This is the fifth installment in a brand new Button Guys series called Homes & Lifestyles of the Underworld.
We thought it would be interesting to delve a bit into the personal lives of some of the gangsters and racketeers we’ve all heard and read about over the years, many of whom were notorious fellows back in their day.
Where did these men live? What types of neighborhoods were they drawn to? What style and types of homes could they afford, and did they choose for themselves and their loved ones?
Who lived in mansions? Who lived in hovels? Who was wealthy? Who was broke? Who displayed ostentatious shows of wealth? Who lived quietly and conservatively?
Let’s take a good look, shall we?
This particular edition of Homes & Lifestyles of the Underworld focuses on one of the oldest Cosa Nostra networks to ever operate in the northeastern portion of the United States — the John Scalish Family, of Cleveland, Ohio. Button Guys profiles 65 individual racketeers — ranging from the Cleveland Family’s top bosses and upper management, right on down to their rank-and-file soldiers and associates.
