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Big Ang Lonardo - My first informant! He may have flipped at the end, but he had a hell of a ride! - Part 1
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Big Ang Lonardo - My first informant! He may have flipped at the end, but he had a hell of a ride! Part 1 of this series is a recap of what came before, Big Joe Lonardo. Joseph Lonardo (October 20, 1884 โ October 13, 1927), also known as "Big Joe", was a Sicilian emigrant to the United States who became the first crime boss of the Cleveland crime family, which he structured from a competing number of organized crime gangs. When national Prohibition began in 1920, Lonardo became a dealer in corn sugar, an essential ingredient in the manufacture of corn whiskey. Lonardo became a "sugar baron" by driving other legitimate corn sugar merchants out of business, encouraging home distillation, and using intimidation, murder, and theft to eliminate or drive his criminal competitors out of business. Lonardo transformed his gang, the Mayfield Road Mob, into a powerful organized crime family. He had the support of the D'Aquila crime family of New York City, and engaged in widespread bribery of local judges, police, and politicians. His criminal organization's reliance on low-quality corn whiskey led to a drop in revenues when consumers began favoring better quality, illegally imported liquor. He began demanding unquestioning loyalty while taking little risk, alienating many bootleggers, home distillers, and organized crime figures. Lonardo's control of the Cleveland mafia was usurped in 1927 by underboss Salvatore "Black Sam" Todaro and the Porrello brothers while Lonardo was out of the country. When Lonardo returned to Cleveland, he attempted to regain control of the Cleveland mafia. His bodyguards were arrested as suspects in the Yorkell and Brownstein murders, leaving Lonardo unprotected. On October 13, 1927, he was murdered in a Porrello barber shop, likely on the orders of "Black Sam" Todaro. His death sparked Cleveland's Corn Sugar War.
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00:00 โ Intro
11:51 โ Angelo Anthony Lonardo
14:05 โ Mary Scalish
18:54 โ Big Joe Lonardo
30:51 โ The Porrellos make a go of it on their own
36:12 โ Sugar Wars
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Manage episode 409123994 series 3316936
Big Ang Lonardo - My first informant! He may have flipped at the end, but he had a hell of a ride! Part 1 of this series is a recap of what came before, Big Joe Lonardo. Joseph Lonardo (October 20, 1884 โ October 13, 1927), also known as "Big Joe", was a Sicilian emigrant to the United States who became the first crime boss of the Cleveland crime family, which he structured from a competing number of organized crime gangs. When national Prohibition began in 1920, Lonardo became a dealer in corn sugar, an essential ingredient in the manufacture of corn whiskey. Lonardo became a "sugar baron" by driving other legitimate corn sugar merchants out of business, encouraging home distillation, and using intimidation, murder, and theft to eliminate or drive his criminal competitors out of business. Lonardo transformed his gang, the Mayfield Road Mob, into a powerful organized crime family. He had the support of the D'Aquila crime family of New York City, and engaged in widespread bribery of local judges, police, and politicians. His criminal organization's reliance on low-quality corn whiskey led to a drop in revenues when consumers began favoring better quality, illegally imported liquor. He began demanding unquestioning loyalty while taking little risk, alienating many bootleggers, home distillers, and organized crime figures. Lonardo's control of the Cleveland mafia was usurped in 1927 by underboss Salvatore "Black Sam" Todaro and the Porrello brothers while Lonardo was out of the country. When Lonardo returned to Cleveland, he attempted to regain control of the Cleveland mafia. His bodyguards were arrested as suspects in the Yorkell and Brownstein murders, leaving Lonardo unprotected. On October 13, 1927, he was murdered in a Porrello barber shop, likely on the orders of "Black Sam" Todaro. His death sparked Cleveland's Corn Sugar War.
โณ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โณ
00:00 โ Intro
11:51 โ Angelo Anthony Lonardo
14:05 โ Mary Scalish
18:54 โ Big Joe Lonardo
30:51 โ The Porrellos make a go of it on their own
36:12 โ Sugar Wars
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐
๐ For collaboration or promotion opportunities,
email: danatruppianamobtimes@gmail.com
withkoji.com: https://rb.gy/g7ojs
Your source for the life and history of infamous gangsters ... and some other stuff, too. Your go-to resource for information on famous gangsters' lives and histories, as well as other things.
๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง๐'๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ
Joseph "Big Joe" Lonardo - How his death led to the historic Sugar Wars!
๐โข โข Joseph "Big Joe" Lonardo - How his de...
Nicolo Schiro - The original boss of the Bonanno family & survived wars with all the mafia bosses!
๐โข โข Nicolo Schiro - The original boss of ...
Joe "The Boss" Masseria - Betrayed by his own men, one half of the Castellammarese war, and he lost!
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