Harry "Happy" Maione: Murder, Inc.'s Smiling ExecutionerThe nickname didn't fit the work.Harry "Happy" Maione carried a grin that friends remembered and enemies rarely forgot, but there was little happiness in…
Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro: The Muscle Behind the Garment DistrictBefore the Mafia became a national institution, before Las Vegas glittered with mob money, and before organized crime perfected the art of…
Joe Adonis: The Charming Prince of the UnderworldJoe Adonis loved luxury the way some gangsters loved violence.Silk suits. Imported cigars. Champagne. Nightclubs glowing beneath Manhattan neon. Expensive women. Faster cars.…
The Chicago Pipeline: How the Outfit Quietly Took Over Vegas Las Vegas tells a polished story about itself. Neon, glamour, reinvention. A place where fortunes rise and fall under chandeliers…
Joe Profaci: The Godfather Who Ruled Through Fear, Faith, and Tribute Joe Profaci looked less like a gangster than a stern village patriarch transported from Sicily into twentieth-century Brooklyn. He…
Carlo Gambino: The Silent Emperor of the American MafiaCarlo Gambino understood something many gangsters never learned:The less the public knows about you, the more dangerous you probably are.He avoided flashy…
Al Capone: The King of ProhibitionAl Capone became the face of American organized crime because America secretly wanted one.He arrived at the perfect moment: a violent new century intoxicated by…
The Westies and the Body Count: Five Murders That Defined the Gang Every criminal organization leaves behind a body count. Some murders are committed for revenge. Others eliminate witnesses, settle…
The Loyalty Test: How Mickey Featherstone Destroyed the Westies Every criminal organization eventuallyfaces the same question. It is not whether the police willcome. It is not whether rivals will attack.…
Hell's Kitchen Before the Westies: The Forgotten Irish Gangsters of New York Long before Jimmy Coonan and the Westies turned Hell's Kitchen into one of the most feared neighborhoods in…
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