Mafia Hit Man

Carmine DiBiase, the Wiseguy Who Really Killed Joey Gallo

De: Frank Dimatteo, Michael Benson

Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin

Who really killed "Crazy Joe" Gallo? It wasn't Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran as he claimed.

"Sober, he was nothing, but drunk he would blow your head off." That's how Pete the Greek described Carmine "Sonny" DiBiase, the Colombo crime family hitman who'd been terrorizing Manhattan's Little Italy since he was a kid. After beating and robbing a local tailor and doing time in reformatory, Sonny set up operations at the Mayfair Boys Civic and Social Club, an illegal poolroom where he shot and killed his best friend on Christmas day....

A prime suspect of this and other crimes, Sonny went on the lam and off the grid for seven years. He then surrendered himself to police, was tried for murder and sentenced to death. But after a second trial, he walked away a free man - free to kill again.

Joey "Crazy Joe" Gallo and his President Street mob waged a deadly Mafia civil war with the Colombo crime family, and in particular, Carmine "the Snake" Persico. And on that fateful night of April 7, 1972, in a Little Italy restaurant, Gallo was assassinated...by Carmine "Sonny" DiBiasi....

This is the true story of who really whacked "Crazy Joe" Gallo on that fateful night of April 7, 1972.

©2021 Frank Dimatteo and Michael Benson (P)2021 Tantor

Mob History 101

Another great piece of NYC mob history from former Gallo Crew member Frank DiMatteo & his co writer Michael Benson
with excellent narration by Eric Jason Martin

Good listen

I have enjoyed this book. The information parallels other accounts the reading is really good

Zesty, perfectly paced, great storytelling

This is like a great song: it hits all the notes. Yes, it sort of smirks along, in a sort of wiseguy voice, and it has plenty of (well-described) sleaze (which is an art form, perfect for Crazy Joey Gallo). I'm not going to go into it, but back in the day I had some exposure to sleaze, and this all rings so true. The main author, in the neighborhood as a kid and youth, obviously wasn't present for most scenes here. But the writing is so seamless, so well told, you could swear you were right there on the street (with inside info too), thanks to the best storyteller ever. It takes good research, but the voice here has the true knack of being absolutely listenable, entertaining and convincing. (Or, clear enough that one can disagree or question any part of it.) Right off the bat I was listening to hours of it, on end. Eric Jason Martin is a favorite narrator, but this might be his masterpiece, where story and speaker clinch perfectly. He sounds vaguely like Rod Serling, the Twilight Zone guy.

This book dovetails fantastically with the same author's title Carmine the Snake, which is included here with audible, or is borrowed free with Kindle Unlimited. It shines other light on most of the same characters.

Great book definitely download it

By far one of the best mob books I read so far I really like this author he grew up in this world that’s what I like about him it’s not like he studied it from books he lived it growing up as a kid watching his father in this crew

Good story

It tells the story of a mafia hit man from the knowledge of his crowd. Needs some fact checks on this because the Gallos didn’t kill The Mad Hater. I would recommend a listen.

Great

Great narration and backstory was great takes you back in time to when men were men

Not the worst

Started off so slow I tried to return it but it picked up and became just ok.

Mafia Hit Man

Alan
Just finished listening to Mafia Hit Man
Very well put together to tell us the stories of the Joey Gallo hit and the surrounding stories from that time

Waste of time !

Lots of mistakes combined with a terrible narrator who can’t even pronounce names correctly ! For instance D’Arco , it’s not Darko it’s pronounced Dee Arco ! Plus many other mistakes or BS that I’m better off not pointing out here . One very simple mistake was for example saying they found Sonny Red in a mob graveyard in lyndhurst NJ , when the location was actually in lindenwood Queens border of Brooklyn Queens known as the hole . This simple of a mistake shows lazy editing and just a desire to slap out another book and make some quick money ! Mostly regurgitated info already out there and they still made lots of mistakes ! Save your money for something better , DO NOT RECOMMEND

Boring

Too many people to get interested in any one particular person.

Gave up on it after about an hour of listening,