Mafia Hitman: Carmine Dibiase, the Wiseguy Who Really Killed Joey Gallo

by Michael Benson, Frank DiMatteo, Eric Jason Martin (Reading)

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 murderm 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 Joey Gallo on that fateful night of April 7, 1972.

Genres: Crime

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Published September 28, 2021

Reviews

[Stefanie Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about Carmine "Sonny Pinto" DiBiase, a hitman for the Colombo Family. He began his criminal career as an adolescent, getting into all manner of shenanagins. He eventually was made in the Genovese Family, though many sources claim he worked with the Colombo Family. He supposedly trafficked heroin, ran an illegal card game, Several members of organized crime families had plenty to say about his temperament, especially when he was drinking. It is believed that he was responsible for the deaths of Ali Waffa, Michael Granello, Joseph Viscone, and "Crazy Joe" Gallo. Gallo was murdered at Umberto's Clam House on April 1, 1972 by four gunmen. Carmine DiBiase was one of those gunmen.

This book is currently available to listen to on Audible Plus with your membership. I forget exactly how many hours this was, but it wasn't exceptionally long, and I listened to most of it while doing housework. I thought the book was really quite good. I always enjoy a book about organized crime. This particular time period in organized crime was full of hits and backstabbing. This book contained a lot of information about some of the more famous names to come out of organized crime, and goes into detail about why a hit was done on Crazy Joe Gallo. If you are into organized crime, you may want to give this one a listen.