Forgotten Felonies

Frank Caruso and the Murder of Dr. Casper Pendola - A Fun-Sized Felony

April 23, 2026·11 min
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Send a message to Monica and Olivia! In February of 1927, a Brooklyn father watched his six-year-old son struggle to breathe as diphtheria tightened its grip. Desperate for help, Frank Caruso called for doctors, begged for treatment, and clung to the hope that his boy might survive. But when that hope slipped away, something else took its place. Within hours of his son’s death, Frank turned his grief into blame—and his blame into violence. A physician who had come to help would never leave th...

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