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{{Short description|American mobster}}
{{Infobox Criminal organization
| name = Angiulo brothers
| image = File:98 Prince Street.jpg
| caption = 98 [[Prince Street]], the Angiulos's "dog house" headquarters<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. v. Angiulo, 847 F.2d 956 {{!}} Casetext Search + Citator |url=https://casetext.com/case/us-v-angiulo-2 |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=casetext.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Carr: Last link to epic Boston mob family gone |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2015/06/02/carr-last-link-to-epic-boston-mob-family-gone/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Boston Herald |language=en-US}}</ref>
| founded by = [[Gennaro Angiulo|Gennaro "Jerry" Angiulo]]
| founding location = [[Boston]], Massachusetts, U.S.
| years active = 1960–mid 1980s
| territory = [[North End, Boston]], U.S.
| ethnic makeup = [[Italian Americans|Italian American]]
| membership est = 7
| allies = [[Patriarca crime family]]
| rivals = [[Winter Hill Gang]]
| activities = [[Murder]], [[extortion]], [[gambling]], [[loan sharking]], [[obstruction of justice]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Seagrave|first=Jane|title=Prosecution In Mafia Trial Rests After Six Months|url=https://apnews.com/1196d4f05d0275d401d3e69d18ec0881|access-date=March 9, 2020|newspaper=[[Associated Press]]|date=December 8, 1985|quote=They are charged with engaging in a pattern of criminal activity that included murder, extortion, gambling, loan sharking and obstruction of justice.}}</ref>
}}
The '''Angiulo brothers''' ({{IPA|it|ˈandʒulo|lang}}), were the leading [[Italian-American]] crime group from [[Boston|Boston's]] [[North End, Boston|North End]], from the 1960s until the mid 1980s. Also, the street crew extended into [[East Boston]], [[Roxbury, Boston|Roxbury]], [[Waltham, Massachusetts|Waltham]], [[Newton, Massachusetts|Newton]], [[Watertown, Massachusetts|Watertown]], parts of [[Revere, Massachusetts|Revere]], and all other predominantly Italian American neighborhoods in Eastern Massachusetts. Their criminal organization was dubbed "In-Town", because one had to go in to town to visit the Angiulo Brothers.

The brothers were Antonio, Donato, Francesco, [[Gennaro Angiulo|Gennaro]], Michele, Nicolo, and James Angiulo. They were born in North End, to Italian immigrants Cesare and Giovannina (née Femiani) Angiulo. During the 1940s, Cesare and Giovannina Angiulo operated the "Dog House", a [[mom-and-pop]] convenience store and luncheonette at 98 [[Prince Street]].<ref name="Angiulo brothers">[https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/04/05/metro/angiulo-brothers-whitey-bulgers-family-other-mobsters-appear-newly-released-1950-census-records/ Angiulo brothers, Whitey Bulger’s family, other mobsters appear in newly released 1950 census records] Emily Sweeney, ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' (April 5, 2022) {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20220405172453/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/04/05/metro/angiulo-brothers-whitey-bulgers-family-other-mobsters-appear-newly-released-1950-census-records/ |date=April 5, 2022 }}</ref> Giovannina took over the family business when Cesare died.<ref name="Prosecutors Hope To Expose Mafia">[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/18/us/us-prosecutors-hope-to-expose-a-mafia-at-coming-boston-trial.html U.S. Prosecutors Hope To Expose A 'Mafia' At Coming Boston Trial] Fox Butterfield, ''[[The New York Times]]'' (February 18, 1985) {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20240308170011/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/18/us/us-prosecutors-hope-to-expose-a-mafia-at-coming-boston-trial.html |date=March 8, 2024 }}</ref> The "Dog House" was also the family home and became the Angiulo brothers' headquarters.<ref name="A Deal with the Devil">{{cite episode |title = A Deal with the Devil |series = Bloody Boston |series-link = |network = [[Reelz]] |date = April 5, 2022 |season = 1 |number = 2 }}</ref><ref name="Last link to mob family">[https://www.bostonherald.com/2015/06/02/carr-last-link-to-epic-boston-mob-family-gone/ Carr: Last link to epic Boston mob family gone] [[Howie Carr]], ''[[Boston Herald]]'' (June 2, 2015) {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20250418214022/https://www.bostonherald.com/2015/06/02/carr-last-link-to-epic-boston-mob-family-gone/ |date=April 18, 2025 }}</ref>

