Carlo Gambino
The One Rule That Made the American Mafia Powerful
The One Rule That Made the American Mafia Powerful Silence was its armor. Discipline was its weapon. And violence was supposed to be the last resort. There was a time…
Tony Spilotro
The Ant’s Shadow: Tony Spilotro, Phoenix’s Underworld, and the Men Who Worked in the Dark
The Ant’s Shadow: Tony Spilotro, Phoenix’s Underworld, and the Men Who Worked in the Dark The desert had its own secrets. Beneath Phoenix’s sunshine and its growing suburban neighborhoods, an…
Carlos Marcello
Carlos Marcello and the Men of Washington
Carlos Marcello and the Men of Washington When Washington’s Power Brokers Met the Men of the Underworld In Washington, everybody has friends. The more important question is who those friends…
William O'Dwyer
The Mayor, the Mob and the Senate: William O’Dwyer’s Dangerous Friends
The Mayor, the Mob and the Senate: William O'Dwyer's Dangerous Friends When New York's Mayor Found Himself Sitting Across From the Senate Politics has always depended on relationships. So has…
Sam the Plumber Simone Rizzo DeCavalcante
The DeCavalcante Tapes: When the FBI Listened to the New Jersey Mafia
The DeCavalcante Tapes: When the FBI Listened to the New Jersey Mafia In the shadowy world of New Jersey's underworld, silence was currency, loyalty had a price, and the wrong…
Frank Costello
The Senator and the Mob Boss — When Frank Costello Came to Washington
The Senator and the Mob Boss — When Frank Costello Came to Washington When Washington’s Power Brokers Met the Men of the Underworld Politics has always depended on relationships. So…
Florida Governor Fuller Warren
The Governor’s Money Man: Fuller Warren, the Mob and Florida’s Gambling Machine
The Governor’s Money Man: Fuller Warren, the Mob and Florida’s Gambling Machine Florida liked to sell itself as paradise. In the years after World War II, the sales pitch was…
The Hell's Kitchen Meat Wagon
The Meat Wagon: The Westies’ Murder Van and the Darkest Symbol of Hell’s Kitchen
The Meat Wagon: The Westies' Murder Van and the Darkest Symbol of Hell's Kitchen In Hell's Kitchen, a white van could mean many things. For the Westies, it could mean…
Bootleggers in Heels
Bootlegging in Heels: Female Smugglers of the Prohibition Era
Bootlegging in Heels: Female Smugglers of the ProhibitionEra They Never Fit the Description Federal agents were looking for men. Men with hats pulledlow over their eyes, men driving trucks loaded…
Why Enforcement Looked the Other Way
Why Enforcement Looked the Other Way: Gender, Prohibition, and the Limits of the Law
Why Enforcement Looked the Other Way: Gender, Prohibition, and the Limits of the Law During Prohibition, federal agents and local police faced an enormous challenge: enforcing a nationwide ban on…
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