The lil City
This is the City of Providence, Rhode Island.
The smallest city with big history.
Corruption, crime, and the mob all has the little city of Providence as a puzzle piece. I have lived in this state my whole life and as I get older I notice the stains that just won’t come out.
Here are some links to the underworld of Providence
The KingPin -
Patriarca Crime Family - The Patriarca Crime Family ran Rhode Island with a iron fist. Federal Hill was where you could find goombas hanging around. This section of Providence is my favorite part of the city. It has the richest history and Raymond Patriarca ran his operation from the National Cigarette Service Company and Coin-O-Matic Distributors, a vending machine and pinball business on Atwells Avenue in the Federal Hill neighborhood of Providence.
Providence Journal -
Mafia Story
Read this article by the Providence Journal if you want to know about people like “Cadillac Frank” or Frank “Bobo” Marrapese Jr. and Alfredo “The Blind Pig” Rossi
New York Times Article -
Ralph DeMasi Great article on a old school gangster!
NPR Story -
Author Bruce DeSilva
Bruce has the skinny on everything you would ever want to know about crime in New England!