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Sam DeStefano | |
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 Chicago Police Department mugshot of Mad Sam DeStefano | |
| Born | September 13, 1909 |
| Died | April 14, 1973 (aged 63) |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds (homicide) |
| Other names | "Mad Sam" |
| Occupation | Loan shark contract killer |
| Allegiance | Chicago Outfit |
| Conviction(s) | Conspiracy |
| Criminal penalty | 3-5 years in prison |
Samuel "Mad Sam" DeStefano (September 13, 1909 − April 14, 1973) was an American mobster who was associated with the Chicago Outfit. He was one of the organization's most notorious loan sharks and sociopathic killers. Chicago-based Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents, such as William F. Roemer Jr., considered DeStefano to be the worst torture-murderer in the history of the United States.[1] The Outfit used the mentally unstable and sadistic DeStefano for the torture-murders of Leo Foreman and Arthur Adler, the murder of DeStefano's younger brother, Michael DeStefano (an Outfit enforcer), and many others. At least one Outfit insider, Charles Crimaldi, claimed DeStefano was a devil worshipper.[2]
- ^ Roemer, William F. Jr., The Enforcer (1994), p. 12
- ^ May, Allan (May 17, 1999). "'Mad Sam' DeStefano: The Mob's Marquis DeSade (Part 2)". americanmafia.com. p. 2.