As "[[made man|made men]]" in the [[Patriarca crime family]], they were placed in control of the [[racketeering]] throughout [[Massachusetts]],<ref name="jerry obit">{{cite news|last=Murphy|first=Shelley|title=Mob boss Gennaro 'Jerry' Angiulo dies at 90|url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/08/30/mob_boss_gennaro_jerry_angiulo_dies_at_90|access-date=March 9, 2020|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=August 30, 2009}}</ref> until [[Irish Mob]] groups such as the [[Winter Hill Gang]] and the [[Charlestown Mob]] decided to run the rackets in their own neighborhoods. During this time Winter Hill Gang members [[Whitey Bulger]] and [[Stephen Flemmi]] were informing on their Italian mob colleagues by allowing the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) to bug their headquarters during the early 1980s. The "Dog House" later became an upscale pizzeria.<ref name="Aging Boston mobster">[https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2007/07/07/Aging-Boston-mobster-gets-early-parole/96271183842160/ Aging Boston mobster gets early parole] [[United Press International]] (July 7, 2007) {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20250505203847/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2007/07/07/Aging-Boston-mobster-gets-early-parole/96271183842160/ |date=May 5, 2025 }}</ref>

==Brothers==
===Nicolo Angiulo===
*'''Vittore Nicolo''' "'''Nick'''" '''Angiulo''' was the oldest of his siblings, born on March 4, 1916. He grew up with younger sister, Stella Orlandella, and his brothers.<ref name="NickAngiulo">{{cite news|title=Member of reputed Mafia family dies|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/09/16/Member-of-reputed-Mafia-family-dies/3873558763200/|work=[[UPI]]|date=September 16, 1987|access-date=March 9, 2020|quote=Angiulo was indicted in 1983, along with his four brothers and two other alleged Mafia members. He was never went to trial because of his bad health.}}</ref> He was alleged [[consigliere]] of the organization and was indicted in 1983 with his brothers Gennaro, Donato, Francesco, Donato; but he never went to trial because of illness.<ref name="NickAngiulo"/> He died on September 13, 1987, from a kidney ailment, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Boston.

===Gennaro Angiulo===
*'''Gennaro Joseph''' "'''Jerry'''" '''Angiulo'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/434374958/?terms=gennaro%2Bjoseph%2Bangiulo&match=3|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|quote=Gennaro Joseph Angiulo, 49, reputed head of the Cosa Nostra in Boston.|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=September 17, 1968|title=Divorce Garanted Mrs. Angiulo|url-access=subscription|access-date=March 9, 2020}}</ref> was born on March 20, 1919. Angiulo enlisted in the [[U.S. Navy]] at the beginning of [[World War II]] and served 4 years in the [[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|Pacific Theatre]]. He achieved the rank of [[Boatswain's mate (United States Navy)|Chief Boatswain's Mate]]. Upon completion of his service to the United States, he moved back to the North End of Boston.<ref name="jerry obit" /> The FBI had been after him since the early 1960s. With the help of the FBI's own criminal informants [[James "Whitey" Bulger]] and [[Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi]], they were able to gain a great deal of incriminating information regarding Angiulo's racketeering operations. The FBI was able to successfully plant listening devices in a bar he owned on [[Tremont Street]]. He was arrested September 19, 1983, at his North End hangout, then convicted three years later on racketeering charges.<ref name="jerry obit" /> He was granted parole and was released from federal prison on September 10, 2007. He died from [[kidney failure]] at [[Massachusetts General Hospital]] on August 29, 2009.<ref name="jerry obit" /> 

