CIA, Mob team up to topple Fidel Castro in Paramount Plus docuseries ‘Mafia Spies’
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The CIA’s alliance with the Mafia during the Kennedy years to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro is at the center of a new Paramount Plus original docuseries called Mafia Spies. Using historical footage and contemporary interviews, the six-part series brings viewers inside 1950s wide-open Havana, when mobsters controlled the Cuban capital’s casinos, and then examines Castro’s takeover of the island nation and the U.S. government’s clandestine efforts to kill him. Among other schemes, including the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, attempts to eliminate Castro included poison pills and a scuba-diving wetsuit laced with a deadly substance. None of this was successful, ...
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Body in the barrel at Lake Mead has makings of Mob hit
Coroner: Will take at least a year to identify the remains
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U.S., European agencies target Irish crime group led by boxing promoter
State Department offers $5 million reward to take down Daniel Kinahan
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History Channel takes on New York Mafia’s Five Families
On March 13, 2019, Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali, a 53-year-old reputed Gambino crime family leader, was shot to death outside…
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‘Leave the gun.’ Did mobsters seriously do that?
One frequently asked question at The Mob Museum revolves around a legendary scene in The Godfather. It’s the one in…
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‘The Godfather’ celebrates 50 years as the ‘greatest family movie ever’
As The Godfather celebrates its 50th anniversary this month, the movie is regarded as one of the best ever made,…
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‘Ozark’ and upcoming Sylvester Stallone series draw attention to Missouri mobsters
With a Mob history dating back decades, Kansas City’s influence in the underworld has long extended beyond its Midwestern borders….
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Top five mobsters you’ve probably never heard of
In researching American organized crime through decades-old newspapers available online, it’s amazing how many significant Mob figures gained infamy and…
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