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…
The Westies' Union Wars: When Labor Racketeering Turned Hell's Kitchen Into a Mob Paycheck Hell's Kitchen was a neighborhood where a man could lose his money at a card table,…
Jimmy Coonan vs. the Five Families: The Irish Gangster Who Refused to Kneel Jimmy Coonan did not become powerful by joining the Mafia. He became powerful because the Mafia decided…
The Westies' "Houdini" Murders: How Hell's Kitchen Made Bodies Disappear Hell's Kitchen had always been a neighborhood where people disappeared into the cracks. Men vanished into prison. Others disappeared into…
ghe Mafia's Favorite President? Richard Nixon and the Politics of Enemies: The Press was Another Target Nixon's enemies weren't limited to Democratic politicians. Journalists who irritated the White House could…
The Mafia's Favorite President? Richard Nixon and the Politics of Enemies: The Use of Federal Agencies Against Opponents Richard Nixon did not invent the idea of using government power against…
The Mafia's Favorite President? Richard Nixon and the Politics of Enemies: Watergate: The Crime That Brought Down a President Five Men, a Hotel, and a Secret That Would Not Stay…
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