Documentary and Midwest and Movies and VideoFebruary 22, 2015 Youngstown – The “Most Corrupt City in America” Doc Once called “the most corrupt city in America”, Youngstown, Ohio has also once held the the title of highest murder rate in the country. A hotbed of Mafia activity, Youngstown has been the site of numerous infamous Mob murders. It also was home to such infamous characters like Jeff Riddle – The self-declared “Black JohnCONTINUE READING
Case Files and Detroit and Featured and Mafia and VideoJuly 17, 2014 Detroit Mob boss | Jack Tocco federal appeal After decades of denying his affiliation to the mafia, Giacomo (Black Jack) Tocco was finally indicted and eventually convicted under the federal RICO statute of being the long-sitting mob boss of Detroit in the 1990s. The Feds’ epic Operation GAMETAX bust came down in March of 1996, naming almost the entire administration of the MotorCONTINUE READING
Detroit and MafiaJuly 10, 2014 The Otto Wendel Murder Over two years after Jimmy Hoffa was wiped off the map by the mafia, his one of his former top allies Otto Wendell, would be too, kicking off a trend of one-time close associates of the slain labor boss getting slain themselves that wouldn’t stop for another seven years. Wendell was a powerbroker in theCONTINUE READING
