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From their origins to the height of their power, delve into the history of these influential crime organizations that shaped the underworld of the Big Apple....
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- Top Mafia
Follow the American Mafia from their early development in New York City neighborhoods through Prohibition, to the boom days of the 1950's.
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- HISTORY
Ever wonder how it all began? The most powerful and wealthiest criminal organization in the history of the United States. Find out here. See 3 famous mob-movie murder scenes that were inspired by...
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- Romancing Manhattan Tours
Aug 7, 2024 · After a series of power struggles and murders, mobster Charles “Lucky” Luciano established the “Commission,” a governing body headed by five New York City crime families. For the next...
Nov 12, 2020 · The Five Crime Families of New York City: Inside the Rise and Fall of the Mafia. These Big Apple-based organizations have weathered bloody insurrections, federal convictions and...
Jul 22, 2020 · Fear City: New York vs. The Mafia will look at the lives and crimes of five mob families in The Big Apple, who ruled with a “bloody fist” in the 1970s and 1980s. They were eventually...
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