l2910 Former Colombo crime family associate Larry Mazza addressed a wide range of topics during his weekly livestream, including the violent internal war that nearly destroyed the family, his criticism of John Gotti’s leadership style, and his ongoing film and documentary projects. Mazza, who served as one of the top shooters during the Colombo War of … Read more
On September 22, 1961, a boarded-up building in the Bronx became the scene of one of the most chilling punishments in New York underworld history. Danny Sullivan, a small-time hustler from Hell’s Kitchen, knelt on the floor with his wrists bound as masons laid brick across the opening of a wall. Bumpy Johnson, the Harlem … Read more
Cynthia Jay Brennan was not a high roller. She was a cocktail waitress spending her day off at a slot machine at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas when the reels stopped on a life-changing number: $34. 9 million. It was January 26, 2000, and the jackpot was the largest ever recorded on a slot … Read more
Jag heter Victor Callahan, jag är fyrtiofyra år gammal, och de senaste sexton åren har jag byggt en karriär som senior utredare på ett av de största finansbolagen i Dallas, Texas, ett bolag som specialiserat sig på regelefterlevnad. Hela mitt yrkesliv vilar på en enda sak: jag hittar det människor försöker dölja. Så när min … Read more
Jag hade precis klivit av planet när jag frös till is. Mina 480 000 dollar av pensionssparande var borta. Min son hade tömt kontot för att köpa en lyxbil och lägga en handpenning på ett hus med pool, och sedan låtsades han hjälpa mig att hitta tjuven. Jag argumenterade inte. Två månader senare, klockan tre … Read more
My son stood in the doorway of the guest room I’d been sleeping in for four months and said, “Dad, honestly, if you’re not going to pull your weight around here, maybe this living arrangement isn’t the right fit. ” I was 61 years old, nine months into a stay that was supposed to be … Read more
Luften i baghaven på North Shore Estates lugtede af dyre cigarer, grillet wagyu og desperation. Det var en kølig septemberaften, hvor de velhavende samles for at lade som om, sommeren aldrig ender, og at deres bankkonti ikke bløder. Lyskæder hang perfekt mellem de gamle egetræer, og tjenere i hvide skjorter cirkulerede med sølvbakker og champagne … Read more
In 1952, Bumpy Johnson was released from Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary after nearly four years behind bars, having lost 23 pounds and returned to a Harlem that no longer resembled the kingdom he had built. The moment he stepped off the bus in New York, he saw the evidence everywhere: Italian names on storefronts that had … Read more
Few film scenes look more authoritative than Jimmy Conway in *Goodfellas*, standing in his kitchen at a Christmas party and berating his crew after the Lufthansa heist. The message is unmistakable: he runs the operation, he controls the money, and he disciplines the men. But the real man behind that character, James Burke, could not … Read more
On November 2008, all charges were dropped against R. Lindley DeVecchio, a 30-year FBI veteran who had been indicted on four counts of second-degree murder. Six months later, he published a memoir defending his career. The case centered on his two-decade relationship with Gregory Scarpa Sr. , a Colombo crime family hit man attributed with … Read more