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"The Enforcer" — Mafia Boss Johnny 'Pops' Papalia

NEW: JOIN ME ON PATREON:   / themobreporter   A mini-documentary on Hamilton Mafia boss Johnny "Pops" Papalia, one of North America's longest-reigning Mafia bosses, by the author of his best-selling biography, "The Enforcer". Let me tell you about it. This video was created by Mathew McCarthy; narration by the author, Adrian Humphreys. More information: https://www.harpercollins.ca/author/c... -------- The last day of May 1997 was a warm but cloudy Saturday. The weather, however, made no difference to the weekend routine of Johnny Papalia. This 73-year-old man was a creature of habit. In his younger days, before his black hair thinned and turned the color of slush, his habits included feasts on thick steaks washed down by Scotch by the quart, meetings with high-ranking men of Buffalo’s La Cosa Nostra, club hopping with notorious New York City mafiosi and tours of gambling joints where he controlled the action. In recent years, however, his routine had become simpler and more sedate. Johnny Papalia was one of North America’s longest-reigning Mafia bosses and Ontario’s preeminent Mafia boss during some of the most momentous events in underworld history — from the riches of Prohibition to the famed French Connection heroin smuggling ring, the Americanization of the Mafia to its attempts at corporate legitimacy. In the mid-1950s, John Papalia emerged as the representative in Canada of Buffalo’s then-powerful La Cosa Nostra family in Canada, under American Mafia boss Stefano Magaddino. Papalia was called “Johnny Pops,” “Canada’s Capone,” “Godfather” or, to those who didn’t like him or who feared him, “The Enforcer.” On what would be his last day alive, Johnny Papalia left his messy penthouse apartment in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, late in the morning, and drove his giant Oldsmobile the five short blocks to his office on Railway Street, a cluttered, dead-end road in an old, working-class neighborhood. Cops called his locked and alarmed office “Fort Knox.” It was here a Mafia hit man for a rival mob family came to visit. They talked in the parking lot for a few minutes, the conversation waned, his killer pushed a gun to the back of his head — looked away — and pulled the trigger. The single .38-calibre bullet entered John Papalia’s head near his left ear and pushed through his brain. It was a violent and undignified end to a raucous and historically important gangland life. This is the story I reveal in "The Enforcer," the inside story of a life and death in the Mafia, a national bestseller re-released and once again widely available. Look for it in bookstores everywhere or at your favorite online retailer. For more information visit http://www.adrianhumphreys.com. As always, please like, share, comment and subscribe. Thanks for watching! ~-~~-~~~-~~-~ Please watch: "Bulletproof SUV didn't stop hit on Mafia boss Pat Musitano 🚙"    • Bulletproof SUV Couldn't Stop Hit on Mafia...   ~-~~-~~~-~~-~