Uncle Frankie from Mob Candy Magazine was hanging out with Mob Scene’s Artie Nash when Ramona, and Karen Gravano, daughter of Sammy “The Bull” decided to stop in to view the museum’s Joe Gallo exhibit. They discussed the relation between Ramona and Benjamin “Lefty” Ruggiero. He just happens to be her grandfather. They also discussed [...]
If you watch ‘Mob Wives’ on VH1, then you know what the world has seen of Renee Graziano. Renee Graziano is the daughter of Anthony Graziano, who according to the Federal Government was a high ranking member of La Cosa Nostra. She grew up during the heyday of the mob — when things still fell [...]
Ol’ Blue Eyes, Chairman of the Board… and Boudoir Singer? An icon, Frank Sinatra will always have a place in the collective hearts of music, film an pop culture fans. Nobody had a voice like that and few held the power-of-association the kid from New Jersey grew up wielding. Many rumors have circulated throughout his [...]
There are probably enough books written about Alphonse “Scarface” Capone to fill an entire small library. This, however, is not a book about Capone per se. Think of it more as a first-person account, by an emotionally torn spouse, of man that allegedly participated in the 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Gus Winkeler is the [...]
Sex, drugs, corruption… all in a days work when a career path leads to the pimp game. But also, such an unsavory cocktail of hustling can be part of the job for a ‘dirty’ cop too. You’re about to meet Michael Gourdine, and this man has been on both sides of the law as a [...]
As an accomplished author, journalist and publisher, Seth Ferranti is most recognized for covering organized crime personalities that range from drug lords to wiseguys. He has access, on a daily basis, that few journalists can claim. The reason why he’s so privy to the oft-disturbing, raw reality first-hand accounts and tales of locked up legends? [...]
Hardcover, heavy, and filled with pages of organized crime history, photographs and illustrations, author Marco Gasparini’s latest book The Mafia: History and Legend is as informative as it is beautifully decorative. Gasparini takes readers from nineteenth century roots of the Sicilian mafia through contemporary Hollywood’s iconic interpretations of organized crime and criminals. Some of the [...]
There have been a number of femme fatale so dubbed a “Kiss of Death” girl. Lois Hardy in Nevada, Mary Margaret Collins in gangland Chicago, and Viola Morin from Pittsburgh are a few early twentieth century examples. This overview, however, will profile one in particular – a Brooklyn beauty who was, over time, close and comfy with [...]
True crime authors Ron Chepesiuk and Scott Wilson discuss their new anthology of urban gangster tales.
Who? Francesco Castiglia, aka Frank Costello. It’s fair to say Costello was one of the mob’s original big four – along with Luciano, Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel – going back even before they, and others, orchestrated the creation of“The Commission” . Although he certainly participated in street crime during his youth, Costello grew to understand [...]