Cosa Nostra News

In 1982, mob shooters killed an innocent bystander while gunning down a father and son duo suspected of stealing from the Colombo family's proceeds from the classic porn flick Deep Throat. Joseph Peraino Sr. was the target. He survived, but was paralyzed The incident was later dubbed one of the New York underworld's most depraved acts. The victim, Veronica Zuraw, was a former Roman Catholic nun for the Brooklyn Diocese. The Colombos couldn't have picked a worse innocent bystander to shoot in the head if they'd deliberately tried. Former Colombo shooter Salvatore (Big Sal) Miciotta discussed the gangland hit -- that ended the lives of both a mobbed-up pornographer and the former nun -- in a documentary that never disclosed certain details about Big Sal, including how his testimony had been so discredited, a judge ruled he could never testify again. Miciotta's false testimony got several gangsters off scott free on a host of mob charges, including murder, and...

The Sydney Morning Herald interviewed Michael Franzese who addressed a couple of compelling topics, one of which is the murder of Larry "Champagne" Carrozz a, supposedly over a married Carrozza having the audacity to date the also-married daughter of Colombo powerhouse John "Sonny" Franzese." Michael also reveals that he learned in recent years that he was not adopted. (Franzese is visiting Australia to promote " An Evening with The Godfather ," which was delayed because "Australian immigration authorities pondered "character" issues before granting Franzese's visa." While in Australia Michael Franzese also gave an interview--click  here  to check it out--to life coach  Joseph Sulfaro  of the Newport Hypnotherapy, Health & Healing Centre.)

In 1974, mob shooters accidentally killed an innocent bystander while in the process of gunning down a father and son suspected of stealing some of the Colombo family's proceeds from the ticket sales related to the classic porn flick Deep Throat. In time this incident would be dubbed one of the New York underworld's more depraved acts. Peraino Sr. survived the hit,  but was paralyzed. Former jailhouse snitch Salvatore "Big Sal" Miciotta, who was so discredited in the courtroom, he could never testify again, talked about the infamous hit for a documentary. William "Wild Bill" Cutolo, a powerful, charismatic Colombo capo later named underboss (only to be murdered in 1999) and five Colombo gangsters were freed because of Miciotta's false testimony, which also destroyed an honest man's career in the NYPD, among other things. Colombo shooters lured a father and son into a trap to kill them. Their crime was skimming from the proceeds g...

"Big Sal" Miciotta  is a Colombo turncoat/jailhouse snitch who nailed Gaspipe Casso for life and got out of prison 10 years early.  John Staluppi  is a wealthy American yachtsman who sells the priciest yachts in the world. He seems to like to name the vessels after James Bond actions flicks. He was identified by the FBI as a member of the Colombo family. Vic Orena challenged "the Snake" for t he big seat in the Colombo family, igniting a civil war in the early 1990s. Former NYPD Detective Joseph Simone is living on Staten Island robbed of his pension. He faced charges that he had passed information to Mafia figures and was found NOT GUILTY in a court of law.

Michael Franzese EXCLUSIVE: Readers of Cosa Nostra News will soon have an opportunity to ask former Colombo capo Michael Franzese anything they'd like (as long as it's not moronic gibberish; by that, I refer to the tone. Rudeness will not be tolerated. Anything can be asked, as long as it's sincere and with civility). I may moderate the webcast which is being put together for you, the readers of this blog, specifically. I, for one, have a few questions I'd like to pose to Michael regarding exactly how he managed the transition out of the Mafia. Also, there are gaps in the story about the murder of  Champagne Larry Carozza . And what does his dad think of all this? Because we decided that logistics would be too much of an issue -- think of the  steak dinner  scenario for example -- it's been decided that the event will be a live webcast ( meaning, although nothing is finalized as of yet, you would participate from your home computer ); since we...