Kansas city mob soldier fred harvey bonadonna provided key details which law enforcement used to jail kc hoodlum willie cammisano on extortion charges. In the mafia and the machine, author frank hayde ties in every major name in organized crimeluciano, bugsy, lanskyas well as the citys corrupt police force. Not bad but if you are only going to read one book on the kc mob it should be. The book shows the growth of the mob over the past.
Kansas citys villa capri restaurant was pivotal in 70s. Kansas city white pages phone books in missouri mo. He vowed it would be different by the next weekend. Hayde 2008, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. The story of the kansas city mob, frank hayde called it the most aggressive gangland hit since the 1933 union station massacre. Remembering kansas citys mob past kansas city business. How the chiefs last super bowl appearance in 1970 helped. The story behind the kansas city mobsters on this season. Pendergast, was an american political boss who controlled kansas city and jackson county, missouri from 1925 to 1939. In 1981, a grand jury in kansas city indicted agosto, kansas city mob boss nick civella, civellas brother carl. In this book, frank hayde ties in every major name in organised crime as well as the corrupt kansas city police force.
Crime stories and creator of the kansas city mob tour. It is written by a 21year veteran of the fbi organized crime squad. The kansas city crime family, also known as civella crime family pronounced t. Mafia criminal justice system gangsters the jacksons book making kansas city missouri. The book shows the growth of the mob over the past 100 years or so. See more ideas about mafia, kansas city and kansas city missouri.
By fedora ive gotta cleanface in my pocket, boasted kansas city mafia representative joe agosto, unaware the fbi was monitoring his conversation reproduced loosely in the movie casino. Dude noticed too much local money going down on the. Kansas city gangster tour 2020 all you need to know. Many kansas citians have heard of the union station massacre or the river quay explosion two of the more infamous episodes in kcs.
The mob in this missouri city on the kansas border played a key role in the netflix series ozark and is expected to be a factor in season three beginning on the streaming service march 27. This is the story of the rise and fall of kansas citys longestreigning mob boss, nick civella, and his powerful crime family. Best 24 book dealers used rare in kansas city, mo with. By 1966, the kansas city star was pointing to civella as the chief figure in the kansas city mob. Kansas city mafia boss nick civella lived in this house in a. Two popular tv series will highlight midwest mobsters this. Haydes book tells the true story of kansas city and every dirty crime secret it holds, including its intertwinment with local politics.
Thomas joseph pendergast july 22, 1872 january 26, 1945, also known as t. He talked to central standards gina kaufmann about kansas city mob tour. His demeanor was very vulgar, coarse and he used many profanities the kansas city mob and the skimming of las vegas casinos. Unnecessary travel is not recommended at this time, and flights may be at risk of cancellation. Grab your chopper, hop on the bus and youll be immersed in a melodramatic look at mob homes and hangouts, turf wars and infamous crimes like the union station massacre. Those people are gary jenkins, a former kansas city detective, and las vegas resident and former mobster frank cullotta.
The photo above comes from a video about kansas citys organized crime history by attorney and former police detective gary jenkins. Kansas city many outsiders find it remarkable that there was a mafia in kansas city. The city of fountains has appeared in the the godfather, casino, and the sopranos, but many midwesterners are not aware that kansas city has affected the fortunes of the entire underworld. An excellent look at a dark side of kansas city history, but much of the corruption detailed in this book led kc into becoming a modern city. Frank r hayde the story of the american mafia is not complete without a chapter on kansas cityeven hollywood gives a nod to the city of fountains in mafia films. By larry henry two people with knowledge of how the underworld works recently said they believe kansas city mobsters were responsible for blowing up frank lefty rosenthals car in las vegas during the early 1980s.
He proves that tom pendergast and the mob were interlinked almost like a hand and a glove. Kansas city, although often nodded at in the mafia genre, is seriously underappreciated by the general public. In this documentary film, gary jenkins, former kansas city police intelligence unit detective, host, and producer of the popular mafia podcast gangland wire, guides the viewer on a journey inside a kansas city mob war. Fred harvey bonadonna kansas city mafia soldier and mob.
