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…
Ten years ago, epic ‘Family Secrets’ trial crippled the Chicago Outfit
The historic “Family Secrets” trial began 10 years ago in Chicago, finally bringing to justice several top Midwestern mobsters responsible…
Iconic Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone died 70 years ago today
Al “Scarface” Capone, the ruthless yet media-friendly Chicago Outfit boss during Prohibition, died of natural causes 70 years ago today,…
Fat Herbie’s rise and fall
Second of two parts. Part One looks at Herbie Blitzstein’s murder twenty years ago. Herbert “Fat Herbie” Blitzstein was born…
Al Capone: The story behind his rise and fall
Born: January 17, 1899, Brooklyn, New York Died: January 25, 1947, Palm Island, Florida Nicknames: Scarface, Snorky, the Big Guy,…
Virginia Hill: ‘Queen of the Mob’ was no one’s pushover
Third in a series of profiles for Women’s History Month. On March 24, 1966, passersby walking on a footpath beside…
Slaying of singer Barbara McNair’s Mob-connected husband in Las Vegas remains a mystery since 1976
Who killed Rick Manzie, husband of popular singer and actress Barbara McNair, in the couple’s Las Vegas home 39 years…
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…
Did the Chicago Mob send Jack Ruby to Dallas?
Gerald Posner, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK, will defend the…
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,…