#5: Vincent "The Executioner" Mangano: Original Boss, Gambino Crime Family

In this episode, we cover another original 1931 Commission Boss, Vincent “The Executioner” Mangano. Information on Vincent Mangano was not easy to dig up, but never fear as we did a ton of digging and have put together the most comprehensive overviews of Vincent that you’re going to find.

Vincent Mangano was the first “official” head of the Mangano family when the Cosa Nostra Commission was formed in 1931 by Charles “Lucky” Luciano. This family eventually becomes known as the Gambino crime family. (And for those of you out there that are going to comment he wasn’t the first official boss, just know that I’m counting the first boss as who was the leader when Lucky formed the Commission in 1931 and not the previous leaders of the clans ahead of that timeframe. So save your comments.)

“Don Vincenzo” reigns over the family for a period of 20 years, and while he is overshadowed by the likes of the bosses that came after him, he was incredibly powerful in his own right and really helped to lay the foundation for the success of the family - which is typically considered to be either the 1st or 2nd most powerful of the New York families (which by proxy makes it the most powerful in the country) depending on the time period, and it is also one of the largest of the five New York borgata’s historically.

He was involved in many notable events including The Castellammarese War, the formation of the modern American Mafia as a charter member of The Commission, the decision to whack Dutch Schultz, the murder of Puggy Feinstein, the mafia's protection of the docks during World War II, the Havana Conference, and more.

He disappeared in 1951 and was believed to have been murdered by his Underboss, Albert "The Lord High Executioner" Anastasia.

I sincerely hope you enjoy this biography.

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