‘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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Monday, August 4, 2014: The Havana Underworld: Raul Gonzalez Jerez
You can hear more about Raul, Santo Trafficante Jr. and other Cuban gangsters at 1 p.m. Saturday, August 9, when…
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Friday, May 23, 2014: Mafia murder spree in the Great White North
On the afternoon of April 24, 56-year-old Carmine Verduci was walking into the Kappa Sports Bar and Grill in Woodbridge,…
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The Chicago Mob vs. Chicago Street Gangs
In its nearly 100 years of existence, the Chicago Mob, fabled in a multitude of books, movies and TV shows,…
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Monday, July 21, 2013: Big Easy mobster busted in ‘assassination vehicle’
Scott M. Deitche is the author of five books on organized crime. He is the senior writer for Tampa Mafia magazine, and…
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Expert: Evolving relations with Cuba could return gambling to the island
Once upon a time, there were two favorite places for Americans to legally gamble: Nevada and Cuba. And the Mob…
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Could mass murder of college students mark turning point in battle against Mexican drug cartels?
Local, state and even federal governments in Mexico have long been suspected of being controlled by violent drug cartels, but…
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Can you refuse this offer? Al Capone’s Chicago house is on the market
If walls could talk, these would have some pretty interesting stories to tell. Al Capone’s Chicago house is for sale….
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