COSCO, CARLO: Evil Up Close: Murdered by the Mob TV -
Lea Garofalo was an Italian born into the Mob, all around her a life of crime and violence. Evil Up Close s5e4: Murdered by the Mob, CI 2017
The Ndrangheta: Lea tried to help overthrow its power but only by putting her own life at risk. ibid.
The organisation specialises in selling drugs. ibid.
COSTA, TONY: Born to Kill? TV -
In the 1960s the seaside paradise would be hit by a murderous storm. The series of crimes of unimaginable cruelty. Committed by a serial killer with a lust for death. What drove these heinous acts? Was this twisted perpetrator born to kill? Born to Kill s6e5? Really 2017
Patricia Walsh and Mary Anne Wysocki were both in the twenties and were friends for years. ibid.
Another shocking discovery. ibid.
Was Tony Costa a born killer? ibid.
COSTELLO, FRANK: Mobsters TV - Mafia’s Greatest Hits: Vito Genovese TV - Vinnie the Chin Gigante TV -
He would wander the streets for hours yearning to escape the family’s poverty. Mobsters s1e8: Frank Costello, Bio 2007
By the late 1920s bootlegging had made Frank Costello rich. ibid.
He made his debut as a Mafia diplomat at a major gathering of gangsters in Atlantic City in 1929. ibid.
His business deals becoming more and more legitimate. ibid.
‘All I know I stole.’ ibid. Costello
He went to a psychiatrist. ibid.
As Costello entered the lobby a large man [Gigante] stepped out of the shadows, raised his arm and said, ‘This is for you, Frank.’ Mafia’s Greatest Hits s1e6: Vito Genovese, AHC 2012
The most dangerous gangster in America – Vito Genovese. ibid.
Genovese was a hitman for the greatest Mafia boss of them all – Charles Lucky Luciano. ibid.
Mussolini gave him [Genovese] an Italian knighthood. ibid.
Frank Costello: the Salvation Army even made him their Vice-Chairman. ibid.
Before a judge could be appointed, it had to be cleared by Frank Costello. ibid.
Costello became known as the Prime Minister. ibid.
He was twenty-nine when he earned the assignment that would make his career: to kill a mob boss, a Godfather named Frank Costello. Vinnie ‘The Chin’ Gigante documentary