#30: Philadelphia Mob Hits: Volume I

The Gangland History Podcast: An Organized Crime & Mafia History Podcast

In this episode, we cover several mob hits that occurred in and around Philadelphia's Bruno Crime Family of LCN during the 1960's.

Our goal of these episodes is to dispel the myth that Angelo Bruno—"The Docile Don"—was a non-violent Boss. In fact, evidence will show that he likely handed down many hit contracts, which we will go over in detail over the course of Volumes I and beyond.

For Cosa Nostra Bosses in this era, ordering hits was standard operating procedure and could not be avoided.

While we will cover many during the "Hits" episodes, in this particular video we talk about the following gangland murders:

1 & 2) Vincent and Richie Blaney in 1960 and 1961

3) Dominick "Reds" Caruso in 1962

4) Ferdinand “Blackie” Iacono in 1963

Future episodes will detail at least 7 additional hits that took place during the 1960's in what was considered to be the Philadelphia mob's "Golden Era."