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...
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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....
Meeting of The Minds – Me & Crazy Phil
By Scott M. Burnstein Sitting in a plush sofa chair in the lobby of a swanky Miami hotel in the...
The Coronation – Little Nicky Becomes King
Within all the carnage in Philly underworld affairs in the early 1980s, Nicky Scarfo saw great opportunity. He wasn’t happy...
