Stefano Magaddino - the LONGEST mafia boss in American Mafia History!

Stefano "The Undertaker" Magaddino was an Italian-born crime boss of the Buffalo crime family in western New York. His underworld influence stretched from Ohio to Southern Ontario and as far east as Montreal, Quebec. Known as Don Stefano to his friends and The Undertaker to others, he was also a charter member of the American Mafia's ruling council, The Commission. Magaddino was born on October 10, 1891, in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. In Castellammare del Golfo, Magaddino led a clan allied with Giuseppe "Peppe" Bonanno and his older brother and advisor, Stefano. In August 1921, a barber named Bartolo Fontana turned himself into the New York police, confessing to murdering Camillo Caiozzo a couple of weeks earlier in Avon, New Jersey. Fontana claimed he murdered Caiozzo at the behest of the "Good Killers", a group of mafiosi who hailed from Castellammare del Golfo, in retaliation for Caiozzo's involvement in the 1916 murder of Magaddino's brother, Pietro, back in Sicily. Although he operated a legitimate funeral home business in Niagara Falls, New York, the Magaddino Memorial Chapel, with Prohibition in effect in the United States, Maggadino made his real money running a profitable bootlegging business by smuggling wine and spirits across the Niagara River into New York State, thereby supplying the needs of speakeasies located in Buffalo and the very "Honky-tonk" Niagara Falls. After Prohibition ended, Magaddino and his crime family made their money by means of loan sharking, illegal gambling, extortion, carjacking and labor racketeering as well as other legitimate lucrative businesses such as linen service businesses that served the needs of most of the hotels located throughout the region. ⏳ ⏳ 00:00 – Intro 05:57 – End of Intro, Stefano Magaddino’s early years 12:23 – The Good Killers 13:47 – The Caiozzo Murder 22:15 – Magaddino heads for Buffalo 33:58 - Magaddino’s role in the Castellammarese War 39:06 – Putting together the Commission 40:53 – The loss of Archangela 45:29 – The Magaddino Family 1:01:39 – The beginning of the end of Magaddino 1:05:50 – Stefano Magaddino’s death Your source for the life and history of infamous gangsters ... and some other stuff, too. Your go-to resource for information on famous gangsters' lives and histories, as well as other things. ➟ Dana Truppiana Channel: / @danatruppiana ' ➟Joe "The Boss" Masseria - Betrayed by his own men, one half of the Castellammarese war, and he lost!:    • Joe "The Boss" Ma...   ➟Joseph Bonanno-creator of the Bonanno family, Maranzano's number 2 and started the Banana Wars:    • Joseph Bonanno-cr...   ➟Joseph DiCarlo | Joseph Dicarlo Buffalo Mafia    • Joseph DiCarlo | ...   ➟Carmine Galante - He dared them to kill him!    • Carmine Galante -...   ' ➟ IG: Pay again