Mobsters, Gangs, Crooks, and Other Creeps-Volume 4

by Joe Bruno, Marc Maturo (Editor)

Plus FREE Best Selling Book "Mob Rats - Danny Greene," making it two books for the price of one! Kindle Unlimited (KU) members get this gangster/murder and mayhem book for FREE! "Mobsters, Gangs, Crooks, and Other Creeps - Volume 4 " has been AMAZON/USA AND UK #1 in FREE BEST SELLERS IN "LAW ENFORCEMENT BIOGRAPHIES" & "HOAXES & DECEPTIONS" AMAZON/UK #2 IN "PERSPECTIVES ON LAW" AMAZON/CANADA #3 BEST SELLER IN "GANGS" AMAZON/USA #3 BEST SELLER IN "INDIGENOUS PEOPLES" AMAZON/UK #3 BEST SELLER IN "TRUE ACCOUNTS HOAXES & DECEPTIONS" AMAZON/USA #5 BEST SELLER IN “HOT NEW RELEASES ORGANIZED CRIME AMAZON/USA#5 BEST SELLER IN "LAW ENFORCEMENT BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS" AMAZON/UK #5 BEST SELLER IN "GANG VIOLENCE" AMAZON/USA #15 BEST SELLER IN "HOAXES & DECEPTIONS" AMAZON/USA #15 BEST SELLER IN "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE" AMAZON/UK #16 BEST SELLER IN "LAW ENFORCEMENT BIOGRAPHIES" AMAZON/UK #19 BEST SELLER IN "POLICE BIOGRAPHIES" AMAZON/USA #20 BEST SELLER IN “ORGANIZED CRIME” Joe Bruno's "Mobsters, Gangs, Crooks, and Other Creeps" finished in second place (runner up) in the 2013 eFestival of Words Best of the Independent Ebook Awards in the category "Nonfiction." Mobsters, Gangs, Crooks, and Other Creeps – Volume 4” is not exactly like the previous three volumes, but in my opinion, it’s even better. This book starts off with a five-thousand word article on gangster Johnny “Dio” Dioguardi, whom Bobby Kennedy called “The Master Labor Racketeer.” Dio’s career in crime started in the 1930’s, when he and his uncle “Jimmy Doyle” Plumeri held a stranglehold on the Garment Workers Union. By the 1950’s, Dio was in cahoots with Jimmy Hoffa as they sought to use the Teamsters Union as their own personal piggy bank. Syndicated news reporter, Victor Riesel, started snooping into Dio and Hoffa’s activities, and this resulted in Dio ordering one of his thugs to throw lye in Riesel’s face, rendering him blind for life. Through chicanery and intimidation, Dio was never convicted in the Riesel assault, but Dio was forever known as “The Man Who Blinded Victor Riesel.” “Mobsters, Gangs, Crooks and Other Creeps – Volume 4” then segues into the present, with scores of columns on true crime events throughout the years 2011 and 2012. First on board is the arrest and subsequent machinations perpetrated by the prosecution and the defense concerning Whitey Bulger and his gal-pal Catherine Greig, following their arrest in Santa Monica, Cal., after sixteen years on the run.

260 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 20, 2013