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The Haunted United States: St. Augustine

March 27th, 2017

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By Kristi O’Toole

Located on the N.E coast of Florida, St Augustine boasts being the oldest city in America. With that being said it stands to reason there would be plenty of haunting history under her belt. In my research, I’ve plucked a few unsettling tales out to share with you.

Founded on the site of an ancient Native Indian village, the Tolomato Cemetery hosted Catholic burials until 1884. If you want a vivid paranormal experience, this is a best bet. Known for the quantity of sightings, the Tolomato Cemetery seems to be filled with strange lights, shadows, temperature changes and apparitions. Little is understood about the connection between the grave sites here and the sightings, but many suspect that those buried here are making themselves known to the living.

Entertainment Icon Vincent Falcone & Musical Director for Frank Sinatra DEAD at 79

March 25th, 2017

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By Jerry Pearce

Sad news to report out of California this evening with the untimely passing of an individual who was a true legend in American popular music, the talented Vincent Falcone.

An ace pianist, accompanist, and musical director, Vincent was perhaps best known for his extended association as sideman and conductor for Frank Sinatra, a relationship he shared with the singer from 1976 to 1982 and again from 1984 to 1985. With the exception of perhaps longtime pianist Bill Miller, and later his son, the late Frank Sinatra JR., Sinatra shared the closest working partnership with Falcone.

Old School Vs New School Gangsters: Abe “Kid Twist” Reles Vs Roy Demeo – Who Was a More Ruthless Killer?

March 25th, 2017

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By Marla Eggar

Get ready for the main event! From the Old School era, born May 10, 1906, straight out of Brooklyn, New York, with the appropriate alias of “Kid Twist”. The most feared killer from Murder Inc, with a death toll of up to 1000, I give you the man himself Abe Reles! From the New School genre, born September 7, 1942, also from Brooklyn, New York, so terrifying no alias was necessary. The leader of the infamous DeMeo Crew, with the death toll estimated around 200. The man, the myth, the legend Roy DeMeo! Coming out swinging, holding no punches is Abe Reles. He may have been small in stature but don’t let that fool you. This kid was all about ruthless acts of violence. The ice pick could be seen as an irrelevant object on its own. But in the hands of a disturbed murderer, the ice pick became very significant. Particularly when Reles would ram it through his victim’s ear right into the brain. True story.

James Gandolfini AKA Tony Soprano Sings A Man Without Love

March 25th, 2017

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Door To The Sun: Al Martino – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

March 25th, 2017

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Practice What You Preach: Throwing the Word “Rat” Around Like a Pair of Dice!

March 24th, 2017

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By Marla Eggar

The word “RAT” is thrown around so easily these days it’s hard to decipher whether someone truly deserves the title or not? General consensus say that a rat is a person who is deceitful, disloyal or someone who snitches. Being on certain mob forums, I’ve seen the post with certain mobsters and seen the logic behind their definition of a rat. Well, let’s test those theories, shall we? If someone is lied upon and they have to defend themselves, is that considered being a rat? What if being loyal to someone backfires and they “rat you out” to save their own ass, trading your freedom for theirs is this considered being a rat?

Cry: Johnnie Ray – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

March 24th, 2017

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The 411 on the FBI’s 302

March 23rd, 2017

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By Marla Eggar

Welcome back folks! This week I want you all to participate in a poll. Nothing presidential or political (thank God), but a process used by the FBI to help them gather information. Now this process is not exclusive to the mob, but never the less has been used for that very purpose. The FD-302 form is used by FBI agents to gather information to be used later as a reporting mechanism. You know like the reports we completed in high school. Basically, they conduct an interview (like you would with anyone else). One agent asks questions while the other agent writes everything down. The information taken consists of whatever the issue is at the present time. Typically, the person being interviewed is only relevant as a source of information. They don’t provide personal information about themselves. Now the problem with this entire process is the FBI has a lot of leeway when conducting these interviews.

Host of The Gong Show & Creator of The Dating Game Chuck Barris Dead at 87

March 22nd, 2017

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By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt

Chuck Barris, who hosted “The Gong Show” and created “The Dating Game” and “The Newlywed Game,” died Tuesday of natural causes in Palisades, N.Y., his publicist confirmed. He was 87.

