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Samuel " Mad Sam " DeStefano (September 13, 1909 − April 14, 1973) was an American mobster who was associated with the Chicago Outfit. He was one of the organization's most notorious loan sharks and sociopathic killers.
- How Sam Destefano Began His Life of Crime
- The Vicious Exploits of The “Mad Hatter”
- The Cold-Blooded Murder of Mad Sam Destefano
Samuel DeStefano was born on September 13, 1909, in Streator, Illinois. His family, who had immigrated to the United States just a few years before his birth, moved to Chicago’s Little Italy when he was still a child. There, it wasn’t long before young DeStefano became involved with local street gangs. According to Gangsters Inc., in 1927, a teenag...
Unlike many lenders, who prioritized giving money to people they knew would pay them back, Mad Sam reportedly preferred to lend to high-risk clients with a history of defaulting. He knew if they didn’t pay him back, he had a reason to torture them. One of his victims was Artie Adler, a local restaurant owner who was once late to pay DeStefano back....
In 1963, Mad Sam DeStefano, along with his brother Mario and mobsters Tony Spilotroand Chuckie Crimaldi, killed a man named Leo Foreman. Nearly a decade later, Crimaldi informed the FBI about the murder, and Spilotro and the DeStefano brothers were arrested. In his typical, disturbed fashion, DeStefano made a fool of himself in the courtroom. He wo...
Sam DeStefano Home and Murder. Considered the worst torturer-murderer in US history, "Mad Sam" DeStefano was a loan shark and hitman for the Chicago Outfit. He was implicated in the murders of William "Action" Jackson, Leo Foreman, Arthur Adler and his own younger brother Michael.
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Apr 14, 1973 · On this day in 1973 one of the most notorious sociopathic enforcers for the Chicago Outfit, would die at the age of 63. Mad Sam DeStefano was so mentally unstable that he would never become a made man in the family.
Feb 11, 2021 · Anthony Spilotro reportedly entered mob life in his early 20s, under the tutelage of reputed outfit torture killer “Mad Sam” DeStefano, and went on to work with feared hit man Felix...
Sam DeStefano, a.k.a. "Mad Sam," received notoriety as one of the most violent loansharks in Chicago's history. Born the son of Italian immigrants in Little Italy, he fell in with the infamous 42er Gang. He served three years in prison for rape and eleven in Wisconsin for bank robbery.
Sep 21, 2023 · Join me as I delve into the chilling true crime story of Sam "Mad Sam" Destefano's murder site - a notorious gangster in Chicago. A gangster too psychotic fo...
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