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The Bifulco "Family" was a notorious criminal gang that operated out of Huntington, Long Island.

For over 40 years mobster Michael (Mickey) Bowers ranked as one of New York City’s most dangerous Irish gangsters. A...

A story about two Jewish boys in The Bronx who, as youths, gravitated to the streets: Sammy Schlitz Schlitten and...

A deep dive into the life and times of vicious Detroit Hoodlum, Joe Massei

Frank Matthews was a legendary Black gangster who rose from poverty to become the biggest and most important drug kingpin...

From the blood-soaked streets of Cleveland to the sun-drenched compounds of Miami, the Angersola brothers transitioned from Public Enemies to...

A revealing look at Carlo “Charlie” Barbara, the lesser-known brother behind Joe Barbara’s rise.

Raymond (Spanish Ray) Marquez was a storied Harlem-based gangster who headed a vast multimillion-dollar-a-year Puerto Rican-based organized crime network.

Santo Scibetta was an elusive mafioso who served as the Magaddino Family’s Canadian-based representative and overseer of that country’s underworld.

Charles ‘Charlie’ Simone kept a low profile while running Syracuse’s underworld for decades. From pool halls to gambling rings, Charlie...

From Houston hustler to suspected mob enforcer in the Civello Family, Louis Marino’s life was packed with crime, scandal, and...

The story of Vito Bruno spans bootlegging busts, clandestine meetings, and quiet power in one of the West Coast’s most...

Frank Cannone came from deeply mobbed-up stock and served as a soldier in the Binghamton, NY mob, which later became...

Sam Scalleat was the kingpin of "Mob City" in Hazleton, PA, and built an empire out of jukeboxes, slot machines,...

Sam Farrar may not be a household name, but for nearly five decades, this Magaddino Family soldier had his all...