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Growing up in Canarsie, Brooklyn I knew a handful of murderers and more than a handful of people that got murdered.
It was also the Mob's dumping ground for dead bodies throughout time.
The movie Goodfellas was centralized around Canarsie.
Those guys were the fathers, uncles, cousins and grandfathers of a number of the kids I grew up with. As a matter of fact, the Paulie Sicero character was the grandfather of this girl I was messing around with when I was 16 yrs old. His real name was Paul Vario AKA Big Paulie. (her father was Paul Jr of course)
After finding that out who she was related to, I stopped seeing her shortly thereafter - and my best friend Joey ended up dating her for 5 years!
After dating her for about a year and a half he was like part of their family. They loved him and treated him like a son. (not mob-wise - just family) I remember Joey vividly telling me one day that he was in her house and Geraldo Rivera had a popular talk show (back then) - and the real Henry Hill was on as a guest in a disguise. This girl's mother freaked out and was like TURN THAT SHIT OFF! Your grandfather's in prison because of that rat cock sucker!
LOL
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