Home - Crime and Cocktails Mafia History and Information https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Chilling the Odds: Frost’s Trail Through the Mob Blood, Family, and Borrowed Truths: How Real Mafia Life Bled Into The Godfather The Fall of Little Nicky: How Fear Devoured Its Master “I Was Just Following Orders”: The Deadliest Lie in Organized Crime The Disappearance of Tony Bender: How Anthony Strollo Walked Men to Their Deaths Before Meeting His Own Prohibition & the Mob: How America’s Dry Law Built a Criminal Empire in a Glass When the Mob Ran the Block: Crime-Control by the Family “I Am Not a Crook”: Richard Nixon, Denial, and the Shadow of the Mafia Blood, Betrayal, and Retribution: How the Mafia Had Every Reason and the Power to Kill JFK The Shadow of the Post-War Trade: Charles “Lucky” Luciano and the Birth of a Transatlantic Heroin Empire The Canary Who Couldn’t Fly: Abe “Kid Twist” Reles and the Reluctant Cops Who Guarded Him The Code of Silence: How the Mafia Shielded Its Client Lists from Law and Justice Joe Sent Me Prohibition Cocktails Craig’s Restaurant The Loyalty Test: How Mickey Featherstone Destroyed the Westies The Westies vs. the Mafia: Why the Five Families Feared a Small Irish Gang This Day Roy DeMeo and the Westies: The Partnership Built on Murder Hell’s Kitchen Before the Westies: The Forgotten Irish Gangsters of New York The Lansky Legacy: The Grandson Behind the Name Tells a Different Story The Cloverleaf Pete’s Tavern Place Piqualie Riley’s Arrowhead Inn The Silver Slipper The Tent The Park Avenue Club Bartender’s Choice — Power Without Words The Gin Rickey — Clean Taste, Dirty Origins The Whiskey Sour – Damage Control in a Glass The Syndicate Sour – Risk and Reward The Ledger Martini – Accounting in Liquid Form The Officer’s Tip – Payoff in Disguise The Enforcer’s Old Fashioned – Muscle Meets Money The Payroll Punch – Cash Flow in a Glass The Speakeasy Spritz – Legacy of the Hidden Bar Hostess’ Velvet Martini – Women in Control The Jazz Club Julep – Rhythm in a Glass Flamingo Fizz – Vegas Emergence Supper Club Sidecar – Glamour Meets Strategy The Hostess’ Choice – Women in Control Champagne Whisper – Influence in Liquid Form Velvet Jack – Smooth, Deceptive, Untraceable Capone’s Manhattan – The Money and the Myth The Lucky Luciano Cocktail– A Symbol of Power and Status New Orleans – Jazz, Rum, and Shadows Los Angeles – Hollywood’s Hidden Syndicates Detroit – Whiskey on Wheels Home