Tales of History and Imagination

The American Mafia - One: The Clutch Hand


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This week, (apologies for the delay all, I’ve been an absolute wreck the last couple of weeks) we’re returning to Little Italy; the year 1903. In part one of this two parter we discuss the early life of America’s first Capo di Tutti Capi, Giuseppe ‘The Clutch Hand’ Morello.                    

Sources Include: 

The First Family; Terror, Extortion and the Birth of the American Mafia by Mike Dash

Five Families by Selwyn Raab
The Black Hand by Stephan Talty


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