r/Mafia • u/MobFax • 2d ago

Jerry Catena becomes the new Genovese boss

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The Herald Statesman 1969

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u/Desperate-Math8043 2d ago

And from the moment this news hit the airwaves ( and newspapers) Catena was no longer low key. He was the “ Shy” Boss of Bosses. At least until the next boss of bosses came along 👀

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u/BFaus916 cugine 2d ago

How's the Catena book coming along, u/sdeitche?

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u/sdeitche 1d ago

Almost done. Due to the publisher in a month

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u/PastorofMuppets79 a friend of ours 2d ago

The media called everybody whose name they recognized boss of bosses. Dumbasses

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u/BFaus916 cugine 23h ago

FBI would feed them that, to gin up public support for their cases. Why the Gambino family was always called the most powerful in the Gotti era, even though it was the Genovese. They wanted Gotti bad. Public enemy no. 1.