Talk:Frank Costello

Can somebody confirm his birthname? I've heard it was Seriglia... And why was it he served no time on the tax evasion rap?

And, y'know, I just don't get why Mob murders are being dignified as "assassinations". They're just murders, killings, hits... Trekphiler 07:18, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

"The Departed"

I added in the Footnotes section the upcoming portrayal of Frank Costello by Jack Nicholson in The Departed. --JOK3R 13:16, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

You shouldn't have added it as a footnote because the character in the movie has no relation to the actual gangster.

Original Research/personal story removal

This was added to the main page by an annoymous user:

I was a close personal friend of Frank Costello. This is about his getting shot.

Frank was dining at a restaurant and when he left he picked up an apple out of a fruit dish. When he got out of the cab at 115 Central Park West, his apartment house, he was eating the apple. Giganti walked in after him and said " Frank. this is for you". Frank turned around as Giganti shot and the bullet grazed his head. Frank then threw the apple at Giganti hitting him on the head. Bragged Frank when he told me, " I had better aim than he had." The next morning Albert Anastasia went up to Franks apartment to discuss the situation. A NYC cop then was stationed in the lobby and the doorman called up Frank and told him. Frank didn't want Albert seen leaving the building by the policeman so Albert dressed himself in Bobbies ( MRS. C )clothes, put on a big womans hat and walked out of the building past the cop dressed as a woman.

Wikipedia isn't the place for personal stories or experiences. This is in violation of the Original Research policy. I have reverted to the previous addition of the article. --JOK3R 22:06, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

• • • Note: This may be true but as "oral history" it is a hell of lot more interesting and enlightening to Wiki readers then something copied or re-hashed out of an old Encyclopedia Brittanica article.