Carlos Marcello person
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Claims (55)
Robert Maheu relationship_with
Carlos Marcello book_quoted
“A lot of information about that. And then the author moves on to, let me get past Mayhew. There's two chapters of nothing but Mayhew information. And his relationship with Santo Traficani, Carlos Marcello in New Orleans, blah, blah, blah. O…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Spooks Part 7 @ 5:54
Philip Smith member_of
Carlos Marcello book_quoted
“of New Orleans mafia family, Carlos Marcello. And of course, picked up lots of information about Bebe because he had a close association with him. They were also monitoring Marcello's personal attorney, Philip Smith. On the inside of the do…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA&George Bush Part 3 @ 29:12
Carlos Marcello secretly_owned
Holiday Inns book_quoted
“survived 30 years in the heart of this mafia organization, according to the Metro Crime Commission. Marcella controlled at least five Holiday Inns in Louisiana through front companies and close associate. I'm not even going to try to say th…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA&George Bush Part 3 @ 31:23
Carlos Marcello member_of
Marcella Mafia Family documented
“of New Orleans mafia family, Carlos Marcello. And of course, picked up lots of information about Bebe because he had a close association with him. They were also monitoring Marcello's personal attorney, Philip Smith. On the inside of the do…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA&George Bush Part 3 @ 29:12
Carlo Gambino member_of
Carlos Marcello documented
“66, Marcello was caught by New York police having lunch at La Stella's restaurant in Queens. Seated at Marcello's table was none other than Carlo Gambino, the boss of the biggest New York mafia family. Seated next to Marcello's left was San…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 20 @ 43:18
Santo Trafficante Jr. member_of
Carlos Marcello documented
“66, Marcello was caught by New York police having lunch at La Stella's restaurant in Queens. Seated at Marcello's table was none other than Carlo Gambino, the boss of the biggest New York mafia family. Seated next to Marcello's left was San…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 20 @ 43:18
Thomas Eboli member_of
Carlos Marcello documented
“66, Marcello was caught by New York police having lunch at La Stella's restaurant in Queens. Seated at Marcello's table was none other than Carlo Gambino, the boss of the biggest New York mafia family. Seated next to Marcello's left was San…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 20 @ 43:18
Joseph Colombo member_of
Carlos Marcello documented
“acting boss of the Genovese family. And seated next to him was Joseph Colombo, boss of the Colombo family. After being arrested, Marcello returned to New Orleans where he took a swing at an FBI agent at the airport. In August of 1990, in th…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 20 @ 43:48
Carlos Marcello member_of
Warwick Hotel documented
“had purchased Ponsatrain State Bank from Beebe, the mobster. Mecham also owned Warwick Hotel in Houston. When Marcello would come to Houston for his visits, one of his favorite places to stay was Warwick. He would be comped, meaning given f…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 20 @ 51:00
Robert F. Kennedy targeted_for_regime_change
Carlos Marcello book_quoted
“Sam Yaris of Chicago, Mickey Cohen of LA, and Santo Traficani of Tampa and Miami. In the spring of 61, Bobby Kennedy was well into his attack on the mafia and particularly Marcella. Marcella, he had in his possession an illegal Guatemalan p…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Kill Plot Part 5 @ 3:08
Carlos Marcello relationship_with
Sam Giancana book_quoted
“horse racetrack gambling, and gambling casinos. When his partner, Sam Carolla, was deported back to Sicily in 1947, Marcella took control of the New York interest. At this time, his main national crime contacts were Joe Civella of Dallas, w…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Kill Plot Part 5 @ 2:36
Carlos Marcello relationship_with
Sam Giancana book_quoted
“was a CIA aircraft. It was reported that David Ferrari was his pilot on the CIA aircraft. Marcella declared war against the Kennedys. Then an opportunity presented itself via Johnny Roselli and Sam Giacana to get revenge. It was exactly wha…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Kill Plot Part 5 @ 4:09
Carlos Marcello relationship_with
Johnny Roselli book_quoted
“was a CIA aircraft. It was reported that David Ferrari was his pilot on the CIA aircraft. Marcella declared war against the Kennedys. Then an opportunity presented itself via Johnny Roselli and Sam Giacana to get revenge. It was exactly wha…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Kill Plot Part 5 @ 4:09
Guy Banister relationship_with
Carlos Marcello book_quoted
“In New Orleans, it says that the CIA had two major factors in its favor. Guy Bannister had his own private detective agency, which was a front for mercenary pilots. The Cuban exile community, they were trafficking weapons out of there. And …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Kill Plot Part 5 @ 0:29
