While Eppolito lived in Las Vegas, authorities learned of phone calls he made to associates of the Lucchese and Bonanno crime families. On Christmas Day, outside Guido’s mother’s house, the shooter fired multiple rounds into Guido’s car, ending the man’s life. Casso, who called the two men his “Crystal Ball,” said he hired them in 1986 on a salary of $4,000 a month to copy intelligence reports on NYPD probes and files naming Mob informants, so Casso could order the informers killed. Posted by 7 months ago. Featuring chilling firsthand details about how mafia families … Contact him at jburbank@themobmuseum.org. Eppolito, a one-time bodybuilder, viewed himself as a Hollywood screenwriter and actor from bit roles in several films such as the 1990 mob classic Goodfellas. With John Lurie. Santoro told Kaplan that if Casso had hired them, they would have “gotten the right Nicky Guido.”. It should not be visible. His godfather was Salvatore \"Sally\" Callinbrano, a Capo in the Genovese crime family, who maintained a powerful influence on the Brooklyn docks. In 2004, a strong witness willing to testify emerged. They drove behind Lino’s Mercedes-Benz on a Brooklyn parkway, pulled up beside him and Caracappa fired nine shots into the vehicle, killing him. Then in September 1986, some gunmen made an attempt on Casso’s life. Before his career ended with the U. S. Marshal’s office and Witness Security, mob bosses would promote him to the formal position of Underboss of the Lucchese crime family. Gaspipe Casso will gain the reputation of being a “homicidal maniac.” By 1974, at age 32, The Lucchese family made him a full member, of the Lucchese crime family. He had signed a records log for the file in December 1983, while the feds had Gambino under investigation. A former New York garment dealer, Burton Kaplan, sat down with DEA agents in 2004 to tell them an incredible story about two retired New York Police Department detectives. In 1990, Eppolito and Caracappa used police computers to locate Anthony Dilapi, hiding in Hollywood, California, and a Lucchese capo, Bruno Facciola. Christopher Furnari, a Lucchese Capo, noticed a teenage Anthony Casso and put him to work as a collector of his loan shark money. In 1994, the Lucchese family’s notorious boss, Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso, reported both Caracappa and Eppolito’s involvement to police. It’s situated at 136 Bassett Avenue, Mill Basin, Brooklyn, New York, and it was reportedly worth in excess of $1m when it was first being constructed in the early ’90s. Then Dades happened on a stronger lead when Betty Hydell, James’ mother, told him that Eppolito and Caracappa showed up at her Staten Island home and asked to see James just before her son’s 1986 disappearance. Created Feb 6, 2010. According to Lucchese crime family underboss Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, when trying to enroll in Witness Protection in 1994, he and his boss Vittorio "Vic" Amuso had paid Eppolito and Caracappa $375,000 in bribes – and payments for murder contracts – beginning in 1985. One of the many interesting stories about Gaspipe is his interactions with the Russian Mafia of Brighton Beach. Eppolito, now 70, is still serving his life sentence at the U.S. Penitentiary, Tucson, a high-security prison in Arizona. After the two were free, Santoro told Kaplan that his cousin and his partner would be willing to give law enforcement information on informants, pending arrests and other services for money. Courtesy of New York Police Department. Front view of Anthony Gaspipe Casso’s house. The boss of New York's infamous Lucchese crime family, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso's life in the Mafia was preordained from birth. I couldn’t afford a $2,000 suit, and they could. There was plenty of time. Few people and mainly only cops would ever say it to his face. With Santoro’s help, they handcuffed Hydell, locked him in the trunk of their car and brought him alive to Casso. They took him to an auto repair garage and put a bag over his head. On March 6, 2009, a federal judge sentenced Eppolito to life in prison plus 100 years, Caracappa to life with 80 extra years, and fined each more than $4 million. Others have claimed that his father made extra money hooking up illegal gas connections. In a deal struck with Lucchese underboss Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso, the two NYPD detectives agreed to pass intelligence reports about mob rats to … https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2006/03/dispatches-from-mob-trial.html He claimed in a 60 minutes interview that he was an expert with a magnesium burning bar to open heavy safes and bank vaults. He examined the work records of Eppolito and Caracappa. hide. Two months later, he filed for a “compassionate release.” Judge Weinstein answered: “There is nothing I can do in your case.” Caracappa died in a prison hospital in North Carolina on April 9, 2017, at age 75. With Ed Bradley, Anthony Casso, Charles Joe Hynes, Bruce Cutler. It was a story law enforcement had heard a decade before – from Casso himself – but now they had what they considered a solid witness. The pair delivered a list of names and addresses. Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso was born May 21, 1940. Gaspipe Casso was a very prolific thief during his life. Joseph Coffey, the highly regarded, one-time head of NYPD’s Organized Crime Task Force and who knew Eppolito and Caracappa before retiring in 1985, said he suspected both men and prevented Caracappa from joining the squad (Caracappa joined it after Coffey left). Front view of Anthony Gaspipe Casso’s house. Kaplan said that from 1986 to 1993 he met many times with two NYPD detectives, Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, to perform services for them and deliver $4,000 in monthly payoff money from Lucchese crime family underboss Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso in exchange for confidential information on police informants and investigations. He wanted them to kill an Israeli diamond dealer, Israel Greenwald, whom Kaplan feared might tell authorities about Kaplan’s scheme to steal Treasury bills. Gaspipe Casso never liked the nickname but it stuck to him for life. Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss: Carlo, Philip: Books - Amazon.ca. This book is about the life of Anthony 'Gaspipe' Casso, a member of the Lucchese crime family in New York from around the 1960's - 1990's. “They are toxic.”, U.S. District Judge Jack B. Weinstein, who presided over the “Mob Cops” trial, once remarked that the “two defendants have committed what amounts to treason against the people of the City of New York and their fellow police officers.”. There were other warning signs about Eppolito and Caracappa early on. To rent Brothers against Brothers, the documentary, click here. Police dug up Greenwald’s skeleton 19 years later, after the arrests of Eppolito and Caracappa. He is the author of four books, including Las Vegas Babylon: True Tales of Glitter, Glamour, and Greed, License to Steal: Nevada’s Gaming Control System in the Megaresort Age and Lost Las Vegas. Caracappa, a U.S. Army sergeant during the Vietnam War, was a childhood friend of Thomas Bilotti, who became a close aide to Gambino crime family boss Paul Castellano for several years until 1985, when Castellano and Bilotti ended up shot dead on orders of Gambino underboss John Gotti. A grateful Casso ended up giving them $70,000 for the hit. S01:E01 - John Gotti. Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, the boss of New York's Lucchese crime family, was a Mafia superstar, responsible for more than 50 murders. No one could explain how the file made it to Gambino’s home, except the suggestion that Eppolito had placed the file in an unlocked cabinet at his precinct. Caracappa took a job as assistant chief of security at a women’s prison in North Las Vegas. A month ago he… - 2 months ago @ElMagoBoy: Anthony 'Gaspipe' Casso est mort !!! As a young boy, Casso became a crack shot, firing pistols at targets on a rooftop which he and his friends used as a shooting range. Anthony Casso, Self: 60 Minutes. The two were convicted in 2006 and sentenced in 2009. Ironically, given what would transpire, Caracappa in the 1980s helped set up the NYPD’s Organized Crime Homicide Unit. Watch Mafia Killers With Colin McLaren: Season 1 Anthony Gaspipe Casso on DIRECTV The Mob welcomes Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, a brutal thug with a love of violence, with open arms; he makes millions for them, and for himself, but he grows severely paranoid. Doe… Required fields are marked *. Episode 6 "Big Joey" Massino . Where to Watch. But Santoro said that Eppolito wanted more money, another $4,000. That December, Casso asked Kaplan to direct Santoro to get the two cops to use the police computer to obtain the address and photo of a guy named Nicholas Guido, another person on the list provided by Eppolito and Caracappa. But in 1996, the ex-felon Kaplan was arrested in New York in connection with the marijuana ring and sent to prison. - By Jeff Burbank. Since this guy was a powerful influence on the Brooklyn docks and his father probably benefited from that relationship. S01:E01 - John Gotti. The city in 2015 granted $5 million to the family of wrongly fingered Nicholas Guido. Gaspipe Casso – the early years. Kaplan, a 71-year-old longtime Mob associate and former mastermind of a $10 million marijuana sales ring, had completed only eight years of his 27-year prison sentence. His place of birth was in South Brooklyn. He was the youngest child to Margaret Casso and Michael Casso. He believes the character played by James Caan in Thief was based on him and his exploits. Directed by Tim Conrad. Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso has passed away after getting COVID-19 in prison. Casso dropped out of school at 16 and got a longshoreman’s job. They received about $375,000 in all. Gaspipe Casso will gain the reputation of being a “homicidal maniac.” Anthony Casso was the youngest of the three children born to Michael and Margaret Casso. “It was well-known they were hooked up with the Mob,” Coffey told The Philadelphia Inquirerin 2005. Jeff Burbank is content development specialist for The Mob Museum. “I have never dealt with anything this egregious,” John Peluso, assistant special agent for the DEA’s New York field office, told the Associated Press. "Mafia Cops" interviews a former Mafia boss who says he paid New York City detectives to commit murder. Documentary TVPG Watchlist. I really don’t agree with that because this crew as based in Chicago and they had a real deal Chicago burglar Chicago Outfit burglar as a technical advisor and he had a small part in the film. Christopher Furnari saw his value as a criminal and brought him into his gambling operations and drug dealing. share. Both men, unwaveringly, professed their innocence. Casso requested an additional hit in 1992. After locating a Nicholas Guido in Brooklyn, Casso sent a hit man. Colin McLaren shares stories about his undercover work inside organised crime families. Each of Casso's grandparents had emigrated from Campania, Italy, between 1896 and 1898. With Lee Cross, Colin McLaren, Ross Mullan. The Mob welcomes Anthony 'Gaspipe' Casso, a brutal thug with a love of violence, with open arms; he makes millions for them, and for himself, but he grows severely paranoid. Both received promotions to detective, and had friends and acquaintances in the Mob, which in and of itself does not mean they were ripe for corruption and murder. Season 1. https://media.blubrry.com/kc_crime/p/content.blubrry.com/kc_crime/Gaspipe_Casso_part_1_normal.mp3. In 