Joe Gallo’s ‘Crazy’ celebrity status
Though Joseph Gallo was only in his early 40s when he was gunned down, his status in American popular culture…
Joe Friday tackled the Los Angeles crime syndicate
William H. Parker, a hardnosed police chief in midcentury Los Angeles, did not want organized crime in his city. In…
“Breaking Bad” still resonates on 10th anniversary of its debut
Ten years ago today, Breaking Bad debuted on the AMC network. Few could have predicted at the time that the…
Excerpts from “The Chronicles of The Last Jewish Gangster” by Myron Sugerman
The history of the Mob and the history of Jews in America are intertwined, and it’s a history that Myron…
Dean O’Banion, Bugs Moran and the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre
Marcy Kennedy Knight is an award-winning writer who has written for television, theater, publications and the web. Movies have a…
Godfather house is for sale
The Staten Island, New York, house that was used for exterior shots of the most famous fictional story in Mob…