Carlos Marcello member_of
Pontchartrain State Bank book_quoted
“They published a story on BB's interesting bank and savings and loan network, which showed connections between him and Marcella. The paper's reporters, Alan Pouzet and Bill Lodge, found the mob boss, Carlos Marcello, his son Joseph, and som…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA&George Bush Part 3 @ 36:00
Carlos Marcello funded
John Drew Langford documented
“money laundered into real estate as the collateral for the bank. Marcello testified that Langford was a business partner and Marcello wanted to help him with the Pontchartrain loan. The Morning News also discovered another link between Beeb…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA&George Bush Part 3 @ 38:00
Carlos Marcello funded
Paul Broadhead documented
“who in the early 1980s was CEO of Bebe's umbrella company, AMI. The victim of this deal, a Mississippi businessman, received a phone call out of the blue from Carlos Marcello, making an unsolicited offer to help settle his problem with Bebe…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA&George Bush Part 3 @ 39:02
Carlos Marcello funded
Paul Broadhead documented
“the author that during the BB instigated lawsuit against him, he received a phone call from Texarkana's federal prison. It was Carlos Marsala. He had been sentenced for bribery. The Mafia Don made an astounding offer to help Broadhead with …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA&George Bush Part 3 @ 41:02
Raymond Close spied_on
Carlos Marcello documented
“told him he was involved with BB, which we already know. After connecting the links between BB and Marsalo and the Teamsters union, Marsalo had actually told this guy and undercover FBI agents in 1979 that the mob owned the Teamsters. Marsa…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA&George Bush Part 3 @ 42:06
Carlos Marcello member_of
International Brotherhood of Teamsters documented
“told him he was involved with BB, which we already know. After connecting the links between BB and Marsalo and the Teamsters union, Marsalo had actually told this guy and undercover FBI agents in 1979 that the mob owned the Teamsters. Marsa…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA&George Bush Part 3 @ 42:06
Mike Moran member_of
Carlos Marcello documented
“that Shreveport businessman Harry Hart had received loans from a BB Bank state savings and loan in Lubbock, Texas. Hart's attorney is Mike Moran, who is also Marcella's Shreveport attorney. Keep it in the family. It was Maroon who traveled …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA&George Bush Part 3 @ 50:31
Robert F. Kennedy removed_from_power
Carlos Marcello documented
“to be with Marsala after Attorney General Robert Kennedy had the mafia boss abruptly deported. In addition, when Marsala came to Shreveport, he usually hung out at Eddie's Supper Club, which is exactly where Bebe hung out all the time. Cage…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA&George Bush Part 3 @ 51:00
Edwin Edwards member_of
Carlos Marcello documented
“and other BB-owned or controlled companies paid Edwin Edwards, the former now governor, $100,000 a year for apparently nothing. Edwards was also close to Marcello. During the 1979 investigation of Marcello, undercover FBI agents tape-record…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA&George Bush Part 3 @ 52:32
Carlos Marcello spied_on
Edwin Edwards documented
“and other BB-owned or controlled companies paid Edwin Edwards, the former now governor, $100,000 a year for apparently nothing. Edwards was also close to Marcello. During the 1979 investigation of Marcello, undercover FBI agents tape-record…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA&George Bush Part 3 @ 52:32
Carlos Marcello secretly_owned
Continental Savings documented
“had a part in all of this financing. He went on to say that he had met Bebe at Whitehall Hotel with Kelly. They had brunch together, and Kelly was acting like a lapdog to the mob boss. Tomlin said later that Marsalo controlled Continental t…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA&George Bush Part 3 @ 56:06
John Mecham Sr. member_of
Carlos Marcello documented
“The director of New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission stated that Mecham, who owned the New Orleans Saints professional football team, was seen frequently at a New Orleans restaurant called Marcello's. The restaurant that was connected …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 20 @ 49:06
Clint Murchison member_of
Carlos Marcello host_asserted
“He did, but it wasn't from legitimate businesses. Michener's dealings with Clint Murchison Jr. in Honduras is also curious. Both Clint Sr. and his son were close to Carlos Marcelo, the mafia guy, and the CIA. The father had business interes…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 8 @ 48:37
Carlos Marcello member_of
CIA documented
“Quote, the committee's extensive investigation led to the conclusion the most likely family bosses of organized crime to have participated in such unilateral assassination plan were Carlos Marcello, the guy in New Orleans, and Santo Trafica…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 9 @ 12:37
Jack Ruby did_business_with
