Off The Cuff - Chicago Mafia Stories

Off The Cuff - Chicago Mafia Stories: A site containing true stories about traditional organized crime in Chicago known as the Chicago Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, and the Chicago Cosa Nostra.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

The Wild Bunch’s Duke (Part 1)

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“Too bad about Tony.” Speaking was Joseph “Joe Nick” Ferriola, boss of the Outfit’s Cicero crew, consisting of a murderous enforcement facti...

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Anatomy of a Mafia hit (Part 1)

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Ken “Tokyo Joe” Eto, alias Joe Montana, a Japanese-American gambling boss nicknamed “Tokyo Joe” by the media and “Joe the Jap” by mobsters, ...

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Monday, September 27, 2010

The Outfit’s downstate boss

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Top St. Louis gangster Frank “Buster” Wortman hooked up with the Outfit while serving time in Leavenworth in the 1930s. From the mid-1940s t...

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Monday, September 20, 2010

Chicago-style wings & ribs

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No, this post isn’t about some restaurant in Chicago with great Buffalo wings and baby back ribs. It’s about a guy who went by Joey O’Brie...

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Sunday, August 29, 2010

Witness to murder

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Related Post: Did you know . . . “If you bring a weapon to a fight, be prepared to kill the guy . . . if you don’t, you’ll have an enemy ...

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