- Jun 12, 2016
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My great uncle Gaspar Milazzo, was the boss of the Castellamarese mafia family in Detroit (which later became the Bonanno crime family in New York). He was murdered in 1931 by Joe Masseria’s group out of New York. Milazzo's murder started the bloody Castellammarese War in New York City between Joe "The Boss" Masseria and Milazzo's associate, Salvatore Maranzano. The result of this “war” was the creation of the five New York families (Gambino, Genovese, Columbo, Bonnano, and Lucchese).
That's pretty freaking cool. Early to mid 20th century mafia stuff is interesting as hell. I've spent many a lunch hour going down a rabbit hole on wiki.
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