Carlos Marcello host_asserted
“The most important was his association with Jack Ruby, who visited him in Havana prison in 1959. His statement to Cuban exile financier, Jose Allman, that Kennedy is going to be hit. That's a quote. And his close association with fellow maf…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 9 @ 13:08
Carlos Marcello involved_in_overthrow_of
Fidel Castro documented
“use in working to take out Castro. The other one was Sam Giacconi. However, Traficani's close associate, Carlos Marcelo, the guy that we covered extensively at the beginning of this book, the New Orleans mob boss, once told an FBI informant…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 19B @ 47:19
Carlos Marcello trafficked
Martin Luther King Jr. host_asserted
“has this relationship and awareness of Marcelo and his activities. Carlos Marcelo had been a mob kingpin, was the mob leader in this part of the country for a long, long time. So any contact, any mob contract on Martin Luther King's life wo…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner MLK Conspiracy Trial wGladio Glasses @ 38:03
Walter B. Jones Jr. did_business_with
Carlos Marcello book_quoted
“The retired intelligence division officers confirmed that Michener and Marcellos knew each other, met often, and had mutual business interests. They also said that Marcello had contact with other powerful Houstonians, including developer Ke…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 2 @ 37:18
Walter B. Jones Jr. relationship_with
Carlos Marcello book_quoted
“Definitely in existence because he had been in it. When Mary Flood and the author interviewed Michener in 1987 for an article in the Houston Post, he asked him about his relationship with Carlos Marcello, which a number of people had told t…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 2 @ 40:57
Irving Davidson connected_to
Carlos Marcello book_quoted
“use in working to take out Castro. The other one was Sam Giacconi. However, Traficani's close associate, Carlos Marcelo, the guy that we covered extensively at the beginning of this book, the New Orleans mob boss, once told an FBI informant…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 19B @ 47:19
Carousel Hotel operated_in
Carlos Marcello book_quoted
“Craig and Rogers state in their book that after the assassination, the CIA agent had called Harrelson, quote, who was staying at another Carlos Marcelo-owned rest stop, the Carousel Hotel. The Carousel was a well-known hideout and watering …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 2 @ 46:04
Carlos Marcello trafficked
Raoul host_asserted
“The theft of weapons from these places that went to were trucked to Marsalo's property in New Orleans. And then from his property in New Orleans were shipped to the coast of Houston, Texas, where they were taken off. That is where Rayol and…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner MLK Conspiracy Trial wGladio Glasses @ 39:22
Carlos Marcello succeeded
Silver Dollar Sam host_asserted
“Las Vegas style gambling casinos in Louisiana. Another guy that was involved was Carlos Marcello, who was also involved in the Louisiana casino operation. And he got tapped to take Carello's place when Carello was deported. And that kind of…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO with Colonel Towner One Nation Under Blackmail by Whitney Webb, Chapter 1 @ 45:45
Carlos Marcello lived_in
Town and Country Motel book_quoted
“He had one called the San Antonio Inn in Louisiana, which is where we find Herman Beebe, as well as the Marcello family. He had another one called the Town and Country, which was supposedly where Marcello hung out all the time. The transact…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 2 @ 44:02
Carlos Marcello did_business_with
Kenneth Schnitzer book_quoted
“The retired intelligence division officers confirmed that Michener and Marcellos knew each other, met often, and had mutual business interests. They also said that Marcello had contact with other powerful Houstonians, including developer Ke…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 2 @ 37:18
Carlos Marcello did_business_with
Walter B. Jones Jr. book_quoted
“Mishner said Marcello, whom he described as short, squatty, and Italian, wanted to buy two Houston hotels from him. Mishner and his partner, Howard Terry, who owned the Coronado Hotel and the Carousel Hotel together. The Coronado was in an …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 2 @ 41:29
Carlos Marcello did_business_with
Lenore Josie documented
“was shotgunned to death in a hit mob, a mob hit outside of his Houston restaurant in 1949. These allegations that Carlos Marcello had ordered the hit. The evidence was presented before a congressional crime committee that Marcello had spoke…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 10 @ 14:12
Louisiana State Police spied_on
Carlos Marcello documented
“from American Motel Industries, AMI. In the late 60s, after he had his run-in with the SEC and had bought a few banks, he moved to Shreveport and set up his empire. He would then come to the attention of the Louisiana State Police and the N…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA&George Bush Part 3 @ 28:40
Carlos Marcello trafficked
