The State of New England’s Mafia by Mark Silverman In 2005, the Boston newspapers were reporting that Luigi (Baby Shacks) Manocchio ...

“What does the word “Mafia” bring to mind? Murder, car bombs, bootlegging and other devious crimes. The back alleys of Chicago and New York. ...

Last week, Pittsburgh mobster Eugene (Nick the Blade) Gesuale rang in the New Year at home for the first time in almost three decades. Gesuale, 71, is ...

Charles “Lucky” Luciano is one of the most researched, discussed and dissected American mobsters of all time. His name has become synonymous with ...

George Hassett’s new book, Gangsters of Boston is a well written and researched volume that goes in-depth to all things criminal in Boston. The city ...

With the capture of FBI Top Ten Most Wanted fugitive Whitey Bulger in 2011 and now the ensuing trial, where Bulger will finally have to face the music ...

With the recent capture of the infamous gangster Whitey Bulger and the arrest of 83-year-old Howie Winter, from Boston’s notorious Winter Hill gang, ...

The mob and Italian mafia has been a part of popular culture ever since The Godfather catapulted the mythical Don Corleone into the national conscious ...

There's a scene in "Goodfellas" where Ray Liota who plays Henry Hill and some other mafiaso are in the joint. They're in a backroom or a mop closet at ...