Frank Scalice
Frank Scalice: Loyalty to the Executioner
Frank Scalice: Loyalty to the Executioner “Kiss the Ring. Dig Your Grave” series – Article 2 The Mafia has never lacked ambitious men. Every generation produced gangsters eager to climb…
Thomas Bilotti with Paul Castellano
Thomas “Tommy” Bilotti: The Ultimate “Yes” Man
Thomas "Tommy" Bilotti: The Ultimate "Yes" Man “Kiss the Ring. Dig Your Grave” series – Article 1 The Mafia has always sold one powerful illusion: loyalty is rewarded. Keep your…
The Flamingo Las Vegas
The Flamingo’s Ghost Ledger: Bugsy Siegel’s Vision and the Men Who Profited from His Death
Where the Dream Died, the Money Finally Started Flowing The desert remembers everything. It remembers the men who arrived with suitcases full of cash and left with ledgers full of…
Albert Marinelli
The 1932 Democratic Primary: The Mob’s Two-Way Bet on Power How Lucky Luciano, Frank Costello, and Albert Marinelli Positioned Themselves for a Roosevelt or Smith Victory
How Lucky Luciano, Frank Costello, and Albert Marinelli Positioned Themselves for a Roosevelt or Smith VictoryIn 1932, America was running on fear.The Great Depression had turned prosperity into memory. Banks…
Fred "Killer" Burke
The Story That Wouldn’t Stay Buried: Chriss Lyon, Fred “Killer” Burke, and the Hunt That Changed a Town
Some stories begin with a newspaper clipping. Others begin with a police file gathering dust in an archive. For author Chriss Lyon, it began with her grandmother. When Lyon was…
Attorney Edward Bennett Williams
Attorney–Client Privilege… and the Body Count: Edward Bennett Williams: The Power Broker Who Defended Kings
Article 5 of a 5-part series: "Mob Mouthpieces: The Lawyers Who Danced with the Devil" In Washington, power rarely announces itself. It does not arrive carrying a gun or issuing…
Joseph Socks Lanza
Empire of Ice and Blood: The Mafia’s Grip on the Fulton Fish Market
Long before sunrise touched the East River, before Wall Street traders sipped their first coffee, the real commerce of New York moved in the dark. It moved on wet floors…
Roy Cohn
Attorney–Client Privilege… and the Body Count Roy Cohn: The Fixer Who Became the Story
Attorney–Client Privilege… and the Body Count Roy Cohn: The Fixer Who Became the Story Article 4 of a 5-part series: "Mob Mouthpieces: The Lawyers Who Danced with the Devil" He…
Ben Siegel and Jerry Giesler
Attorney–Client Privilege… and the Body Count: Jerry Giesler: Hollywood’s Defender and Bugsy Siegel’s Lifeline
Article 3 of a 5-part series: "Mob Mouthpieces: The Lawyers Who Danced with the Devil" In Los Angeles, reputation was often more valuable than truth. The city ran on image.…
Meyer Lansky
Betrayed in the Promised Land: How Meyer Lansky Helped Israel—Then Was Forced Out
The Gangster Who Believed Debts Were Forever The Underworld runs on debts. Money creates debts. Favors create debts. Protection creates debts. In the culture of Organized Crime, every transaction carries…
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