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Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
23 February 2023

Los Angeles boss Dragna found dead in hotel

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 On this date in 1956: San Bernardino County Sun Jack Dragna, longtime underworld boss of southern California, was found dead of an apparent...
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27 September 2021

October 2021 issue of Informer

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Mafiosi of the West Coast Our look at mobsters who set up shop on America's West Coast begins with excerpts from a fact-based crime no...
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23 December 2019

Calamia caught, called killing conspirator

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Despite D.A. claims, DeJohn murder remains unsolved On this date in 1948... San Francisco Examiner, Dec. 24, 1948. A fugitive, indic...
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18 December 2019

Gunman in green car decimates Matrangas

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On this date in 1917... Los Angeles Times, Dec. 20, 1917. A southern California underworld feud and the continued effectiveness of a t...
15 October 2019

Wealthy Los Angeles-area Mafia leader vanishes

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On this date in 1931... L.A.Times, Oct. 18, 1931 Joseph E. Ardizzone, wealthy southern California ranch owner and Mafia chief, lef...
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14 October 2019

SoCal rackets bosses tried in federal court

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Long-awaited trial reveals Mafia informants On this date in 1980... Shocking revelations from turncoat witnesses were widely expected a...
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30 October 2018

Boston's Bulger is killed in federal prison

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James "Whitey" Bulger, longtime Boston underworld figure, was found dead Tuesday, October 30, 2018, within a high-security penit...
20 July 2018

SoCal Mafia tries (again) to take out Cohen

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On this date in 1949... Los Angeles Times Los Angeles area gambling czar Mickey Cohen, a frequent target of Mafia assassination attem...
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14 June 2017

San Francisco boss succumbs to blood disorder

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On this date in 1937 - Francesco Lanza, Mafia boss of the San Francisco area, died of natural causes. His son Mariano Vincenzo (James) was d...