The Bonanno Family and drug smuggling In 1972, the Bonanno War is over, Joe and Bill Bonanno are out in Arizona. The Commission appoints Phil “Rusty”Rastelli the new boss of the Bonano crime family. Carmine…
Indiana Organized Crime
August 19, 2019
This is a possible title for my upcoming documentary about the Kansas City mob war of the 1970s. This is the story of the ruling Civella brothers, Nick and Cork Civella and the upstart young…
In this second of a two part interview with former Las Vegas newsman and current Mob Museum blogger Larry Henry we talk Vegas and the mob and about the famous muckraking reporter Ned Day. Larry was the…
Nick Civella – A Reporter’s View
- April 2, 2018
- Tagged as: kansas city mafia, kansas city star, nick civella
Bill Norton covered the Kansas City mob boss Nick Civella and the crime beat for the Kansas City Star newspaper from his first day as a reporter. In the 1970s, the KC Police Department furnished…
I was invited to do a Facebook Live interview with KC Star reporter, Ian Cummings. This is called the Beer Hour and we met at the craft beer joint called the Kansas City Bier Company. I…
Harry Reid is Clean Face part 3
- July 31, 2017
- Tagged as: audio intercept, blackhand, Carl DeLuna, Casino the movie, chicago outfit, glick, Kansas city, kansas city mafia, kansas city police, la cosa nostra, las vegas, lefty rosenthal, listening device, mafia, nick civella, organized crime, Oscar Goodman, outfit, rosenthal, strawman, teamster's union, title lll, wiretap
In this third and final interview, we learn that the mob did not give nicknames to anyone except the people they believed were helping them in their skimming efforts so it is a bit suspicious…
Harry Reid is Clean Face Part 2
- July 24, 2017
- Tagged as: audio intercept, blackhand, Carl DeLuna, Casino the movie, chicago outfit, glick, Kansas city, kansas city mafia, kansas city police, la cosa nostra, las vegas, lefty rosenthal, listening device, mafia, nick civella, organized crime, outfit, rosenthal, strawman, teamster's union, title lll, wiretap
In this second part of the Bill Ouseley interview, we learn more about the inner workings of Las Vegas casinos and Las Vegas politicians and why they were suspicious of Clean Face Harry Reid. Don’t…
In the first of a three part interview with retired F.B.I. agent William Ouseley, we discuss the lessons learned from the Las Vegas wiretaps that exposed the Kansas City, Chicago, Milwaukee and Cleveland mob’s skimming…
How Frank Cullotta met Tony Spilotro In this first of a 2 part interview of Frank Cullotta, we talk to a guy who was a career criminal from his teenage years and rose through the…
Joe Raimo and the Black Hand Part 1
- May 22, 2017
- Tagged as: black hand, blackhand, kansas city mafia, mafia, mafia cops
Kansas Police Officer Joe Raimo was born September 23, 1879 in Naples Italy. He came to the United States, in 1892, when he was 13 years old. The Raimo family lived in Chicago until 1897. Joe and…
Charles Crimaldi Part 2 Northlake Hospital
July 8, 2021
The Murder of John Lazia
January 17, 2022
Vito Genovese with Anthony DeStefano
August 23, 2021
The Utica New York Crime Family
March 16, 2020
Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso part 1
April 8, 2019
Crooked City: Youngstown Part 2
September 26, 2022
Who took “Big Tuna” Accardo’s daughter to prom?
September 21, 2022
Crooked City: Youngstown Part 1
September 19, 2022
Why did Gottti Murder Castellano?
September 13, 2022
Tony Mirra – The Man Who Vouched for Joe Pistone
September 12, 2022
Allen Dorfman Murder Case File Review
September 7, 2022
Dominic Taddeo – Rochester Mob
December 20, 2021
James S. “Jimmy” Duardi
October 8, 2013
Jimmy Duardi
October 22, 2013
Nick Civella – A Reporter’s View
April 2, 2018
Carl Spero and Nick Civella
October 25, 2013
Kansas City Mafia
August 23, 2012