Scott M. Deitche

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Cocktail Noir Drink Recipes!
May 10, 2023
Several cocktails are named after mobsters. Scott M. Deitche explored the intersection of gangsters and...
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SANTO TRAFFICANTE SR, A ‘Sicilian of the Old School,’ RULED TAMPA’S UNDERWORLD FOR MORE THAN A DECADE!
August 10, 2019
Members of the Tampa Mafia: Santo Trafficante Sr., standing, second from left. Sitting: Alphonso Diecidue...
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THE RISE OF CASTRO AND THE FALL OF THE HAVANA MOB
December 28, 2018
Fidel Castro’s revolution swept former president Fulgencio Batista out of Cuba on December 31, 1958....
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JOE VAGLICA’S LAST PLATE OF FRIES
September 1, 2015
Joe Vaglica In the early morning of December 5, 1928, patrolman Frank Osowski was walking...
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THE BEST OF TAMPA’S MOBSTER HANGOUTS
July 5, 2015
The original Malio's Restaurant located on South Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa, Florida. THE HIDDEN...
Mob Hangouts / Scott M. Deitche / Tampa Mafia
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THROUGH THE EYES OF A DAUGHTER: THE HIT ON JIMMY VELASCO
January 1, 2015
Sylvia at age 12 and her father Jimmy Velasco in California, June 1948 Jimmy Velasco...
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TAMPA’S FIRST MAFIA BOSS
September 1, 2014
Ignazio Italiano's mug shot Sicilian Black Hand activities have existed in Tampa and Ybor City...
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AL CAPONE’S TAMPA BAY CONNECTION
July 1, 2013
The Shore Acres home is 2,350-square-feet with 10 rooms that Capone reputedly built in 1925...
Mob Hangouts / Scott M. Deitche / Tampa Mafia / The American Mafia
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ORGANIZED CRIME ON TRIAL: The Kefauver Hearings
January 1, 2008
Charlie Wall The Kefauver hearings arrived in Tampa in December of 1950. Tennessee Senator Estes...
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