So here’s how it went down, see? April 15, 1931, a sunny afternoon in Coney Island. Giuseppe “Joe the Boss” Masseria, big shot from Sicily, walks into his favorite joint,…
The Rise and Fall of Little Augie Pisano: Unveiling the Unfold Chronicles of Organized Crime In the shadowy annals of organized crime during the mid-20th century, the name Anthony Carfano,…
He owns the telephone from Capone’s Miami Beach home – the one that supposedly received the call from Chicago before and after the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929. He owns one…
ROSE MARIE: AT HOME WITH "UNCLE AL" A CHILD SINGING STAR, ROSE MARIE MET THE CHICAGO CRIME BOSS AL CAPONE IN 1931 Even hardened gangsters have a soft spot for…
Movies have a peculiar way of inspiring people to do things they’ve never considered before. Author Rose Keefe explained how a movie started her on a path of becoming a…
THE ACTUAL TOMMY GUNS USED IN THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRECOMMISSION TRIAL LIFTED THE LID ON THE NEW YORK MAFIA Hours after the Massacre in the Clark Street garage, Major…
ROSE MARIE, WHO PERFORMED AT THE FLAMINGO OPENING IN 1946, REMEMBERS IT WELL SINGER COMPLAINED TO BUGSY SIEGEL BEFORE KNOWING WHO HE RELALY WAS Rose Marie’s trademark raspy voice has…
The power of the Presidential pardon is as allusive as the goose that laid the golden egg, but substantially more valuable. The Constitution’s Article II grants the President the “power…
CARMINE PERSICO'S SELF-DEFENSE PROVIDED LAUGHS BUT NO LEGAL ADVANTAGE FOR HIM OR OTHER DEFENDANTS The Commission trial continued through November and into December of 1986. The eight men on trial…
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, THE FBI AND FEDERAL PROSECUTORS AIMED TO TAKE DOWN LEADERS OF THE FIVE FAMILIES In the annals of Mafia courtroom dramas, one case tends to stand above…
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