The Blueprint: Marzette’s Plan Ignites War
It was an ambitious idea just as much as it was a dangerous one. Henry "Blaze" Marzette wanted to completely shut...
Mafia
Violent Times – The Detroit Mob’s ’85 Hit Parade
The mid-1980s were a tumultuous and violent time for traditional Italian organized crime in America as a whole, highlighted by...
The Last Purple – Harry Millman
By Paul Kavieff w/ contributions from Scott M. Burnstein: THERE was little evidence in Harry Millman’s childhood that he would...
Prohibition & The Detroit Underworld
In 1927 Detroit, Michigan was the fourth largest city in the United States with a population of more than 1.5...
Heroin & The 20th Century Detroit Mafia
Detroit, February 21, 1962. It was two in the morning and Gerlando was locking up his bar for the night....
