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Joseph Gallo (April 7, 1929 – April 7, 1972), also known as " Crazy Joe ", was an Italian-American mobster and Caporegime of the Colombo crime family of New York City, New York. In his youth, Gallo was diagnosed with schizophrenia after an arrest.
Feb 5, 2024 · Joe Gallo joined the Profaci family early on, serving as the most likely hitman of Albert Anastasia, the boss of what would become the Gambino family. As the head of Murder Inc. — the Mafia’s most notorious hit squad — Anastasia was one of the most feared men in New York.
Dec 1, 2019 · Gallo was born in Brooklyn, and reportedly began his mafia career working for the Profaci crime family. According to some accounts, Gallo was among the men who killed Albert Anastasia, head of...
May 3, 1972 · FBI and NYC Police Dept officials disclose that an associate of Mafia family reputedly headed by J A Colombo Sr has turned himself in to FBI and said that he and 4 other men carried out killing...
A caporegime of the Colombo crime family, Gallo was a paradoxical figure—a mobster, a diagnosed schizophrenic, and the central figure in two gang wars that shook the foundations of the...
Sep 14, 2015 · Crazy Joe Gallo was one of the most feared members of the Colombo crime family. He was eventually murdered in front of his family at Umberto's Clam House. American Mafia History
Oct 4, 2021 · Joey Gallo was the Mafia’s celebrity hitman. After an intellectual awakening in prison, he turned to writing. October 4, 2021 By Frank Dimatteo and Michael Benson. Via Kensington. Legendary New York City gangster Joey Gallo’s closest friends in the show biz world were actor Jerry Orbach and his wife Marta.
Joseph Gallo, alias “Crazy Joe,” was an Italian American gangster and a capo of New York City’s Colombo criminal family. He was born on April 7, 1929, to Umberto and Mary Gallo in the New York City neighborhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn. During the prohibition era, Umberto worked as a bootlegger.
Sep 7, 2013 · The mobster Joseph Gallo was gunned down at Umberto’s Clam House in 1972, and even though the restaurant has moved, tourists still come to look.
Jan 8, 2015 · In 1960, he and his brothers attempted a coup and set off a bloody gangland war. The Profacis prevailed, but not before Joey Gallo became a folk hero.
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