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Tom Hunt
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Writer/researcher of U.S. organized crime history. Publisher of Informer journal, MobHistory.substack.com, WritersOfWrongs.com & Mafiahistory.us.
Husband of Anna. Dad of 3 grown kids. Resident of Whiting, VT.
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Looks and feels like #winter out there.
#WhitingVT #Vermont at 7 a.m., Nov. 11, 2025.

#Snow #Trees #Horse
Horse in a snow-covered field in front of snow-covered trees and snow-covered distant mountains under a gray sky. Snow covers lawn, tree branches and shrubs in foreground and hilly fields and mountains in distance.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Woke up to just a bit of #snow this chilly morning at #WhitingVT #Vermont. Photos taken about 6:30 a.m. EST on November 9, 2025.

#Morning #Weather #Clouds #Trees
Outbuilding roofs, lawn and tree limbs show a recent dusting of snow. Hayfields with a light dusting of snow. In the distance are thick woods. Beyond, a stripe of low clouds appears to cut through a distant mountain range as other clouds appear to crash over the mountaintops. There are gray waves in the cloudy sky. Surveillance camera image of two miniature donkeys walking out in a snow-covered field. There are trees with snow-covered branches, distant mountains and wavy gray clouds.
November 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Here's some #bluesky (and red and orange and pink and ...)
Scenes from another colorful morning at #WhitingVT #Vermont. Photos taken between 6:26 and 6:28 a.m. EST. on November 7, 2025.

#Sunrise #Sky #Dawn #StickSeason #Horse
Leafless tree to right of image. Hayfields in lower foreground, interrupted by rows of leafless trees. Dark bluish mountains in background. Above the mountains is a band of bright rose streaked with gray which fades upward through levels of orange, pink and dusty purple to blend into a blue sky. Horse grazing in frosty hayfield oblivious to the brightly colored sky above.
November 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Looking southeast from #WhitingVT #Vermont just before #dawn on November 5, 2025.
#StickSeason #Sunrise #Sky #Clouds
Streaks of yellow, gold, bright rose and dusty purple lie between dark mountains and a grayish blue sky. Streaks of yellow, gold, bright rose and dusty purple lie between dark mountains and a grayish blue sky. Streaks of yellow, gold, bright rose and dusty purple lie between dark mountains and a grayish blue sky. Leafless trees in foreground.
November 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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#Fall seems to be finishing up here in #WhitingVT #Vermont
#Autumn #Foliage #Leaves
Gray gravel driveway. Trees with orange and gold leaves sit behind dark green pine branches. Green fields, mostly bare trees, dark clouds and mountains in the distance.
October 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Snickers posed for this late #fall photo this afternoon.
#Horse #Autumn #Foliage #Leaves #Vermont
Top and bottom of image are filled with red-orange and gold fall leaves. Between is an Icelandic horse grazing in front of an outdoor ring and some brush and trees.
October 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Views of the #fall #foliage from our back deck at #WhitingVT #Vermont. Photo taken afternoon of Oct. 17, 2025.
#autumn #trees
Two images. Both show a deep row of colorful trees - gold, orange, red, green - at the far end of a grassy field, with hazy mountains and pale blue skies above.
October 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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A refreshing number.
We're (finally) below freezing at #WhitingVT #Vermont. Image of thermometer from just before sunrise, Oct. 10.
#VermontWeather #VtWx
Thermometer shows at outdoor temperature of 30°F.
October 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Good #morning from #WhitingVT #Vermont.
Photo taken 6:49 a.m. EDT on Oct. 7, 2025.
#Dawn #Sunrise #Clouds #Mountains
Clouds form contrasty ribbons of color - gold, pink-orange, dark orange and gray - in a pale blue sky. Hazy bluish mountains stand under the bright clouds and behind dark trees and hayfields.
October 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Seeing a bit of #autumn color in #WhitingVT #Vermont on a rainy September 25.

