Tag Archives: gangster

Crime History

Abe “Kid Twist” Reles: 5 Facts About the Mob Hitman Who Ratted Out Murder Inc.

December 20, 2017 by Mike McPadden

While Abe "Kid Twist" Reles was under arrest, federal agents presented him with a mountain of evidence that linked […]

Crime History

Louis “Lepke” Buchalter: 5 Facts About The Mob’s CEO Of Murder Inc.

December 19, 2017 by Mike McPadden

Louis Buchalter — best known as “Lepke” — looms over classic Roaring Twenties and Depression-era organized-crime lore for his […]

Crime History

Mickey Cohen: 5 Two-Fisted Facts About The Mob’s “King Of Los Angeles”

December 18, 2017 by Mike McPadden

Meyer Harris “Mickey” Cohen brought the East Coast gangster mentality west, where he’d rob, beat, murder, and racketeer his […]

Arnold Rothstein: 5 High-Stakes Facts About The Mob’s “Mr. Big”

December 15, 2017 by Mike McPadden

Arnold Rothstein forever changed both crime and business in America. Here are 5 facts about his rise and […]

Dutch Schultz: 5 Facts About The Mob’s Brutal “Beer Baron”

December 14, 2017 by Mike McPadden

Born Arthur Flegenheimer to German-Jewish immigrants on August 6, 1902, Bronx native Dutch Schultz grew up to make a […]

Crime History

Bugsy Siegel: Who Killed The Mobster That “Invented” Las Vegas?

December 12, 2017 by Mike McPadden

Some believe a cabal of Bugsy Siegel’s longtime associates, including Meyer Lansky and Lucky Luciano, met in Havana to […]

The Battle of Barrington: FBI Bullets Bring Down Baby Face Nelson

November 27, 2017 by Mike McPadden

WILMETTE, IL — On November 27, 1934, FBI agents caught up with notorious bank robber George “Baby Face” Nelson, […]

Baby Face Nelson: 6 Pop Culture Takes On The Legendary Gangster

June 28, 2017 by Mike McPadden

Here are 6 examples of how pop culture has immortalized the famously nicknamed criminal who actually hated being called […]

Whitey Bulger: 5 Pop Culture Takes On Boston’s Irish Mob Legend

June 21, 2017 by Mike McPadden

On June 22, 2011, FBI agents busted James “Whitey” Bulger outside a Santa Monica apartment building. The arrest had […]

Pretty Boy Floyd And The Kansas City Massacre: 7 Pop Culture Takes

June 14, 2017 by Mike McPadden

Considerable portions of the public, suffering under unimaginable nationwide poverty, had even come to revere Pretty Boy Floyd as […]