1JACKSON, NJ – You might have heard stories of the mafia dumping bodies in the Pine Barrens back in the 1960s and 1970s, but did Soprano’s style burials and executions really happen?

According to the FBI, yes, but not at the rate or volume local lore suggests.

The discovery of a Mafia burial ground on Cook Road in Jackson Township, NJ, has unearthed a chilling chapter in the area’s history. In 1967, the FBI, under the direction of J. Edgar Hoover, revealed a grim discovery at an unassuming farm on Cook Road. Beneath a chicken coop, agents found two bodies, including the body of Angelo Sonnessa, a known Mafioso from New York.

This finding confirmed suspicions that the farm served as a disposal site for the Mafia, with another victim found in an oil drum filled with hydrochloric acid. Des

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