REEL-TO-REAL: Paul Newman Played A Role Based On Detroit Mafia Don Jack Tocco In Absence Of Malice
The 1981 film Absence of Malice, starring Paul Newman and penned by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Kurt Leudtke, was inspired by...
Mob Hits
Numbers On South Philly Streets Continue To Balloon, One-Time Mafia Chief ‘Faffy’ Back In Town
The Philadelphia mob keeps getting more crowded with more and more members filtering out of prison in recent years. And...
Missouri Mobster Sam Palma’s Slaying Still A Heavily-Debated Topic In K.C. A Half-Century Later
The notoriously-unsolved Kansas City mob murder of Sam Palma occurred 50 years ago this month when the body of the...
Longtime Detroit Mob Chieftain Tony Giacalone Made His Bones With 1948 Double Homicide, Informant Told Feds
Legendarily-lethal Detroit mafia street boss Anthony (Tony Jack) Giacalone, the day-to-day overseer of mob affairs in Michigan from 1960 until...
Philadelphia Black Mafia Murder Timeline: ‘Get Down or Lay Down’ Boys’ Sheer Brutality On Display
The Philadelphia Black Mafia terrorized the east coast for more than a decade, from the late 1960s all the way...
