Salvatore Sabella: The First Godfather Who Built the Philadelphia Mafia | Sleepy Gangster Stories

Salvatore Sabella: The First Godfather Who Built the Philadelphia Mafia | Sleepy Gangster Stories
Salvatore Sabella is one of the most important — yet most overlooked — figures in American Mafia history. Long before Angelo Bruno became the face of Philadelphia’s underworld, it was Sabella who built the city’s first true crime family.

From his early years in Sicily to becoming the quiet architect of the Philly Mafia, Sabella ruled with strategy, discipline, and old-world structure. He avoided the spotlight, settled disputes, organized rackets, and shaped the future of the Philadelphia underworld for decades.

How did Sabella rise from a Sicilian orphan to the first Godfather of Philadelphia? What made him so respected that even New York bosses treated him with caution? And how did his leadership create the foundation for the Philly Mob that would later be ruled by Angelo Bruno, Phil Testa, and Nicodemo Scarfo?

This video uncovers the untold story of Salvatore Sabella — the silent Don who built one of America’s most powerful crime families.

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