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Sep 18, 2023 · Author, drummer, and former police chief Rick Porrello has a knack for writing books that attract interest from filmmakers. Hollywood snapped up To Kill the Irishman—the War that Crippled the Mafia and turned it into the movie Kill the Irishman, starring Ray Stevenson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Christopher Walken, and Val Kilmer.
As an organized crime historian, Rick Porrello’s perspective is an intriguing one. He began writing his first book during family research into the murders of his grandfather and three uncles, all of whom, he learned, were mob leaders killed in Prohibition-era violence.
Please note that Rick Porrello is NOT a national or international organized crime or Mafia expert or historian. He does not maintain contacts with mobsters, is unable to assist with family history research and is unable to provide assitance with locating photographs.
In a raw and candid accounting, Rick Porrello takes his readers inside Phil's brutal street world and prison life and exposes the details behind the planning and execution of the daring and record-setting 1972 United California Bank burglary in Orange County, California.
His latest book, There's More Bodies Out There - the true story of a Mafia associate and a Cop who emerge as Serial Killers, is set for release in October 2022. Rick Porrello, a retired police chief with mob roots, has been writing books that attract interest from filmmakers.
As an organized crime historian, Rick Porrello's perspective is an intriguing one. He began writing his first book during family research into the murders of his grandfather and three uncles,...
Rick Porrello. A suburban Cleveland, Ohio police chief, Rick Porrello is also an author of three books about organized crime: The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia (Barricade Books, 1995), To Kill the Irishman - The War that Crippled the Mafia (Next Hat Press, 1998) and Superthief - A Master Burglar, the Mafia and the Biggest Bank Heist in U.S.
