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'Kill The Irishman' (2011) Film Review
"Kill the Irishman" is a gritty crime drama directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, based on the true story of Danny Greene, an Irish mobster.
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Mar 11, 20214 min read


Best Crime Authors
Assembling a comprehensive list of the most popular crime writers is a daunting task, but I'm taking a leap and giving it a shot.
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Jan 1, 20213 min read


Anthony Casso (1942-2020)
The previous underboss of the Lucchese family, Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso, died today on December 15th, 2020, at the age of 78.
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Dec 15, 20201 min read


Mobster Howie Winter dies at 91.
"Former Somerville crime boss Howie Winter — “Whitey” Bulger, head of the Winter Hill Gang — has died at 91, his lawyer confirmed to the Her
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Nov 13, 20202 min read


Carlo Gambino
Carlo Gambino was an Italian American crime boss of the Gambino Crime Family, one of New York's biggest Mafia families and a head of the com
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Oct 15, 20204 min read


"Mickey" Cohen
Mickey Cohen, born Meyer Harris Cohen in 1913, was a notorious American gangster known for his criminal activities in the mid-20th century.
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Sep 4, 20203 min read


James Bulger
James "Whitey" Bulger (1929-2018) was an infamous American mobster who led the Winter Hill Gang in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Sep 3, 20202 min read


Dutch Schultz
Dutch Schultz, born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer in 1902, was a notorious American mobster during the Prohibition era.
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Jul 17, 20202 min read


Pasquale "Fat Pat" Musitano shot and killed
Who new the mafia set its routes in Hamilton, Canada.. It really is the last place one would imagine to live. I guess that's the point. R.I.P Mr. Musitano.
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Jul 10, 20202 min read


Bonnie Parker
Born: October 1, 1910 – Died: May 23, 1934
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May 23, 20205 min read


Best WiseGuy Quotes
Here is a list of some of my favorite wiseguy quotes and quotes from real people who have shaped crime entertainment over the past 100 years. I sat back one day and put a list of all my favorite movies together on paper, and then went through my massive box of DVD's, about 500 of them only to decide to categorize and go OCD on organizing it by genre, for hosting reasons of course, but no honestly what I learned about myself through that was that I'm obsessed with gangster cri
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Mar 1, 20201 min read


Benjamin Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel would grow up to become a key player in the criminal underworld during the Prohibition era and beyond.
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Feb 28, 20203 min read


John ‘Sonny’ Franzese dies at 103
“They wanted me to roll all the time,” Franzese told Newsday in 2019. “I couldn’t do that.
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Feb 24, 20202 min read


Charles "Lucky" Luciano
Charles "Lucky" Luciano is regarded as the mastermind behind the reorganization and modernization of the American Mafia.
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Jan 1, 20203 min read


'Mafia Inc.' (2019) Film Review
'Mafia Inc' is a crime drama based on the non-fiction book 'Mafia Inc': The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan" by André Cédilot..
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Oct 25, 20193 min read


R.I.P Frank Lucas
Frank Lucas was an American drug trafficker who operated in Harlem, New York during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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May 30, 20192 min read


John Torrio, Escobars other Mentor
John Torrio, Italian American mobster often hailed as one of the masterminds behind the development of organized crime in the United States.
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Apr 16, 20194 min read


Award Winning True-Crime Novels
Here is a list of 10 hand picked true-crime novels that we recommend to read.
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Mar 1, 201913 min read


The Commission
The Commission, a term imbued with mystique and menace, stands as an indelible symbol of organized crime in the United States.
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Jan 1, 20194 min read


Best Gangster Films: 2018
Gangster films, also known as mob films or organized crime films, are a subgenre of crime films that focus on organized crime syndicates.
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Dec 29, 20184 min read
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