The Black Book of Ruby Stein: The Secrets Jimmy Coonan May Have Wanted Buried In the underworld of 1960s and 1970s New York, money bought more than expensive suits, waterfront…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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