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How A 200 Pound Order Of Meat And A Nosy Upstate Cop Nearly Vanquished The American Mob

The 1957 Apalachin meeting held in upstate New York was meant to solidify and streamline underground operations. Instead, it was raided by police and brought the Mafia down.

By Morgan Dunn • Aug 18, 2021

How A 200 Pound Order Of Meat And A Nosy Upstate Cop Nearly Vanquished The American Mob

The 1957 Apalachin meeting held in upstate New York was meant to solidify and streamline underground operations. Instead, it was raided by police and brought the Mafia down.

By Morgan Dunn • August 18, 2021

Longtime Mafia Fugitive Busted In The Caribbean After Posting A Cooking Video To YouTube

Though Italian smuggler Marc Feren Claude Biart made sure to hide his face in the videos, authorities recognized his distinctive tattoos.

By Marco Margaritoff • Mar 30, 2021

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Longtime Mafia Fugitive Busted In The Caribbean After Posting A Cooking Video To YouTube

Though Italian smuggler Marc Feren Claude Biart made sure to hide his face in the videos, authorities recognized his distinctive tattoos.

By Marco Margaritoff • March 30, 2021

This Week In History News, Feb. 28 – Mar. 6

Cherokee Freedmen's rights finally recognized, Pompeii chariot unearthed, Al Capone's Prohibition-era moonshine still found.

By All That's Interesting • Mar 5, 2021

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This Week In History News, Feb. 28 – Mar. 6

Cherokee Freedmen's rights finally recognized, Pompeii chariot unearthed, Al Capone's Prohibition-era moonshine still found.

By All That's Interesting • March 5, 2021

7 Of History’s Most Unbelievable Heists, From D.B. Cooper To The Lufthansa Robbery

Discover the astounding stories behind the biggest heists in history, whether the perpetrators were eventually captured or the case remains unsolved.

By Morgan Dunn • Nov 13, 2020

7 Of History’s Most Unbelievable Heists, From D.B. Cooper To The Lufthansa Robbery

Discover the astounding stories behind the biggest heists in history, whether the perpetrators were eventually captured or the case remains unsolved.

By Morgan Dunn • November 13, 2020

33 Crazy Gangster Names And The Even Crazier Things They Did To Earn Them

From "Cadillac Frank" to "Tick Tock," these mafia nicknames reveal some of the craziest characters and stories in the mob's bloody history.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jun 25, 2020

33 Crazy Gangster Names And The Even Crazier Things They Did To Earn Them

From "Cadillac Frank" to "Tick Tock," these mafia nicknames reveal some of the craziest characters and stories in the mob's bloody history.

By Marco Margaritoff • June 25, 2020

How Al Capone Rose From Brooklyn Street Thug To “Public Enemy No. 1” In 44 Pictures

From his signature cigar to his blood-soaked mob hits, these photos of Al Capone show the legendary Chicago gangster as he really was.

By Marco Margaritoff • May 20, 2020

How Al Capone Rose From Brooklyn Street Thug To “Public Enemy No. 1” In 44 Pictures

From his signature cigar to his blood-soaked mob hits, these photos of Al Capone show the legendary Chicago gangster as he really was.

By Marco Margaritoff • May 20, 2020

How The Mafia-Camorra War Determined The Fate Of Organized Crime In America

We might not even know the name Mafia today had this fledgling criminal group not narrowly defeated the rival Camorra gang in a bloody war on the streets of New York between 1915 and 1917.

By Morgan Dunn • Apr 28, 2020

How The Mafia-Camorra War Determined The Fate Of Organized Crime In America

We might not even know the name Mafia today had this fledgling criminal group not narrowly defeated the rival Camorra gang in a bloody war on the streets of New York between 1915 and 1917.

By Morgan Dunn • April 28, 2020

From The Five Points To The Five Families, Go Inside 200 Years Of New York’s Violent Underbelly

Starting with its first street gang in the early 1800s and continuing with its most recent mob boss assassination in March 2019, New York's history of gangs is as gruesome as it is complicated.

By Andrew Lenoir • Feb 21, 2020

From The Five Points To The Five Families, Go Inside 200 Years Of New York’s Violent Underbelly

Starting with its first street gang in the early 1800s and continuing with its most recent mob boss assassination in March 2019, New York's history of gangs is as gruesome as it is complicated.

By Andrew Lenoir • February 21, 2020

Juror Who Helped Convict Crime Boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger Feels Guilty After Learning He Was In MKUltra

Bulger wrote to a juror who convicted him that he would be dosed with LSD, monitored by a physician, and repeatedly asked leading questions like: "Would you ever kill anyone?"

By Marco Margaritoff • Feb 21, 2020

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Juror Who Helped Convict Crime Boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger Feels Guilty After Learning He Was In MKUltra

Bulger wrote to a juror who convicted him that he would be dosed with LSD, monitored by a physician, and repeatedly asked leading questions like: "Would you ever kill anyone?"

By Marco Margaritoff • February 21, 2020

Tommaso Buscetta Was The First Sicilian Mobster To Break The Code Of Silence — And Lived To Tell The Tale

After losing two of his sons, a son-in-law, a brother, and a nephew to the Mafia, Tommaso Buscetta became the first Sicilian mobster to break the Cosa Nostra's deadly serious code of silence known as omertà.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jan 16, 2020

Tommaso Buscetta Was The First Sicilian Mobster To Break The Code Of Silence — And Lived To Tell The Tale

After losing two of his sons, a son-in-law, a brother, and a nephew to the Mafia, Tommaso Buscetta became the first Sicilian mobster to break the Cosa Nostra's deadly serious code of silence known as omertà.

By Marco Margaritoff • January 16, 2020