Mob Hits You Shouldn't Google (2024)

March 13, 2019,Francesco "Franky Boy"Cali, the latest Gambinocrime boss, was shot several times and run over in the front of his family home inTodt Hill, New York. His wife and kids were inside the house and, in an act police describe as disrespectful, the suspect drove off in a pick up truck, leaving Cali at the scene.

Cali's neighbors were shocked by the incident with one source explaining to the New York Post, "I've seen the [mob] moviesbut I've never seen any activity that we feel at all that there's something strange about this area."

Cali has served as the "Godfather of the Gambinos" since 2015 and was apparently a "real quiet old-school boss," according to police. New York experienced asincrease in mob activity before the hit, but investigators are still unfolding the circ*mstances of Cali's demise as of March 14, 2019.

Why shouldn't you Google this? The hit happened in front of his family home and the photos emphasize the aftermath of police investigating the site. You can see the photos here.

Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel Was Shot Four Times In His Girlfriend's Living Room

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, a notorious mobster who brought heaps of success tothe Las Vegas Strip,was reading the Los Angeles Timesat his girlfriend's Beverly Hills home on June 20, 1947. As he sat on the sofa,a hitmanfired several shots through the window using a semi-automatic .30-caliber military M1 carbine rifle. One of the bullets blew Siegel's left eye out of its socket. In total, nine shots were fired into the house, and four of them hit Siegel in the head, neck, and torso. He died at the age of 41.

The gunman was never identified, but Siegel's rival (and former friend),Meyer Lanksy, declared a takeover of Siegel's Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas within a few hours of the attack on Siegel. Another theory is that Siegel was killed by the lover of his best friend's wife.

Why shouldn't you Google this?The crime scene images, including a closeup of Siegel's busted eye socket, are gruesome. You can see them here.

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Albert Anastasia Just Wanted A Haircut

As a member of Murder, Inc., the mostly Italian-American and Jewish crime syndicate that dominated Brooklyn during the 1930s and 1940s, Albert Anastasia rose from hitman to crime boss relatively quickly. By the early 1950s, Anastasia was head of the Gambinocrime family (known as the Mangano crime family at the time).

In 1957, as Anastasia sat in a barbershop chair in the Park Sheraton Hotel (now the Park Central Hotel) in New York City,two masked gunmen enteredand fired five bullets into Anastasia's body.

By some accounts, Anastasia fell out of the chair; other versions insist he stood up and lunged at the men. The hit was likely orchestrated by rival Vito Genovese and Anastasia'sunderboss, Carlo Gambino, in a cold-blooded grab for power. Authorities never charged anyone with Anastasia's murder.

Why shouldn't you Google this? Authorities took a lot of photos of Anastasia's blood-spattered, barbershop-cape-covered body. You can see them here.

In the late 1930s, Murder, Inc., a Brooklyn-based gang known as the violent enforcers of the mob syndicates, sent Walter Sage to oversee theirslot machine racket in upstate New York. Sage had been associated with Murder, Inc., for several years, allegedly carrying out contract killings for the group. After Sage settled into his new role overseeing slots, though, the boys back in Brooklyn found that Sage's books didn't add up - he had been helping himself to some of the profits.Murder, Inc., decided Sage needed to die.

One night in July 1937, Sage's associates Irving Cohen and Jack Druckerpicked him up from the Ambassador Hotel in Fallsburg, New York. As they were driving, Druckerallegedly stabbed Sage 32 times with an ice pick. By the time the car swerved into a ditch, Sage was dead. A few other hitmenhad been following Cohen, Drucker, and Sage, and they helped tie Sage up and drive his body to Swan Lake.

When they arrived at Swan Lake, they weighed down Sage's body with part of a slot machine and a rock, rowed to the middle of the lake, and pushed him overboard. Two weeks later,vacationersfound the corpsewhile canoeing in the lake.

Why shouldn't you Google this?There's a very graphic photo of Sage's corpse, still tied up, after police pulled it from the lake. You can see it here.

Carmine Galante Got In One Last Meal

Throughout the 1950s, New York mobster Carmine Galante traffickeddrugsinto the US, a move that propelled him to the upper echelonsof the Bonannocrime family. In 1962, Galantewas sentenced to 20 years in prison for narcotics trafficking. When he was released in 1974, he muscled his way back into the drug trade. By antagonizing the other crime families in the city, namely the Gambinos, and keeping drug profits to himself, Galantedidn't make many friends.

In 1979, Galante was eating lunch at Joe and Mary's Restaurant in Brooklyn with hissecurity detailand the restaurant's owner. As Galante, restaurant owner Giuseppe Turano, and bodyguard Leonard Coppolasat on the outdoor patio, masked shooters stormed inand opened fire. All three men died as a result of the attack; Galanteflew out of his chair and died with his trademark cigar clenched between his lips.

Why shouldn't you Google this?The crime scene photos are extensive; there's still food on the table, and you can see Galante'scigar in his mouth. You can see them here.

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Paul Castellano's Death Triggered Major Changes In The New York Mob

Paul Castellano became head of the Gambino crime family in 1976 after a life of crime that involved more business exchanges than actual hits. Castellanoamassed enormous wealth and influence, sequestering himself at his large mansion on Staten Island most of the time.

On December 16, 1985, while facingracketeering charges, Castellanoleft his lawyer's office to have dinner with mob associates at Sparks Steak House in Manhattan. As he exited his car, hitmenallegedly hired by John Gotti shot him six times.

Why shouldn't you Google this?Skid marks, blood stains, and close-up shots of Castellano'scorpse are all featured prominently in the crime scene photos. You can see them here.