Kc mob associate added to black book las vegas sun newspaper. Since kc had such a long history with the mafia i was wondering is there still anything controlled by it. This is the story of the rise and fall of kansas citys longestreigning mob boss. Senate committee identified him as part of the principal family in the local. Prior to this arrest, the fbi believed that for much of the 1980s he was a top level bookmaker for the crime family. The kansas city mob is being featured in two popular crime series that will be kicking off new seasons this spring. For anyone curious about the underbelly of kansas city history, this book is for you. The old villa capri restaurant, located in kansas citys historic northeast neighborhood, was a mob haunt. The story behind the kansas city mobsters on this season of fxs fargo. The main bookies, dude fontanello and frank tousa were worried about the book being out of whack. This is the story of the rise and fall of kansas citys longestreigning mob boss, nick civella, and his powerful crime family, as told by the fbi agent who helped bring down civella and his cronies. The kansas city crime family, also known as civella crime family or kansas city mafia, is an. The kansas city massacre was the shootout and murder of four law enforcement officers and a criminal fugitive at the union station railroad depot in kansas city, missouri, on the morning of june 17, 1933.
Fbi surveillance of mafia gambling operations in las vegas in the late 1970s picked up. The italian mafia in kansas city is a small, quiet crime family, probably on its last legs with only a few loose remnants of a time when the syndicate operated on a much larger scale and held national prominence decades ago, per exclusive gangster report sources. Born in september 1954 in kansas city, peter is one of 2530 current active made members and associates of the kansas city syndicate. Funkhouser announced he was darn well going to stop it. Somebody said the shady lady is still ran by the mafia. The series follows chicago financial adviser martin byrd played by jason bateman and his. For those interested in kansas city history, this book would be a great aid. But by august 2011, kansas city had a new mayor with the same old problems of black mobs at the plaza.
In may 1980 bonadonna was called as a witness at a u. Mayor sly james was having dinner fifty yards away when three black people were shot during another episode of mob violence. It occurred as part of the attempt by a gang led by vernon miller. Although he only briefly held elected office as an alderman, pendergast, in his capacity as chairman of the jackson county democratic party, was able to use his large network of family and friends. Cammisano was brought in from a federal prison cell in springfield, missouri. For the most part, the mob also has been eliminated from kansas city. Gary jenkins has an insider view of strawman, not only because he is the producer to gangland wire. Click the below player to hear a short podcast about the chicago outfit. Last years kansas city mafia film festival was so popular, its expanding to three days. The kansas city gangster tour group tours kansas city. It tells a story of the town that no one else has mentioned. The story of the kansas city mob fascinating, reading it over the course of several days.
Cammisano is the son of reputed kansas city mob boss william willie the rat cammisano, who was said to have been one of the major movers and shakers at. Author frank hayde spins a fascinating account of the historical events of. Gary jenkins, former intelligence unit detective with the kansas city police department has produced 4 documentary films, created the kansas city mob tour app, authored 3 books and currently produces and cohosts his own true crime podcast, titled gangland wire crime stories. His first serious arrest came in 1989 for mail fraud. Located near state line road and southwest boulevard where the quicktrip now stands. Frank gumba saladino one of 18 guys indicted in the operation family secrets chicago mob trial.
Ouseley published his history of the kc crime family from 19502000 in a book titled mobsters in our midst. This empty lot in kansas city was the site of the villa capri pizzeria, where authorities listening in on a wiretap in 1978 first heard civella crime family members discussing the skim in las vegas. Former fbi agent traces brutal history of organized crime in kansas city news. The author shows how the mob was very tied to kansas city democratic politics.
Here is jenkinss list of the five littleknown historic mob. Disguised as telephone company workers, fbi technical agents had shimmied up a telephone pole to install the wiretap, as recounted in mobsters in our midst, a book about the kansas city mob. Kansas city mafia boss nick civella and betting on the. To the uninitiated, kc seems an unlikely setting for a subculture commonly associated with larger municipalities and places where palm trees grow. Here is jenkinss list of the five littleknown historic mob locations in town. Overview the story of the american mafia is not complete without a chapter on kansas city.
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