The Murder Stables

The his­to­ry of the East 108^th Street sta­bles, and the war between the Neapoli­tan gangs of East Harlem.

Early Organized Crime

1890 – 1903. Amer­i­can coun­ter­feit­ing in the late 1890s was dom­i­nat­ed by dan­ger­ous Italian-born out­laws that had begun to find a foothold in America.

The Black Hand

An eth­nic phe­nom­e­non begin­ning in 1903, and last­ing fif­teen years. The extor­tion of wealthy Ital­ians in New York was attrib­uted to La Mano Nera.

The Grocery Conspiracy

1908. A look at an orga­nized Mafia con­spir­a­cy to com­mit bank­rupt­cy fraud by con­ceal­ment of assets, amount­ing to $500,000.

Lt. Petrosino Murder

1909. A lead­ing Ital­ian New York police­man, who made it his mis­sion to smash the Black Hand & Mafia gangs, is mur­dered in the line of duty.

The Morello & Lupo Trial

1909 – 1910. The Secret Ser­vice begin to track the Morel­lo gang under sus­pi­cion of coun­ter­feit­ing, lead­ing to the down­fall of the gangs leaders.

The Struggle for Control

1910 – 1918. A long run­ning bat­tle between New York’s gangs to con­trol the city’s lucra­tive rack­ets before the dawn of prohibition.

The Camorra

The Neapoli­tans, based in Brook­lyn and Coney Island, fought for con­trol of the New York rack­ets. Even­tu­al­ly dec­i­mat­ed when it’s own mem­bers turned against them.

Mafia: The Morello Gang

Hail­ing from Cor­leone, Sici­ly, the Morello/Terranova fam­i­ly were the first Ital­ian organ­ised crime fam­i­ly to enter New York.