2.10.2008

Real Mafia Nicknames

Sixty-two mafiosi were recently indicted as part of a federal probe of the Gambino crime family. And some of their names are priceless. The truth is stranger than fiction...
  1. Vincent "Elmo" Amarante
  2. Thomas "Tommy Sneakers" Cacciopoli
  3. Charles "Charlie Canig" Carneglia
  4. Joseph "Joe Rackets" Casiepe
  5. Domenico "The Greaseball" Cefalu
  6. Joseph "Joe Marco Polo" Chirico
  7. Joseph "Miserable" Corozzo
  8. Nicholas "Grandpa" Corozzo
  9. John "Jackie the Nose" D'Amico
  10. Vincent "Vinny Hot" Decongilio
  11. Leonard "Fatso" DiMaria
  12. Vincent "Skinny" Dragonetti (Can't believe they didn't play off his last name...)
  13. Robert "Bobby the Jew" Epifania
  14. Russell "Dead Eye" Ferrisi
  15. Joseph "Joe Gag" Gaggi
  16. Anthony "Buckwheat" Giammarino
  17. Ernest "Baldy" Grillo
  18. Anthony "Cheeks" Licata
  19. Anthony "Tony O" O'Donnell
  20. James "Tall Guy" Outerie
  21. John "Johnny Red Rose" Pisano
  22. Richard "Fat Richie" Ranieri
  23. William "Big Billy" Scotto
  24. Michael "Mike the Electrician" Urciuoli (Rare Italian triphthong in the last name there...)

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