The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia

Corn Sugar and Blood

De: Rick Porrello

Narrado por: Keith Spillett

FBI Witness Rick Porrello writes about the important connection with mega-mobsters Charles Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky, the Cleveland mob's move to Las Vegas, and the first top-level national meeting of the Sicilian-American Mafia.

©1995 Rick Porrello (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Needs a movie

There’s more to the story, i need a part two to this piece of history

Great book!

Growing up in the 70’s and personally knowing people in this book it was so interesting. I remember all the news and camera people constantly coming around my friends. (Kids of the main guys) It was so crazy. I remember hanging out at lil Ang’s now lockkeepers restaurant while the men would have meetings and we would be up stairs hanging out. Crazy times.

a book worth a listen

Raised on the west coast with no family from Ohio I had no knowledge of the Cleveland mafia. Well written history of the Cleveland crime scene. Interesting story of all the families and the push for control.

Outstanding narrative

Great story about the rise and fall of the Cleveland mob! Author is outstanding! Highly recommended for listening!

ok

it's okay I will be there in about 10 minutes ago but it might be there in about 10 to get a chance

Disappointing narration

One would expect that the narrator would learn the correct pronunciation of Italian names, but it didn’t happen in this case. It’s disappointing and a bit frustrating unfortunately.

Good, detailed account of the Mafia in Cleveland

Appreciated the history and development of the mafia activities and characters in Cleveland. I like non-fiction and the book satisfied domecof my curiosity. I am a 3rd generation Cleveland native.

I had an interest in the story as my grandfather was a detective on the Cleveland police force in th red c30' to the 52. My mother and her brother were given police protection because of the work their father did.

Loved how the book tied the Cleveland mafia to other cities, the unions, and various enterprises. Interestingly, I worked for a member if the Milkwaukee Balestrari family in the early 70's at their restaurants when I was just 21. I had heard they were tied to the mafia. but never saw any of that activity.

100% prohibition era book

Very good book for prohobition era fans. The auther tells the story of the local mob in the 20s and 30s. Only the finale chapter is about the 70s and 80s. The book is interesting and to the point.

A 5 star mob book

As far as the mafia genre goes, this was excellent. I have read/listened to hundreds of mafia books. This was the first time it was specifically on the Cleveland mob. So that was a nice change as most mob books are just recycled information from other mob books. While I knew some of the facts as they had been very briefly referred to in other books I have read of listened to, the far majority of this book was new information for me. Keith Spillett did an excellent job.

Fascinating!

I had no idea that the mob was so prevalent in Cleveland. What a great read!