Married to the mob

They wanted for nothing, but now the girlfriend and daughter of mobster capo and killer Greg Scarpa are struggling to come to terms with a less pampered and more isolated life, Nancy Hass reports

BIG Linda and Little Linda are living proof that the glitzy stereotypes of life in a crime family are pure fiction. Their years as girlfriend and daughter of murderous capo Greg Scarpa have left them trapped by poverty and gruesome memories.

We think we know the women of the mob — loud, crude, fond of bling, and indifferent to the crimes that support their families in tacky splendour. Even when their husbands are in jail or under indictment, we imagine mob wives ensconced in their own garish version of suburbia, channeling Victoria Gotti with their French manicures, leopard-print stilettos, and cascades of hair.