The Internet Has Finally Discovered The Man Who Inspired The Godfather Movies

Honest Living

Costello’s parents set up a grocery store and began a pretty wholesome life serving customers. But Costello wasn’t too keen on a simple lifestyle and did not want to follow into the family business.

Screenshot from “The Godfather Part II”

The key to his initiation into the crime world was all due to a key moment in American History, the Prohibition Era of the 1920s. A time where it was illegal to sell, consume or import alcohol during this time.