Joe Friday tackled the Los Angeles crime syndicate

William H. Parker, a hardnosed police chief in midcentury Los Angeles, did not want organized crime in his city. In…


Slaying of singer Barbara McNair’s Mob-connected husband in Las Vegas remains a mystery since 1976

Who killed Rick Manzie, husband of popular singer and actress Barbara McNair, in the couple’s Las Vegas home 39 years…


James Licavoli, ruthless Cleveland Mob chief, born August 18 in 1904

In the first week of October 1977, Cleveland mobster James Licavoli, nicknamed “Blackie” and “Jack White,” was on a boat…