Raoul host_asserted
“The theft of weapons from these places that went to were trucked to Marsalo's property in New Orleans. And then from his property in New Orleans were shipped to the coast of Houston, Texas, where they were taken off. That is where Rayol and…”
▶ MLK’s Conspiracy Trial thru Gladio Glasses @ 39:04
Edward DiBartolo did_business_with
Carlos Marcello documented
“It looks like everything that we've seen as far as the Gladio networks. The Bartola organization, specifically the parts of his empire based in Florida, had reported ties to Carlos Marcello, Santos Tropicani, and Meyer Lansky. Because its e…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO with Colonel Towner One Nation Under Blackmail by Whitney Webb, Chapter 13 and 14 @ 1:29:40
Santo Trafficante Jr. relationship_with
Carlos Marcello book_quoted
“then American leaders would no longer be safe. Participants in the plot against Castro claimed that Castro then enlisted Traficani to turn the mafia against Kennedy. Traficani allegedly got the assistance of two other mafia godfathers, Sam …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Twilght of the Shadow Government Part 6 @ 24:14
Morris Jaffe member_of
Carlos Marcello host_asserted
“but they do it quietly and behind the scenes. Both were strong supporters of LBJ, Jaffe perhaps more than Michener. Both are feared and talked about in hushed tones, and both had contacts with Carlos Marcello in New Orleans, the mafia boss.…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 20 @ 39:23
Carlos Marcello funded
Raoul host_asserted
“has this relationship and awareness of Marcello and his activities. Carlos Marcello had been a mob kingpin, was the mob leader in this part of the country for a long, long time. So any contact, any mob contract on Martin Luther King's life …”
▶ MLK’s Conspiracy Trial thru Gladio Glasses @ 37:44
Carlos Marcello ordered_assassination_of
Vincent Velloni documented
“was shotgunned to death in a hit mob, a mob hit outside of his Houston restaurant in 1949. These allegations that Carlos Marcello had ordered the hit. The evidence was presented before a congressional crime committee that Marcello had spoke…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 10 @ 14:12
Carlos Marcello headed
Mafia host_asserted
“is the mob boss down in New Orleans that was best friends with the Herman Beebe guy. And he basically controlled a lot of what went on with the mafia in Texas as well.…”
▶ Colonels Corner_ Mafia, CIA & GHWB Part 1 @ 35:19
Walter Mischer member_of
Carlos Marcello host_asserted
“Did a lot of work with charity work, like in the hospitals. Those are insider dealings, all kinds of corrupt. And of course, he was very close to LBJ. Misher did a lot of business with Carlos Marcello, who, of course, was a New Orleans mafi…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Secret Societies (Bush family) with War Hamster Brady @ 1:27:37
Robert F. Kennedy ordered_assassination_of
Carlos Marcello book_quoted
“to Guatemala City, supposedly on the personal orders of RFK. To add insult to injury, Marcello was left at the airport without luggage and almost no cash. Within a short period of time, he had flown back to the U.S. on a Dominican Air Force…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Kill Plot Part 5 @ 3:38
Walter Mischer traded_network_to
Carlos Marcello host_asserted
“Did a lot of work with charity work, like in the hospitals. Those are insider dealings, all kinds of corrupt. And of course, he was very close to LBJ. Misher did a lot of business with Carlos Marcello, who, of course, was the New Orleans ma…”
▶ The Shadow State 19 Secret Societies 3; The Bush Dynasty @ 1:27:54
Morris Jaffe front_for
Carlos Marcello host_asserted
“as one organized crime investigator believes, to front for Marcello so the good state of Louisiana could build a highway in good conscience. But when Marcello's assault conviction made him too hot for Jaffe even. Also, the events leading up…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 20 @ 42:49
Carlos Marcello ordered_assassination_of
John F. Kennedy book_quoted
“In September 1963, he publicly warned that if the CIA continued its attempts to kill Cuban leaders, then American leaders would no longer be safe. Participants in the plot against Castro claimed that Castro then enlisted Traficani to turn t…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government Part 6 @ 25:55
Carlos Marcello ordered_assassination_of
John F. Kennedy speculative
“Charlo's Marcelo. Some have argued that Marcelo was the real brains behind the mafia plot to kill JFK. DeLozzi, Giacomo's great nephew, accepts that Marcelo may well have been the one who suggested Oswald, who admiration for Fidel Castro op…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government Part 6 @ 42:12
Mentions (76)
▶ 34:43
In the national news. The only news. At the time. Was a local reporter. In Houston. So. And I'm sure he didn't live very long. Well he did. But like I said. He got fired. Not before he got a lot of good information out. But he did get fired…
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is the mob boss down in New Orleans that was best friends with the Herman Beebe guy. And he basically controlled a lot of what went on with the mafia in Texas as well. Because, you know, New Orleans is right around the corner from Houston. …
