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Mark Wahlberg portrays Mafia killer Gregory Scarpa Sr. in ‘By Any Means’

In the upcoming film By Any Means, actor Mark Wahlberg wears facial prosthetics to transform into the spitting image of Colombo crime family capo Gregory Scarpa Sr. Paramount Pictures
June 26, 2026

During the summer of 1964, New York City mobster Gregory Scarpa Sr. traveled south to rural Mississippi and, using violent scare tactics, helped the FBI learn where the Ku Klux Klan had buried three slain civil rights workers. Later, when the KKK killed another civil rights leader in Mississippi by firebombing his house, Scarpa went back to help authorities solve that crime. The FBI’s secret alliance with a hardened Mafia criminal is the subject of a new movie, By Any Means, scheduled to open in theaters on September 4. Directed by Elegance Bratton, the movie stars Mark Wahlberg as Scarpa and Yahya Abdul-Mateen ...

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Chicago Outfit mobster Tony Spilotro and brother Michael murdered 40 years ago this month

Forty years ago, Tony Spilotro’s neon excesses gave way to the cold reality of Midwestern soil. In June 1986, a…

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In 2010, Russian mobster Sergey Tsapkov was responsible for 12 murders on a farm in southwest Russia. Although he died in prison in 2014, his accomplices received an early release for military service in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Aleksandra Larinzeva/Kommersant Photo/Sipa USA (Sipa via AP Images)

Since World War II, Russian mobsters have traded prison cells for battlefields

“I like watching historical films,” said the Wolf, a middle-aged ex-convict who wished to remain anonymous. “I don’t watch all…

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The Mob, Hulu’s upcoming reality show, stars actor Parker Posey as the host of a competition in which celebrities go head-to-head in Mafia-themed challenges. Hulu

Celebrities to compete for cash, get ‘whacked’ in Mob-inspired reality show

A Mob-themed competition show is set to air soon on Hulu and Disney+, featuring celebrity contestants at a luxury Italian…

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Mob fashion at its finest: The top 5 best-dressed mobsters

Adjectives that come to mind when people think of the most infamous organized crime figures may include ruthless, intimidating, or…

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The late Robert Blakey spoke at The Mob Museum in November 2013 during a public program, “JFK: An Inside Look at the Assassination of a President 50 Years Later.” The Mob Museum Collection

Robert Blakey, architect of the RICO Act that crippled the Mob, dies at age 90

No one made life more difficult for the Mob than Robert Blakey. In 1969, Blakey, a Notre Dame Law School…

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Leslie “Ike” Atkinson, right, is escorted from court following his sentencing on June 5, 1976. Courtesy of Cipollini Collection

Myth busted: Vietnam War-era drug traffickers did not smuggle heroin in soldiers’ coffins

Fifty years after U.S. officials brought down Leslie “Ike” Atkinson, the claim that heroin was smuggled into the United States…

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Geraldo Rivera poses on the stairs heading down to the Lexington Hotel’s basement, where Al Capone supposedly kept a hidden vault. Forty years ago, millions of Americans tuned in to watch Rivera’s two-hour live television special revealing the contents of the “vault.” Steve Kagan / Getty Images

Geraldo Rivera uncovered ‘The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults’ on live television 40 years ago

On April 21, 1986, television reporter Geraldo Rivera completed his final on-air shot in a live broadcast from the Chicago…

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