‘November 1963’ puts Chicago Outfit at center of JFK assassination
A new feature film about the Kennedy assassination puts the Chicago Outfit at the center of a plot to kill the nation’s 35th president. Directed by Roland Joffé, November 1963 stars John Travolta as mobster Johnny Rosselli, Jefferson White as accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, and Mandy Patinkin as Outfit boss Tony Accardo. It also features Robert Carlyle as Jack Ruby, the Dallas nightclub owner with suspected Mob ties who fatally shot Oswald on live TV two days after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The movie, filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is set to debut in theaters on December 4. The official details of ...
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FBI plucks alleged New Jersey mobster from Las Vegas area home
FBI plucks alleged New Jersey mobster from Las Vegas area home By Launce Rake Tales of the Mob in…
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TV viewers witnessed verbal sparring between Mickey Cohen and Bobby Kennedy
Mickey Cohen was outrageous, brazen, cunning, and dangerous. He lived his life in the headlines as Hollywood’s darkest celebrity. By…
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Genovese crime family members caught in Florida bookmaking bust
Florida was once again the backdrop for a major organized crime operation. On Feb. 13, a joint task force of…
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Lefty’s house, equipped with bulletproof windows, is on the block
Despite being so safe, the three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath, two-story house still has a wide-open feel thanks to the expansive windows…
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Slain Prohibition agent Eugene Jackson recognized during Black History Month
African Americans have served in law enforcement in many ways, and they’ve been essential in efforts to curb the power…
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Reverberations from JFK assassination still felt today
The murder of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, was the single most critical event…
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Tuesday, September 16, 2014: Florida Mob news and notes
Biogenesis and the Mob: One of the biggest steroid scandals in Major League Baseball history blew open last year when…
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