Scorsese movie, Merlino trial highlight Philadelphia’s Mob past
The City of Brotherly Love is generating Mob-related headlines again. The city’s Mob history has popped up in stories about…
Author: Jackie Apoyan
A Midwestern Mob Murder Mystery
Amid heavy snowfall during the winter of 1963, FBI agents and sheriff’s deputies in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, worked together to…
Separating fact from fiction in ‘Casino’
Ace Rothstein (Robert De Niro) is surrounded by the press at a Nevada Gaming Commission meeting portrayed in Casino. Rothstein’s…
“Breaking Bad” still resonates on 10th anniversary of its debut
Ten years ago today, Breaking Bad debuted on the AMC network. Few could have predicted at the time that the…
Boosting the boss
Feeling disrespected and unappreciated, a rogue Chicago Outfit burglary crew robbed the suburban mansion of longtime crime boss Tony “Big…
The dark side of global soccer
What started in 2013 with one-time top American soccer official Charles Blazer agreeing to cooperate with federal prosecutors in New…
Forty years ago, Jimmy “The Weasel” Fratianno turned on his Mob family
Some mobsters left their legacy by the gun, some by the knife, but Jimmy “the Weasel” Fratianno is best known…
Excerpts from “The Chronicles of The Last Jewish Gangster” by Myron Sugerman
The history of the Mob and the history of Jews in America are intertwined, and it’s a history that Myron…
“American Gangster,” biopic of Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas, celebrates 10-year anniversary
On this day 10 years ago, the film American Gangster debuted with A-list stars portraying the true story of a…
Cybercrime is in high gear
A panel discussion, The Digital Underworld: Cracking Down on Cybercrime, is set for Thursday, October 5, at 7 p.m. at…