The Canary Sang but Couldn't Fly: The Fatal Fall of Abe Reles, the Mobster Who Shattered Murder, Inc.'s Code of Silence
4/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
It remains one of the most enduring mysteries in gangland lore: in 1941, while Abe Reles and three other key informants were under round-the-clock NYPD protection, the ruthless and powerful thug took a deadly plunge from the window of a Coney Island hotel. The first criminal of his stature to break the underworld’s code of silence, he had begun “singing” for the courts—giving devastating testimony that implicated former cronies—with more to come. With cops around him day and night, how could Abe have gone out the window? Did he try to escape? Did a hit man break in? Or did someone in the “squealer’s suite” murder him? Here’s the gripping story, packed with political machinations, legal sleight-of-hand, mob violence—and, finally, a proposed answer to the question: How did Abe Reles really die?
Murder mysteries:
Why didn’t police investigate the mysterious sounds they heard on the night that Reles died?
Why did the lead investigator fail to gather crucial evidence at the hotel—or follow police procedure for interviewing witnesses and securing the crime scene?
What do previously classified FBI documents reveal about Brooklyn DA William O’Dwyer, who had plans to run for mayor of New York?
Why was the note “Withhold information by order of D.A.” scribbled on Reles’s autopsy report?
Why was Abe’s widow so bitterly opposed to reopening the case?
Why doesn’t the official story add up?
Related to The Canary Sang but Couldn't Fly
Related ebooks
Shocking Stories of the Cleveland Mob Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSecret Partners: Big Tom Brown and the Barker Gang Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Secret Casino at Red Men’S Hall Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSpy Who Painted the Queen: The Secret Case Against Philip de László Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOlde London Punishments Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Wheeling's Gambling History to 1976 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ruthless Northlake Bank Robbers: A 1967 Shooting Spree that Stunned the Region Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMr. Capone: The Real—and Complete—Story of Al Capone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crossing the Line of Duty: How Corruption, Greed and Sleaze Brought Down the Flying Squad Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRain of Bullets: The True Story of Ernest Ingenito's Bloody Family Massacre Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Murder and Mayhem in the Napa Valley Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFlynn & Miranda: Your Right to Remain Silent Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSeattle Prohibition: Bootleggers, Rumrunners, & Graft in the Queen City Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPhiladelphia Organized Crime in the 1920s and 1930s Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWicked Herkimer County Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNew York City Gangland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crossing Hoffa: A Teamster's Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Albert Anastasia Mafia Kingpin Of The Brooklyn Waterfront 1941-1944 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThey Call Me Korney: Buffalo's Polish Gangsters Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrancis "Two Gun" Crowley’s Killings in New York City & Long Island Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDoughboy: Memoirs of the Streets Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGood Night James Wood-the Story of a Serial Killer and His Wife: Inspired By Actual Events Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Dunes Hotel and Casino: The Mob, the connections, the stories: The Mob, the connections, the stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReturn to Guntown: Classic Trials of the Outlaws and Rogues of Faulkner Country Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Virginia Hill, Mafia Queen An Anthology of True Crime Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMurder & Scandal in Prohibition Portland: Sex, Vice & Misdeeds in Mayor Baker's Reign Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGangsters and Organized Crime in Buffalo: History, Hits and Headquarters Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Mafia Summit: J. Edgar Hoover, the Kennedy Brothers, and the Meeting That Unmasked the Mob Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All The Way Down: The Violent Underworld Of Street Gangs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Chronicles of Mob Wives: Lee D'Avanzo Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Organized Crime For You
The Last Yakuza: life and death in the Japanese underworld Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOriginal Gangster: The Real Life Story of One of America's Most Notorious Drug Lords Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5No Speed Limit: The Highs and Lows of Meth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5LIFE The Godfather Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Johns: Sex for Sale and the Men Who Buy It Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Art of Gangbanging: A Review on Gang Culture Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro's Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Somebody's Daughter: Inside an International Prostitution Ring Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Black Hand: The Story of Rene "Boxer" Enriquez and His Life in the Mexican Mafia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cop Without a Badge: The Extraordinary Undercover Life of Kevin Maher Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Exposing the Illuminati's R.E.M Driven Human Cloning Subculture, Frequently Asked Questions, Volume 1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Exposing the Illuminati's R.E.M Driven Human Cloning Subculture, Frequently Asked Questions, Volume 2 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Innocence Lost Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Riding with Evil: Taking Down the Notorious Pagan Motorcycle Gang Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5JonBenet: Inside the Ramsey Murder Investigation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wilful Blindness: How a network of narcos, tycoons and CCP agents infiltrated the West Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Vory: Russia's Super Mafia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killer: The Autobiography of a Mafia Hit Man Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5MS-13: The Making of America's Most Notorious Gang Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWolf Boys: Two American Teenagers and Mexico's Most Dangerous Drug Cartel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mafia Hitmen And Assassins: The True Crime Stories of Contract Killers Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Reviews for The Canary Sang but Couldn't Fly
3 ratings0 reviews