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The Murder Stables

The Murder Stables

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

Mafia boss Ignazio Lupo

Lupo the Wolf

Ignazio Lupo, Paler­mi­tani Mafia leader and brother-in-law of the first US Mafia boss-of-bosses, Giuseppe Morello.

Mafia Book

Secret Societies Mafia Book

Illus­trat­ed with over 175 peri­od pho­tographs, rich­ly illu­mi­nat­ing the peri­od of the 1890s – 1920s.

Colagero Morello

Colagero Morello

The son of US Mafia boss Giuseppe Morel­lo was killed in 1912 in a fight with a neigh­bor­ing gang.

Mafia: The Early Years

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

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.

Mafia:The Barrel Murder

The Barrel Murder

In 1903, the dis­cov­ery of a body stuffed in to a bar­rel in New York brings the police and Secret Ser­vice down upon the Morel­lo Mafia gang leadership.

Vincenzo Terranova

Vincenzo Terranova

Coney Island cabaret pro­pri­etor and half-brother of boss-of-bosses Giuseppe Morello.

Mafia boss Giuseppe Masseria

Mafia boss, Giuseppe Masseria

Known as ‘Joe the Boss’, Masse­ria start­ed his crim­i­nal career in a pro­fes­sion­al bur­glary gang. 

The Grocery Conspiracy

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

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 and Lupo Trial

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

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 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

Mafia: The Morello Gang

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

Mafia Family Charts

Mafia Family Charts

Copies of the charts that were used in the nation­al­ly tele­vised McClel­lan hear­ings in 1963, when Valachi tes­ti­fied before the con­gres­sion­al com­mit­tee on orga­nized crime.

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