Mafia Burial Ground: The Mob and St John's Cemetery

Tony Musso returns to the Florida Public Library with a presentation on his all-new book, 
MAFIA BURIAL GROUND: The Mob and St. John's Cemetery.

The New York Mafia was organized with five distinct crime families, each one boasting hundreds of members. Each family was led by administrators that included a boss, underboss and consigliere (advisor to the boss), along with capos (crew captains), soldiers and associates. Combined, the families that operated throughout the five boroughs, Long Island and northern New Jersey consisted of thousands of racketeers and gangsters.

Given the nature of their business, some became victims of violence that cut their lives short while others went on to live long years, passing away from natural causes. While some have two or three deceased Mafioso interred on their property, St. John’s Roman Catholic Cemetery in Middle Village, Queens, has the bodies of an astonishing 32 mobsters occupying plots on its spacious grounds.

Come learn the history of each mobster who, in their own way, helped shape the New York Mafia.