Cosa Nostra News

"The mob ain't what it used to be, number one, and he’s not even part of the mob. They’re both so fcking crazy the mob wants nothing to do with them. But what they have is this intimidation factor 'cause they are fcking nuts .” --Police detective on the Caponegro brothers, Joseph and Gregory “I'm about ready to go to fcking jail!” --Greg Caponegro Greg Caponegro, brother of Joey Waterbed..... Story includes three videos, below A violent former associate of the Genovese crime family (formerly in the crew of one of the most powerful capos to ever rule the waterfront) and his twin brother have been on something of a tear recently, allegedly terrorizing residents of the Garden State. Many of said Garden State residents allegedly terrorized by the Caponegro brothers – that’s Joseph (Joey Waterbed) and Greg -- no doubt will feel some relief at knowing that the police have finally taken steps to put a damper on the not-so-dynamic duo’s over-the-top activiti...

Following is an episode of a1950s radio news program called "The Nation's Nightmare," which spotlights the Mafia's then-growing infiltration of the New York and New Jersey waterfronts. Narrated by veteran correspondent Bill Downs, one of the so-called (Edward R.) Morrow's Boys , he sounds the alarm about "the greatest concentration of Mafia power in the world." And he does it using that  tinny, clipped 1950s tone called Transatlantic speech , a specific speaking style taught to broadcasters in the mass media's early days in an attempt to offset America's thousands of rich regional dialects. Albert Anastasia, "Socks" Lanza, and just about every mobster of notoriety in the 1950s is mentioned in the broadcast, which also describes everything from the dockworker "shakeup" in the mornings to how various mobsters came to dominate certain sections of the ports, as well as related unions. This particular episod...