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CIA and in the mafia because he's he's a pilot. He's Carlos Marcello's personal pilot. But Oswald is seen at Cuban exile training camps. And there's actually a video that's been that was shown to the HSCA investigators of a film of Oswald a…
▶ 37:16
but it goes beyond Mr. Liberto in terms of the mob side. Because you've heard from witnesses like Nathan Whitlock that he used to push a fruit cart in New Orleans with Mr. Carlos Marcello, the same guy we're reading about in the mafia, CIA …
▶ 37:44
has this relationship and awareness of Marcello and his activities. Carlos Marcello had been a mob kingpin, was the mob leader in this part of the country for a long, long time. So any contact, any mob contract on Martin Luther King's life …
▶ 39:04
The theft of weapons from these places that went to were trucked to Marsalo's property in New Orleans. And then from his property in New Orleans were shipped to the coast of Houston, Texas, where they were taken off. That is where Rayol and…
▶ 1:27:37
Did a lot of work with charity work, like in the hospitals. Those are insider dealings, all kinds of corrupt. And of course, he was very close to LBJ. Misher did a lot of business with Carlos Marcello, who, of course, was a New Orleans mafi…
▶ 1:12:15
Lucky Luciano, which bridged the Italian mafia gap. There was a question, well, did the CIA was involved with killing JFK? And the other question was also brought up in New Orleans with Carlos Marcellos, Jack Ruby, and MKUltra dealing with …
▶ 0:29
In New Orleans, it says that the CIA had two major factors in its favor. Guy Bannister had his own private detective agency, which was a front for mercenary pilots. The Cuban exile community, they were trafficking weapons out of there. And …
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Carlos Marsala, whose real name was Cala Lagro Minia Corre. He was a natural born Sicilian whose family had moved to New Orleans in 1910. As with most mobsters, Marsala joined the mafia at an early age. By 1947, he had risen through the ran…
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horse racetrack gambling, and gambling casinos. When his partner, Sam Carolla, was deported back to Sicily in 1947, Marcella took control of the New York interest. At this time, his main national crime contacts were Joe Civella of Dallas, w…
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Sam Yaris of Chicago, Mickey Cohen of LA, and Santo Traficani of Tampa and Miami. In the spring of 61, Bobby Kennedy was well into his attack on the mafia and particularly Marcella. Marcella, he had in his possession an illegal Guatemalan p…
▶ 3:38
to Guatemala City, supposedly on the personal orders of RFK. To add insult to injury, Marcello was left at the airport without luggage and almost no cash. Within a short period of time, he had flown back to the U.S. on a Dominican Air Force…
▶ 4:09
was a CIA aircraft. It was reported that David Ferrari was his pilot on the CIA aircraft. Marcella declared war against the Kennedys. Then an opportunity presented itself via Johnny Roselli and Sam Giacana to get revenge. It was exactly wha…
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He couldn't do it with his own local resources. It'd be too easy to trace. He knew the CIA hierarchy and he knew many people inside the CIA. Behind the scenes, they would also refuse any support legally if he was ever implicated. But Marsal…
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En route from their main base in Miami, there were six players riding in two cars in a convoy, according to a deposition given to a Washington lawyer and assassination researcher, Mark Lane, by Marita Lorenz. They were Mongoose Zapata veter…
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Among his contacts outside of Las Vegas was Erwin Weiner of New Orleans. Weiner worked directly for Carlos Marcello. Levinson's, and for those of you who don't know, he's the mafia don in New Orleans. Levinson's job was to coordinate cash f…
▶ 16:48
He was directly associated with Carlos Marcella, Louis McWillie, Johnny Roselli, Sam Giacana, and Santo Traficani. It is not hard to comprehend just how Ruby entered the picture. In the words of a mobster, if the mob tells you to make a hit…
▶ 48:20
He in turn referred me to a number of retired Houston police officers who had worked in the Criminal Intelligence Division. This division followed Carlos Marcello, the New Orleans Mafia Don, and his relatives for years. The retired Intellig…
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They also said that Marcello had contact with other powerful Houstonians, including developer Kenneth Schnitzer and prominent oil man John Mecham Jr. When Marcello and family came to Houston, they would sometimes stay at the Stouffer Hotel,…
▶ 50:58
In 1990, Schnitzner was a partner with Walt Mitzner Jr. and a group of Houston investors vying for a $1 billion rail transit contract. Schnitzner also said that he never associated with Marcello, the mafia guy. If Marcello were ever comped …
