Las Vegas: Birth of a City In 1905 the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad arrived in Las Vegas, connecting the city with the Pacific and the country’s main rail networks. The future downtown was platted and auctioned by railroad company backers, and Las Vegas was incorporated...
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“Joseph Ardizzone: The Power, Intrigue, and Legacy of LA’s Early Mafia Boss” Posted onMay 11, 2024byMike Dickson Joseph Ardizzone was a legendary figure in Los Angeles’s underworld life from early in the previous century. Ardizzone was an Italian native who had come to America in his...
Gang, a group of persons, usually youths, who share a common identity and who generally engage in criminal behavior. In contrast to the criminal behavior of other youths, the activities of gangs are characterized by some level of organization and continu
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History has also shown that gay people have always been discriminated against. Not only were gay people denied of equal treatment in court ("de jure"), but they also have been victims of violence and harassment in our own society on the base of their sexual orientation ("de facto"). Homo...
Immediate suspicions led to speculation that the murder was a mob hit, but when at Huff’s request, the Tulsa FBI asked the Boston FBI office for help, they received a terse reply that Boston had ruled out a Boston mafia connection. Thus began years of a relentless pursuit by Mike Huff,...
Francis Ford Coppola's famous gangster series that begins with The Godfather is about an Italian-American crime family while Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas is about low-level gangsters who work for the mafia. Movies about gangsters and other criminals can also be called crime dramas, and one of ...
Ross Kemp: Mafia and Britain: Italy and The UK In the Tuesday night season finale of Sky History’s Ross Kemp: Mafia and Britain, Ross visits a village in Calabria, Italy, known to be a stronghold of a powerful mafia branch. He uncovers the extent of their influence and discovers secret...
In the late 19th century, two of the strongest mafia gangs in New York were controlled by Joe Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano, who, perhaps fittingly, were also two of the city’s firstfilm producers. They were known as the “Mustache Petes.” Moreover they insisted their silent-era flicks...