The Chicago Syndicate: Owney Madden
Showing posts with label Owney Madden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Owney Madden. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 08, 2020

The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten Capital of Vice

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The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten Capital of Vice . The incre...
Thursday, October 31, 2019

John Gotti Once Ordered a Mob Hit on Don King, According to Sammy "The Bull" Gravano

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It’s pretty much common knowledge that the mob and boxing had a long standing connection. And, although gangsters are no longer known to dom...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science

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More than any other sport , boxing has a history of being easy to rig. There are only two athletes and one or both may be induced to accept ...
Monday, January 30, 2017

How the Mafia Dealt with J. Edgar Hoover?

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Excerpt from Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover , by Anthony Summers: To Costello, and to his associate Meyer L...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Italian-Americans' Love/Hate Affair with the Mafia Mystique

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Years ago, writing about the legacy of Mario Puzo, I said, "If there is a God and he is indeed Catholic, then Puzo is burning in hell.&...
Thursday, July 09, 2015

Bringing Down the Mob: The War Against the American Mafia

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Longtime business associates Allen Dorfman and Irwin Weiner frequently lunched together. On a day in January 1983, they emerged from Dorfman...
Sunday, October 29, 2006

Godfather of All My Tours

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Friends of ours: Carlo Gambino Aniello "The Hat" Dellacore, Joe Columbo, Vito Genovese, Salvatore "Lucky" Luciano, "...
Thursday, March 09, 2006

Long Before the Mafia, There Was the Irish Mob - PADDY WHACKED on The History Channel

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Once called the "National Scourge," "The Shame of the Cities" and "The White Man's Burden," the Irish Mob ...