Retro Cars to Make a First Impression on a Date
When you go out on a date, you need to pull up inside a car that will make your date swoon. Old-school cars have a…
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4 Things The Mafia Can Teach Us About Doing Business
From wild parties downtown to midnight meetings by the dock, from socialites to contract killers, the world of the mafioso is often portrayed by the…
The Fifth Element: The Creation of a New Mafia
To most Mafia aficionado’s the name ‘Lucania’ will no doubt recall one of the Italian-American Mafia founders. A man born in Lercara, Sicily on the…
The Truths Behind The Killings of Anselmi, Scalise and Guinta
This story, overtime has been added to and exaggerated by the decade. The more the story has been told the more elements that have been…
Al Capone: How The Most Shot at Gangster Escaped Death
Gang Wars were rife during the 1920’s in Chicago, constant drive-bys, shootouts in the street during daytime hours, you name it. No one was safe,…
Who Was Who Anthony Abbatemarco?
Reading Time: Related to several independent-spirited Profaci-Colombo Crime Family mobsters who met with violent ends, Anthony Abbatemarco attained a leadership position within the organization and…
Vito Genovese
Vito Genovese was born on November 21st 1897 in Rosiglino, Italy. At the age of 15, and like so many other mobsters of his era, the Genovese family moved to the USA. His family settled in the Little Italy part of Manhattan, which was a popular place for Italian immigrants that were looking for better lives in the US.
Frank Costello
Frank Costello was born in Lauropoli, which was a village situated in Calabria, Italy. Like many mobsters of his time, he and his family moved to the US to join up with his Father who had been in New York for a few years previous, to seek opportunity for work.