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6 True Scary Mafia Gang Stories: Grim Methods and Brutal Gangsters

Lets Read!February 26, 202147 min188,921 views
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The Gemini Method and Roy DeMaio

  • 💡 Roy DeMaio, born in Brooklyn to Italian immigrants, rose through the Gambino crime family due to his brutal violence and discretion.
  • 🎯 DeMaio's crew, known as the Dimeos, became notorious for their grisly work, developing the Gemini Method for murder and dismemberment.
  • 🔪 The Gemini Method involved luring victims to a nightclub, shooting them, draining blood, dismembering the body, and disposing of the remains in a city dump.
  • 💀 This method was so effective that the FBI struggled to find any evidence, leading to a concession of defeat in finding bodies.
  • ⚠️ DeMaio's increasing power led Paul Castellano to order a hit on him, resulting in DeMaio's death in January 1983, with his body found in his Cadillac.

Mafia Connections and Loan Sharking

  • 👂 The narrator shares stories from uncles who were middlemen for the mafia in New Jersey, involved in moving guns, money, and drugs.
  • 🩸 One uncle was murdered after being tortured for information about his kidney medication, with his killers surgically removing his one working kidney.
  • 🏠 A suburban New Jersey neighbor was identified as a Carnivale family loan shark, running girls from his home and living a gaudy lifestyle.
  • 🚗 The loan shark's family suddenly disappeared, leaving their house foreclosed and sold, creating a
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MafiaOrganized CrimeMurder MethodsGemini MethodRoy DeMaioGambino Crime FamilyLoan SharkingTorture GangRussian MafiaGang ViolenceWitness ProtectionCrime Scene CleanupOrganized Crime FamiliesMafia Stories
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