#203: "Mob Murder at Raneri's Restaurant" Gabrielle Gilmore tells all Part 4

Part 4 of Gabrielle's Mafia story is all about her finding out what Peter Raneri was up to before she met him. She tells about Peter and his first wife Margie's neighborhood
Italian Family restaurant in Smithtown, New York. They had 2 sons Frankie and Peter.
She shares that Peter Raneri's Dad Frank Raneri was a part of making moonshine at Patsy's in Manhattan in the 1940's.
Peter's restaurant became hugely successful and he became a local celebrity getting a lot of attention appearing on radio and TV shows as the 5 star Chef he was.
He was a huge personality.
Because of the huge success of the small restaurant they built a big Raneri's restaurant on Jericho turnpike in Smithtown - wildly popular the Jackson 5, The Commodores and
the 4 Tops, just to mention a few used to perform there.
Gabrielle tells funny stories about Peter's pranks he used to pull in the restaurant.
While his wife Margie worked tirelessly at the restaurant Peter, who was a life long Gigolo started an affair with the new
hostess Lisa who became his second wife and they had his 3rd son Michael.
Larry Iorizzo who was Peter's best friend used to have a running tab at the restaurant and he always paid it.
Once Larry got involved with Michael Franzese Peter used to keep the restaurant open all night long so all the Mafia guys could hold all their meetings there.
Michael told Larry to no longer pay the tabs which in the end started draining the restaurant. Peter used to work ungodly hours, many nights sleeping at the restaurant.
Larry told him to stop killing himself and come to work with them to have an easier life. After all they were making millions of dollars weekly.
Gabrielle reads a Newsday paper article about SBA loans that were made out to Raneri's restaurant. Michael Franzese was linked to many SBA loans to small businesses.
It is extremely interesting with details about a murder at the restaurant. The restaurant received a blizzard of publicity because they found a body with a document signed by Peter Raneri.
We read about all the pressure that was put on Peter Raneri by law enforcement and he was threatened that he would be charged with killing Ladenhauf.
........... to be continued

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