http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/mafia http://jezebel.com/tag/mafia Caroline Manzo of The Real Housewives of New Jersey says of her father-in-law being found dead in his trunk in 1984, "there was never so much as an accusation of him being involved in organized crime." The county prosecutor's office responds: "his association with organized crime was well-known." [Daily Beast]

]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5270262&view=rss&microfeed=true The father-in-law of three cast members — Dina, Caroline, and Jacqueline—was involved with the Gambino family…before he was found shot to death in the trunk of his car. [NY Daily News]

]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5229591&view=rss&microfeed=true Last night I watched one of the best Intervention episodes I have ever seen. I think it comes second only to the chronicle of Cristy. It featured Marie, an Italian-American woman who started a successful matchmaking business, only to give it all up to make her fourth husband, Bora, happy. Bora introduced her to "sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll" only to die of complications from alcoholism. Marie couldn't pick the pieces back up after his death, and turned into a severe alcoholic herself. Her children Clorinda, Vincenzina, and Sal organized an intervention for her, but admit that it's hard for them to do, since they are taught to "stick together" and, as their grandmother explains, "not turn anybody in, no matter what." Clip above.

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