Red Hook

Brooklyn Mafia, Ground Zero

By: Frank Dimatteo, Michael Benson

Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin

For more than a hundred years, the Red Hook section of Brooklyn was Ground Zero for organized crime. Whoever controlled the piers controlled everything. From the infamous Irish gang known as The White Hand at the turn of the century, to the notorious Italian Gallo brothers who ran President Street—and everything else—generations later, the blood-soaked history of Red Hook is the story of American crime at its most powerful, corrupt, and coldly efficient.

It's all here: the brutal mob hits, bullet storms, and backstabbings of the most colorful cutthroats to ever terrorize the streets. A rogue's gallery of killers with nicknames like "The Mad Hatter," "The Executioner," "Wild Bill," and "Peg Leg." The Brooklyn bar fight that gave Al "Scarface" Capone his legendary scars. The godfather of America's first Sicilian crime family whose gruesomely mangled hand could scare men half to death. And, to bring it all home, the author's own eyewitness account of multiple shootings growing up as the son of a Mafia bodyguard.

Packed with jaw-dropping stories of public violence and personal vengeance, vivid insights into the Mafia's way of life, and shocking portraits of America's most wanted crime families, Red Hook is a must-listen for anyone fascinated by the history of organized crime in America.

©2024 Frank Dimatteo and Michael Benson (P)2024 Tantor

Very interesting

I loved the narration. Never boring. Extremely interesting story line. I enjoyed this very much. Would listen again.

It started at the beginning and ended at the end

Amazing about of material that brings you through the entire history of Brooklyn NY's Italian mob. If thought you knew the history of the mob try this, you might be surprised

The places I lived in were often mentioned

Repetitive violence lost the focus and lives of non criminal residents who loved their childhood life in Red Hook

Great History of Red Hook

Fascinating to read the history of Red Hook from the very beginning uo to now. Great story telling and narration. I could almost see everything with my own eyes. Valuable information. Well worth the reading.

good not great

a nice story about the gangsters of red hook. all kind of legendary charecthers came from red hook. the book is a nice piece of history.