Weird History Mob Hits You Shouldn't Google  

Melissa Sartore
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The mob is a violent and dangerous organization - never more so than when its members turn against each other. Some of the mafia's most gruesome hits continue to live on in infamy.

The internet makes it possible to find pictures of these horrific events, ranging from early mob massacres to more recent single-shot assassinations. Just remember: Images of lifeless bodies, gaping wounds, and deformed faces can't be unseen.

So go ahead, Google "gangster death photos" - but do so at your own risk. 

Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali Was Gunned Down In His Front Yard
Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali Wa... is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list Mob Hits You Shouldn't Google
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March 13, 2019, Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali, the latest Gambino crime boss, was shot several times and run over in the front of his family home in Todt Hill, New York. His wife and kids were inside the house and, in an act police describe as disrespectful, the suspect drove off in a pick up truck, leaving Cali at the scene. 

Cali's neighbors were shocked by the incident with one source explaining to the New York Post, "I've seen the [mob] movies but I've never seen any activity that we feel at all that there's something strange about this area."

Cali has served as the "Godfather of the Gambinos" since 2015 and was apparently a "real quiet old-school boss," according to police. New York experienced as increase in mob activity before the hit, but investigators are still unfolding the circumstances of Cali's demise as of March 14, 2019. 

Why shouldn't you Google this? The hit happened in front of his family home and the photos emphasize the aftermath of police investigating the site. You can see the photos here

Bugsy Siegel is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list Mob Hits You Shouldn't Google
Photo: NYPD/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, a notorious mobster who brought heaps of success to the Las Vegas Strip, was reading the Los Angeles Times at his girlfriend's Beverly Hills home on June 20, 1947. As he sat on the sofa, a hitman fired several shots through the window using a semi-automatic .30-caliber military M1 carbine rifle. One of the bullets blew Siegel's left eye out of its socket. In total, nine shots were fired into the house, and four of them hit Siegel in the head, neck, and torso. He died at the age of 41.

The gunman was never identified, but Siegel's rival (and former friend), Meyer Lanksy, declared a takeover of Siegel's Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas within a few hours of the attack on Siegel. Another theory is that Siegel was killed by the lover of his best friend's wife

Why shouldn't you Google this? The crime scene images, including a closeup of Siegel's busted eye socket, are gruesome. You can see them here.

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Albert Anastasia is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list Mob Hits You Shouldn't Google
Photo: NYPD/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

As a member of Murder, Inc., the mostly Italian-American and Jewish crime syndicate that dominated Brooklyn during the 1930s and 1940s, Albert Anastasia rose from hitman to crime boss relatively quickly. By the early 1950s, Anastasia was head of the Gambino crime family (known as the Mangano crime family at the time).

In 1957, as Anastasia sat in a barbershop chair in the Park Sheraton Hotel (now the Park Central Hotel) in New York City, two masked gunmen entered and fired five bullets into Anastasia's body.

By some accounts, Anastasia fell out of the chair; other versions insist he stood up and lunged at the men. The hit was likely orchestrated by rival Vito Genovese and Anastasia's underboss, Carlo Gambino, in a cold-blooded grab for power. Authorities never charged anyone with Anastasia's murder.

Why shouldn't you Google this? Authorities took a lot of photos of Anastasia's blood-spattered, barbershop-cape-covered body. You can see them here.

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Walter Sage Wound Up Tied To A Slot Machine

In the late 1930s, Murder, Inc., a Brooklyn-based gang known as the violent enforcers of the mob syndicates, sent Walter Sage to oversee their slot machine racket in upstate New York. Sage had been associated with Murder, Inc., for several years, allegedly carrying out contract killings for the group. After Sage settled into his new role overseeing slots, though, the boys back in Brooklyn found that Sage's books didn't add up - he had been helping himself to some of the profits. Murder, Inc., decided Sage needed to die.

One night in July 1937, Sage's associates Irving Cohen and Jack Drucker picked him up from the Ambassador Hotel in Fallsburg, New York. As they were driving, Drucker allegedly stabbed Sage 32 times with an ice pick. By the time the car swerved into a ditch, Sage was dead. A few other hitmen had been following Cohen, Drucker, and Sage, and they helped tie Sage up and drive his body to Swan Lake.

When they arrived at Swan Lake, they weighed down Sage's body with part of a slot machine and a rock, rowed to the middle of the lake, and pushed him overboard. Two weeks later, vacationers found the corpse while canoeing in the lake.

Why shouldn't you Google this? There's a very graphic photo of Sage's corpse, still tied up, after police pulled it from the lake. You can see it here.