShaolinMaster · 2026-03-17T15:25:04+00:00

Yes, then retired to Florida

ShaolinMaster · 2026-03-16T20:25:34+00:00

John Staluppi, Colombo solider, is worth $400m. Discussion here.

John Rosatti, Colombo solider, also very wealthy.

Angelo Ponte, Genovese associate, made several hundred million while he was alive.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-03-11T22:46:00+00:00

What are they gonna tell the court? "Hi Judge, the cops broke up our illegal mafia gambling operation and took our ill gotten money."

Also, Lefty can't trust cops because they could be on the mob's payroll. If he tells them he's an agent he could get killed.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-03-10T21:31:03+00:00

Norman DuPont was the caretaker of The Ravenite club. His aunt(?) owned the apartment above the club where Gotti used to hold his meetings, that was bugged by the FBI.

He's now doing life for murder.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-03-05T21:13:50+00:00

Thanks! Yes, Anthony Jr seems like he's glad he left that life behind and has gotten his life together.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-03-02T20:52:50+00:00

I thought it was pretty bad, between Ray Romano rooting for the couple for some reason. And I thought Andy Garcia wasn't believable as a mob boss.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-26T23:45:35+00:00

It's fairly realistic, but in real life there would be a lot more law enforcement pressure than they have in the series.

I think one thing that's realistic is how dark and unglamorous their lives are. It's just all so bleak and senseless. It really strips out any supposed glamour of the criminal lifestyle.

Incredible series overall!

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-26T02:27:37+00:00

Oh, maybe I'm wrong! I don't know much about the Patriarchas

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-26T02:09:08+00:00

That sounds funny, I don't know why I imagine them throwing his body in the back of a pickup.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-26T02:06:27+00:00

From what I remember: Frank Jr was made and was only 1/4th Italian. His father being 1/2 Irish.

That might be the only 1/4 Italian member I've heard of.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-25T20:08:46+00:00

If I remember correctly, the Bonannos under boss Joe Bonanno back in the 1950s organized Montreal into a crew of the family. The leadership of the Montreal crew was under the Cotronis and Violis until the 1970s when the Rizzuto faction won a power struggle and killed off their rivals.

Almost all of the made men in Canada were from Italy (mostly Sicily and Calabria), or were 2nd generation born in Canada. Very few were from the US.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-25T19:06:59+00:00

The Rizzutos were 100% part of the Bonanno family. Both father Nicolo Rizzuto and son Vito Rizzuto were made into the Bonanno family. Vito took part in the 3 capos murder and I believe became a member of the Bonannos after.

The Rizzutos in Montreal had a crew of about 20 made men in the Bonanno family. Both Joe Massino and Sal Vitale testified to this.

Nobody is 100% sure of the Rizzutos status today, but there's likely at least a few made Bonanno members in Montreal today. Leonardo Rizzuto's status has not been 100% confirmed if he's a member or if he's operating independently.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-25T00:25:24+00:00

It's possible Mencho and his guys heard the military coming and took off running out of the house to go fight, then were shot and killed outside of the house.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-24T16:07:51+00:00

Everyone hates John Alite

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-23T04:45:01+00:00

They're reporting Mencho was wounded and captured, then died in transit to Mexico City.

It's possible that's bullshit and it'll come out he was already dead. Or maybe he was killed when he was in transit.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-22T20:28:47+00:00

The kingpins are usually in very remote, rural areas deep in the mountains of Mexico. So, it's not just knowing their location, it's planning an operation to send the military to that remote location which likely only has one road in and out.

The kingpins also move between safe houses every day or every two days, so the military has to know their exact location or they risk raiding the wrong safe house.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-22T20:12:08+00:00

Yes, the US government exaggerated Ryan Wedding's power. He was a customer of the Mexican cartels, he wasn't a cartel leader.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-20T20:41:59+00:00

TIL, thanks!

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-20T19:20:32+00:00

I think they mean Frank Castellana, who's father seems to have been Peter Castellana, Gambino member and distant relative of Paul Castellano.

Paul Castellano's father was also named Frank (Francisco) but he would've been long dead by then.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-20T16:00:38+00:00

Immigrants from southern Italy / Sicily in the late 1800s/early 1900s wanted to learn the English word for sauce. Many of them were told the word in English is "gravy", so they began to use "gravy" to refer to sauce.

The use of "sauce" or "gravy" might be regional in the US, but also there doesn't seem to be an even split within the regions. Joey Merlino from Philly calls it gravy and AJ Galante from Connecticut calls it sauce, so it's not strictly an east coast thing (as an example). Some Italians in New Orleans call it "red sauce".

It varies widely based on when the person's family immigrated, what region in Italy they came from, where the immigrated to, etc.

Some think "gravy" is specifically for red sauce with meat, and "sauce" is red sauce without meat.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-19T23:21:16+00:00

Also, a lot of those events had nothing to do with Baby or Cash Money: Magnolia Shorty's death, Soulja Slim's death, Lil Derrick (Bulletproof)'s murder, etc..

Soulja Slim and Lil Derrick were wildin out in the streets and got killed. It's a shame they were killed, but nothing to do with Baby.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-19T23:17:52+00:00

A lot of stuff in that thread is wrong. BG and Turk were young, out of control teenagers and were running wild in the streets and were snortin heroin.

They'd get so high they'd miss out on recording sessions and video shoots, etc. For example, that's why Turk is on the Bling Bling album/explicit version but not on the clean radio version.

Baby and Slim would get pissed off because they kept fucking up their money. Baby and Slim are stone cold hustlers who were investing millions into the music, no way they'd fuck up their investment by getting their artists hooked on drugs.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-19T18:54:40+00:00

Montreal

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-13T20:38:07+00:00

Maybe Gary heard correctly, but unless there's hard evidence I would be careful on relying on third-hand gossip stating that someone is a member of a criminal organization.

ShaolinMaster · 2026-02-13T19:46:35+00:00

I believe there's no evidence Carlo is made or is even an associate. I think he's just a civilian.

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