1984, FBI agents raided a home in New Jersey occupied by a Sicilian Mafia soldier and major heroin trafficker, Rosario Gambino. Gaspipe Casso – the early years Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso was born May 21, 1940. Eppolito and Caracappa, by then retired, signed off on his contract to whack Edward “Eddie” Lino, a Gambino captain, for a hefty $65,000. During the 1970s, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso rose through the ranks of the New York Mafia to become underboss of the Lucchese family, raking in millions of dollars through elaborate scams and killing anyone who got in his way. “It was well-known they were hooked up with the Mob,” Coffey told The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2005. Then the record of the computer search Caracappa made on Guido surfaced. They committed scores of crimes, including drug trafficking, burglary, and murder. This waterfront luxury home was once the property of Lucchese crime family underboss Anthony ‘Gaspipe’ Casso. “Nothing short of clearing my name could have replaced the tears my family cries over this,” Eppolito said to the paper. Courtesy of Alchetron. His body never turned up. It tells of how Casso went from being associated to members of organised crime/mafia (Carlo uses the term La Cosa Nostra or LCN) within his family (his father & Godfather were members) to being 'made' and reluctantly (according to Carlo) moving up the … Before his career ended with the U. S. Marshal’s office and Witness Security, mob bosses would promote him to the formal position of Underboss of the Lucchese crime family. NYPD detective Stephen Caracappa worked with Eppolito on behalf of New York Mafia families. A decade after their sentencing, the so-called “Mob Cops” case remains both disturbing and extraordinary. Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso has passed away after getting COVID-19 in prison. Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso was born May 21, 1940. In the early 1980s, Kaplan served time in the same prison with Frank Santoro Jr., Eppiloto’s cousin. Caracappa, for years suffering from cancer, lost an appeal to have his conviction overturned in April 2016. He also met with Kaplan, who also moved to Las Vegas in 1994. The deal lasted until 1990. In 1987, Santoro was shot and killed while hanging out with a person Casso had marked for death. When he clocked 16, he abandoned school and went ahead to join his father in working as a longshoreman. In February 1986, the two detectives, with Santoro as a passenger, made a traffic stop on Greenwald, and falsely said he was a suspect in a hit-and-run. The Mob welcomes Anthony 'Gaspipe' Casso, a brutal thug with a love of violence, with open arms; he makes millions for them, and for himself, but he grows severely paranoid. Join. Casso, who suspected the men were informants, had Dilapi and Facciola shot dead. Anthony Casso will have a successful career and become an important capo in the Gambino family. 136 Bassett Ave, Mill Basin . An unknown shooter murdered an eyewitness months later. He refused to talk to the DEA, FBI and New York Police about their interest in “two dirty cops.”. 239. Season 3 examines the lives of six notorious gangsters - Danny Greene, "Big Joey" Massino, Tommy "Karate" Pitera, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, and Albert Anastasia - as well as the "Mafia cops" Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa. Nevertheless, in April 1985, the NYPD gave Eppolito a clean bill of health. That year, Eppolito gave Casso background data on Mob informant John Heidel, and Casso had Heidel killed. Joseph Coffey, the highly regarded, one-time head of NYPD’s Organized Crime Task Force and who knew Eppolito and Caracappa before retiring in 1985, said he suspected both men and prevented Caracappa from joining the squad (Caracappa joined it after Coffey left). Eppolito’s Mob ties ran deeper. Kaplan also revealed that when Eppolito and Caracappa gave Casso tips about informants linked to the Bonnano and Genovese families, Casso would forward the news to those families, potentially resulting in more gangland hits. Casso … Dades took his new evidence to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office. Vittorio "Little Vic" Amuso (born 1934) is a New York mobster and former boss of the Lucchese crime family from 1987 to 2012. save. One named person was James “Jimmy” Hydell. Documentary. This waterfront luxury home was once the property of Lucchese crime family underboss Anthony ‘Gaspipe’ Casso. Born in Brooklyn, Casso was the youngest of the three children of Michael and Margaret Casso (née Cucceullo). The underboss directed Eppolito and Caracappa to find out the names of those suspected to have been in on the attempt. … Investigators were inclined to believe Casso’s stories, but as the sole witness, they considered the prolific Mob killer undependable, and the probe fell apart. In the 1970s, he appears to have “made his bones” by murdering a drug dealer who was a suspected stoolie or snitch. Kaplan agreed and contacted Casso. Kaplan, who had kept his mouth shut while in prison for about eight years, was now ready to spill about being Casso’s go-between on payments for the police records and the murders. Casso also made money shooting predatory hawks for pigeon tenders. Does that tell you something?”. "Handouts for the Homeland" investigates pork barrel projects that are given funding in the name of homeland security. Before his career ended with the U. S. Marshal’s office and Witness Security, mob bosses would promote him to the formal position of  Underboss of the Lucchese crime family. Try. He rose to become a violent youth. To subscribe on iTunes click here, please give me a review and help others find the podcast.
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