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One former Houston police officer from the Criminal Intelligence Division said that Schnitzner had been contacted when Joseph Marcello, Carlos Marcello's son, was in town. He said the Marcellos would register into the Stouffer and then go t…
▶ 52:29
He asked him about his relationship with Carlos Marcello, which a number of people had told them about. Surprisingly, he said that he had met Marcello when a Houston real estate man, he couldn't remember who, brought the Mafia Don to his of…
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That's when Marcello came around saying he wanted to buy it. It appears that Michener sold the hotel to Marcello, but did so indirectly. Michener said he couldn't remember who bought the hotel. It turned out to be a man named John Kenneth C…
▶ 54:59
in the hotel rooms. A sergeant in the vice division of the Houston Police Department said Coyle was an associate of the mafia Marcello family. Coyle had a similar X-rated hotel in San Antonio. He also had one, oh I'm sorry, he had one calle…
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And if the buyer owes the seller or the bank money, then the seller or the bank retains a lien on the property. That's not how this transaction worked. In the case of Carousel, Missner and Terry retained title to the hotel and continued to …
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who was staying at another Carlos Marcello-owned rest stop, the Carousel Hotel. The Carousel was a well-known hideout and watering hole for assassins, kidnappers, drug traffickers, or anybody else that worked for the mafia. After the 1987 i…
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One, a former Michener employee and close personal friend, said Michener not only dealt with Marcello, but also other mob associates in New York and Chicago. This person said he once saw Michener together with some of Marcello's brothers at…
▶ 42:59
at the Country Club, who was founded by Houston undercover police, allegedly associating with Carlos Marcello, and that had built the Allied Bank building in downtown Houston for Michener. So CIA and mobster. Former employees of Schnitzker …
▶ 3:58
in the FBI's bribe lab, meaning bribery and labor sting operation, which involved two Houston men being indicted and convicted for giving him a bribe and a sting that netted New Orleans mafia boss Carlos Marcello. Westmoreland later said he…
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And since that time, he'd only heard his name in passing. However, Dell Anderson, who joined Beebe's empire in 75, said Aubin and Beebe was always hanging around with each other. Aubin also knew who the power in Louisiana was. When he sent …
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Walter Michener Jr. Welcome to Kappa Sigma. So, very interesting. There was something more to Herman Beebe than just being a mafia member, a embezzler of Teamster Union, and his relationship with Carlos Marcelo. There were helicopters for t…
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A lot of information about that. And then the author moves on to, let me get past Mayhew. There's two chapters of nothing but Mayhew information. And his relationship with Santo Traficani, Carlos Marcello in New Orleans, blah, blah, blah. O…
▶ 39:23
but they do it quietly and behind the scenes. Both were strong supporters of LBJ, Jaffe perhaps more than Michener. Both are feared and talked about in hushed tones, and both had contacts with Carlos Marcello in New Orleans, the mafia boss.…
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First, Jaffe claimed that he'd been trying to buy Carlos Marcello's Churchill Farms, a 6,400 acre spread in New Orleans. The deal fell apart and Marcello went to jail in 70 for assaulting an FBI agent. I'd have served his time for him if he…
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He had grandiose plans for it. First, he had gotten the state of Louisiana to put dikes all around the swampland, and then he had the state install huge pumps to drain it. The next thing he wanted was a superhighway going through it, but th…
▶ 42:49
as one organized crime investigator believes, to front for Marcello so the good state of Louisiana could build a highway in good conscience. But when Marcello's assault conviction made him too hot for Jaffe even. Also, the events leading up…
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66, Marcello was caught by New York police having lunch at La Stella's restaurant in Queens. Seated at Marcello's table was none other than Carlo Gambino, the boss of the biggest New York mafia family. Seated next to Marcello's left was San…
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A former San Antonio columnist who wrote occasional fluff about the Jaffe's stated that Marcello is known as the little man with a wide-ranging mafia connections. When I first met Morris Jaffe in 75, I asked him straight out if he was in th…
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The director of New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission stated that Mecham, who owned the New Orleans Saints professional football team, was seen frequently at a New Orleans restaurant called Marcello's. The restaurant that was connected …
