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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
Power, in Washington, has always worn a clean suit and a dirty conscience. And for nearly half a century, no man embodied that contradiction more completely than J. Edgar Hoover—the…
New York City has always sold itself as a city of dreams. Its skyline rises like a monument to ambition. Its streets pulse with money, power, and opportunity. Millions have…
Melvin Belli: The King of Torts — and Public Spectacle Article 2 of a 4-part series: “Mob Mouthpieces: The Lawyers Who Danced with the Devil” In Melvin Belli's courtroom, justice…
How Paul Castellano's Mansion Became the Boardroom of the American Mafia The House on the Hill Every empire eventually builds a monument to itself. For kings, it is a palace.…
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