Salvatore Polisi spent over fifteen years with organized crime families in New York. In 1986, he entered the "Federal Witness Protection Program". In exchange, he testified in a number of Mafia-related prosecutions. Sal's story, up to that point of his life, is retold in the book 'Sins of the Father', written by Nick Taylor. Articles about him ...
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| 1 | Salvatore Polisi is 100% Italian. His family originates from Naples, Italy. |
| 2 | Sal was an identical twin, his twin died at birth. |
| 3 | The Polisi's are a musically inclined family. Sal played the trumpet in the Marine Corp Band and two of his Aunties were piano teachers. |
| 4 | Sal's Aunt Caroline taught the famous Van Cliburn when he was a teenager attending Juilliard. |
| 5 | His older sister, Rose Marie, played at Carnegie Hall when she was just four years old, as a concert pianist. |
| 6 | A fan of western movies - Shane (1953) & Lonesome Dove (1989) are his two favorite. |
| 7 | The Godfather (original) is Sal's all time favorite movie. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) comes in second. |
| 8 | Sal and his two crime partners, Tommy DeSimone and Foxy, hijacked a truck in 1972 to celebrate the opening of the feature film, The Godfather (1972). |
| 9 | Kicked out of the Witness Protection Program in 1989 for making public appearances to promote his book, "Sins of the Father". |
| 10 | Arrested in 1989 for appearing on The Geraldo Rivera Show (1987). Fought the case and won. |
| 11 | Wrote his Federal Judge every two weeks to terminate his probation. |
| 12 | Was banned for 6 months from public speaking before his probation was terminated. |
| 13 | Sal spent 20 years in auto racing before it was "in vogue" as a promoter & track owner - rubbing elbows with Jeff Gordon, Lake Speed, Mario Andretti, Scott Goodyear and Mark Dismore. |
| 14 | Sal is a entertaining chef who has cooked for Celebrities like Rocky Graziano, Jake LaMotta, Stuart Woods, Pancho González & Robert Carradine (just to name a few). |
| 15 | Former mob associate. |
| 16 | Subject of the book "Sins of the Father" written by Nick Taylor, Simon & Shuster 1989. |
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