For a few years in the 1980s, Anthony Casso was one of the most ruthless hitmen and Mafia underbosses New York City had ever seen. But his rise in the ranks of organized crime correlated directly to his paranoia.
The Lucchese crime family mobster didn’t care if he violated sacred Mafia codes and killed civilians on the mere suspicion they were informants. In fact, there was nothing Anthony Casso hated more than informants.
But after three years as a fugitive, he was arrested while stepping out of the shower. And in 1993, Casso admitted to killing at least 36 people he suspected of being informants and ordering the execution of 100 more. Then, he talked some more.