===Francesco Angiulo===
*'''Francesco J.''' "'''Frank'''" '''Angiulo''', also known as "Frankie the Cat", was born on January 13, 1921. He served in the Merchant Marines in World War II and he was personally arrested by FBI agent [[John Connolly (FBI)|John Connolly]] in 1983. He did not marry, and was a long-time companion of Laurie Naimo. Angiulo spent 14 years in prison because of racketeering and returned home in 2000. He died on May 30, 2015, at Massachusetts General Hospital due a heart failure.

===Donato Angiulo===
*'''Donato F.''' "'''Danny'''" '''Angiulo''', also known as "Laughing Fox", was born on March 21, 1923. In 1956, he married Marguarite E. "Margo" (McMunn) Angiulo, from which he had a son, Caesar A. Angiulo and a daughter, Nina M. Angiulo Silk. He was freed from federal prison in 1997, after serving 11 years, and returned to his [[Medford, Massachusetts|Medford]] home. He died on May 3, 2009, at [[Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center]] after a heart failure.

===Antonio Angiulo===
*'''Antonio R.''' "'''Anco'''" '''Angiulo''' was born on July 4, 1925. He was the husband of Dorothy M. "Dottie" Angiulo. He died on August 4, 1976.

===Michele Angiulo===
*'''Michele A.''' "'''Mike'''" '''Angiulo''' was born on July 20, 1927. In 1952 he married Concetta E. "Connie" Capodilupo, and became the father of Michael J. and Joseph M. Angiulo. He served three years in prison for gambling and died on November 26, 2006.

===James Angiulo===
*'''James William Angiulo''', also known as "Jimmy Jones", was born on November 28, 1939. He was married to Dorothea "Ginger" Angiulo. Together they had six children James William Angiulo Jr., Gina Angiulo, Frank Angiulo, Renee Angiulo, Christine Angiulo and Sandra Angiulo. He died on August 2, 2014, in [[Cape Coral, Florida]], at the age of 74.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/james-angiulo-obituary?pid=171987845|title=James W. Angiulo|website=Legacy.com|date=August 6, 2014|access-date=March 9, 2020}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
In ''[[Black Mass (film)|Black Mass]]'' (2015), Gennaro Angiulo is portrayed by Bill Haims and Michele Angiulo is mentioned by [[John Connolly (FBI)|John Connolly]], portrayed by [[Joel Edgerton]], when he says "I saw Mikey Angiulo, [[Robert F. Carrozza|Bobby Carrozza]], and one [[Vincent M. Ferrara|Vincent 'The Animal' Ferrara]] all go inside".

==References==
{{Reflist}}

*{{cite book|author-link1=Gerard O'Neill|author-link2=Dick Lehr|last1=O'Neill|first1=Gerard|last2=Lehr|first2=Dick|year=1989|title=The Underboss: The Rise and Fall of a Mafia Family}}
*{{cite book|author-link=Howie Carr|last=Carr|first=Howie|year=2011|title-link=Hitman: The Untold Story of Johnny Martorano|title=Hitman: The Untold Story of Johnny Martorano: Whitey Bulger's Enforcer and the Most Feared Gangster in the Underworld|location=New York|publisher=Tom Doherty Associates|isbn=978-0-7653-3239-4}}

==External links==
*{{cite news|url=http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20090829former_boston_mob_boss_jerry_angiulo_dead_at_90/srvc=home&position=6|title=Former Boston mob boss Jerry Angiulo dead at 90|newspaper=[[Boston Herald]]|date=August 29, 2009}}
*{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/06/01/frank-angiulo-dies-one-four-brothers-convicted-major-boston-mafia-case/USatCPfgxExzzc9MvGVnPJ/story.html|title=Frank Angiulo's death marks end of North End Mob era|date=June 1, 2015|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|last=Murphy|first=Shelley|access-date=June 2, 2015}}

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