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Ninety-five years ago, during the summer of 1925, Florida was in the midst of a massive land boom. Real estate…
On August 12, 1954, Tampa, Florida, Mafia boss Santo Trafficante Sr. died from stomach cancer. Laid to rest in a…
Twenty years ago, The Sopranos television crime series began airing on HBO, featuring a fictional New Jersey Mafia boss and his family,…
In the early morning hours of December 5, 1928, patrol officer Frank Osowski was walking his beat in downtown Cleveland…
Joe Cerrito died on September 7, 1978, from a heart attack at age 67. He was a successful businessman in…
The 1930s were a tumultuous time in the Tampa underworld. Dubbed the “Era of Blood” by local journalists, the sound…
The Prohibition Era is at times characterized by the speakeasy, with men in suits and women in gowns drinking free-flowing…
At 7:25 p.m. on January 3, 1953, Florida Mafia boss Santo Trafficante Jr. had just finished dinner with his wife…
Written February 2017 In 1946, Charles “Lucky” Luciano was persona non grata in America. Though he was granted a pardon…
In the early 20th century Cuban bartenders, known as cantineros, created a unique cocktail culture that hit its zenith in…