Updated: 3/21/2025
Newly "discovered" FBI documents reportedly contained information on Carlos Marcello, the New Orleans mob boss, concerning the John F. Kennedy assassination.
In Milwaukee, Papa John Alioto ran the Milwaukee Mob from 1952 until 1961 when he handed the reins over to his son-in-law Frank Balistrieri.
Papa John had two sons, one named Joe, who had a fatal heart attack at a young age, only being in his 40's in 1963. Joe had a son (Papa John's grandson) named John. Born in 1949, John J. Alioto became a lawyer after college. He was a former Assistant State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois, who then went on to private law practice. According to Tim Shanahan in his book, (Running With The Champ), at one point in the late 1970’s John had only one client. That client just happened to be the godfather of the New Orleans mafia, Carlos Marcello. It was around that time (1978), there was an ongoing investigation of Marcello who was suspected in the possible mob planning of John F. Kennedy’s assassination! Marcello went to prison in the early 1980’s, convicted of other unrelated charges. After more than six years behind bars, his conviction was overturned and he was released in 1989, and died in 1993. Lawyer John Alioto had a notable, extensive career as an attorney until he passed away in 2006 at the age of 56, living in Illinois.
From an initial “report” published by Glen Beck on 3/21/2025, it was found in some documents a report about a former CIA associate that fled to a friends house in New Jersey after JFK was killed and claimed he was afraid for his life and that a clique of CIA agents did the murder. This was actually old news that had previously been reported and followed up on by the FBI. The man reportedly had some psychiatric issues and no corroborating evidence was discovered.
I feel it was much more likely that the mafia was somehow involved, but the question is, to what extent? In a book written by Charles Brandt, a man by the name of Frank Sheeran confessed to killing Teamster leader Jimmy Hoffa in 1975. The author spent years interviewing and documenting a thorough and well researched (2004,2006 and 2016) book called “I Heard You Paint Houses”. I highly recommend the latest edition as a great read. Brandt consulted with Sheeran right up to his death in 2003. In the book Sheeran had claimed he transported rifles from Brooklyn to Florida in 1963 for the killing of John F. Kennedy.
Working on this, more to come!
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