Home - Crime and Cocktails Mafia History and Information https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Willie Moretti: When Even the Boss Couldn’t Save You Home Protection, Payoffs, and Profits: The Economics of Prohibition Nightclubs The Ledger Martini – Accounting in Liquid Form Bartender’s Choice — Power Without Words Tony Mirra: The Introduction That Became a Death Sentence The Bee’s Knees — Sweetness as Camouflage The Gin Rickey — Clean Taste, Dirty Origins The Whiskey Sour – Damage Control in a Glass The Syndicate Sour – Risk and Reward The Officer’s Tip – Payoff in Disguise The Enforcer’s Old Fashioned – Muscle Meets Money The Payroll Punch – Cash Flow in a Glass Vincent Gigante: The Madman Who Outsmarted the Mafia, the FBI, and America Owney “The Killer” Madden: The Gentleman Killer of Broadway Meyer Lansky: The Accountant of the Underworld Sonny Black: One Mistake Erased Thirty Years of Loyalty Tommy DeSimone: The Killer Who Could Never Earn His Button Crazy Joey Gallo: The Man Who Finally Stopped Kissing the Ring Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel: The Empire He Built Became His Execution Order The Fall of the Shapiro Brothers: Brooklyn’s Bloody Power Struggle Santo Trafficante Jr.: The Shadow King of Havana and Tampa Sam “Momo” Giancana: The Smiling Devil of Chicago Prohibition & the Mob: How America’s Dry Law Built a Criminal Empire in a Glass From Back Room to Ballroom: How the Mafia Built Nightlife Empires Thomas Eboli: The Debt Loyalty Couldn’t PayEboli, Hostess’ Velvet Martini – Women in Control The Speakeasy Spritz – Legacy of the Hidden Bar Flamingo Fizz – Vegas Emergence Supper Club Sidecar – Glamour Meets Strategy The Jazz Club Julep – Rhythm in a Glass Emanuel “Mendy” Weiss: The Quiet Butcher of Murder, Inc. John Gotti: The Dapper Don Who Brought the Mafia Into the Spotlight Frank “The Dasher” Abbandando: Murder, Speed, and the Machinery of Murder, Inc. Anthony Strollo: The Smiling Traitor Who Vanished Into the Night Frank Scalice: Loyalty to the Executioner Louis “Little New York” Campagna: Chicago’s Quiet Executioner Johnny “The Fox” Torrio: The Professor of the Underworld Joe Valachi: The Man Who Broke Omertà Charles “Lucky” Luciano: The Man Who Organized the Underworld Carlos Marcello: The Swamp King of New Orleans Thomas “Tommy” Bilotti: The Ultimate “Yes” Man Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel: The Gangster Who Built Neon Dreams in the Desert Anthony “Fat Tony” Salerno: The Last Old-School Boss of East Harlem Martin “Buggsy” Goldstein: The Quiet Killer of Murder, Inc. Albert Anastasia: The Lord High Executioner of Murder Incorporated Abner “Longie” Zwillman: The Phantom Boss of New Jersey Abe Reles: The Canary Who Could Sing — and Fell Out a Window Frankie Yale: The Elegant Butcher of Brooklyn Mafia Cocktail History: Why Prohibition Changed How America Drinks