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1. Who Would Emerge as the Mafia's Boss of Bosses? 'The Castellammarese War ... was short-lived, but left the sidewalks awash with blood and the city littered with bodies of the fallen.'

Author

Sobel, Stuart

Subjects
Gang violence -- History, Hoodlums -- History, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

THE Castellammarese War was carnage in the streets that developed from a power struggle for complete domination of the Italian-American Mafia by the Sicilian Mafia. It was shortlived, but left [...]

Published
2022

2. Cook gang: Indian Territory

Author

Smith, Robert Barr

Subjects
Peace officers -- Management, Hoodlums -- History, Hoodlums -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Company business management
Published
2006

4. Taking A Tour Of Kansas City's Old Mob Scene

Subjects
Dark tourism -- Management, Hoodlums -- History, Hoodlums -- Social aspects, Kansas City, Missouri -- History, Kansas City, Missouri -- Social aspects, Kansas City, Missouri -- Description and travel, Company business management
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100751269 ALEX COHEN, host: Back now with Day to Day and our old friend and former Day to Day host, Alex Chadwick. In […]

Published
2009

5. Bullets before breakfast

Author

Levy, Art

Subjects
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Services, Barker, Ma -- History, Administrative agencies -- Services, Shooting -- Analysis, Dwellings -- Contracts -- Social aspects -- Prices and rates -- Marketing, Housing -- Contracts -- Social aspects -- Prices and rates -- Marketing, Hoodlums -- History, Company marketing practices, Contract agreement, Company pricing policy, Business, Business, regional
Abstract

The house where Ma Barker died 80 years ago is being offered to the state. The price: $1 million. Before dawn on Jan. 16, 1935, as many as 25 FBI [...]

Published
2015

6. Answers to Questions About New York

Author

Pollak, Michael

Subjects
Hoodlums -- History, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Q.My father used to tell me that when he was a little boy, he was scared to death at hearing stories about a gangster known as Gyp the Blood. Can [...]

Published
2014

7. Ex-Mexican Mafia Head Now Lives Under the Radar

Subjects
Witnesses -- History, Hoodlums -- History, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94339575 JACKI LYDEN, host: At the peak of his power, Rene Enriquez could order murders and conjure elaborate drug deals from an 8-by-10 [...]

Published
2008

8. Ex-Mexican Mafia Head Now Lives Under The Radar

Subjects
Hoodlums -- History, Witnesses -- History
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94339575 JACKI LYDEN, host: At the peak of his power, Rene Enriquez could order murders and conjure elaborate drug deals from an eight-by-ten-foot [...]

Published
2008

9. Gangster Reveals Mexican Mafia Secrets

Subjects
Hoodlums -- History, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94333325 JACKI LYDEN, host: From Edward G. Robinson to 'Scarface' to 'The Sopranos,' the life of a mobster is a Hollywood staple. But [...]

Published
2008

11. What started as a rival tong battle ended with a Chinese Massacre: Tragedy struck in Los Angeles' Chinese quarter

Author

Vasconcellos, Ramon Julian

Subjects
Los Angeles, California -- History -- Social aspects, Ranchers -- Death of, Hoodlums -- History, Massacres -- Investigations, Company legal issue, History
Abstract

On October 24, 1871, Robert Thompson, a saloonkeeper turned rancher, cautiously approached the front door of a house on Calle de los Negroes (aka 'Negro Alley'). The occupants, members of [...]

Published
2010

12. Capone's legacy endures, to Chicago's dismay

Author

Reaves, Jessica

Subjects
Hoodlums -- History, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Chicago, as any proud city official will tell you, is known for many things: its stunning architecture, its extensive green spaces, its hapless yet beloved sports teams. It likes to [...]

Published
2010

13. Dead or alive: a Canadian gangster's mystery

Author

Butts, Ed

Subjects
Hoodlums -- History, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Ed Butts Last week, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation celebrated a true milestone - its centenary. But the agency's high public profile isn't really 100 years old. The [...]

Published
2008

14. An Ignoble Past

Author

Klein, Sarah A.

Subjects
Hoodlums -- History, Business, Business, regional
Abstract

If Mayor Daley had his way, Al Capone and Chicago would never appear in the same sentence. The city's history would register as it does on Chicago's official Web site: [...]

Published
2006

15. The original Hooligans

Author

Pearson, Geoffrey

Subjects
Hoodlums -- History, Gangs -- History
Published
1984

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