The Chicago Syndicate: Frank Nitti
Showing posts with label Frank Nitti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frank Nitti. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 04, 2019

FBI Files Show Links of Legendary Underworld Figure Meyer Lansky to Chicago

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Meyer Lansky was a powerful New York underworld figure involved in the mob’s efforts to create a nationwide network of gangsters and contro...
Tuesday, May 07, 2019

Nick Bosa and Joey Bosa are the Great-Grandsons of the Most Powerful American Mob Boss of the 20th century

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In the first round of the 1987 draft, the Dolphins used the 16th pick to select John Bosa, a defensive end from Boston College. Miami again ...
Friday, March 22, 2019

A Century of Chicago Mob Bosses

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A thumbnail history of Chicago's mob leaders. Dates are approximate. 1910 "Big Jim" Colosimo (1910 to 1920) . Chicago'...
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Thursday, November 15, 2018

How "Handsome Johnny" Roselli Infiltrated Hollywood for the Mob, Pulled Off a Major Scam, and Got Whacked

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On July 28, 1976, “Handsome Johnny” Rosselli , a mobster who rose up through the ranks with Al Capone , had brunch with his sister in Miami ...
Tuesday, August 08, 2017

The Making of the Mob: Chicago

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The Making of the Mob: Chicago , is an eight-episode docu-drama chronicling the rise and fall of iconic gangster Al Capone , as well as the ...
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Touhy vs. Capone: The Chicago Outfit’s Biggest Frame Job

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Touhy vs. Capone: The Chicago Outfit's Biggest Frame Job . When beat cop Don Herion and his partner responded to shots fired on Decemb...
Monday, May 01, 2017

30 Illegal Years to the Strip: The Untold Stories Of The Gangsters Who Built The Early Las Vegas Strip

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30 Illegal Years To The Strip: The Untold Stories Of The Gangsters Who Built The Early Las Vegas Strip . These are the untold inside stori...
Friday, April 01, 2016

In Capone's Shadow: Former Teacher Writes Book on Frank Nitti

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Book Review of " After Capone: The Life and World of Chicago Mob Boss Frank The Enforcer"" Nitti"" " by Mars E...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

My Kiddo, Joe Batters

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Tony Accardo, is, without a doubt, the most successful, the most powerful, most respected and the longest lived Boss the Chicago syndicate, ...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

The Mob Gets the Tax Man, @TheMobMuseum Receives Donation of Artifacts from the Estate of Famed IRS Investigative Chief Elmer Lincoln Irey

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The Mob Museum, The National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, recently added to its Archives a collection of artifacts related...
Thursday, August 05, 2010

Harry Caray Link to the Chicago Mob?

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The former Chicago Varnish company building is 115 years old -- a Dutch renaissance revival masterpiece – and is famous for more than just b...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

St. Valentine's Day Massacre 81st Anniversary Italian Pizza Banquet and Slide-Lecture: Gangster Ghosts and Secrets

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GANGSTER GHOSTS AND SECRETS By Richard T. Crowe Sunday Feb. 14 -- St. Valentine's Day -- 7 to 7:30 PM check-in and optional cocktail tim...
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The Untold Stories of Alderman Don Parrillo

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Former First Ward Alderman Don Parrillo, 78, is the most admittedly corrupt Chicago politician you likely never heard of. But that's lik...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Historic Photo Links Al Capone to Chicago's Mayor

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A Chicago professor thinks he has finally gotten the goods on Chicago Mayor William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson and Al "Scarface...
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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...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Print Edition of Informer is Now Available

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Tom Hunt, the publisher of Informer is very happy to announce that a print edition of Informer's first issue is on sale through MagCloud...
Sunday, August 10, 2008

Filmstrip of Chicago Outfit Mob Bosses

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Saturday, December 15, 2007

Will the Chicago Outfit Assign Hitmen to Compose 'Trunk Music' Against the Writers Guild?

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Daily Variety editor-in-chief Peter Bart has come up with a novel idea to end the six-week-old writers’ strike – bring in the Chicago mafia ...
Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Vintage Untouchables

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The Untouchables - Season One, Volume Two Thirty years before they hit the big screen via Brian DePalma's brilliant movie adaptation, El...
Thursday, August 10, 2006

Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti

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Francesco Raffaele Nitto, better known as Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti (January 27, 1888 — March 19, 1943) was an Italian-American g...