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...
Mob Hits
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...
The Ides of March – Chicken Man Goes Boom
“Well they blew up the Chicken Man last night, they blew up his house too,”– opening line to Bruce Springsteen’s...
The Detroit Drug Wars (Part 2)
Unlike the Buttrum brothers and their Pony Down crew who looked to challenge top dog YBI at every opportunity or...
The Detroit Drug Wars (Part 1)
The years 1978-1990 on the streets of Detroit represent one of the most violent eras of crime in American history....
