Some have described it as the biggest and most powerful of the five New York crime families.

1931 The Year of the New American Underworld By Christian Cipollini A short lived, yet bloody war (dubbed the Castellammarese War)...

More than 170 items once belonging to the infamous mob boss were sold at an auction in California last week, including his “favorite”...

"The arrests of more than a dozen purported mobsters Tuesday in New York and New Jersey show "the underbelly of the crime families in New...

Convicted mob boss Peter Gotti is escorted from the Waterfront Commission offices in Brooklyn by federal agents in the summer of 2002....

"Former Somerville crime boss Howie Winter — “Whitey” Bulger’s predecessor as head of the Winter Hill Gang — has died, his lawyer...

Born: August 24, 1902, Palermo, Sicily - Died: October 15, 1976, Long Island, New York Nicknames: Don Carlo, The Godfather Associates:...

Born: August 6th, 1902, New York, NY. Died: October 24th, 1935, New Jersey, U.S. Birthname: Arthur Simon Flegenheimer Nicknames: Beer...

Born: October 1, 1910 – Died: May 23, 1934 "Clyde Champion Barrow and his companion, Bonnie Parker, were shot to death by officers in an...

Born: May 24 or June 15th, 1908, Chicago, Illinois. Died: June 19th, 1975, Oak Park, Illinois. Birthname: Gilormo Giangana Nicknames:...

Here is a list of some of my favorite movie quotes and quotes from real people who have shaped crime-entertainment in the past 50 years....

Born: February 28, 1906, Brooklyn, New York - Died: June 20, 1947, Beverly Hills, California Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel rose from the rough...

“They wanted me to roll all the time,” Franzese told Newsday in 2019. “I couldn’t do that. Because it’s my principle. I could never give...

By Christian Cipollini for MobCity Productions Rubout, whacked, and taken for a ride are just a few examples of the colorful jargon...

Born: November 24, 1897, Sicily, Italy - Died: January 26, 1962, Naples, Italy Nicknames: Lucky, Charlie Lucky Associates: Arnold...

Now this list is going to be exciting!! There are always a few handfuls of films you leave the year behind remembering. They just stand...

"Kill the Irishman" (2011) Directed by: Jonathan Hensleigh. Danny Greene waged a war with the organized crime bosses for control of...

As the Vietnam War raged in the late 1960s and early 70's, a potent heroin called "Blue Magic' flooded into Harlem and Newark from ...

January 1, 2019 Pre-Commission "Pre-1931, capo dei capi (boss of bosses) was a term applied by mobsters to Giuseppe Morello around 1900,...

"Pablo Escobar into a poor family in a village outside Medellín, Colombia. He was forced to drop out of school because his family...