• Thumbnail for Sam Giancana
    Salvatore "Mooney" Giancana (/ˌdʒiɑːnˈkɑːnə/ JEE-ahn-KAH-nə; born Gilormo Giangana, Italian: [dʒiˈlɔrmo dʒaŋˈɡaːna]; May 24, 1908 – June 19, 1975) was...
    54 KB (5,609 words) - 06:02, 11 January 2025
  • U.S. Senator, then U.S. president John F. Kennedy and Mafia leaders Sam Giancana and John Roselli. Several aspects of her claim of having known Kennedy...
    15 KB (1,731 words) - 04:31, 12 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Tony Accardo
    Ricca emphasized keeping a low profile and let flashier figures, such as Sam Giancana, attract attention instead. For example, when professional wrestlers...
    22 KB (2,400 words) - 23:10, 29 December 2024
  • Chicago Outfit. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-7385-2326-7 Giancana, Sam and Chuck. Double Cross: The Explosive, Inside Story of the Mobster...
    4 KB (441 words) - 20:15, 30 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kool G Rap
    rhyming. On his album The Giancana Story, he stated that the "G" in his name stands for "Giancana" (after the mobster Sam Giancana), but on other occasions...
    27 KB (2,926 words) - 14:02, 13 December 2024
  • of the Chicago Outfit, who served as hitman under boss Sam Giancana before and after Giancana's rise and fall. Nicoletti was murdered on March 29, 1977...
    11 KB (1,185 words) - 19:37, 27 December 2024
  • others have alleged that Carlos Marcello, Santo Trafficante Jr., and Sam Giancana conspired in the 1963 assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy...
    25 KB (2,760 words) - 13:22, 2 September 2024
  • Accardo. However, in 1957, Ricca suddenly told Accardo that he wanted Sam Giancana, a Ricca protégé, to take Accardo's position. Accardo was facing tax...
    16 KB (2,014 words) - 00:02, 10 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Serge Houde
    Chicago mafia boss Sam Giancana opposite Tom Wilkinson and Barry Pepper. GQ's Tom Carson said Houde's performance was "a terrific Sam Giancana (Serge Houde...
    19 KB (364 words) - 17:58, 10 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Chicago Outfit
    Forty-Two Gang, a notoriously violent youth gang. Among them were Sam "Momo" Giancana, Sam "Mad Sam" DeStefano, Felix "Milwaukee Phil" Alderisio, and Fiore "Fifi"...
    117 KB (11,097 words) - 16:41, 9 January 2025
  • infamous Chicago street gang led by future Outfit boss, Salvatore "Sam" Giancana. DeStefano soon became involved in bootlegging and gambling. In 1932...
    18 KB (2,361 words) - 05:22, 3 December 2024
  • (born 1934), American tennis player Sam Giancana (1908–1975), Italian-American mobster, boss of the Chicago Outfit Sam Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people...
    26 KB (3,067 words) - 22:16, 9 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Personal life of Frank Sinatra
    temporarily stripped by the Nevada Gaming Control Board in 1963 after mobster Sam Giancana was spotted on the premises. Due to ongoing pressure from the FBI and...
    32 KB (4,173 words) - 04:58, 9 October 2024
  • Leonard Gianola, Vincent Inserro and Sam Giancana. 1925 – Outfit front man and "42-Gang" graduate Sam "Momo" Giancana's arrest record consisted of more than...
    141 KB (20,586 words) - 03:29, 29 November 2024
  • introduced Maheu to mobster leaders Sam Giancana and Santo Trafficante Jr. Supplied with six poison pills from the CIA, Giancana and Trafficante tried unsuccessfully...
    22 KB (2,317 words) - 07:30, 21 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Santo Trafficante Jr.
    Bonanno crime family in New York City, but was more closely allied with Sam Giancana in Chicago. Consequently, while generally recognized as the most powerful...
    23 KB (2,391 words) - 20:24, 31 October 2024
  • between singer Phyllis McGuire of The McGuire Sisters, and Mafia boss Sam Giancana, famous for his alleged connections to John F. Kennedy and Frank Sinatra...
    5 KB (377 words) - 22:21, 19 September 2024
  • Bureau of Narcotics, Sam Giancana. "Mafia: The Government's Secret File on Organized Crime" pg. 509 Bureau of Narcotics, Sam Giancana. "Mafia: The Government's...
    18 KB (2,179 words) - 18:31, 5 January 2025
  • future syndicate members Sam Giancana, Sam "Teets" Battaglia, Luigi "Cockeyed Louie" Fratto, Felix "Milwaukee Phil" Alderisio, "Mad Sam" DeStefano, Charles...
    6 KB (727 words) - 03:15, 22 September 2024
  • notoriously corrupt Chicago police officer and a close associate of Mafia boss Sam Giancana. Richard Cain was born to John and Lydia (née Scully) Cain – who were...
    14 KB (1,399 words) - 13:43, 22 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jack Ruby
    since Bonanno was aware that Ruby was an associate of Chicago mobster Sam Giancana. Some conspiracy theorists have suggested Ruby had links to organized...
    90 KB (9,565 words) - 22:44, 11 January 2025
  • little publicity as possible. Whereas some senior wiseguys, such as Sam Giancana and Filippo Sacco, welcomed the limelight, others took their cue from...
    25 KB (3,694 words) - 00:08, 7 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Joey Aiuppa
    Joey Aiuppa gained control of the Chicago Outfit after the death of Sam Giancana, who had strong support from Paul Ricca and Tony Accardo. Aiuppa became...
    12 KB (1,420 words) - 05:48, 11 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for The McGuire Sisters
    attributed to Phyllis' long-standing personal relationship with mobster Sam Giancana (although for years she claimed that their friendship was strictly platonic)...
    29 KB (2,001 words) - 00:50, 14 April 2024
  • include the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre and the 1975 murder of Sam Giancana. Lynchings and race riots – homicides associated with lynching and race...
    47 KB (1,890 words) - 03:57, 10 January 2025
  • (1978), playing amusement park manager Calvin Richards, and appeared as Sam Giancana in the 1992 film Ruby. On television, he portrayed Dan Valenti on Phyllis...
    12 KB (1,028 words) - 20:23, 24 October 2024
  • The Rat Pack (film) (category Cultural depictions of Sam Giancana)
    Dodds as May Britt, Dan O'Herlihy as Joseph Kennedy, Robert Miranda as Sam Giancana, John Diehl as Joe DiMaggio and Barbara Niven as Marilyn Monroe. Don...
    17 KB (1,224 words) - 17:50, 9 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories
    Roselli introduced Maheu to two men he referred to as "Sam Gold" and "Joe". "Sam Gold" was Sam Giancana; "Joe" was Santo Trafficante, Jr., the Tampa, Florida...
    264 KB (31,022 words) - 19:20, 9 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Anthony Spilotro
    parents ran Patsy's Restaurant, which was frequented by mobsters such as Sam Giancana, Jackie "The Lackey" Cerone, Gus Alex and Francesco "Frank the Enforcer"...
    25 KB (2,519 words) - 13:16, 24 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cal Neva Lodge & Casino
    with several others, including singer Dean Martin and Chicago mobster Sam Giancana. Under Sinatra, the Celebrity Room was added alongside a helipad and...
    31 KB (3,487 words) - 03:54, 18 August 2024