http://gangsterreport.com/philly-mob-eld...ong-loved-ones/

article on chickie ciancaglini by scott

I live on 12th and Mifflin right around the corner. I seen him out there a few times. I would love to sit down next to him a get some stories out of him... he's gotta have some doozies! Not that her would even pay me any mind..

Anyone else think he kinda looks like Bret Hitman Hart with the shades?

Hah!

Anyone know where the nickname 'Chickie' is from?

Frank Narducci had it as well.

It's common around here, but I can't answer why as each instance may be different. Some people are named Charles-chuck-Chucky-Chickie.

I don't know why for Frank or Joseph though. It doesn't have anything to do with chickens though. lol.

I read somewhere, book or article or somewhere, that he and Chuckie merlino had the Barracuda on his knees begging for his life before they banged him out. Rough.

Thx Nicky

Francesco = Frank = Cheech = Chickie

Can I call you francis??

Just kidding cheech hope all is well.

Anyone else see the irony in a mafia fanboy squeaking when he finds out a poster he doesn't like is posting on another forum and implores the mods to ban him?

If you can't even keep omerta on the internet, then what chance do you stand on the street?

People always say Ralph Natale was a lightning rod for Joey Merlino but does he not get enough credit for the role he played behind the scenes during the Stanfa war?

How instrumental was his cheerleading?

And why did Mike Chang hate Nick Scarfo Jr. so much when their fathers were best friends?

What would his father - who by all accounts would have died for Nick Sr. - have thought?

Jealousy Moe and jr. Was acting like a JO and making them guys feel like they had nothing to do with the family.

The guys in philly come from generations of mob guys even if they were not made or known associates they did all they could to help the mob what ever it took to get a brother or a cousin moved up.

They became very jealous and bitter that it was all going to jr. And most of there family's were and friends were dead after a 100 years of them all helping there thing..

Also some how they found out that Sr. Was having Phil kill Chuckie in Angeloni's before It came out and it was not hard to find out cos we herd the rumor also ..They did not care what leaked out as long as there was no evidence .
Crazy Nick ran the dam thing like it was 1930.

So the guys that had blood that were made guys started fighting back they knew that there uncles fathers were going to get killed !!!

Thanks Cheech.

But I gotta ask the follow up.

How does one go from 'Frank' to 'Cheech'?

thanks MH, same to you. my real name is andy. but real nickname is cheech. my old man loved the scene in godfather 2. ever since small everyone called me cheech. whole nabe. even now. youre from up this way. Latella Carting. the old mans sons name is Pete. his nickname? chickie. go figure.

fran (chesco) = cheech

Ah. Rgr.

Cheers mate.

It must be a Philly thing, because you also have Chickie's and Pete's Sports bars in the Philly area...

chuckie merlino?skinny found that out in 1985?,,i guess i can understand that.

Hoodlum:

It could have been 85 or it could have been a little later before it was confirmed not just a rumor to Skinny .

Regardless the hate that many of these guys that there families were in the mob or on the sidelines started while Nick was boss but these young adults were not saying to much out of there circle.

They all wanted to get made around that time and they were not cos Nick was thinking treason and not making blood from outer guys unless he had no choice.

As this was pissing off these young guys and jr was rubbing it in there face even though he was not made yet he knew he was getting his button and he would stay in his dad's ear about the guys he did not like or guys that fucked with him even if just words.

That shit with Skinny was on long before jr. Was shot and lots of the young guns wanted jr. Out of the way so they could all get made.

Very interesting info, Serp.

Good point,thanx Serp.