The Mafia's Favorite President? Richard Nixon and the Politics of Enemies: The Huston Plan There was a moment in the summer of 1970 when the machinery of the American government…
The Mafia's Favorite President? Richard Nixon and the Politics of Enemies: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers The Leak That Made the White House Look Over Its Shoulder Washington had…
The Mafia's Favorite President? Richard Nixon and the Politics of Enemies: The ‘Enemies List’ and the IRS The Underworld & the White House There are many ways to make an…
The Stork Club: The Prohibition Speakeasy Where Gangsters, Movie Stars and Gossip Collided There were speakeasies where you went to hide. And then there was the Stork Club. The Stork…
Thomas E. Dewey vs. the Mafia: The Prosecutor Who Wouldn't Give Up Before the Mafia learned to fear federal prosecutors, there was a young New York lawyer who walked into…
Ruby Stein: The Millionaire Who Made the Mistake of Crossing Jimmy Coonan In Hell’s Kitchen, money could buy a lot of things. It could buy silence. It could buy loyalty.…
The Irish Mob War: Mickey Spillane, Jimmy Coonan and the Battle for Hell's Kitchen Before the Westies became synonymous with murder, dismemberment and the dark side of Hell’s Kitchen, there…
The Westies and the Javits Center: How a Manhattan Megaproject Became a Mob Battleground There was a time when Hell’s Kitchen smelled of coal smoke, whiskey, garbage and the Hudson…
The Attorney General, the Mob and New Orleans: Jack Gremillion’s Louisiana New Orleans had always understood the value of a good secret. Behind the French Quarter balconies, the jazz clubs,…
The Gambling Town: Kentucky's Attorney General and the Mob's Newport Empire Across the River From Cincinnati There was a time when you could cross the Ohio River from Cincinnati into…
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