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Luca Brasi Sleeps With the Fishes No Longer
If you knew the fictional mobster, then you knew real-life mobster-turned-actor Lenny Montana — both courtesy of The Godfather.
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When Being Beaten Up by a Mobster Hinges on One Word
Working out in a gym in a mob-affiliated neighborhood has certain benefits, and certain drawbacks.
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How the Yakuza Helped Inspire Pac-Man
From Nintendo to Namco, the Japanese mob had its fingers in the video game industry from the very start.
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The Summer Boston Roiled with Racial Tension ... and Mob Violence
Race, class, crime, busing and the Boston Mob made for a heady Irish stew in the dog days of summer ’74.
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The Carlos Watson Show
The Carlos Watson Show brings bold, impactful conversations with culture-defining celebrities, intellectual pioneers and changemakers, spotlighting the voices you need to hear to make sense of this important time in American history.
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Drug Dealing in Taiwan Almost Cost Me My Life
Sometimes being a stranger in a strange place works to your benefit.
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Southie Tears on the Day Whitey Bulger Died
When James “Whitey” Bulger was beaten to death in prison with a lock in a sock last month, not everybody in the old neighborhood cheered.
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I Broke Legs for a Living
There was a wicked economy to Les’ job: People who didn’t screw up never saw him so he only saw screwups, and who cared what happened to them?.
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Jack 'Legs' Diamond Was Very Hard to Kill
Natty and lethal, Legs Diamond seemed bulletproof until he botched a big drug deal that may have got him killed.
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10 Taiwanese Gangsters vs. Me
Being a Western model in the East and hanging out with other models could be a blast.
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The First Mobster to Die in the Electric Chair
Louis “Lepke” Buchalter was a tiny, dapper fellow with puppy-dog eyes — and a stone-cold killer who ran Murder Inc.