I. Primary Source Intelligence & Investigative Files
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).Stefano Magaddino Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Files. Records include the “Funeral Home” bugs (1962–1965) and surveillance logs on the Buffalo Crime Family (The Arm).
The Buffalo Evening News.Archives 1920–Present. Focus on investigative reporting by Dan Herbeck, matt gryta, and Michael Beebe regarding the Magaddino family, the pieri family, the forest ave boys or Buffalo Criminal State Investigators and the RICO trials of the 1980s.
The Buffalo Courier-Express.Archives 1926–1982. Historical daily reporting on the Prohibition era, the Apalachin meeting, and the 1960s gangland wars.
Anonymous 1 & Anonymous 2 Interviews. Confidential source testimony utilized in the research of the Buffalo syndicate and internal “Arm” hierarchy (as cited in the works of Thomas Hunt).
II. Local History & Expert Research
Hunt, Thomas and Tona, Michael A.DiCarlo: Buffalo’s First Family of Crime (Volumes I & II). Lulu.com, 2013.
Rizzo, Michael F.Gangsters and Organized Crime in Buffalo: History, Hits and Headquarters. The History Press, 2012.
Gryta, Matt and Karalus, George.The Real Teflon Don: How an Elite Team of New York State Troopers Helped Take Down America’s Most Powerful Mafia Family. Cazenovia Books, 2012.
Hunt, Thomas.The Informer: The History of American Crime and Law Enforcement. (Journal archives and collected research papers).
III. Memoirs, Undercover Accounts & The Grift
Bell, Gregory.Birdsong. (Memoir/Narrative exploring personal/family history and survival).
Fino, Ronald (with Michael Rizzo).The Triangle Exit (Formerly “Outside the Law”). Contento Now, 2013. Includes extensive oral history and interview transcripts regarding FBI undercover operations and Laborers Local 210.
Griffin, Joe (with Don Denevi).Mob Nemesis: How the FBI Crippled Organized Crime. Prometheus Books, 2002.
Lepera, Patsy Anthony (with Walter Goodman).Memoirs of a Scam Man: The Life and Deals of Patsy Anthony Lepera. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974.
Pileggi, Nicholas.Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family. Simon & Schuster, 1985.
Jackson, Bruce.A Thief’s Primer. Macmillan, 1969. (Sociological study and interviews with a career criminal).
IV. Psychological & Surrealist Frameworks
Breton, André.Mad Love (L’Amour fou). University of Nebraska Press, 1987 (Original French publication 1937).
Jung, Carl G.Memories, Dreams, Reflections. Recorded and edited by Aniela Jaffé. Vintage Books, 1961.
