The Chicago Syndicate: Lucky Luciano
Showing posts with label Lucky Luciano. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lucky Luciano. Show all posts
Friday, June 26, 2015

National Geographic Channel Infiltrates Centuries of Deadly Secrets INSIDE THE MAFIA

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Four-Hour Series Pierces Inner Workings and Violent History of the Criminal Corporation With Global Reach Through a pop culture lens, the ...

Tracing the Roots of the American Mafia

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The inchoate beginnings of the Mafia in the United States at the turn of the century cannot be nailed down to one moment, but the incident t...
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Legendary Don: Mysterious and powerful, Joe Bonanno Retreated to Tucson, but Violence Followed

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Salvatore "Bill" Bonanno sits in a backyard tree at his father's Tucson home, a shotgun cradled in his arm, watching for assas...
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Monday, June 22, 2015

Dark Harbor - The War for the New York Waterfront

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For most of us, knowledge of the crime-ridden New York docks in the years following World War II comes largely from Elia Kazan's film On...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

Chris Cippolini, author of #LuckyLuciano: Mysterious Tales of a Gangster Legend, appears on Crime Beat Radio Tonight

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Chris Cippolini, author of Lucky Luciano: Mysterious Tales of a Gangster Legend (Gangland Mysteries) , appears on Crime Beat Radio Tonight. ...
Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Reputed Mob Associate Tapped to Build FBI Headquarters

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He is the man who helped build a greater part of Las Vegas with millions of dollars from Jimmy Hoffa’s mobbed-up Teamsters’ pension fund. A...
Monday, April 04, 2011

Entertainment and Family History Mixed at Las Vegas Mob Experience

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Mobster Tony "The Ant" Spilotro , infamous for his brutality, once reportedly squeezed a man's head in a vice until his eyes p...
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Friday, January 07, 2011

Book Claims That Lucky Luciano, the Inspiration for The Godfather's Don Corleone, Was a Fake Gangster

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The gangster who inspired 1970s blockbuster The Godfather was a "fake", a historian has claimed. Experts believed Charles "...
Monday, January 03, 2011

Las Vegas Mob Moss, Davie Berman, Started in North Dakota

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The mob boss of the Las Vegas syndicate, who built the city into the gambling capital of the U.S., grew up in North Dakota. Davie Berman l...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Gangsters of Harlem

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For the first time ever, author Ron Chepesiuk chronicles the little known history of organized crime in Harlem. African American organized c...
Monday, December 07, 2009

Junior Gotti Visits Father's Grave After Released from Fourth Mistrial

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Freshly free after his fourth mistrial, the Teflon Son went to pay his respects to the original Dapper Don on Sunday. John A. (Junior) Gotti...
Monday, March 16, 2009

Mob Mug Shot Collection Exceeds 10,000 Photos

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When mobster Lucky Luciano was being photographed by New York City police in 1936, he probably had no idea his mug shot would one day be sou...
Sunday, March 01, 2009

Video Clip Reveals the Real Story of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre

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The American Mob began at the turn of the 20th Century as immigrants from Europe began pouring into cities along the East Coast, particularl...

Mafia Names You Should Know and Remember

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No conversation about the history of baseball is complete without mentioning the last names Ruth, Mantle and Bonds, just as no conversation ...
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Will Chicago's Mob History and Clout Mentality Follow Obama to the White House?

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The city of Chicago is one of the few major metropolitan areas that runs away from its past at every opportunity. Yet, indeed, the very cons...