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@mobhistory.substack.comSep 24, 2026, 10:00 AM

#OTD (Sep 24)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#NewOrleans #Pittsburgh #SewickleyPA #RockfordIL #MadisonWI #Brooklyn #NewJersey #California #Philadelphia #NewEngland #Ohio #Boston #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Sept 24... • in 1875, New Orleans merchant Bernard Ditte is shot and mortally wounded by 'Nine-Fingered Frank' Romeo. • in 1919, Pittsburgh Mafia leader Gregorio Conti is shot to death in an automobile. • in 1925, Frank Valenzi is convicted of the second-degree murder of Michele Rosato in Sewickley PA. • in 1929, Vincenzo Troia of Rockford IL is charged with murder in Madison WI. • in 1931, Stefano Rannelli, James Alascia and Felix Mule are taken into custody in Brooklyn and questioned about the Maranzano murder. • in 1963, former New Jersey mob bigshot Philip Amari dies of natural causes in California. • in 1965, FBI agents question Johnny 'Burns' Morale about reportedly kidnapped crime boss Joseph Bonanno. • in 1968, police raid a South Philadelphia flower shop and arrest local Mafia boss Angelo Bruno, his lieutenant Philip Testa, Robert Dick and New England mafiosi Joseph Napolitano and Theodore Fucillo. • in 2002, Ohio gangster Ronald Carabbia is released from prison after serving 22 years for murder. • in 2009, Carmen DiNunzio, Boston Mafia underboss, gets six years after pleading guilty to bribery charges. Image of Gregorio Conti.
@mobhistory.substack.comSep 21, 2026, 10:15 AM

#OTD (Sep 21)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#TaftMN #Idaho #SewickleyPA #QueensNY #EriePA #Pittsburgh #Chicago #LakeZurichIL #BuffaloNY #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Sept 21... • in 1881, after months of hearings into his identity, escaped Sicilian bandit Giuseppe Esposito is deported. • in 1908, a murdered man found near Taft MN is identified as Idaho bartender Louis Fava. Giacomo Reina, son of Gaetano Reina, is born in Manhattan. • in 1925, Frank Valenzi of Sewickley PA goes on trial for the murder of Michael Rosato. • in 1931, the funeral of Vito Genovese's first wife Donata features an elaborate procession from Manhattan into Queens. • in 1932, a federal grand jury at Erie PA indicts Angelo DiRenzo for the assault and robbery of a Pittsburgh mail clerk. • in 1946, Vincenzo 'the Cheese King' Benevento of Chicago is shot to death in a cabin hideout at Lake Zurich IL. • in 1952, New York newspapers report that recently murdered mobster Eugene Giannini had been an informant for federal narcotics agents. • in 1961, Aniello Dellacroce of the Gambino Crime Family is assaulted at a Manhattan restaurant by Gallo gangsters of the Profaci Crime Family. • in 1965, Buffalo-area real estate agent Charles Gerass disappears on his way to a meeting with Joseph Todaro. Image of Aniello Dellacroce.
@mobhistory.substack.comSep 11, 2026, 10:00 AM

#OTD (Sep 11)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#Brooklyn #SewickleyPA #EastHarlem #Poughkeepsie #Chicago #BuffaloNY #Florida #Milwaukee #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

@mobhistory.substack.comSep 9, 2026, 10:24 AM

#OTD (Sep 09)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#SewickleyPA #Cleveland #NewOrleans #YoungstownOH #Brooklyn #NewJersey #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians