How Brazil’s Overflowing Penitentiaries could affect the Olympics by Niko I’m looking down at my phone screen. There are two burnt bodies, the aftermath of a prison riot. I’m told one of them was a …
Missives from the Canadian Underground at the Dawn of a New Age Hello. This is the Philosopher of the Black Market, an organized criminal. I mean someone who, tarot cards dealt, ought to make a …
*These are excerpts from the book Kathryn Kelly: The Moll behind Machine Gun Kelly by Barbara Casey. Several years ago, thousands of our citizens shivered in fear of a kidnapper whose name had much …
Crime Beat Radio is a weekly show hosted by Ron Chepesiuk, a true crime author who has a bunch of books out on Colombian gangsters, Mafioso’s and inner-city drug lords. The show has been very …
It was Friday, the 18th of December. Having slept terrible the previous night, I woke a bit later than usual, went about my morning business, then grabbed my radio, headphones and a cup of coffee …
From Gunslingers to Gangsters to Gangsta’s American popular culture has long been infatuated with the bad guys. In the pantheon of outlaw heroes a large number of mythical figures have become a part of American …
Video for Supreme Team Comic- The Supreme Team has gone down in hip-hop’s lyrical lore as one of the most vicious and emulated drug crews from the crack era. Seth Ferranti covered their story for …
The State of New England’s Mafia by Mark Silverman In 2005, the Boston newspapers were reporting that Luigi (Baby Shacks) Manocchio was running a noxious, unhappy mafia family. A street beef between Anthony (Spucky) Spagnolo and the …
Bestselling Author Sa’id Salaam Claims Innocence Watch any prison movie and everyone claims to be innocent. Everyone was set up, framed or rail roaded. Sa’id Salaam is no exception, except he’s telling the truth. He …
Pistol Pete’s Beginnings The notorious Soundview/Castle Hill sections of the Bronx were known for poverty, crime-ridden projects and rampant drug sales and abuse. This cauldron of go-hard, gully streets defined what a ghetto was and …
