The Chicago Syndicate: Nicky Barnes
Showing posts with label Nicky Barnes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nicky Barnes. Show all posts
Friday, September 27, 2019

Will Smith to Star as Harlem-based Mobster Nicky "Mr. Untouchable" Barnes on @Netflix in "The Council"

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Peter Landesman wrote the script for the film about Nicky Barnes, the Harlem-based mobster who was dubbed "Mr. Untouchable ." Wi...

Mr. Untouchable - The Rise, Fall, and Resurection of Heroin's Teflon Don Nicky Barnes

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From inside the Federal Witness Protection Program , the "Black Godfather" chronicles the 1970s New York City underworld and the m...
Saturday, June 08, 2019

Frank Lucas, Hollywood´s "American Gangster," and La Cosa Nostra Connection

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Special to The Chicago Syndicate by Ron Chepesiuk Hollywood has been hard at work molding the image of former 1970s Harlem drug trafficker...
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Thursday, December 07, 2017

American Gangsters, Then and Now: An Encyclopedia - A Quality Work by @NateHendley

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From the James gang to Nicky Barnes to John Gotti , the American gangster has become an iconic outsized American archetype, with the real cr...
Wednesday, July 01, 2015

The Mad Ones: Crazy Joe Gallo and the Revolution at the Edge of the Underworld

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Joey Gallo died at 43 , though not before leaving an indelible imprint both on New York and on American culture. In “ The Mad Ones: Crazy Jo...
Monday, June 22, 2015

The Great Red Hook Mafia Wars

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Murder, gang wars and Mafia dons all appear in Tom Folsom's book , The Mad Ones: Crazy Joe Gallo and the Revolution at the Edge of the U...
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