The Purple Gang’s Final Hit: The Slaying Of State Senator Warren G. Hooper
The murder of Michigan Republican State Senator Warren G. Hooper in 1945 was most likely the last significant coordinated criminal...
Mob Hits
The Purple Gang & The Oil Business: Doherty Hotel Murder Brought Attention To Small Town In Michigan
The mid-Michigan oil boom of the early 20th Century brought with it a Purple Gang-related murder in the spring of...
Detroit’s Felix The Cat Mounts Campaign For Clemency, Former Motown Drug Don Seeks Mercy From Obama
Encouraged and inspired by the Obama White House’s push towards prison sentencing reform for non-violent offenders, former debonair Detroit drug...
Siamese Twins Slayings Marked Beginning Of The End For Detroit’s Legendary Purple Gang
Outside of the disappearance and execution of labor leader Jimmy Hoffa, the state of Michigan's most infamous unsolved mob assassination might be the so-called "Siamese Twins...
