Corpses don't dissolve as quickly in acid as Mafia claims
The men sit quietly in the dim room, anxious for news. A messenger delivers a package simply wrapped in brown paper and twine. They watch as it is opened, revealing a dead fish. "It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes," Clemenza says ominously. This well-known scene from the movie The Godfather is a common example of how organized crime syndicates would dispose of corpses.
Source: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