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who received financing from the mobster Marcello. Mecham became closely affiliated with the Morin brothers. They frequented the restaurants. They went together on trips. Finally, Cohn stated, I make reference to another astonishing involvem…
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of two corporations in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Two other principals are a convicted gambler and a developer with ties to Marcello's syndicate. One of the principals was Sam Presley Jr., a notorious gambler sentenced to one year in priso…
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had purchased Ponsatrain State Bank from Beebe, the mobster. Mecham also owned Warwick Hotel in Houston. When Marcello would come to Houston for his visits, one of his favorite places to stay was Warwick. He would be comped, meaning given f…
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Schnitzner, who we talked about yesterday, who was a close associate of Michener and the Marcella Mafia family, was involved in all of this. In a letter to the author, Schnitzner stated, I do not know Herman Beebe. I have never done busines…
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of New Orleans mafia family, Carlos Marcello. And of course, picked up lots of information about Bebe because he had a close association with him. They were also monitoring Marcello's personal attorney, Philip Smith. On the inside of the do…
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That's a weird sign to have on your office door, unless you're mafia. Attorney Aaron Cohn, a former FBI agent and the leading expert on the New Orleans mafia, called Smith the messenger boy lawyer for Marcella. One day, Louisiana State Poli…
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that are either whistleblowers or um witnesses it's really really weird uh that that researcher may that's what she died of an extremely fast moving cancer brussels um wasn't that her last name yeah thank you yes i i had a brain fart for a …
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survived 30 years in the heart of this mafia organization, according to the Metro Crime Commission. Marcella controlled at least five Holiday Inns in Louisiana through front companies and close associate. I'm not even going to try to say th…
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Beebe owned at least six Holiday Inns in Texas and Louisiana, including one in New Orleans that was a hotbed of mafia activity. He would later put that hotel up for collateral on a loan guarantee for his close associate, Don Dixon, to buy t…
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Another Holiday Inn BB owned was in a small town in Texas called Denton. According to AMI's annual report in 1976 and a book called Brothers in Blood, Marcello expert David Chandler states that in the 1960s, a wealthy Louisiana mafioso houn…
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Spread over Texas, they bought controlling shares in at least three banks, and their investments reached into towns as small as Denton. The researcher went on to say one of Houston's largest builders began a series of real estate negotiatio…
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In a groundbreaking series of articles on a circle of Texas banks being looted in what was referred to as the Texas Renovate scandal, reporters Earl Goles, G-O-L-E-S, and Dave McNeely made the allegation that Beebe had associations with mob…
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They published a story on BB's interesting bank and savings and loan network, which showed connections between him and Marcella. The paper's reporters, Alan Pouzet and Bill Lodge, found the mob boss, Carlos Marcello, his son Joseph, and som…
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According to a deposition by Pontchartrain President James McKinney, Marcello's Pelican Tomato Company had loans from and deposits with Pontchartrain, as did his son. Interesting to note that we know the whole fruit and vegetable covering u…
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was offered the bank with the condition that he put up $1 million loan as collateral at Pontchartrain State Bank. Langford put up 1,700 acres that were owned by Marcella's Marsh Investment Corporation. So I'm going to buy a bank and I'm goi…
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who in the early 1980s was CEO of Bebe's umbrella company, AMI. The victim of this deal, a Mississippi businessman, received a phone call out of the blue from Carlos Marcello, making an unsolicited offer to help settle his problem with Bebe…
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the author that during the BB instigated lawsuit against him, he received a phone call from Texarkana's federal prison. It was Carlos Marsala. He had been sentenced for bribery. The Mafia Don made an astounding offer to help Broadhead with …
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How does the mafia control U.S. Customs? Huh? Isn't U.S. Customs the one responsible for keeping the drugs out? Yes. During this struggle against Beebe and First United in his effort to escape liability for First Union's failure, Broadhead …
