Vincent Basciano

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Vinny Gorgeous Sentenced to Second Life Term in Mob Murder

​The murder trial of Vincent Basciano, better known as "Vinny Gorgeous," was a chest of riches for collectors of mob knowledge nuggets, from fashion to food, rats and kissing in public. Basciano was convicted in May of murder in the killing mob associate Randolph Pizzolo, thanks largely in par ... More >>

Vincent Basciano, Better Known as "Vinny Gorgeous," Found Guilty of Murder in Mob Trial

​A guilty verdict on Monday makes Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano just the second mafia man in three decades to face the death penalty, the Daily News reports. Basciano was convicted today of murdering Randolph Pizzolo, a mob associate, but is already serving a life sentence for a separate k ... More >>

Vinny Gorgeous Ordered Kissing Ban for Mobsters, Tired of Bologna for Lunch

​More from the murder trial of Vinny Gorgeous (a/k/a Vinny Basciano, a/k/a the Bonanno family crime boss): Giuseppe "Joey" Gambina testified that cheek-kissing was banned by Basciano after he became paranoid that the government was onto them and even taking pictures. Saddest words ever, via th ... More >>

Going Rate to Survive After Having Sex With a Mobster's Wife? $50,000.

​Once of the unexpected joys in the murder trial of Vinny Gorgeous (a/k/a Bonanno family crime boss) is the revelation of all sorts of new mafia-based learning, like in naming conventions and linguistics and style, and even micro-economics. Today, we learn that the price of impregnating a crim ... More >>

John Gotti Tried to Kill Joseph Massino, Mob Boss Rat, Who Can't Stop Talking About Food

Gotti​The New York Times reports again today from the federal testimony of Joseph C. Massino, formerly a boss of the Bonanno crime family, and the first official top dog of New York's five families to tell the government what he knows. John Gotti, Massino says, planned with his own underboss a ... More >>

What Mobster's Expressions Really Mean: An Investigation

​Mobsters have a special way of speaking that is all their own, which you probably already know, having watched any number of the excellent mafia-themed films available on Netflix and your various cable channels. The New York Times has an intriguing look into some of the more "esoteric" of tho ... More >>

New York Mob Boss Becomes First to Tell All at Murder Trial

​Joseph C. Massino said that his responsibilities as a boss in the Bonanno crime family included, "Murders, responsibility for the family, made captains, break captains," and just like that, he became "the only official boss of a New York crime family ever to cooperate with federal authorities ... More >>

Mobster 'Vinny Gorgeous' Will Be Well-Dressed at Trial, Judge Orders

​Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano, the former Bonanno crime-family boss who's facing new charges of murdering a mob associate while currently serving a life sentence on another conviction, will not be just some schlub at trial. The New York Post reports that his "perfectly coiffed hair" will ... More >>

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