The shocking true story of the most ruthless and deadly mob boss in the annals of the American Mafia.
This is the terrifying inside story of Carmine The Snake Persico, from his crime-filled childhood on the streets of Brooklyn to the longterm jail sentences that didn\'t stop him from controlling his criminal empire with the help of his brother, the equally kill-crazy Alphonse Allie Boy Persico ..
In this blistering street-level account, Mafia survivor Frank Dimatteo teams up with true-crime master Michael Benson to take down one of the most notorious figures in the American La Cosa Nostra.
His brutal rise and bloody reign is the stuff of Mafia legend.
Sentenced to 139 years in the fed, he continued to exert power over a vast criminal empire from behind bars.
He is suspected of personally murdering as many as 60 people and ordering the hits of hundreds more.
The defacto boss of the Colombo Mafia family since the 1970s, he oversaw gang wars, murders, and major rackets, even from prison.
In the golden age of organized crime, Carmine The Snake Persico was the King of the Streets.
The shocking true story of the most ruthless and deadly mob boss in the annals of the American Mafia
