When I was looking for people to interview for Gangland Wire, I was directed by my friend Denny Griffin to Frank Culotta. Frank was a former Mob enforcer and part of Anthony “Tony the Ant” Spilotro’s “Hole In The Wall” gang. I was directed to a retired F.B.I. agent, Dennis Arnoldy, who had turned Frank […]

Nick Civella was one of the most astute organized crime leaders in the United States. Like the fictional Vito Corleone, he challenged the established old time Black Hand organization and fled for his life to Chicago. He was protected by the Al Capone mob until he could negotiate his way back to Kansas City. I

My friend and author of Mafia Romance Novels, Alexandra Forry asked to write a guest blog post about the Mob and Las Vegas for her blog. Click here to see what I wrote and to look at other guest posts. I know she had Mob true crime writer Denny Griffin post something. I used some

First, in regards to tunnels between houses, I finally heard from a guy on facebook who remembers being in Northeast and seeing a rudimentary tunnel between neighboring homes. He did not remember the address and he said it was a dirt floor. I am betting that may be the origin of the story. Is there

Library week film sale. If you order a copy of the film this week you will also receive a free KCPD coffee cup. I bought a bunch of these to support the KCPD Spouse’s Association.  

Tuffy DeLuna was raised in Kansas City. At some point in time, he became friends with the Civella family. Anthony “Tony Ripe” Civella married his sister, Molly Deluna. By the 1950s Tuffy is known as an enforcer for Nick Civella. In 1960, Felix Ferina and Tiger Cardarella (known for Tiger’s records) were up-and-coming young mob

You may notice that I disconnected my comments function. I started receiving hundreds of spam comments and for some reason my plug-in was not catching them. I will reconnect that function after the first of the year when I have time to mess with it. In the meantime, another story from the old files. I

Kansas City mob still making news in Las Vegas, click here.

While searching Tuffy’s home we found some very scary stuff besides his extensive notes about trips to Chicago and Las Vegas for mob business. These images are part of some publications we found. I think they speak for themselves.