The life and crimes of a Sinaloa sicario
Ten years ago, the confessions of a California-based hitman revealed new information on decades-old unsolved cases and offered a glimpse…
Author: Joe Henriod
In 1980s New York, the Mob had its hands in everything — even a museum
This is The Mob Museum, but it has never been a mobbed-up museum. As surprising as it may seem, that…
Mobsters and their four-legged associates: The top 5 pets of organized crime
“You come into my house on the day my daughter is to be married and you ask me to do…
Irish drug kingpin’s whereabouts revealed through Google reviews
The longtime head of an Irish drug and weapons cartel has been posting Google restaurant reviews and travel tidbits from…
Jack ‘Legs’ Diamond: The clay pigeon of the underworld
A bootlegger, enforcer, dopeman and erstwhile folk hero, Jack “Legs” Diamond was like a charming archvillain in a lurid detective…
Twenty-five years ago, ‘Analyze This’ offered a comedic take on a Mafia boss under psychiatric care
When the movie Analyze This premiered in theaters 25 years ago, it portrayed a Mob boss far different from the…
Rose Marie: At home with ‘Uncle Al’
Even hardened gangsters have a soft spot for adorable little girls. Rose Marie found that to be true with the…
Rose Marie, who performed at the Flamingo opening in 1946, remembers it well
Written: November 3, 2017 — Scroll to the bottom for a story update Rose Marie’s trademark raspy voice has more…