After nearly a century, the FIRST EVER book about Cleveland's mysterious 1928 Mafia Summit at the Hotel Statler has been published.Discover what happened.

2026/2027 AUTHOR EVENTS
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Sep 19 Cleveland Rockport Library Puritas & W 140th
Oct 7 Parma Heights Library
Dec 14 University Hts. Library2027
Feb 24 Lakewood Library

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“We'll never come back if we can help it.
We're sick of Cleveland”
- Anonymous quote from a mobster recently
acquitted in the Cleveland Hotel Statler raid

On December 5th 1928, a secret Mafia meeting was to take place at Cleveland's Hotel Statler.Joe Profaci, who was the inspiration for Vito Corleone in The Godfather, was among those caught.Al Capone was rumored to be headed to Cleveland.What about "Joe the Boss" Masseria's Cleveland connection?What happened has remained a mystery and a subject of speculation for decades.

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About THE AUTHOR

Author DON BILLIE honed his writing skills in college at The Cauldron, Cleveland State University's student-run newspaper.
Since then, Billie has written a couple of Cleveland-focused books, including Margaret Hamilton: From Cleveland, Ohio to the Land of Oz, which tells the enchanting story of Cleveland’s own Wicked Witch.
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He has previously written about the Cleveland origin of Freddy Krueger for Cleveland Magazine.
He has volunteered with the American Red Cross hurricane disaster relief effort in Florida and the humanitarian organization Bring Hope in war-torn Kurdistan.CONTACT

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