Sam DeStefano

Sam DeStefano
Chicago Police Department mugshot of Mad Sam DeStefano
Born(1909-09-13)September 13, 1909
DiedApril 14, 1973(1973-04-14) (aged 63)
Cause of deathGunshot wounds (homicide)
Other names"Mad Sam"
OccupationLoan shark contract killer
AllegianceChicago Outfit
Conviction(s)Conspiracy
Criminal penalty3-5 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]

  1. ^ Roemer, William F. Jr., The Enforcer (1994), p. 12
  2. ^ May, Allan (May 17, 1999). "'Mad Sam' DeStefano: The Mob's Marquis DeSade (Part 2)". americanmafia.com. p. 2.