My New Book Deal
My newest book is another organized crime biography. This time I'm the co-author with a former Gambino crime family street soldier. Surviving the Mob is the story of Andrew DiDonato, who was an associate of the Nicky Corozzo crew of the Gambino family from 1983 until becoming a government witness in 1997. It's a fascinating look at how a criminal gang operates through the eyes of a street soldier. We're shooting for a release date late this year. Please visit http://www.survivingthemob.com for more information and photos. Don't forget to get on the Update List to keep up with the latest news about ...
Battle For Las Vegas
From the 1970s through the mid-1980s, the Chicago Outfit dominated organized crime in Las Vegas. Unreported revenue, known as the "skim," from Outfit-controlled casinos made its way out of Vegas by the bagful, ending up in the coffers of the Windy City crime bosses and their confederates around the Midwest. To ensure the smooth flow of cash, the gangsters installed a front man with no criminal background, Allen R. Glick, as the casino owner of record, Frank "Lefty" Rosenthaal as the real boss of casino operations, and Tony Spilotro as the ultimate enforcer, who'd do whatever it took to protect their ...
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My New Book DealMy newest book is another organized crime biography. This time I’m the co-author with a former Gambino crime family street soldier. Surviving the Mob is the story of Andrew DiDonato, who was an associate of the Nicky Corozzo crew of the Gambino family from 1983 until becoming a government witness in 1997. It’s a fascinating look at how a criminal gang operates through the eyes of a street soldier. We’re shooting for a release date late this year. Please visit http://www.survivingthemob.com for more information and photos. Don’t... [Read more of this posting]
Show Announcement – Talking about Vegas Crime – Then and NowJoin Dennis as he will be part of a roundtable discussion on Vegas crime – Then and Now. Hosted by The Blog News Network (BNN) on Saturday Mar/6 at 2pm Central (noon pacific, 3pm Eastern) BNN will be looking at both the decades that the city was Mob ruled, and the new ‘family friendly’ corporate Vegas. Joining the discussion will be author Dennis N Griffin, Mobster Frank Cullotta, retired detective Louie DeTiberiis and author and former MGM Doorman Jay Rankin. Read More Here: http://www.bloggernews.net/123972 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:... [Read more of this posting]
Seeking Justice Show AnnouncementThis Wednesday night, March 3, Kim Kolton and I will be seeking justice for Joan Webster. The 24-year-old Harvard University student disappeared from Boston’s Logan Airport on Saturday, November 28, 1981 after returning from a Thanksgiving visit with her parents in New Jersey. On April 18, 1990 Joan’s remains were found in Hamilton, Ma., 20 miles north of Boston. She was found under a pile of leaves and logs, just 150 feet from a spot psychics led police to in 1982. The skull was broken, indicating she was probably killed by a blow to... [Read more of this posting]
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