On this date in 1931: Mafia gunmen working for Castellammarese insurrection leader Salvatore Maranzano on February 3, 1931, ambushed Josep...

The 1000-plus page memoirs of Mafia turncoat Joseph Valachi are valuable source material for organized crime historians. The manuscript, e...

[Disclaimer: The author provided me with several revisions of Colorado's Carlino Brothers before publication. I contributed edit sugge...

Old pal of 'Clutching Hand' put on the spot in Brooklyn New York Daily News On this date in 1931... Scores of afternoon prod...

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A long lost photograph of Salvatore Maranzano is discovered. Informer: The History of American Crime and Law Enforcement marks the occasion...

The official release date of Informer's August 2019 special issue on Salvatore Maranzano is still a few weeks away, but the issue - in ...

On this date in 1930... Detroit Free Press Detroit Mafia leader Gaspare Milazzo and aide Rosario "Sam" Parrino were shot to ...

On this date in 1962... Longtime Mafia leader Salvatore "Charlie Luciano" Lucania, sixty-four, died January 26, 1962, of an a...

On this date in 1929... Rochester Democrat & Chronicle Salvatore "Lucky" Lucania (also known as Charlie Luciano) was sta...

NY Times, Nov. 6, 1930 On this date in 1930: The forces of Salvatore Maranzano scored a major Castellammarese War victory over U.S. Ma...