#fallfoliage
Pale green fields lead to a row of colorful trees with cloud-shrouded mountains in background.
September 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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We had a colorful #morning here in #WhitingVT #Vermont. 13 September 2025.
#Dawn #Sunrise #Sky #Clouds
Looking southeast, the sky's colors are less bold oranges and pinks broken up by a band of closer clouds of blue-gray. Distant mountains appear blue. A row of large trees sit closer. Clouds of bright red-orange and more subtle pink, purple and blue-gray hang over distant mountains and a line of trees. Clouds of bright red-orange and more subtle pink, purple and blue-gray hang in the eastern sky over distant mountains and a line of trees.
September 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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#Rainbow at #WhitingVT #Vermont, about 4:45 p.m. on Aug. 29, 2025.
Two images of a rainbow. Upper image shows left side of the arc passing across blue-gray clouds, shadowy mountains and a line of trees. Lower image shows a wide shot of a double rainbow with trees and fields beneath it. The date "29 August 2025" appears between the images.
August 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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About 5:25 a.m. on August 19, 2025, at #WhitingVT #Vermont.
#Predawn #Morning #Sky #Moon
Moon and planets visible at top and middle in dark early morning sky. Bands of dark and brightly lit clouds toward the bottom.
August 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Our #horse is having his breakfast at about 5:50 to 6 a.m. EDT (Aug. 19, 2025) at #WhitingVT #Vermont. Earlier pinks and reds gave way to yellow and gold by 6 a.m.
#Morning #Dawn #Sunrise #Clouds
Horse grazing in green field in foreground. Rows of dark trees behind that, topped by dark blue mountains and yellow, pinkish-red and purple-gray streaks of clouds in the predawn sky. Clouds are yellow, gold, orange and gray, behind distant mountains, rows of trees and a grazing horse.
August 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Breathe at your own risk.
AirNow.gov says local #AirQuality here in #Vermont is 109 (unhealthy for sensitive groups). WeatherUnderground shows a worse index of 132. Looks like this will linger about one more day.
#Smoke #Wildfires
Map of continental U.S. showing air quality alerts. Map of northeastern U.S. showing air quality alerts.
August 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Orange sun again this #morning At #WhitingVT #Vermont. I guess the Canada wildfire #smoke is back.
(Breathe at your own risk.)
#Dawn #Sunrise
Orange sun sits in pinkish sky. Hazy mountains in distance. Rows of trees closer. Horse grazing in field in foreground.
August 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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#Sun obscured by some #fog, some Canada wildfire #smoke.
Eerie to see what looks to be a sunset so high in the sky.
Photo taken at #WhitingVT #Vermont, about 6:20 a.m., July 26, 2025.
Sun smothered in clouds glows orange. The rest of the landscape is gray.
July 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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#Summer #morning view from #WhitingVT #Vermont.

#Dawn #Sunrise #Horse
Sun rises over dark mountains at upper left. A blanket of fog tops a rows of dark trees in the distance. Fog rises behind and around closer trees. Horse grazes in pasture.
July 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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It is quite a bit warmer than I'd like it in the #morning (starting out at 73°F). But we are treated to a very interesting sky. Photo taken about 5:30 a.m., July 7, at #WhitingVT #Vermont.

#Dawn #Sunrise #Clouds #Sky
Green fields, lines of dark trees, distant mountains, with an early morning sky above. The light blue sky is crossed by two levels of clouds. Lower clouds are dark purplish blue-gray splotches. Upper clouds are bright streaks of pale yellow and light orange. A bright orange glow seems to emanate from the top of a mountain.
July 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Seemed a good joke in 1984. Not so much today.
"Life imitates art far more than art imitates life."
#deportations
June 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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#Smoke from Canada #wildfires produced interesting effects at #sunrise here in #WhitingVT #Vermont. Smoke appears to be thinner and higher than it was when it produced a dazzling red sun in years past.
#dawn
Morning sun with pink halo seen over mountains with trees and fields in foreground. Three images of sun as it seems to emerge from a red-pink wrapper. The sun is a better defined pink smudge, hanging over a mountain with trees in foreground. Rising sun is little more than a pinkish smudge seen over a mountain. Trees in foreground.
June 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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I'm sorry. There is no plan to produce an issue of Informer in 2025. But you're invited to check out MobHistory on Substack: mobhistory.substack.com

#MafiaHistory
I am sorry to announce that, due to a variety of factors including competing commitments and recent (now apparently resolved) health concerns, there is no plan to produce an issue of Informer for 2025. I am hopeful that Informer readers will find my newest (a bit more casual / far less demanding) venture, MobHistory on Substack, to be suitable as a substitute at least in the short term.
May 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Good #morning from #WhitingVT #Vermont.
#Sunrise #Dawn #Clouds #Mountains
Sunlight glows a pale orange in areas of fluffy gray clouds above. Dark blue-gray clouds lurk lower. Brightly illuminated clouds in the distance fall diagonally behind nearer dark horizontal clouds. Mountains, trees and green fog-covered fields.
May 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: trunk at #Manhattan pier contains salesman's body, strangers search for Joe Tocco in #WyandotteMI, Bompensiero is convicted in #SanDiego, Dio gets 4 years, new #Philadelphia mobster is murdered, Ferrara faces #Boston gambling charges.
#MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians
Collection of crime history items from April 29. Image of John Dioguardi.
April 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Near #sunrise at #WhitingVT #Vermont - about 5:50 a.m., April 24, 2025.
#Dawn #Clouds
Glowing magenta and purple clouds appear in a pale sky above dark mountains, trees and fields.
April 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM