On this day, April 15, in 1951, Vincent Mangano, founder of one of the modern Five Families mob organizations, disappeared, making way for the ruthless Albert Anastasia to take the helm of the family.
Carmine J. Persico, the unpredictable leader of the New York-based Colombo crime family who the authorities believe had a strong hand in the assassinations of mob bosses Albert Anastasia and Joey ...