A few years back his autobiography, “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” was made into a film directed by George Clooney and starred Sam Rockwell as Barris. In the book (subtitled “An Unauthorized Autobiography”), with claims he worked for the CIA as an assassin during the 1960s and ’70s, a claim which the CIA denied. “He also fabricated his life because it might have been the best way of getting at the truth. The truth was that back when he was the Jerry Springer of his day, he couldn’t stomach being attacked for doing something he considered harmless,” wrote Joel Stein in Time Magazine.

The Sinatra File: Morning to Evening, Night And Day

March 21st, 2017

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By Jerry Pearce

In the opening chapters of his excellent music biography “Sinatra! The Song Is You,” veteran author Will Friedwald covers, with great detail, the evolution of Sinatra’s musical relationship with the Cole Porter jazz standard “Night and Day,” probably one of the most well-known sets of music and lyrics in the Sinatra singing canon. Listening to Sinatra’s 1957 recording of the tune today, which I played on repeat three times, enjoying the hell out of the arrangement, I was reminded of Friedwald’s painstakingly thorough dissection of this celebrated composition in reference to the Chairman of the Board, and it inspired me to take my own look at the old chestnut.

With the exception of perhaps “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” another Cole Porter masterpiece, Sinatra perhaps got no more mileage greater out of a song then “Night and Day,” and proof of this is ample in the fact that he recorded the tune several times over the years across three record labels, each time offering up a new twist on the arrangement, and in some cases, even the lyrics. Here we look at the facts and figures behind seven different recordings of the song stemming from the 1940s to the 1980s, with Sinatra breathing new, and sometimes, unusual life into the mix each time.

The Captain Of Her Heart: Double – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

March 20th, 2017

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Chuck Berry DEAD at 90 – Breaking News

March 18th, 2017

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By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt

Chuck Berry, a man refereed to as the “the Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” was found dead Saturday at a residence outside St. Louis, police in St. Charles County said.

Berry, was 90 years old at the time of his death. Over the years, he recorded such hits as “Johnny B. Goode” and “Sweet Little Sixteen”.

Who Loves You: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

March 18th, 2017

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All The Way Home: Frank Sinatra – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

March 17th, 2017

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Pearce’s Picks: David Allyn’s “This Is My Lucky Day!”

March 17th, 2017

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By Jerry Pearce

In the 1940s, while New Jersey native Frank Sinatra was making his bones as a viable singer with the orchestras of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, dance audiences attending concerts by the orchestra of fellow bandleader Jack Teagarden were being serenaded by the vibrant vocals of another young vocalist new on the scene, singer David Allyn (Allen), who, after a relatively short time of entertaining, dutifully hung up his microphone when he was drafted into the United States Army to serve in the Second World War.

After his stint in the military, Allyn joined with the Boyd Raeburn Orchestra and performed as their featured singer until the ensemble disbanded; he would then drift around, scoring record dates and singles across a selection of record labels until Discovery Records decided to take a chance on him in 1949 with the recording of four songs under the direction of arranger Johnny Richards. The record would receive good notices and fair airplay, when things took a bad turn for the singer.

The Haunted Emerald Isle: Malahide Castle

March 16th, 2017

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By Kristi O’Toole

In my series of columns on haunted Ireland I have left the best for last. Malahide Castle is located in Malahide, Dublin County, Ireland. The castle is a very old and very proud one. It was built in 1185 by King Henry II of England, for his friend Sir Richard Talbot. Talbot was a knight who had been helpful to the king during his travels and was given the Malahide Area in gratitude. At one point, the Talbot family was one of the most powerful families in Ireland, to the extent that King Edward the Fourth felt obliged to expand their castle massively by adding towers and doubling the size of the garden.

The castle remained in the Talbot Family until 1979, when they had to sell it to the council in order to pay inheritance tax.

Malahide is one of the oldest castles in Ireland and is also the most haunted, having a grand total of at least five ghosts residing within its four walls.

The Godfather, The Mob, Ted Kennedy, The Federal Government, & The Effects Of Having a Last Name of Gotti!

