The JFK Airport Cargo Facilities Investigations and the Corruption Hidden Beneath the Runways Article 1 in series: “How Mafia-Controlled Construction Turned Safety into a Negotiable Expense” The Corruption Hidden Beneath…
Cocktails Born in Crime: The Drinks That Survived Prohibition The Ones That Lived Most Prohibition-era drinks died with the law. They were crude, forgettable things—over-sugared disguises for bad liquor, invented…
Why These Three Prohibition Cocktails Endured There was no official committee deciding which Prohibition cocktails deserved a future. Survival was decided by repetition. A drink had to be ordered again.…
The Southside — Order in Chaos The most useful Prohibition cocktail wasn't necessarily the most sophisticated. Sometimes it was simply the one a bartender could make correctly at two in…
The French 75 — Celebration with Protection The French 75 carried something many Prohibition cocktails lacked: status. A glass of Champagne immediately changed the atmosphere. It suggested money, sophistication, and…
The Bee’s Knees — Honeyed SurvivalThe Bee’s Knees was more than a sweet gin cocktail. In the hands of a desperate bartender, it was a little piece of alchemy.During Prohibition,…
Roy Albert DeMeo: The Butcher of BrooklynSome gangsters made their money through gambling. Others built empires through labor racketeering, political corruption, or narcotics trafficking. Roy Albert DeMeo built his reputation…
The Judge, the Mob & the Marble Throne: Alcee Hastings and the Hypocrisy of PowerThere is a particular kind of hypocrisy that only flourishes in Washington, where men in expensive…
The Executioner's Complaint: Albert Anastasia and the Enemies He Created Article 6 in the Series: “The Blame Game: Mobsters Who Could Never Admit They Were the Problem” The executioner spent…
Joe Bonanno: The Boss Who Blamed Everyone Article 5 in the Series: “The Blame Game: Mobsters Who Could Never Admit They Were the Problem” When the empire cracked, Bonanno insisted…
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