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Joseph Mario Barbara (/ b ɑː r ˈ b ɛər ə /; born Giuseppe Maria Barbara, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe maˈriːa barˈbaːra]; August 9, 1905 – June 17, 1959), also known as "Joe the Barber", was an Italian-American mobster who became caporegime of the Southern New York Tier territory of the Buffalo crime family, and hosted the abortive ...
Dec 12, 2019 · Inside Barbara’s house, the first order of business concerned a low-level mobster who withheld money. But, soon after it was decided the grunt would get a walk, all hell broke loose.
When they raided the house, they arrested 58 gangsters, including Vito Genovese, Carlo Gambino, Joseph Profaci, and Joseph Bonanno. J. Edgar Hoover, the head of the FBI, had ignored the rise of organized crime for decades, but the arrest of most of New York's top mafia members at once finally proved the existence of an organized criminal structure.
The former home of mobster Joe Barbara still stands, relatively unchanged, but apparently abandoned, on a rural road on August 21, 2021 outside of Apalachin, New York. The house was the location of...
Jan 30, 2024 · In this episode, we again discuss Joseph Barbara Sr., the mobster who famously hosted the ill-fated Apalachin Mob Meeting in Apalachin, New York.
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Nov 1, 2014 · Joseph Barbara. The gangsters said they had just been visiting Barbara, who was recovering from a recent heart attack. But three weeks earlier, Albert Anastasia, the notorious boss of "Murder...
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True Crime. In this episode, we discuss Joseph Barbara Sr., the mobster who famously hosted the ill-fated Apalachin Mob Meeting in Apalachin, New York. In this first of a two-part series, we discuss the beginning of Barbara's mob career including: His birth in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy. His immigration to the United States in 1921.