March 16th, 2017

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By Marla Eggar

“I don’t like your kind of people. I don’t like to see you come out to this clean country in your oily hair — dressed up in those silk suits – and try to pass yourselves off as decent Americans. I’ll do business with you, but the fact is, I despise your masquerade — the dishonest way you pose yourself and your whole fucking family”.–Senator Pat Geary (Dialogue between him & Michael Corleone in Godfather II.)

Over the years, I’ve pondered the idea about how similar the Government (both local and Federal) and the American Mob really are. Before I start, let me make some things very clear. I am a conservative, patriotic and Roman Catholic. I don’t rationalize bad behavior. But I also don’t piss down anyone’s back and tell them its rain either. I’m aware that our government sometimes has to participate in certain activities for the greater good of the country. I (under most circumstances) don’t question their tactics as long as the end result benefits the country as a whole. Nevertheless, I have a big problem with the government: truth, justice and American way. Particularly, when it comes to the mob. You see, I don’t believe in picking and choosing your bad guys. To me, everyone must be held to the same standards not just the elements they deem despicable.

A Taste of Honey: Morgana King – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

March 16th, 2017

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How the Mob & Hollywood Took Care of the KKK with a Man Named Gregory Scarpa, SR and The Rat Pack!

March 15th, 2017

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By Marla Eggar

Everyone knows the mob thrived during the prohibition era. What you might not know is how the Klan was a huge supporter of prohibition but for all the wrong reasons. You see, prohibition was seen as an immigrant entity. At the time, most beer breweries where owned by Germans. The way the Klan figured it would get rid of alcohol is you get rid of the problem. Which of course would be the influx of immigrants entering the US. What these retarded hicks didn’t realize is that it had the opposite effect. Italian, Jewish and Irish gangs came together to form their own organized crews to make a profit.

The Thrill Is Gone: Gogi Grant – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

March 15th, 2017

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Joe’s Recommendations: British Gangster Movies

March 14th, 2017

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By Joe Liddle

We’ve talked about mob movies, but we haven’t talked about some of the classic gangster movies the UK has to offer. Growing up in England, I think it’s fair to say I’ve seen my fair share of British classics. Some of them I consider rare finds, some of them cult masterpieces.

I’ll start with the 2000 classic Snatch, directed by Guy Ritchie, a man so adept at the British gangster genre that he’s produced several great movies in the past decade or so. Snatch stars Hollywood big hit Brad Pitt and some of England’s most iconic actors of our time, Jason Statham, Stephen Graham and Alan Ford. A lot of you mob fans will know Stephen Graham from HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, where he played the infamous Al Capone. Other actors include Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina and Vinnie Jones, among other great names. As you can see, Snatch has a very attractive cast.

Both Sides Now: Dexys – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

March 14th, 2017

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I Am What I Am (2009 Live at Electric Proms): Dame Shirley Bassey – NewzBreaker Music Video Of The Day

March 13th, 2017

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Joni Sledge Dead at 60

March 12th, 2017

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By Kristi O’Toole

Singer Joni Sledge, founding member of the 70’s musical group Sister Sledge has passed away. According to a statement released by the group’s reps, Sledge was found unresponsive at her home in Phoenix, Arizona on March 10, and was later pronounced dead.

Joni, along with her sisters Debbie, Kim and Kathy, joined forces in 1971 to form Sister Sledge. In addition to amassing a string of gold and platinum plaques, Sister Sledge is perhaps best known for their 1979 the hit, “We Are Family”.

The Sinatra File: Francis Albert In Print

March 12th, 2017

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By Jerry Pearce

After each installment of “The Sinatra File” makes its rounds among our vast readership, it is consistently gratifying to receive messages from readers commenting on aspects of a writing piece and the revelation of facts that were previously unknown to them. To their compliment, I can only reply that, if certain men had not written such wonderful volumes on the subject of the Chairman of the Board, I would be as much in the dark as then. With that in mind, this edition of “The Sinatra File” is dedicated to the best books written about Frank Sinatra and the authors that created them. Five titles are covered here in three categories, each appealing to a certain legion of Sinatra fan.