At daybreak on May 22, 1893, a man was shot to death in the backyard of a boarding house on Spencer's Hill in Dunmore. I set out to preserve his memory. Instead, I found the story of the woman at the center of it, an Italian immigrant whose life was harder than anything the newspapers ever printed about her.
In October 1921, a Halloween party in Scranton turned deadly when a quarrel over hats led to Egisto Migliosi being fatally shot by Giuseppe Piccotti. Despite efforts to bring Piccotti to justice, he fled to Italy. Eventually, Piccotti was tracked down and arrested in 1928, but the case's resolution remains unknown.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1DYe0eKh48pNXvM47mQKCW?si=7474bb3637024b9f On April 25, 1916, Demetrio "Daniel" Morabito was drinking with several others. The men were at Mellow's Saloon near the corner of Monroe & Main Street in Archbald. Shortly after 8:00 pm, Morabito left the saloon and headed for home. It was a short walk to his place on Chestnut Street. He was supposed... Continue Reading →
I decided to go a little further back in Scranton's notorious past. This time, over a century ago. That's when Italian immigrants, particularly Southern Italians and Sicilians, were coming to the US in waves. Starting in the early 1880s and continuing until 1924, over 4 million Italians made the trek. The peak came between 1900... Continue Reading →
