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Lost Kerouac Chapter Discovered in Mafia Boss's Files

10/12/2025

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A two-page manuscript titled The Holy, Beat And Crazy Next Thing, dated April 15, 1957, is a lost Kerouac chapter from On the Road found in the files of the deceased Mafia boss Paul Castellano.
The document features On the Road characters and is signed in Kerouac's green ink.
It was sold for £6,400 at an estate sale to Your Own Museum, with authenticity confirmed by lab work.

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Story summary

A two-page manuscript titled The Holy, Beat And Crazy Next Thing, dated April 15, 1957, is a lost Kerouac chapter from On the Road found in the files of the deceased Mafia boss Paul Castellano.
The document features On the Road characters and is signed in Kerouac's green ink.
It was sold for £6,400 at an estate sale to Your Own Museum, with authenticity confirmed by lab work.