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told him he was involved with BB, which we already know. After connecting the links between BB and Marsalo and the Teamsters union, Marsalo had actually told this guy and undercover FBI agents in 1979 that the mob owned the Teamsters. Marsa…
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leaving us with the bill. Crazy. So in the 70s, there was an organized crime strike force that was being ran out of the Texas Attorney General's office. It also connected Beebe to Carlos Marsala, the man who prosecuted Beebe for bank fraud,…
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that Shreveport businessman Harry Hart had received loans from a BB Bank state savings and loan in Lubbock, Texas. Hart's attorney is Mike Moran, who is also Marcella's Shreveport attorney. Keep it in the family. It was Maroon who traveled …
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to be with Marsala after Attorney General Robert Kennedy had the mafia boss abruptly deported. In addition, when Marsala came to Shreveport, he usually hung out at Eddie's Supper Club, which is exactly where Bebe hung out all the time. Cage…
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and other BB-owned or controlled companies paid Edwin Edwards, the former now governor, $100,000 a year for apparently nothing. Edwards was also close to Marcello. During the 1979 investigation of Marcello, undercover FBI agents tape-record…
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This is what he said. Edmund, meaning Edward Edwards, Edwin Edwards, and me, all right, but I can't see him every day. He's the strongest son of a bitching governor we ever had. He effed with women and he plays dice games, but he won't drin…
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Tomlin, had done him a favor and furnished him with an affidavit linking Kelly to Marcello. Fairleigh used this damaging affidavit to sever his ties with Kelly. He further tied Kelly to Marcello when he stated, quote, later, a black man, Wi…
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Tumblin's statement that Kelly and Marcello, since he had gone to New Orleans to do some remodeling for Kelly in Marcello's kitchen. These were favors to the Don from Kelly and Tumblin, unquote. Fairley goes on to link Beebe and Marcello by…
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had a part in all of this financing. He went on to say that he had met Bebe at Whitehall Hotel with Kelly. They had brunch together, and Kelly was acting like a lapdog to the mob boss. Tomlin said later that Marsalo controlled Continental t…
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He did, but it wasn't from legitimate businesses. Michener's dealings with Clint Murchison Jr. in Honduras is also curious. Both Clint Sr. and his son were close to Carlos Marcelo, the mafia guy, and the CIA. The father had business interes…
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He went sometime in the summer of 63 to New Orleans, the home territory of Mafia boss Carlos Marcello, became associated with pro Castro groups, got into a well-publicized fight with an anti-Castro group, appeared on a local radio show prai…
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In September 1963, he publicly warned that if the CIA continued its attempts to kill Cuban leaders, then American leaders would no longer be safe. Participants in the plot against Castro claimed that Castro then enlisted Traficani to turn t…
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The CIA and the mafia sent in six assassination teams, all of which failed. We don't know why they failed. The claim is that Traficani had secretly made a deal with Castro over the CIA. Traficani then enlists the aid of two other mob godfat…
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Are you genuinely supposed to believe that in the immediate aftermath of the Kennedy assassination in 1963, the CIA knew that Santo Trafficano, Carlos Marcello and Johnny Roselli were involved and simply let them go on living until Congress…
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This is another quote. Roselli was tasked with shooting Kennedy if Oswald missed, while Nicoletti's job was to dispose of Oswald afterwards. As noted by the House Select Committee on Assassinations, Oswald was connected to the mafia through…
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Charlo's Marcelo. Some have argued that Marcelo was the real brains behind the mafia plot to kill JFK. DeLozzi, Giacomo's great nephew, accepts that Marcelo may well have been the one who suggested Oswald, who admiration for Fidel Castro op…
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Did a lot of work with charity work, like in the hospitals. Those are insider dealings, all kinds of corrupt. And of course, he was very close to LBJ. Misher did a lot of business with Carlos Marcello, who, of course, was the New Orleans ma…
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It's going a little deeper than that. This brings in one of my favorite characters of this period. He's called Walter Misher, and he's a big land developer out of Texas. He owns Allied Bank. It's the third largest bank in Houston. All kinds…