Informer - Nov 2022

"Murdertown," "Bombtown," "Crimetown." Through decades, Youngstown, Ohio, endured painful nicknames, due to the rackets, violence and corruption of organized crime in the region. In this issue, we tackle organized crime history in the Mahoning/Shenango valleys, from the earliest reports of the 1890s through the apparent dissolution of the Mob more than a century later.

Readers will discover criminal organizations known as "Society of Honor," "Sacred Circle" and "Society of the Banana" and will encounter such characters as "Fats" Aiello, Frank Cammarata, "Cadillac Charlie" Cavallaro, Vince DeNiro, "Wolf" DiCarlo, "Big Jim" Falcone, Mike Farah, "Red" Giordano, "Big Dom" Mallamo, Dominick Moio, "Two-Gun Jimmy" Prato, Rocco Racco, Rocco Strange, Lenny Strollo, along with the Barber, Carabbia, Naples and Romeo families and many more.

Contributors: James Barber, Justin Cascio, Margaret Janco, Thom L. Jones, Michael A. Tona, Edmond Valin and Thomas Hunt

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