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Escalating mob wars turned Greater Cleveland into the bombing capital of America in 1976.
The 37 bombings in Cuyahoga County, including 21 in Cleveland, ranked No. 1 in the United States, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
"There's nothing to compare it with now in this country," said Rick Porrello, Lyndhurst police chief and author of "To Kill the Irishman," the basis of the new movie about gangster Danny Greene. "These days, the bombings are done by terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan or the Middle East."
Car bombs were a preferred weapon of mobsters in the 1970s. You could kill someone fairly cheaply, from a distance (using a remote detonator), and bombs tended to obliterate much of the evidence. Bombs were also set off at homes and businesses.
"A bombing sends a real message. It commands a lot of attention," said Porrello. "Danny Greene was said to have paid Art Sneperger, his main explosives guy, extra if the bombing generated news coverage. Art got paid a bonus if the thing got on television or in the newspapers."
Sneperger made his own headlines. He was killed in Cleveland Heights on Halloween night in 1971 when a bomb he was preparing to plant in a car belonging to Greene's friend-turned-enemy Mike Frato exploded.
