2/9/2024 0 Comments Operation family secrets book![]() Incidentally, he is not in the witness protection program. worked in a pizzeria before becoming an author with the release of this book. Uncle Nick received a reduced sentence for his cooperation and testimony, but he also received a prison sentence for his role.įrank Jr. He had a history of heart disease and other ailments. received a life sentence and died in prison at the age of 75. The case also helped to solve an additional 40 murders and is considered one of the most extensive mob-murder racketeering cases in the nation’s history.įrank Sr. went down along with 14 members of the Chicago mob, convicted of a wide variety of crimes, including 18 murders. never denied being a loan shark, but he vehemently denied being involved with any murders.ĭenials aside, the evidence was overwhelming and Frank Sr. Uncle Nick testified as did Frank Jr.’s brother Kurt, who painfully recounted years of his father’s threats and beatings. Frank Sr. The Family Secrets trial took place in 2007, and Frank Jr. freely discussed details about his life of crime and it was those father-to-son conversations that toppled one of the most notorious crime families in Chicago history. would wear a wire while having prison yard conversations with his father.įor six months, he was not monitored and he received no protection. Frank Sr. He wrote a letter to the FBI, saying: “I feel I have to help you keep this sick man locked up forever.” After that, Frank Jr. could have been free at 70, but Frank Jr. says that he knew when they both got out of prison, one of them would end up dead.įrank Sr. Their dad never watched out for Frank Jr. His father had lied to him time and time again, promising he’d take a step back from The Outfit, which of course he never did. had plenty of time to think - his proverbial crossroads. Father and son were sent to the same federal penitentiary in Michigan. and Nicholas Calabrese (Frank Sr.’s brother) found themselves behind bars, convicted of racketeering. The Outfit’s way of doing business made them feared by other mobsters and a target of interest by the FBI. entered the family business and began his own “career” of labor racketerring, exortion, loan sharking, and plotting murders. There was his loving side, his abusive and controlling side and his vicious side.Īt the age of 18, Frank Jr. was a complicated man and had many facets to his personality (perhaps even multiple personality disorder, as Frank Jr. and his brothers desperately sought the attention and approval of their dad. Operation Family Secrets is a rare inside look at a mob family.Īs the story unfolds, it is clear that Frank Jr. He was a central figure known as Frankie Breeze, a loan shark and a vicious hit man known to strangle his victims before slashing their throats. Frank Jr.’s dad, Frank Calabrese, Sr., was far more than a participant. However, some members of his family were also members of another family known as “the Outfit,” Chicago’s feared crime syndicate. tells it, his multigenerational Italian-Irish family could have been like thousands of other middle class families in Chicago. came to that crossroads and the repercussions that his choice would ultimately have not only on his family, but also on the very face of organized crime.Īs Frank Jr. Operation Family Secrets: How A Mobster’s Son and the FBI Brought Down Chicago’s Murderous Crime Family is the story of how Frank Jr. He could be a rat or he could be a murderer.
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